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| Pensacola by
David-Matthew Barnes ISBN
#1-60513-055-9
Synopsis This touching and humorous play explores the
lives of four Southern women. Trudy has been a single mother since her
husband went to work one day and never came home. Since then, she has tried
to find a cure for her loneliness while working as a cocktail waitress at
The Tide Pool. Charlotte is married and has two daughters of her own.
Recently, Charlotte suspects that her husband has been unfaithful and that
their marriage is falling apart. Marie, a recent high school graduate, has
had a difficult time deciding on the right career for herself and ponders
over going to secretary school, competing for the title of Miss Florida or
becoming the U.S. Ambassador to Cuba. Always armed with the best gossip in
town, Trudy’s best friend Berniece decides to end her affair with a younger
man when a life-altering tragedy hits home. Pensacola is a powerful and
heart-warming celebration of family, love and strength. Playwright Biography David-Matthew
Barnes is the author of the young adult novels Mesmerized
and Swimming to Chicago, the suspense thriller Accidents
Never Happen, and the rock 'n' roll love story The Jetsetters, published
by Bold Strokes Books. He wrote and directed the coming-of-age film
Frozen Stars, which received worldwide distribution. He is the
screenwriter of the upcoming horror film Scare Me, Kill Me. He
is the author of over forty stage plays that have been performed in
three languages in eight countries. His literary work has appeared in
over one hundred publications including The Best Stage Scenes,
The Best Men's Stage Monologues, The Best Women's Stage
Monologues, The Comstock Review, Review Americana,
and The Southeast Review. David-Matthew is the national
recipient of the 2011 Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Award. In addtion, he's
received the Carrie McCray Literary Award, the Slam Boston Award for
Best Play, and earned double awards for poetry and playwriting in the
World AIDS Day Writing Contest. David-Matthew earned a Master of Fine
Arts in creative writing at Queens University of Charlotte in North
Carolina. He is a faculty member at Southern Crescent Technical College
in Griffin, Georgia where he teaches courses in English, humanities,
speech, and theatre. For more information, please visit
www.davidmatthewbarnes.com.
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