Books
We have 6 Anthologies of THE BEST PLAYS FROM THE STRAWBERRY ONE-ACT FESTIVAL: Volume 1 - 6. These anthologies are compiled by Artistic Director Van Dirk Fisher and feature one-act plays from all over the country that capture the heartbeat of American Theatre.
LOVING YOU - The Novel by Van Dirk Fisher. Is a romance novel about a love triangle between Michael Cavaughan, a record mogul, Mariah Cossi, an advertising executive and Justin Holmes, a model.
LOVING YOU - Everybody wants a soul mate. The hard part is choosing between your heart and soul.
The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume Six
This anthology contains 13 exciting plays performed in New York City by playwrights from across the country and captures the heartbeat of great American theatre.
S Y N O P S I S O F P L A Y S
Meatloaf in the Moonlight by David Gallic. Every family has skeletons in their closet. These skeletons are coming out to play.
Clap On, Clap Off by Aiden Levy. A sexually frustrated adolescent tries to lose his virginity to his wholesome girlfriend when his grandmother leaves for a Mensa trip and entrusts him to water her plants.
Anyone, Anywhere by Amanda Fleming. Love can happen to anyone, anywhere.
Babe, Inc. by Rosemary Zibart. In the year 2108, men can order robotic women as mates, but due to a snafu in the system, a real woman gets substituted for a robotic “Babe” to accompany a man to his mother’s funeral. The results are a little haywire.
Pear by Carol Paik. Husband and wife grapple with the incessant problem of what to do about dinner.
The Parking Lot by Holly Hunt. Two best friends who’ve shared everything finally have a chance to confront each other about their feelings, their friendship and their biggest secrets.
Blue Streak by Carston Turner. A news reporter in a putrid marriage is interviewing a man who suffocated his wife to death. After his wife’s truths’ and secrets are revealed he has a decision to make.
Steel Or Pretzels by Mara Gilbert. Two privileged preppies harass a homeless man for their own entertainment, while all three are in search of human connection.
Jump by Josh Sohn, is a short comedic play about miracles and transformation.
Daily Sounds by Jay Prasad. Three people - an actress, a veteran, and an analyst - give conflicting accounts of their complex and ambiguous relationship.
Free Country by Steve Monarque. Does freedom come with a price?
The Seed by David Pumo. Three high school kids each have a secret. If they can come together, something’s bound to begin.
This Basement by Bethann Snow. Four friends gather to say goodbye to their friend before he leaves for Iraq.
The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume 5
Compiled By Van Dirk Fisher
S Y N O P S I S O F P L A Y S
COLD APRIL By John P. McEneny. Set in Rawanda in 1994, a thirteen-year old girl refuses to hand over her friends to the Hutu rebels.
REUNION By Brian Podnos. A father and son must face their demons when the son is released from rehab.
FIGHTING FIRES By Von H. Washington, Sr. On the eve of his 18th birthday, a young man kidnaps his absentee father and demands the attention he believes was owed him during his developmental years.
JACK By Daren Taylor. In a world where poverty and despair are in abundance, what happens when a boy buys magic seeds from a mysterious figure, climbs an enchanted beanstalk, and believes that he’s seen God? Jack, a dark retelling of an old fairy tale. For every dream, there’s a nightmare.
MARKED By Cassandra Lewis, a dark comedy that explores the connection between love, insanity and social responsibility.
ALWAYS ANASTASIA By Michele Leigh. A disillusioned cop on the verge of a nervous breakdown believes he is being tormented By a narcissistic psychopath.
THIS QUIET HOUSE By ToBy Levin. What happens when a stepmother’s desire to have a son catches fire?
WHAT CHEER, IOWA By Jeff Belanger. Tempers flare and sanity is on the line as five people struggle against the gargantuan pressure of waiting to find out if their cars passed their annual inspection.
The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume 4
Compiled By Van Dirk Fisher
SYNOPSIS OF PLAYS
TIMING By Rudolph Cecera. A man goes to see a psychiatrist to get advice on how to handle a relationship.
BITTER APPLES By Arthur W. French III. Temptation is in the air as singles mingle while having lunch in the park.
CAWFFEE TAWK By Jenifer Badamo. A woman is blackmailed and must make a decision that will change her life forever!
THE ROBOT PLAY By Jason Cutler. Are the sex lives of Robots any different than the sex lives between human beings?
GRADUATION By Eugene Grygo. A young man has a last chance to start a new life with his college roommate, another man, who is denying the mutual love that will profoundly change their lives.
PROPER EDUCATION By Angela Liao. The class nerd starts tutoring the class jock, but realizes pretty quickly that it’s the jock who’s giving him the lesson.
THE LAST MINSTREL SHOW By Isaac Shapiro. A satirical send up of the music industry in which an up and coming rapper gets the offer of a lifetime. But will the ghosts of his past conflict with the potential prosperity of his future?
VERITY By Jason Thomas. Two guys set out to make a film that will rock the world!
THE SITTERS By E. Warren Perry, Jr. Three famous people sit to have their portrait painted: George Washington, Whistler’ mother and Andy Warhol and his soup can.
COMING CLEAN By Steven Shapiro. A young business executive finds his life in shambles after his wife files for divorce.
DIRTY LAUNDRY ON THE CRAZY GIRLS LINE By Hollie Rosenberg.
Crazy Girl explores her current predicament of being emotionally unbalanced and single.
DAD AND ME By Heather Aldridge. A woman reflects on her relationship with her dad.
AIRPORT By Christopher Loar. One man’s ordinary journey spirals into a web of entrapment and illusion.
DROWNING By Guy R. Milone. An unhappy housewife seeks therapy to save her life.
The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume 3
Compiled By Van Dirk Fisher
S Y N O P S I S O F P L A Y S
It’s About Forgiveness By Albi Gorn. A delightful comedy about a man who seeks out his wife in heaven to ask for forgiveness.
When The Cherry Blossoms Bloom By Steven A. Shapiro. Two joggers who meet in a park breathe life into each others lives.
Do Us Part By Alan Lutwin. Sometimes forgetfulness can be the best tonic for soothing the stress of a long term relationship.
Love - This Game Is Real By Tremane Hickman. A poetic story about a girl and a guy anxiously waiting to play the game of love without getting played.
Cause And Regret Loss Of Sanity By Frank Tamez. A woman at a Bus Stop contemplates regret and guilt while life interjects in this surreal world of love, loss and lust.
About The Rabbits By Frank O’Donnell. How will an unpredictable blue collar husband react when his upwardly mobile wife announces the disruption of their marriage in the presence of the man who now claims her?
Summer’s Time By Michael Alvarez. Summertime and the living is easy . . . a down on his luck actor discovers the truth about his fiancée and his best friend.
Virgin Rock By Kevin Christopher Snipes. Two men are forced to deal with unresolved issues of love, friendship and disillusionment after they are reunited after 7 years in rural Virgin Rock, Florida.
Loyal Companion By Joseph Wohlgemuth. Is it really better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all? Well, one man finds out as time goes By.
The Upside Down Mirror By Emanuel Fleischmann. The chance meeting of two men at a bus stop turns their lives upside down. Sometimes what we want is staring us right in the face, but we can’t see it.
Protect The Crotch By Tim J. MacMillan. A comedy about roommates who are dealing with life, love, honor and secrets of hidden desires.
Madrid By Paul M. Buzinski. A social/political farce in which the rich get richer, and not only do the poor get poorer, they gotta deal with the neighbors!
Requiem For A Life By Tony Macy-Perez. A very modern anglicized son, who has been estranged from his traditional old world father, has to spend one night with him when he returns home for his mother’s funeral.
Fun On The Bayou By Vivian Neuwirth. If you could turn back time where would you go and what would you do? A woman finds the strength to go on with her life after the death of her father.
Grave Concerns By Susan E. Sneeringer. A professional photographer buries herself in her work to avoid a painful situation and the demands of an intimate relationship.
This Is Your Life By Elan Zafir. A tragicomedy about a son coping with the death of his mother.
Cut Short By Jonathan Zungre. A teenage girl finds an easy way to deal with the detractors in her life; her unsupportive parents, her unfaithful boyfriend and her disloyal best friend. But in the end who’s she really hurting?
The ABC Slump By Ernest Curcio. On a normal morning in the middle of a white American suburb lives Cindy, Bradley and their son Brady. Most families go on vacation when stress builds. This one plays Russian Roulette.
Unaccompanied Minors By Marcia R. Rudin. Two former roommates meet at their college reunion and try to reconcile their differences.
True Blue By Benjamin T. George. Two families, one American and one Iraqi, must deal with the horrors of war.
Three Women By Michael D. Jackson. Three world famous female writers, Dorothy Parker, Lorraine Hansberry and Maxine Hong Kingston meet in limbo for a tea party.
Hell For Dummies By Mark Sherstinsky. Virgil and Dante come to terms with living in Hell and the meaning of life while trying to figure out Hell’s exit.
The Gasshole By Joel Hanson. Two guys run out of gas on a road across the Nevada desert and fear for their lives as the sun goes down.
In Sheep’s Clothing By Jerrod Bogard. On a cold winter night three men sit around a campfire listening to a frightful tale of wild beasts.
Happy Sauce By Benjamin Lewis. On the day of a big marketing pitch to investors for Happy Sauce, the inventor discovers his roommate died after sampling the new sauce. Let’s just say the sauce doesn’t live up to its name.
The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume 2
Compiled by Van Dirk Fisher
S Y N O P S I S O F P L A Y S
Make Her Happen By L.E. McCullough. A waitress at a roadside diner jumps at the opportunity to get discovered and make her dreams come true.
The Squeegee Man By Nick Vigorito, Jr. A reporter finds inspiration for stories through the squeegee man on the street corner outside her office.
Monkey Rhythms By John Baldi. Three generations of a family deal with their love for each other. When confronted with pain, love deteriorates into bitterness and denial.
The Boy Who Was Born With A Tail By Matt Casarino. A young girl tries to write a fairy tale with a happy ending.
Hidden in the Past By Michael A. Casano. A young girl interviews her grandmother to find out more about her family’s history. It’s an interview she may wish she never conducted.
Pension Check By Jonathon Ward. In an ex-steel town, an out of work steelworker tries to support his family in the wake of his father's illness.
The Kissing Booth By David Risk. A woman uses her job at a County Fair Kissing Booth as a diversion from an inescapable dilemma.
The Last Night Of The World By Cody Daigle. On New Year’s Eve 1999, the night that most people thought would be the last night of the world, two people find each other and maybe the beginning of something new.
On Top By John Patrick Bray. Two lovers redefine the rules of a relationship when one is accused of cheating.
Kate’s Ballad By Roy O’Connor. “All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” As in relationships, it’s sometimes hard to get to the truth of a situation.
Big Crunch By Helen Hill. A pas de deux between two prospective lovers who meet in a train station.
Difficult Subjects By Deborah S. Greenhut. A haunting story about a 12 year old girl who’s been sexually assaulted and the effect it has on the people in her life.
Et Tu, Kelly By Debra C. Victoroff. Lonely days and sleepless nights. Secrets and passions fill the air. Some girls spying on their local lover’s lane witness an act that will change their lives forever.
Anything But Black By Fred Rohan Vargas. A trip to the exchange counter in a department store reveals flaws in two best friend’s perception of one another.
A Punch In The Face By Jeffrey L. Gurian. A man protects the honor of the woman he loves in a neighborhood bar.
The Best Plays From The Strawberry One-Act Festival: Volume 1
COMPILED BY VAN DIRK FISHER
S Y N O P S I S O F P L A Y S
Goodnight Lovin’ Trail By John Patrick Bray. At a truck stop diner in West Texas, two wounded strangers find redemption in each other’s eyes while discussing a stolen guitar. And the beat plays on.
Negotiating The Elusive Perfect One Night Stand By Jason Green. In a world of settling for Mister Right Now while looking for Mister Right, a young couple finds that they may have gotten more than they bargained for.
Destinations By Rob Sullivan. What if you’re married and the opportunity arises for you to have a causal affair, is it worth the consequences? Some people want to go there, but can they find their way back?
Who Knew? By Michael A. Casano. A young man prepares to meet his mother for the first time but doesn’t realize how deeply the meeting will affect his fiancé.
The Harlequin Maneuver By Don Nguyen. A delightful comedy in which a man enters the romance novel he’s been reading to gain some closure in his love life.
The Decision By Arno Austin. A man makes a decision after he receives the surprise of his life, which he reveals to his wife that brings a different outlook to their relationship.
The Spirit Of Roberta By Richard Edwin Knipe, Jr. They say in life you only pass this way but once and when you’re gone you hope that you have touched someone in a positive way. Rose remembers her sister fondly.
Tricks By Bryant Hernandez. A married man eating his lunch in the park decides he wants a taste of some forbidden fruit.
Measure My Measure By Ted Williams. A modern day Shakespearean vignette. A young pretty man by the name of Peter is visited by an older bearish man by the name of Johnson, to tell him that King George of Bush is detaining his liberal brother. Johnson tries to convince Peter to relinquish his Bush ordained celibacy to spare his brother’s life, but to do so could lead to their demise. What’s a young man to do?
You’re Never Gone By Jay D. Hanagan. A mother and daughter share a bond years after losing a loved one.
Between You And Me By Paul Cohen. A story of love and sanity on the side of a desert highway.
LOVING YOU - The Novel
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