Theresa Rebeck Complete Full-length Plays, 1999-2007. Volume II

ABSTRACT EXPRESSION A forgotten artist is rediscovered only to have tragedy descend. While society buzzes, his children lock horns over the question of Who Owns the Art? THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION A family of artists have gathered to share a weekend in the country when a young writers assistant enters the mix. A comedic and mournful exploration of love, family, fidelity, and art.BAD DATES Haley has been single-handedly raising a kid and running a restaurant for five years; its time to go out on a date. A hilarious one-woman show that answers the age-old question Do men and women really need each other? with a resounding yes.THE WATERS EDGE Seventeen years after tragedy destroyed his family, Richard returns to confront his wife and grown children. This dark Chekovian exploration of time, memory, and the possibility of redemption ponders the question, How do we achieve justice in a world gone awry? THE BELLS Long ago, a Chinaman was lost in the Yukon during the gold rush. When a Canadian bounty hunter appears, ancient crimes reveal themselves. A surreal exploration of the landscape, and the psyche, of murder.THE SCENE An actors frustrations with his busted career spin out of control when he meets a modern-day siren who butchers the language and destroys his world. A comic tragedy that examines the collapse of American culture.MAURITIUS A famous stamp sets in motion a violent and suspenseful caper involving a wide variety of lost souls, in this version of Antiques Road Show on crack.