House, Divided
 La Tempestad
 The Ballad of John Wesley Reed
 Girl Science
 The Allure of Oriental Wisdom
 Memorial Day (formerly Varia)
 Pride of the Lion
 The Dostoyevsky Man


 Monica for Chanukah
 Angie and Arnie Sanguine
 Edward and Ellie Supine
 The Lion Eats His Lunch
 The Lion in His Lair
 The Lion Leaves His Mark
 Prayers


 But Who's Counting?
 Emma Goldman Imagines the Millenium


 Just Before the War Between the Plates
 I Can Handle That


 Talking  with Lee Blessing

...with Tom Coash
...with Mary Fengar Gail
...with Richard Kalinowsky
...with Jamie Pachino
...with David Rambo
...with Jason Sherman
...with Naomi Wallace
...with Tom Gibbons
...with Dick Goldberg

Edward and Ellie is a single-set, three character play.

Synopsis:

Edward and Ellie, a work-weary couple, arrive at their vacation destination, Lake Toytonka, only to find their accomodations burning, the landlord overbearing, and the picturesque lake they dreamed of swimming in and sailing on, drained. And that's only the beginning. The vacation property to which they have staked a two week claim is up for sale-- after having been won just a year before in a poetry contest. Now someone is going to make a killing in the vacation real estate market. Their landlord and host, Vic Kimmel, wants to persuade Edward and Ellie that that killing can be made by them. But they learn quickly that Vic Kimmel is the kind of man who would cheat to win a contest, lie to enter a conversation, and misrepresent to get unsuspecting vacationers to stay where there are no watersports. But Edward and Ellie are drawn into his pitch anyway. And why not? This is America. Everyone can be a millionare. And besides, they're on vacation, and there's nothing else to do...

Characters:

Ellie -- The same age as her husband, Edward.
Edward -- The opposite sex of Ellie.
Vic Kimmel -- Landlord and entrepreneur

Setting:

The front porch and lawn in front of a summer cabin in the Adirondack mountains.

Time:

Last summer.

Playing time:

Approximately 30 minutes.

History:

Edward and Ellie Supine was completed in 1996, and is a companion piece to Angie and Arnie Sanguine. In 1999, Edward and Ellie Supine was a finalist in the Drury College Short Play Competition.

Sample Scene: EDWARD AND ELLIE SUPINE

My point is, last year we never got a real vacation because of that disaster with your parents.

For the hundredth, thousandth, millionth time, I did not know he was leaving her.

And for the hundredth, thousandth, millionth time, you should have.

After 38 years, I thought it was working.

He was shrewd, I'll give him that. He got us there to hold her hand.

You jumped at the chance to go down there, even though it violated the summer north, winter south rule.

He sent us tickets. Their condo is on the beach. Who turns down a free vacation?

That is a cardinal rule. As immutable as never mix, never worry, as never draw to an inside straight. You break that rule, woe betide.

Which is why this year we're here, which is why this year I'm getting a tan, and which is why I want to have absolutely nothing to do. That's the cardinal rule here. OK?

Absolutely.

No schedule.

No schedule.

No agenda.

No agenda. (Beat:) So I'll get us moved in and unpacked. (Loading up to carry things inside:) Where's everything go? What's the plan?

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