Winners from the 2022 “Script Tease of Short Plays” Competition
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE AFTERLIFE, by Roger M. Henry
(1st Prize)
An ill-prepared, ethnically and religiously diverse gay couple work to close cultural and relational gaps as they struggle to fulfill their deceased patriarch’s final wishes in the unfamiliar Arizona desert.
BED OF ROSE’S, by Susan Gembrowski Baker
(2nd Prize)
An elderly woman fights to stay in her own home and live independently, despite pressure from her daughters and granddaughter who all have their own ideas about what she should do. Her only confidante is her talking hospital bed.
About the Authors…
Roger Henry has been wandering the wasteland of the pandemic looking for the bright side, experimenting with positive messaged scripts. A FUNNY THING HAPPENED is his first stage script. His first screenplay, MAD WORLD, is currently under consideration in the ScreenCraft Feature and Script Pipeline Screenwriting Competitions. He volunteers with the Scouts BSA, and lives in San Diego with his wife and two children.
Susan Gembrowski Baker is a member of The Dramatists Guild and of Around the Block Playwrights, a writing group facilitated by Deborah Salzer, Playwrights Project founder. The group showcases its work in staged readings at venues in San Diego, including in 2019 at Moxie Theatre and in 2017 at the former Ion Theater.