The Wing of Madness

COMEDY. Set in a tacky funeral parlor on the highway outside New Orleans, a murdered beauty taunts the audience, exposes her bare unshrouded back, and explains why she was murdered. Other imaginary characters—her husband and daughter—add an eerie quality to her surreal tale.

CAST OF CHARACTERS (1W): Claudia: A beautiful woman of uncertain age, pale-faced with long blonde hair. Her voluptuous figure is sheathed in moonbeam silk. A wispy chiffon scarf floats free in the breeze which blows from behind her.

SETTING: The interior of a Spanish-type mortuary on Veterans Highway outside New Orleans, the type with fake brick, too much wrought iron, and lanterns with amber glass or possibly glass in several colors. Tackiness is felt in the details: an overdone sign-in table, metal folding chairs, a pressed wood end table with Kleenex and plastic roses, and a coffin.

Performance History: This short one-act play was winner of Monologue Mania Festival, Producer's Club, NYC, May 2006