Full Length Play
Self Expression explores its title in two ways:
- A man struggles to express himself, to propose over dinner
- The course of life, explored in five sequences reflecting key phases:
- Trial and Error
Eve on trial for crimes in Eden (birth)
- Retro-Grade
Adults in elementary school, taught by a child (adolescence)
- Full Retrograde
Two adults go from hate to love, then reverse to hate in an exact palindrome of dialogue (adulthood)
- Who's Going to Die Tonight?
Murder mystery, who's about to die and why? (midlife)
- What Happens Next
A man suddenly finds himself in what's next (death)
Restaurant scenes start and finish the play, and are interspersed between the others.
Available for production (cast/sets vary, depending on doubling and minimized pieces).