ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH PLAYS FOR LICENSING
Written by Bill Rhoten
This historical drama is inspired by a true story out of American history and the expansion west. A young woman, kidnapped by Indians as a girl, confronts her own fears and others’ hostility as she prepares to rejoin society.
Clara doesn’t want to go to the assisted living facility at Hyer House. She says she doesn’t have Alzheimer’s, she just can’t remember anything. But when she meets up with the director, nicknamed Hollywood, she relents. Throw in a maintenance man named Jesus and another resident who thinks he’s Peter Pan, and let the fun begin.
The time is 1941. Its a warm, late autumn afternoon on Lake Mathis and nineteen year old Anna Erhard sits on the front porch awaiting her date for the evening, a Mr. Caleb Keener, a sailor she has been writing to for almost a year now. He is now forty-five minutes late and she is mortified at the thought of being stood up as well as the shame she might have to endure at the hands of her family and their guests for the evening. Is her faith in Caleb and her belief in the man who writes her all those “wonderful” letters enough? We are all left waiting to see.
It is Christmas Eve and two homeless gentlemen dressed as Santa and his favorite elf have broken into the Osborn house. They are looking for a doll to take back to a homeless little girl that they are taking care of. Nine year old Angela Osborn catches them around the tree and decides to help them distribute the presents and serve them up some ice cream and baby Jesus’ birthday cake. The two homeless men keep playing their parts despite the surprise appearance of a sleep walking next door neighbor and the rest of the Osborn family.
(This play stands alone beautifully. and is the sequel to Rhoten’s My First Date.)
The last in “The Greatest Generation Trilogy”, the lives of the Erhard family after Pearl Harbor continue in Mathis, Texas. Anna and Caleb have been married, but she hasn’t seen him since their brief honeymoon night in Corpus Christi. Caleb was transferred to the aircraft carrier Lexington, which is now at the bottom of the sea. She and her family prepare for the future and the Christmas of 1942.
Kay Wooten Callaway Newton has been a country singer and songwriter for most of her life. Now in her senior years, she finally has a song she thinks could be a hit. What she doesn’t expect is to have her copywright questioned. You’ll have plenty of laughs as Miss Kay decides to take matters into her own hands with Hootie Calhoon, Coonass Charlie, Blind Billie, Tammy Lynn Loveless, and the rest at KFLU Floydada, Country that’s Contagious.