Susan Hodara: Playwright/Lyricist/Librettist

Plays

 

The Family's Business* © 2005-2006

Inspired by Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman," a fight for the throne ensues between Emmett and his oldest son, Kevin.

Pride is worth even more than money in a family business.

 

Disillusioned* © 2005

As a girl at the orphanage, Jane decided she was an outsider. She lived her life to make that story a reality, using blindness to keep the world at a safe distance.

It is only when she is physically shut out from the world that she reaches out for help, and finds that someone answers.

 

A Distant Reflection © 2003-2004 

Since her husband left, Rhoda's barely been able to tread water. 

She wakes, eats, and sleeps by the blue glow of the television, barely communicating through the remote control with her daughter, Allie ...

Allie vows to avoid living like her mother did, but finds she's falling prey to the same trap.

As mom and daughter struggle for freedom and release from the past, can they give themselves and each other another chance?  

 

Intertwined:

A Collection of 3 One-Act Plays © 2003

[The Last Word, Estranged, and Chrysalis]

The Last Word

The Don Quixote of literature, Fred is living in a fantasy world of his own design.

His protégé, Eve, exposes him as a fraud.

 

Estranged

Maggie expected him to come home, but he didn't want any part of it...

When Robbie misses his dad's funeral, the bond between mother and son is tested.

 

Chrysalis*

Inspired by Paul Simon’s “Darling Loraine.”

In the winter of their life together, Millie and George realize they never got to know one another.

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     

     
     


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