Don’t fear or shoot the messenger’s reaper-buddies (when they come over)

PAUL PREENSHAPE, 29, sits in a room with BEN LYNTSPRIE, 28. It’s not a cafe, not a living room, though it resembles both. LYNTSPRIE is the theater critic for a major national glossy weekly. PREENSHAPE teaches in the library science dept. of a major national glossy weekly research university in the American Southwest. They are [...]

Marijuana Masterpiece Theatre Presents: “Fortress of Cool”

SVEN: I met someone else. LARISSA: What? Who? SVEN: [Sven is a nerd: black turtleneck, utility belt, rimless specs. "Stage crew."] You. LARISSA: [Curtains descending at every level within her] What? SVEN: You. I met you. LARISSA: Someone… else? SVEN: Yes. LARISSA: But it’s me? SVEN: Right. LARISSA: Is that… OK? SVEN: You tell me. [...]