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Postcards and other short plays: 3 comedies

1 review
Carol K Mack

S. French, 1987

Wacky, Simple Comedy
I directed "a.k.a. Marleen" (one of the selections) for a High School Theater group, and it was a successful, funny show. Don't expect anything mindblowing, but do expect some quick-witted, quality laughs. Comic timing is a must for all actors performing these plays; the script gives actors and directors plenty of freedom. A good choice if you like working without a net.

The Chameleon Variant
Carol K.; Ehrenfeld, David Mack

NY: The Dial Press, 1980, 1980

Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a Manhattan pediatrician, and his young daughter have just moved to a small, quiet town on the Connecticut Sound to start a new life.

Halftime at Halcyon Days (A Play)
Carol K. Mack

S. French, 1999

An hilarious comedy about four New Jersey neighbors on a discount spree at a health spa called Halcyon Days where things have gone awry. Strange announcements come over the P.A. system to their exercise room where they await their missing instructor, Miss Lucy, and discuss thermal wraps, color coded vitamins, spa advice, and their problems back home. A "color therapist" joins them and it turns out she's not who she seems. The women exercise ...

A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angelsnd Other Subversive Spirits

42 reviews
Carol K. Mack, Dinah Mack

Arcade Publishing, 2007

Pleasantly surprised
I was pleasantly surprised at the range and number of little nasties in this book. It includes many i would not think to be here, and shows how many are alike. As some other have said, it doesnt go in depth, which would have been nice, but it DOES say how to defeat them, which i can attest work.

A.K.A. Marlene (A Play)
Carol K. Mack

S. French, 1999

Short Comedy / Marleen takes place in a sleazy dressing room in the Pink Confetti Nightclub. A housewife with amnesia is mistaken for the missing lead singer by the Misty Sisters, her backup duo. Despite her objections, they urge her to get ready for a big night. As the sisters bicker and dress, the housewife's memory returns in flashes till she finally remembers who she is ... but as the music starts, she decides to be Marleen (for this night ...

The chameleon variant
Carol K. Mack, David Ehrenfeld

Dr. Lieberman, a pediatrician, moves to a bucolic Connecticut town one summer when suddenly an outbreak of bizarre ?accidents? begin. Some blame the so-called ?crazy sickness? on the heat wave. Dr. Lieberman suspects a virus. As an epidemic of a mind-altering DNA virus takes over the town and contagion grows out of control, he uncovers a well-guarded secret in the local pharmaceutical lab. ?The pace is fast, concept frightening, the science ...