Description

A Better Place is a full-length play about six dogs trapped in a pound. And what is a pound, but a kind of death camp. In which the culture is up or out. As in, move up to a new owner or be carried out paws first. A dog eat dog world. Introducing Becky, the high-spirited and courageous Aussie Cattle Dog. She arrives at the pound, having been dumped there by her owners and immediately sets about shaking things up. there's Cyril, the sinister, power-hungry German Shepherd. And Artie, the irrepressible Pug. And Brick and Shawna and Ali. How these six interact to keep clear of the Grim Reaper serves to conjure up the magic of the play.

A Better Place had readings at The Asylum Theatre in Las Vegas in 2004 and Off-Broadway in 2006 by Ten Grand Productions. It was developed at the South Coast Repertory Practicum. And it made the 2004 O'Neill Playwrights Conference shortlist. The inspiration to write this play came from my short play, A Dog's Christmas..