a 50-minute radio style play for all ages. A shorter 30-minute version was produced with the Lakes Area Theatre in January 2013.
The Secret Life of Hubie Hartzel is about the perils of life in fifth grade. Humor is one of the themes that help lighten this radio style entertainment for all ages as Hubie deals with his problems. He's failing school, he's stuck with an impossible older sister, his beloved family cat is sick and he's the target of Ralph Marruci, class bully. But he has an escape – daydreaming. He imagines himself a prizefighter, and draws caricatures in class of his teachers, family, and friends. Everyone, that is, but the new art teacher who he has a crush on. Unfortunately, Hubie's attempts at coping with life backfire and he winds up in more trouble than before. When the perfect plan for revenge on Marruci blows up in his face, Hubie finds the courage to stand up to the bully and do the right thing.
With humor and pathos 76-year old Daddy who has a “heart condition” and dementia struggles with his 45-year old caretaker daughter Betty over his need to control at least one part of his life.
Publisher: Applause Books
Edition: One on One: Monologues for Kids (Publication date, June 2013)
Annie, (12-14), is mourning the loss of her grandma, who raised her. Her mom has never been there for her, and Annie doesn’t want anything to do with her when she shows up. Then something happens on the way to the funeral.
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing, Ltd.
Edition: Young Women’s Monologues, Book 3 (Publication date, fall of 2013)
Onatah, (13-15), a Native American girl, is mourning the loss of her home and the changes that are being thrust on her and the other Seneca Native families. Using her grandfather’s Talking Stick she tells how she came to an understanding and even a kind of acceptance of the changes she is facing.