Bits and Pieces

In BITS AND PIECES, a brilliant young professor dies and wills virtually all of his organs to be transplanted an act that leaves his widow perplexed and unsatisfied, especially at the funeral for his few remains. She bribes the doctor for a list of recipients, and sets out on a quest for the bits and pieces of her husband, and of their life together. (5 men, 4 women, several roles can be doubled.) BREAKFAST, LUNCH, AND DINNER. Richard and Barbara are at a crisis point in their young marriage and, without really meaning to, find themselves in a decisive confrontation. The problem is compounded by the provocative presence of Barbara's attractive and unmarried sister, Emily, who is openly drawn to Richard. In a series of terse, revealing scenes, all pretense is stripped away until the three come to accept the truth about themselves and each other and to face the terrible loss to which events have brought them. (1 man, 2 women.)"