It must be acknowledged that New Orleans has suffered terrible losses in the wake of Hurrican Katrina and has changed irrevocably. What has not changed is the affection those who know the city will always hold for it. These plays are dedicated to that spirit.

Bush/Clinton Katrina Fund

Big Easy Suite

An evening of one-acts set in New Orleans, consisting of: New Orleans Spin Cycle, The Calliope, Erato, and Melpelomeme Blues, Deuces, and Bourbon Scented Breeze.

• Visiting The Big Easy.
• City of New Orleans official site.
• New Orleans' 101 Cool Things (but not in August).

Bourbon Scented Breeze

Four New Orleans characters ride out a hurricane in an abandoned French Quarter bar. Short one-act comedy-drama. Two men, two women. Drinks, laughs, and extreme weather conditions.

• Where y'at in New Orleans right this minute? Find out at Bourbon Street Cam

The Calliope, Erato, and Melpelomeme Blues

Through the person of a naive art student, a nearly bankrupt art dealer who plans to leave New Orleans hears echoes of her early days in the city. Short one-act comedy-drama. Two women. July 1999, PATA in the Park, Portland, Oregon.

• But it's really about those funky joints down on Magazine Street.

Deuces

During Mardi Gras, a vacationing husband and wife are drawn into a bizarre poker game that threatens their marriage. One hour one-act comedy-drama. Two women, two men. Performance: September 1993, ArtQuake Festival/Theatre on the Park, Portland, Oregon; full production. 1993, Beverly Hills Television, Beverly Hills, California; full production. January to February 1993, Theatre 40, Beverly Hills, California; full production, eight-week run. Selected for the Theatre 40 One-Act Festival. October 1991, Third Tuesday Theater, Portland, Oregon; staged reading. Nominated for Oregon Book Award. July 1991, Eugene Playwrights Ensemble, Eugene, Oregon; staged reading. Los Angeles Times, 1993: '...(the director) does well with the fireworks of the writing...'

• Last time I was in New Orleans, I asked a friend, hey, how was Mardi Gras last year? He said, "Well, Mardi Gras morning, I woke up, I was wearing swimming trunks, a fur vest, a bunch of beads, and flying goggles. And I didn't know whose house I was in. So I guess it was pretty typical."

New Orleans Spin Cycle

In the French Quarter, a lonely man has a eerie encounter with an old, compulsive storyteller. Short one-act comedy-drama. Two men. Props include severed head.

• In love with the French Quarter.