Musical

Cubicle: The Musical

Book & Libretto by Scot Lahaie  ·  Music by Roger Lowe

A full-length musical set in a corporate office, following Alan Zookowski’s battle against management’s attempt to reduce the workforce by ninety-five percent. Part workplace satire, part love story, Cubicle blends the powerful ambition of the American Dream with the comic reality of office life. Unpublished — available for inquiry.

Translation

The Beloved

By Heinz Coubier  ·  Translated by Ute S. Lahaie & Scot Lahaie

An English translation of Heinz Coubier’s German comedy set in 18th-century France. A young countess must choose between a revolutionary and an aristocrat — both of whom she has promised her affections. A witty drama of loyalty, love, and loaded pistols. Copyright resides with Felix Bloch Erben Publishers, Berlin. Available as production manuscript.

Short Play

Six Soldier Junction: A Soldier’s Anthology

Published in New Plays Festival, Volume One  ·  iUniverse, 2003

A post-modern drama about the American conflict in Iraq, examining the human cost of Desert Storm through the private lives of soldiers largely overlooked by media coverage. No military conflict is without repercussions for the individuals who fought it.

Short Play

The Old Man and His Will

Published in New Plays Festival, Volume Three  ·  iUniverse, 2006

William Jefferson Makespace, age 83, is terminally ill and has amassed great success — with no one to share it. He summons four people closest to him for afternoon tea, intending to divide his fortune before illness claims him. When none appear, he disinherits them all and gives his fortune to his servants before killing himself in despair.

Short Play

The Translation

Published in New Plays Festival, Volume Two  ·  iUniverse, 2004

Based on true events, a college German professor faces an ethical dilemma when a colleague is suspected as a terror plot on campus. A taut, compressed drama about loyalty, suspicion, and the cost of doing the right thing.

Ten-Minute Play

Grasshoppers & Beetlebugs

A Ten-Minute Comedy

A quirky comedy following a grumpy old hillbilly as he sorts out his relationship with the woman who cleans his dusty cabin. Short, sharp, and surprising.