A ten-minute play

The story: At a family vigil for his dying wife, Dave is stifled by his children's dreams of the perfect death. He meets a young woman, makes calls about a local election and suffers through the election loss. When he returns to his wife's death bed, his kids are furious he left their mother's side and frantic that something may have happened to him. Dave, however, had a great election night.

PERFECT ENDINGS — Production History

Millibo Art Theatre in Colorado Springs, CO is producing Perfect Endings for 7 performances as part of their VOTE! New Play Festival October 20-29, 2022.

Ann Thomas directed Perfect Endings at The Pacifica Table Readers in San Francisco, CA in 2007.

Pegasus Theater Company produced Perfect Endings in Guerneville, CA in 2006, directed by Lois Pearlman.

Perfect Endings was developed for Monday Night PlayGround in where it was presented as a staged reading on January 18, 2004, directed by Jim Kleinmann, Artistic Director.