In The Maine Dish: A Feast of Plays about Food, 12 Maine playwrights were invited to write a short play based on a single word - FOOD - whatever that meant to them. The result? Twelve remarkably different plays!
TUNG SING by Harlan Baker
Adventure is on the menu at one young man's favorite Chinese restaurant.
SERVED HOT by Brent Askari
A desperate restauranteur cooks for a customer who possesses a dark secret.
THE CLARITY OF PIZZA by Carolyn Gage
A lesbian and her hetero best friend fight over a guy and discover a slice of liberation.
FAST CASUAL by David Susman
A young man and his girlfriend's roommate discover shared beliefs - and dangerous feelings - over lunch.
PASTA AND POETRY by Ann Tracy
A TV cooking show pits a lady cabdriver against her gun-toting brother-in-law in an epic food fight.
ASSORTED GREENS by Margaret Nomentana
Art gallery visitors find food for thought.
MY HARVEST TABLE by Laura Emack
In their first shared summer, a new bride and her teen stepson face off amidst anthropomorphic vegetables.
SWEDISH MEATBALLS by MK Wolfe
Swedish Christmas traditions are in jeopardy when Anika brings home a shocking surprise to mom.
MADELEINES by Bess Welden
Her mother's favorite Passover recipe changes everything Debra thought she knew about her family.
HUNGRY LIKE A by Callie Kimball
Bob and Janathia conspire to buck the system at a bizarre addiction treatment center.
NYARING by Delvyn C. Case Jr.
Two African children seek comfort and a good meal as rebels hunt them down.
THE AMAZING DR. JONES book & lyrics by Mark Shaughnessy, music by Nathan Burcalow
In a far-flung laboratory, two scientists musically mine the molecular origins of food.