THE STORY: The play is set in Omaha in 1980. Ric, in his late twenties, delivers pizza, writes mangled poetry, drinks too much and loves his wife. His obsessive jealousy drives Beth to temporary refuge in her mother's home, where he follows for a c

A diverse melange of micro-fictions, from 4.80 to 950 words each. Lives in miniature. Bonsai novels . A man wins his dream vacation to Omaha, a woman dies, a child drives a maniac bus, a student pushes the limits of algebra, old women play checkers, it rains for forty days, and the swallows nest in the chimney. Flashes & Floaters is a mix of the serious and the farcical, the surreal and the real, a series of skidding U-turns within the familiar drive-and like most days, it all comes in a mix. With his mate Elizabeth Fuller, Conrad Bishop has written 40+ plays, hundreds of sketches, and five novels. His plays have been produced Off-Broadway, in regional theatres, and in thousands of their own performances nationwide. Their public radio series have been heard nationally, and he is twice winner of writing fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Lifelong touring actors Bishop & Fuller offer a tale of love, loss and renewal-and the hardscrabble work of the creative artist. After the death of his co-creator, a grizzled puppeteer builds a solo show, but his lightweight spoof turns sharply personal. In the process, Albert confronts his own grief and opens to the risk of new love.

Spanning five thousand years of human experience, from the Fertile Crescent to the inventor's lab, Mythic Plays includes four dramas evolved from collaboration with American theatres by playwrights Conrad Bishop and Elizabeth Fuller and their performance ensemble The Independent Eye. From Greek myth (Medea/Sacrament), Norse saga (Ragnarok: Doom of the Gods), Sumerian archetype (Descent of the Goddess Inanna) and Mary Shelley's "Modern Prometheus," Frankenstein, these plays offer models for a synthesis of poetry, physical theatre, and the immediate reality of myth.