Carpool

"Let me get granular. Let me take a deep dive into the metrics of the situation. But first, you should know this: charity is not my chorus line. Frankly I'd rather chew aluminum foil..." (The Intern)

3 characters: A driver, a civil servant and an intern.
The time is the near future. In bleakest late autumn. 

Three commuters are on their morning drive from exurbia to the city. Every day they pass a field, barren but for two men and a poor excuse for a tree. They comment. They speculate. And, one day, in a bust of generosity and hope, they reach out (sort of) to the men waiting in the field for them. They discover a whole new kind of nice feeling, even though it might not be shared by the recipients of their largesse. 

With a big tip of the absurd hat to Samuel Beckett... 

Above: The premiere cast of Carpool, at the LaBute Festival in St. Louis, Missouri, July 2025. L to R: Claire Coffee, Xander Huber, and Maclean Blanner. Avery Harrison directed. Photo by Patrick Huber. 

Below: The cast of the Canadian premiere, at the Port Hope Arts Festival, August 2025. Left to right: Juan-Carlos Figueroa, Alison Beckwith and Aaron Macpherson. Director: Gabrielle Kemeny. Photo by Wendy Joiner.