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A New Play by Bill Stackhouse

The small Southern rural community of Sand Mountain is rocked when its main industry leaves for Mexico ... that is, until a supposed apparition of the Virgin Mary brings an influx of tourist and pilgrim dollars to more than make up for the loss of revenue. But is there a long-term detriment to the community that outweighs these short-term benefits? That's the question that Fr. Tim Sweeney, newly appointed pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows parish, struggles to answer as he grapples with his own personal troubles.

Match Point Embezzlement! - Adultery! - A wicked Stepmother! - Sibling rivalry! All the ingredients are present for a family intrigue that leads to murder. ... But whose?

Winner of the New Play Program,
sponsored by The Waterloo
Community Playhouse
in Waterloo, Iowa.

The financial empire of wealthy recluse Jefferson Davis Crabtree is threatened by a hostile takeover. For the last three years, he has been seen by no one except his household staf—Billington, the major-domo; Mrs. O'Shea, the cook; and Sarah Randall, the nurse. How the three of them save Crabtree Enterprises—without much help from the old man—will keep the lawyers and accountants hopping, and the audience guessing.

Detective Inspector Timothy Mulrooney is retiring due to health reasons, not because he wants to. His illustrious career in Burglary has just one stain—he was never able to catch an infamous jewel and art thief known as The Panther. However, retired-from-the-force does not mean retired-from-duty. How Mulrooney sets out to trap his nemesis and what he catches in that trap offers the audience a burglar's bag full of fun in this mystery/comedy.

A former fashion model runs her car off a cliff at the Ashokan Pass on the outskirts of Peekamoose Heights—or has it been made to look that way? What McAvoy suspects and what he can prove are two different things. But the retired big-city homicide detective, and now newly-hired village Chief of Police, has a few tricks up his sleeve that may lead him to that proof.

Winner of the Humana Original
Playwright Series, sponsored by
Twickenham Repertory Company
in Huntsville, Alabama.

A chance remark by his wife Barbara, overheard and interpreted by his friend Ted as a negotiation for a contract on his life, is initially laughed off by Jerry—that is, until he narrowly escapes a hit-and-run driver. When a suspicious character named Vito shows up, Jerry and Ted try and find the evidence they need to go to the police—before they become the evidence.