Interruptions 

By Burton Bumgarner
5 F, 5 M
Big Dog Plays

Romance writer Arianna Dupre LaRoche has writer’s block, and her next novel “The Mistress of the Yukon” is past due. Editor Laura Rosenburg brings Arianna to her home on a Saturday morning to finish the novel without interruptions. “Arianna” is a pseudonym for Howard Weems, a frustrated wannabe writer of serious fiction, and he will do anything NOT to write another romance novel. Once Laura leaves the interruptions begin: a girl scout selling cookies, a professional boxer, a plumber, a pizza delivery boy, a missionary passing out religious tracts, a homeless woman, and the ever watchful President of the Homeowners Association. “Interruptions” is a face paced, door slamming, karate kicking, bottle breaking farce that delights audiences and has special meaning for anyone who ever wanted to “write the great American novel”.

Winner

The Robert J. Pickering Award for Playwriting, 2005 Branch County Community Theater Coldwater, Michigan

The McLaren Memorial Comedy Playwriting Competition, 2004 Midland Community Theater Midland, Texas