AMAZING GRACE

These two plays are serious discussions of the everyday problems which face women trying to be whole persons in our society. No Help Wanted is an abstract and stereo-typed look at the problem of being yourself, without guidance or direction from others. Amazing Grace is a type of comic strip and, therefore, also quite stereotyped. Character descriptions are given for most characters; when they are not, character type is not vital to the production. Sets for both of these plays may be as simple or elaborate as one can afford to be.

NO HELP WANTED

There are nine characters in this play: seven men, a policeman, and one woman. Descriptions of the men are not important, except as they are indicated in the stage directions. At the very least, all of them should have a touch of arrogan…