READING – Waiting for the Ball to Drop by David Simpatico

A two-act comedy/drama about seven friends living in a state of perpetual anticipation, and the momentary burst of violence that propels them forward into fully embracing their lives. The play examines the headlong collision of the virtual and real worlds, as the cyber ghost world begins to reach into the world of the play, with startling consequences. Spread over the course of 2001, the play explores the joys and sorrows that fill our daily existence; the struggle to let go of the past; and the power to move forward into a happier, self-directed future.