Glass House

The current project I'm working on for playwriting is a long, experimental piece which is, on a plot level, about a relationship that's on the rocks. Of course, it's deeply metaphorical and, like any writing piece, the majority of the characters are operating on pretenses that mirror my own faults and whatnot. I have an interesting direction to take the plot, I think, and it won't require reworking much more of the current play than the final scene, which is faulted anyways.

I realised, while working on it, that the plot is basically a prediction about where I'll be in a few years. This made me think about turning it into a full three-act play. As it stands the idea is:

Glass House: Summer 2008, following the rocky relationship of Stan and Margaret and their interactions with the people they surround themselves with.

Cold House: Winter 2005-2006, a difficult winter break for Stan, following his conflicts with his family, who he's living with, and the difficulty of his deep-seated apathy.

Burning House: 1983-2003, chronicalling the failure of Stan's parents' marriage, from the destruction of their first house to the drawn-out divorce.