Three Viewings is a collection of monologues by acclaimed playwright Jeffrey Hatcher that focus on the deep tragedy and black comedy of death. It contains:
Tell-Tale
Emil, a mild-mannered undertaker has an unspoken passion for a local real-estate woman who comes to all his funerals. Soon, he’ll commit crimes and plot a way to confess his true feelings before time – and bodies – run out.
The Thief of Tears
Mac, a beautiful Los Angeles drifter, makes her living stealing jewelry from corpses. When her wealthy grandmother dies, leaving her nothing, Mac returns to her hometown and attempts to pry loose her inheritance, a diamond ring her grandmother promised Mac when she was a child.
Thirteen Things About Ed Carpolotti
Virginia, the widow of a wheeler-dealer contractor, discovers that her husband has left her in debt to the banks, her family and the mob. As Virginia struggles to escape her creditors and understand how her husband could have left her in such pain and doubt, a mysterious list of “thirteen things” embarrassing to Ed is offered to her if she can come up with one million dollars in three days.
