Debra Oswald Livres

Sullivan Moss, once a charming underachiever, faces a turning point after a failed suicide attempt. Awakening in the hospital, he resolves to donate a kidney to a stranger, seeking redemption through altruism. As he navigates the challenges of becoming a donor, he inadvertently begins to reshape his life, finding sobriety, new friendships, and reconciliation with the past. However, the journey to self-improvement is fraught with temptations, testing his resolve. This story offers a poignant and humorous exploration of one man's quest to create meaning in his life.

After the murder of her husband, Celia has shut herself and her 16-year-old daughter Zoë away, toiling on a peach farm in the middle of nowhere. The arrival of two young people to help during picking season heralds the beginning of the end for Celia's safe existence. Her daughter falls in love with enigmatic, erratic Kieran, but when the relationship is threatened, they run away together. The safe, perhaps smothering, world that Celia has created unravels; her paranoia and insecurities amplified to full volume. Playing out alongside her fear, we see the increasingly degrading and dangerous lifestyle that the two elopers have fallen into. 2 acts, 2 male, 4 female.

The story revolves around best friends Zac and Corey, who face challenges while skateboarding in their town. Their desire for a skate park ignites a community campaign, spurred by Lauren, a girl documenting their skills for a competition. As Corey becomes increasingly involved with Lauren, tensions rise between the friends. The narrative explores themes of friendship, ambition, and resilience, highlighting the struggles and dynamics within their group as they navigate the push for a skate park and the personal changes that come with it.

Gillian is 16, suffers from the occasional 'ack-attack' and is worried about not having a boyfriend; she loves chocolate and gelato, and is infatuated with the best-looking boy in school. Dags is a funny and compassionate look at the trials of adolescence: pimples, heartache and self-discovery. (From Plays for Young People: http://www.currency.com.au/playsyoungpeople.htm accessed 03/11/2005).

Hast du schon einmal davon geträumt, in einer Fernsehshow aufzutreten? Rose ist vollkommen aus dem Häuschen, als sie erfährt, dass sie eine Traumrolle in der Top-Serie „Die Missionen der Ashtari“ ergattert hat – dabei geht es um die legendäre Zauberin Ashtari, ihren Bruder Xanthus und ein Wesen halb Mensch, halb Hund namens Kish. Und plötzlich findet sich Rose inmitten der turbulenten Welt der Special-Effects, Fernsehaufzeichnungen und des Ruhms wieder, die ihre Freundschaften und auch sie selbst auf eine harte Probe stellt. Auch die Figur, die sie spielt – Maya, die Schülerin der Ashtari – hat so einige Prüfungen zu bestehen. „Die fünfte Mission“ ist nicht nur witzig und spannend, sondern zeigt auch, wie schwer es manchmal ist, den Mut zu finden, sich selbst treu zu bleiben – egal unter welchen Umständen.