From award-winning playwright and screenwriter Mark Troy, this collection of five short plays, all theatrical in size and presentation, and all center around Jewish family life, customs, holidays, traditions, and even some "tsuris." These pieces represent a small part of Troy's work for the theater, but demonstrate a clear personal view of the human condition in the Jewish family from different age groups; parents, children, siblings, and married couples. There is something for every member of the family and for those who just happen to know a Jewish person somewhere.

When the worlds stupidest robbers break into the New York Public Library they are "shocked" to find only $14.28 in late book fees. An immediate change in plans and they take hostages: a Jewish Santa Claus, a pimp and his girl, a blind man looking for hidden money, a former Rockette, and an array of 18 colorful characters that lead our robbers through a journey back to their loves, their lives, and their family. By acclaimed playwright Mark Troy, it's 1978 New York City, and things ain't what they used to be.

From award-winning playwright and screenwriter Mark Troy, Much a Jew About Nothing is a collection of five short plays, all theatrical in size and presentation, that explore relationships. In Afterpiece, two hack actresses finally realize that cheating on their husbands during the road company of their show might not be such a good idea. Especially since they might not be doing the "right" show anyway. Pupik centers on a young woman who, as a last resort, introduces her fiance, whom she dresses like Moses, to her favorite uncle, hoping he will be accepted into the family even though he's not...

Private eye Val Lyon puts her game face on in eight tales of murder, lust, revenge and cheating. No matter what the game, her opponent is Death and he always scores first. Honolulu's hottest private eye, Val Lyon, is smart, sexy and tough. She doesn't back down from any opponent, even when the opponent is Death. Val drops from the sky and paddles a turbulent ocean. She mixes it up on the sand and the hardwood. She faces off against predator sharks and ferocious bulls, but the most fearsome opponents are the two-legged ones. The games are afoot but not everyone plays by the rules. There is...

Pilikia means "trouble" in the Hawaiian language and pilikia is exactly what private investigator, Val Lyon, finds on the mean streets of Honolulu. What starts off as a simple assignment to find a young boy who is the object of a custody battle turns into a fight for survival as death threats come in and bodies drop. Val's task pits her against a prominent feminist activist, a politically-connected clergyman, and a powerful local family. The case takes Val from the canyons of downtown Honolulu to the leper colony of Molokai and back with a killer dogging her footsteps the entire way.