Hillary McNeil is a forty-something professional woman at the top of her game. She has close friends, a daughter who's emerging into a strong woman, a devoted lover, and, most importantly, control of her life. Things seem too good to be true, and, of course, they are. Hillary's world begins to unravel with her inadvertent pregnancy. Nick Adamson and Hillary are in an exclusive relationship, but she refuses his marriage proposal. She views her pregnancy as a reason not to marry him. Having already gone through the arduous crucible of dealing with her daughter's unwanted pregnancy, Hillary is...

Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment provides the underlying theme for Free Shot, a play exploring the idea of whether the human conscience will allow an individual who commits a criminal act to live in peace with himself, even if the crime goes unpunished by the state. Specifically, Free Shot examines what happens when young, irresponsible and unformed lives get tangled in an act of violence that is never addressed by its perpetrator or victim. The plot unfolds in and around the home of Dr. Kate Alexander and her daughter Lauren in Los Angeles. Lauren was raised believing her father died...