Desperate Measures Written by Jeanne Johnston When Joe brings home a handgun, he and his wife, Angela, fight about whether it's safe to have a gun in the house with young children. It turns out it's not so safe, but for reasons Joe didn't anticipate. Bothered Written by Colleen Neuman Elizabeth and Mark are saying good night at the end of a disastrous first date. Elizabeth expected an elegant evening at a French restaurant. Mark took her to a baseball game. Now, with mustard down the front of her new silk dress, Elizabeth reaches her breaking point. She inflicts on poor Mark a lesson in how to take a woman out on a date. Smitten, Mark uses the lesson to get a second date with Elizabeth. These plays contain adult language and themes.