Frances Kruske

Polish folktale about love and community

The employees of The Missing Piece, a custom puzzle company, meet for a virtual happy hour to blow off steam and discuss ways to deal with the unexpected "puzzle boom." But nothing goes according to plan, including a visit from the company's CEO, as they find themselves trapped in the Zoom call and one by one meet a disastrous fate.

Two snakes fight over a hot dog

Three people look for each other in a graveyard

See You Today presents six conversations removed from their surrounding contexts. In each scene, the performer has an exchange that begins with the same words—“I didn’t think that I’d see you today.” For a conversation partner, there is only the subtitles, which converse with the performer back and forth. From the mundane to the erotic, See You Today finds meaning in the process of conversing, rather than in the narrative context that surrounds it.

Differing viewpoints are presented on the impending opening of the big box store, "Flo Mart."

On a Home Shopping Network style program for fringe political beliefs, four presenters attempt to sell remedies and solutions to popular conspiracy theories.

Creation myth about the invention of theremin

An operatic interpretation of reality show reunions