Oatmeal and a Cigarette

(Drama. One act, 65 minutes)

CRITICS' PICK: 2008 Cincinnati Fringe
Three-year-old Billy leads a charmed life; he stays home all day, gets his diapers changed, sleeps in a crib, his mommy cooks his dinner every night, tells him nursery rhymes, and he gets to look out the window and color in his books all he wants. Except...Billy is actually thirty years old; he’s never been out of the apartment. His “mommy” is actually his older brother, who fills his head with terrifying nursery rhymes of everything outside. And the babysitter is a grad student. Her thesis topic is Billy. But she hasn’t mentioned that fact yet.

Cast: 
Male, 30; Female, 20s; 
Male, mid-30s-early 40s