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One Day at a Time (A Personal Message from Clarke)

By Clarke Ahlers

I was 15 years old in the summer of 1970. I wouldn’t turn 16 until December of that year. Vince and Charlie and other high school buddies introduced me to the Oxford Tavern in DC across the street from the entrance to the zoo. I bought my first pitcher of beer in a bar. I…

Rebecca (Ten Minute Play)

By Clarke Ahlers

Rebecca A Ten-Minute Play SCENE 1 District Court, Central Booking. October 6, 2020 (JAMAL and REBECCA enter the courtroom through the door marked “Exit.” JAMAL is holding a large number of manilla file folders with pale multi-colored paperwork in each file folder. JAMAL points to the far table.) JAMAL Stand right there. I’ll be…