Helping Sisters: An Audio Play in 8 episodes by Larry Steven Price

MAUD WALKS HOME THROUGH HER DETERIORATING NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONCE HOME, AFTER ATTENDING TO HER ELDERLY MOTHER BESSIE, MAUD CHECKS THE

NEWSPAPERS TO SEE IF THE LOTTERY TICKET SHE'D PURCHASED A FEW DAYS EARLIER IS 

LISTED AS A WINNER.

IN EPISODE ONE MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON

PREVIOUSLY ON HELPING SISTERS MAUD DISCOVERS SHE IS HOLDING A LOTTERY TICKET THAT MAY BE WORTH TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

THE FAMILY GATHERS IN MAUD'S NIECE PHYLLIS’ LARGE VERY MODERN KITCHEN, IN A NICE SUBURBAN HOUSE. MAUD HAS ARRIVED TO PREPARE TO GO TO THE GRAND SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING. IN THE KITCHEN ARE ROSE, MAUD’S SISTER-IN-LAW, WIDOW OF MAUD’S LATE BROTHER HERSCHEL, SONNY, ROSE’S SON, DAN, PHYLLIS’ HUSBAND, A PHYSICIAN, IRIS, MAUD’S EMPHYSEMA-STRICKEN SISTER, PAUL , IRIS’ SON, A BUSINESSMAN. BESSIE IS IN AN OVERSTUFFED CHAIR WATCHING TV.

IN EPISODE TWO, MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, , BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, ROSE BY LAURA CORNFELD, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS, IRIS BY GABY SHINE MARKOVITZ, PAUL BY BARAK BARD, DAN BY DALE DAVID HONOR.

IN THE PREVIOUS EPISODE THE FAMILY GATHERED IN PHYLLIS’ KITCHEN AS MAUD PREPARED TO GO TO THE GRAND SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING TO SEE IF SHE WINS THE TEN MILLION DOLLAR PRIZE. SONNY AND HIS COUSIN PAUL HAD GONE OUTSIDE TO TOSS A BALL AROUND.

IN THIS EPISODE, IRIS, IS STILL SUFFERING FROM EMPHYSEMA AND STILL SNEAKING CIGARETTES. SONNY PRESENTS THE FAMILY WITH A PLAN TO HELP MAUD AND BESSIE SHOULD MAUD NOT WIN THE LOTTERY’S GRAND PRIZE OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS. AND LATER, PAUL’S WIFE KAREN ARRIVES WiTH THEIR INFANT SON RICKY.

IN EPISODE 3, MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, , BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, ROSE BY LAURA CORNFELD, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS, IRIS BY GABY SHINE MARKOVITZ, PAUL BY BARAK BARD, KAREN BY ABIGAIL ELLIS.

IN THE PREVIOUS EPISODE THE FAMILY HAD GATHERED AS MAUD PREPARED TO GO TO THE GRAND SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING. SONNY PROPOSED A PLAN TO HELP HIS GRANDMOTHER AND AUNT MOVE FROM THEIR NEAR SLUM APARTMENT TO NICER SURROUNDINGS SHOULD MAUD NOT WIN THE TEN MILLION DOLLARS.

IN THIS EPISODE, SONNY, ROSE, PAUL, BESSIE AND IRIS ARE MILLING AROUND THE KITCHEN WAITING FOR MAUD. ROSE IS AT THE KITCHEN SINK WASHING THE DISPOSABLE PLASTIC DISHES. PAUL IS LEANING AGAINST THE REFRIGERATOR, PICKING HIS TEETH WITH A TOOTHPICK.

IN EPISODE, 4, MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, , BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, ROSE BY LAURA CORNFELD, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS, IRIS BY GABY SHINE MARKOVITZ, PAUL BY BARAK BARD, KAREN BY ABIGAIL ELLIS.

PREVIOUSLY ON HELPING SISTERS, FAMILY TENSIONS ROSE AS THE DRAWING APPROACHED. SONNY AND HIS COUSIN PAUL NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS. UNKOWN TO MAUD, HER SISTER IRIS SUFFERED AN EMPHYSEMA ATTACK AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL BY PAUL AND DAN.

IN THIS EPISODE , THE REMAINING FAMILY MEMBERS ARE PREPARING FOR MAUD’S DEPARTURE TO THE SWEEPSTAKE DRAWING.BESSIE IS IN HER CHAIR, PHYLLIS IS AT THE KITCHEN TABLE PLAYING CARDS WITH SONNY. SHE LOOKS UP AS MAUD ENTERS THE ROOM.

IN EPISODE 5 MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, ROSE BY LAURA CORNFELD, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS.

IN THE PREVIOUS EPISODE MAUD LEAVES FOR THE GRAND SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING WITH PHYLLIS AND BESSIE.

IN THIS EPISODE SONNY IS AT THE KITCHEN TABLE STUDYING A LARGE ILLUMINATED BIBLE THE ROOM IS EMPTY. HE FIGETS. HE GETS UP FOR A DRINK OF WATER, SITS DOWN. LOOKS AT THE BOOK, GETS UP, WALKS TO A WINDOW. WALKS BACK TO THE CHAIR, SITS DOWN. A CAR PULLS INTO THE GARAGE. DOORS SLAM, PHYLLIS RETURNS WITH MAUD AND BESSIE.

IN EPISODE 6, MAUD WAS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS.

IN THE PREVIOUS EPISODE, MAUD RETURNS FROM THE SWEEPSTAKES DRAWING HAVING NOT WON $10 MILLION ONLY TO FIND OUT HER SISTER IRIS HAS DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.

THIS EPISODE FINDS MAUD AND BESSIE IN THEIR APARTMENT WATCHING THEIR NEW COLOR TV. THE PHONE RINGS. THEN MAUD HAS SURPRISE VISITORS.

IN EPISODE 7 MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS, ROSE BY LAURA CORNFELD, SALLY BY RIVKA DE RAY

PREVIOUSLY ON HELPING SISTERS, THE FAMILY GATHERED TO CELEBRATE MAUD’S BIRTHDAY. BUT ONCE THEY LEFT MAUD COLLAPSED BUT MANAGED TO CALL AN AMBULANCE, SAVING HER LIFE.

IN THIS EPISODE. BOXES ARE SCATTERED AROUND MAUD AND BESSIE’S APARTMENT. THE FRONT DOOR OPENS. PHYLLIS WALKS IN SIDEWAYS HOLDING MAUD’S ARM. MAUD WALKS IN SLOWLY, SLIGHTLY BENT OVER. PHYLLIS STEERS MAUD TO THE COUCH. DAN COMES IN HOLDING BESSIE BENEATH BOTH ARMS AND LOWERS HER INTO HER BIG CHAIR. PHYLLIS SITS DOWN BESIDE MAUD.

IN THIS EPISODE, MAUD IS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, DAN BY DALE DAVID HONOR.

NOW FOR THE HELPING SISTERS CREDITS AND THANK YOUS

 THE FULL CAST: 

MAUD WAS PLAYED BY ANDREA KATZ, BESSIE BY SUSAN BERKSON, PHYLLIS BY MIRIAM METZINGER, DAN BY DALE DAVID HONOR, ROSE BY LAURA CORNFELD, IRIS BY GABY SHINE MARKOVITZ, SONNY BY CHARLES "CB" DAVIS, PAUL BY BARAK BARD, KAREN BY ABIGAIL ELLIS. SALLY BY RIVKA DERAY. NARRATOR LARRY STEVEN PRICE

HELPING SISTERS WAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY LARRY STEVEN PRICE AND PRODUCED BY PRICE COMMUNICATIONS INC. WITH THE INVALUABLE HELP OF MICHAEL JAFFE, WHO DESIGNED THE AUDIO, BARAK BARD AND NICLOE BARD OF BEN BARD PLAYERS, AND CHARLES “CB”DAVIS OF CBDB PRODUCTIONS. AND SPECIAL THANKS TO LINDA PRICE, ALAN ROSENTHAL, MARK BENJAMIN, LILLY RIVLIN , LARRY FREUND AND STEVEN ROSENBERG, FOR ADVICE ENCOURAGEMENT AND COUNSEL DURING THIS PRODUCTION.

AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL ACTORS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PRODUCTION.

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