Save yer pennies, kids. / Thomas M. Kelly (ePub)

a young Korean girl discover the meaning of the rest of their lives atop a Lower East Side tenement); ¿Fana!¿, (The ordeal of three trapped survivors of suicide bomb blasts spend their last hours justifying their lives and religions: two very honestly, the third very deceitfully.¿ In a mental duel the three argue the rationale of murder/suicide bombings using the Qur¿an, Hindu philosophy and the Torah as authority.); and ¿smile, and smile, and be a villain.¿; (A frightening glimpse at the life of a victim of Borderline Personality Disorder); ¿Ba-Bang!¿ (An analytic political cartoon caricature of ¿Dubya¿); "The (Mis)Adventures of Charlie & Jay": a montage of four short children's plays, including "Stop Snoring, Jay! I¿m Dreaming of Christmas!"; "Wake Up, Jay! It¿s Christmas!"; "This is Not our Backyard, Charlie!"; and "You¿re in Trouble Now, Charlie!". ¿Ba-Bang!, The Musical¿; ¿Waiting for Mahmoud¿; ¿How To Improve Your Life in Four Easy Moves¿; "Yuyustu" (part of the 'Mixville' series); "It's'a comin' inta' bein' ", co-authored with Paul Hauck; and ¿P¿aig¿s Aibhistear¿.¿¿Ole¿ Gimlet Eye¿ is a biographical play about Major Smedley Darlington Butler, U.S.M.C. General Butler was a man who defied the powers that were, to wage a war against war in the days before World War II: ¿War is a racket! I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.¿; ¿Frankie and Johnny Were Schweethawts¿; "Liza!"; "Pawns are but Poor Men";¿"Save yer pennies, kids." (part of the 'Mixville' series); "Sacred Ground" (part of the 'Mixville' series); "Hey Mom, tell Rod..."; and "On the Line", are more recent full-length plays, with more in premature flight.
He has written and produced many children¿s plays. They feature Charlie, a French Briard puppy, and Jay, a Persian Red Point feline.
In 1994 Mr. Kelly founded the award winning Thistle Dew Theatre in Sacramento and is founder of the highly successful Thistle Dew Playwright¿s Workshop in 2005.
In 2012 Mr. Kelly founded the Super Political Action Comedy (Super PAC) Theatre and it's blog: http://superpoliticalactioncomedy.blogspot.com/ , and other blogs; http:/thistledewtheatre.blogspot.com/ ; http://thistledewcenterforliteraryart.blogspot.com/ ; http://wordstreetsmarts.blogspot.com/ ; & http://californiaplaywrightstheirplays.blogspot.com/ .