Newt Gingrich Visits a Residential Youth Facility Not Near Omaha

Synopsis: Jason and Nick, residents at a facility for troubled teens, wait for then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to arrive. Jason expects Gingrich's visit to change their lives, while cynical Nick wants to resist but can't quite help wanting to believe. Meanwhile, their underwear has disappeared. And when Newt's limousine finally arrives, it's raining, and since the photo op will be ruined, Newt gets back inside and drives away again, leaving Jason and Nick right where they started.

Notes: Finalist for the Actors Theatre of Louisville Heideman Award. Published by Brooklyn Publishers.