The Empty Chair

by Tim Kelly

Genres: Plays

Unknown Binding

About the author

Mr. Kelly, who was born in 1931, wrote more than 300 comedies, dramas, one-acts, mysteries, melodramas, children's shows and musicals, making his living writing for the stock, amateur and educational markets.

He wrote under his own name, and also at least four pseudonyms (Vera Morris, J. Moriarty, Robert Swift, Keith Jackson), for publishers such as Samuel French, Pioneer Drama Service and Contemporary Drama Service, among others.

Pioneer alone has 130 scripts by Kelly, according to Pioneer publisher Steven Fendrich. "It covers the gamut," Fendrich told Playbill On-Line Dec. 10. Mr. Kelly was the first playwright to sign up with the Colorado-based Pioneer when it was founded in 1967 by Fendrich's father.

Reviews

[Shawn Deal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here is a hard hitting drama about teenage substance abuse. The play centers around a recovery meeting, where a group of teenagers come to talk about their recovery. One chair is empty, as one of the teenagers has died from a drug overdose. The play deals with how each character comes to terms with that death.