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WAITING FOR GODEX (formerly GODEX HAS COME) Tragicomedy in Two Acts ISBN: 978-1460948125, CreateSpace See cover on CreateSpace or Amazon: https://www.createspace.com/3570075 www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=corneliu+mitrache&sprefix=corneliu+&ih=6_1_0_1_0_0_1_0_0_1.264_334&fsc=-1 A philosopher down on his luck and his female companion are waiting for Godex. Unlike a certain Godot, Godex does show up and gets himself into trouble for not dishing out “one hundred percent salvation.” After celebrating the end of their wait, the tramps dread the existential vacuum once more.  "The Waiting River springs from Mount Hope and flows into the Sea of Promise. Along its banks there is boredom and despair (I can't go on!), resolution or revolution (no more waiting!), joy and celebration (free at last!), and disappointment and emptiness (what now?)."  “[Waiting for Godex] marks what may become a healthy wave of Beckettian revisionism.”   -The Los Angeles Times  “...thought provoking and funny as hell.”  -The Los Angeles Weekly  “...post-modernist manifesto.”   -The Village Voice  FULL REVIEWS: Los Angeles Weekly GODEX HAS COME Some Beckett votaries may find Corneliu Mitrache’s humorous attempt to resolve Waiting for Godot’s existential dilemma intellectually unpalatable and artistically vile, but it is thought-provoking—and funny as hell. Taking up where Godot left off, two tramps, Klapp and Krapp (quality performances by Mark Forest and George Sheldon), like Vladimir and Estragon are trapped in an endless quandary of having to wait for a meeting—not wit Godot, but Godex. Their dreadful vigil takes place upon director Will Aaron’s simple but effective set consisting of a sink, trash bags, old traffic signs and moth-eaten sofa. Like their predecessors, they indulge in all manner of foolishness, useless prattle and futile attempts at self-affirmation. Yet these tramps are far more animated than Beckett’s, and a lot funnier. True, Mitrache has used some of Beckett’s routines and dialogue, but he has given his characters and this play a healthy originality while not deviating far thematically from his model. Godex (Beverly Sands) does arrive, dressed in a red pants suit, toting briefcase and promising salvation for the two vagabonds—but at a price. Aaron and producers James Carey and Denise Ragan have put together a show that this Beckett devotee enjoyed. Attic Theatre, 6562½ Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, Fri-Sat, 8 pm, then, in March: Thurs-Sat., 8 pm; thru March 20. (213) 462-9720 (Lovell Estell III) Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/1993-03-05/entertainment/ca-131_1_edith-stein Click here for “Why a Sequel?” (essay) and a sample scene. FLUSH GAME OR THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO HENRY MILLER (Cosmic Farce in One Act) ISBN: 978-1460959862, CreateSpace See cover on CreateSpace or Amazon: https://www.createspace.com/3572336 www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_2_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=corneliu+mitrache&sprefix=corneliu+&ih=6_1_0_1_0_0_1_0_0_1.264_334&fsc=-1 From atop a celestial toilet, Number 1 and Number 2 flush souls into flesh. To pass the time from one flush to the next, they decide to entertain themselves at the expense of two humans.   Their guests are Henry and June, Miller's sexy, shrewd wife. With hardly any recollections of past lives, Henry and June have to choose between rebirth and eternal wandering through the universe.   Number 1 paints a rosy picture of life. Number 2 dishes out the worst scenario. Henry and June's choices might surprise you. And the final curtain might even blow you away.  A special treat for Henry Miller fans!  Click here for a sample scene.