Recipient: McKnight Foundation Humanities Award For Shorter Drama
Ryan Kaminsky review: "Joe Praml does a wonderful job setting the scene and crafting realistic, witty, and compelling dialogue. His ability to mix drama with comedy and reality with magical realism is very impressive. A fun and engaging script from start to finish!"
Dick, Jane and Sally appear outside Grandma’s house during her death throes. They grumpily complain at the likelihood of no inheritance. They reluctantly call in a doctor who operates on her. He finds inside her an enormous black pearl, puts it back and sews her up again. He comes out of the house and informs the three, who become overjoyed at the news. Out of the house comes Grandma in full vibrant force. She goes off with a naked, jigging sailor who she saw out of the corner of her eye while under anesthesia.