Two one-act plays by Joyce Carol Oates. The Key is a hilariously perverse encounter between a vacationing suburban housewife, recently separated from her husband, and a prosperous businessman. Tone Clusters is a chilling tragicomedy that takes the form of a surreal interview between a middle-aged, middle-class American couple and the media.

Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in January of 1991.

Directed by Gordon Hunt

The Key

Héctor Elizondo as Edwin

Don Reed as Waiter

JoBeth Williams as Melissa

Tone Clusters

Edward Asner as Frank Gulick

Héctor Elizondo as The Voice

Joyce Van Patten as Emily Gulick