<div><p>"<I>Fifty Words</I> has a gimlet eye, providing meticulously chosen, artfully integrated details that let us understand why its characters so love and loathe each other. Like Mr. Albee's <I>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</I> it understands how closely hate and love can be linked in marriage."—<I>The New York Times</I></P> <p>In <I>Fifty Words</I>, a Brooklyn brownstone becomes a marital battleground for Adam and Jan; <I>What the Night Is For</I> dramatizes Adam's infidelity at a hotel with former lover Melinda; and in <I>Side Effects</I>, Melinda and her husband Hugh come to terms with their broken relationship.</P> <p><B>Michael Weller</B> has written over forty dramatic works, including the plays <I>Moonchildren</I>, <I>Fishing</I>, <I>Loose Ends</I>, and <I>Beast</I>, and the screenplays for <I>Hair</I> and <I>Ragtime</I>.</P></DIV>