110th Street Station

Written by Burton Bumgarter

Directed by Jan Godbey

Synopsis

Set in a New York subway station on the Upper West Side on a wintry Saturday Morning, Estelle, an eccentric woman, sits on a bench doing cross-stitch and talking with Grover, a street person trying to sleep under a pile of newspapers. They are soon joined by Julia, a wealthy woman whose expensive car has just broken down and who is in a hurry to meet her husband; Calvin, a spoiled brat who is supposed to be meeting business associates of his father's at the airport; Marta, a recent immigrant on her way to work in a sweatshop; a novice nun with doubts about her vocation; Jan and Jill, musicians and roommates who are late for a rehearsal and who are driving each other crazy; and a punk who dances around under headphones.

During the wait for the next train, the characters think only of their own plights. Then they look around and draw conclusions about the people around them. They are drawn out by boredom, imagination, and a fight over a $20 bill that one of them drops. Slowly, they are drawn together and realize that their perceptions about each other and reality are miles apart. As the next train arrives, the lives of each of the characters has been altered for the better.