My People play booklet cover.
"The play is charming and warm and wonderful."
Johnathan Morpurgo
Nascent Constellation short stories chapbook cover.
"Funny and personal."
Sue Miller
My People is a very short play, but it is funny, thoughtful, and poignant. My People takes place at the service window of a small restaurant. The dialogue is between a reformed gang member, now working as a cook in a restaurant, and an artist working as a server in that restaurant. There is both humor and poignancy in the dialogue as the two main characters explain to each other what "my people" means to them. The droll final lines bring the characters, and the audience, together for a lighthearted ending.
My People is published with a medium weight matte photo card stock cover. A numbered first edition was printed before it was known that the play would be chosen for production at DramaRama in April, 2008. Eight copies were printed. Three have been distributed. The five remaining have been paired with five new limited edition copies of Nascent Constellation, the chapbook of a series of short stories.
Nascent Constellation is a chapbook of short stories that form a trilogy. They are ultimately inspirational stories, stories of "kindness and grace." Included in this edition is a fourth, bonus section, Highway 13, which is an exceprt from a chapter of a novel in progress. Nascent Constellation is published with a heavy weight glossy photo card stock cover.
The five copies of My People and Nascent Constellation limited editions are currently available as a set. Another printing of My People will not be available until after the performance.
Peter Demers has written in various capacities for many years and reading his stories at open mics since 2001. He wrote a column in the mid-1980's called On Healing, news, reviews and travel articles in a web site called provincetowndaily.com, short stories, a monologue, and plays. There’s a novel in progress, a full length play in the works, and a post-Katrina web site in the planning stages. In 2007, he won the KARES grant sponsored by the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival in 2007. He’s self published the chapbook of short stories called Nascent Constellation; the short play, My People; and recently completed editing major sections of the public domain version of A Course In Miracles, reformatted and retitled The Miracles Journal. He also designed the covers of the limited edition chapbook and play booklet.
A downloadable zip file of the posters for the April 19, 2008, performance at DramaRama15 is available here.
You can purchase these two limitied edition publications with Google Checkout or Paypal. The price for the two publications together is $11.99 plus shipping. There is also a no shipping option for those who are local.
The front and back covers of Nascent Constellation and My People.