Tom Dudzick


For inquiries about scripts and performance rights please contact the author at tomzick@​msn.com.

Miracle on South Division Street

“Miracle on South Division Street” is the story of the Nowak family, living amidst the urban rubble of Buffalo, NY’s East Side. Maybe the neighborhood is depressed, but not Clara, the family matriarch. She happily runs her soup kitchen and tends to the family heirloom – a twenty-foot shrine to the Blessed Mother which adjoins the house. This neighborhood beacon of faith commemorates the day in 1942 when the Blessed Virgin Mary materialized in her father’s barber shop! When the play opens, a family meeting is in progress. Daughter Ruth divulges her plan to finally “go public” with the family miracle by creating a one-woman play about the sacred event. But during the course of the meeting, the entire family’s faith is shaken to the very core when a deathbed confession causes the family legend to unravel. The results are heartfelt and hilarious.


JOHN GEORGETTE, JR., Examiner.com:
"Best comedy of the year in Connecticut! A great hook that will keep generations laughing. You have to see it to believe it."


PETER D. KRAMER, The Journal News:
A rollicking comedy where one revelation builds on another to an unexpected and thoroughly satisfying conclusion. Best to order tickets before it sells out."


GEORGE DACRE, The Rockland County Times:
"Take my word for it, go see and enjoy 'Miracle on South Division Street.' Four Stars out of Four."


PETER FILICHIA, Theatremania.com:
"Utterly delightful while delivering a solid message on faith, the lack of it, why we believe what we believe, and how we can, or must, adjust to life's surprises."


LARRY HARBISON, On the Aisle with Larry:
"A well-constructed and most endearing play. I loved it."


JOANNE GRECO ROCHMAN, NewsTimes.com:
"You will quickly fall in love with the characters."

The Plays

Over the Tavern: The TV Show
Two new one-act plays featuring the Pazinski Family and Sister Clarissa!
Over the Pub
The Irish Adaptation of "Over the Tavern"
Miracle on South Division Street
Hilarious and heartfelt conflict over a “miracle” in the family barbershop. “Best comedy of the year in Connecticut. You have to see it to believe it.” ...John Georgette, Jr., Examiner.com
Over the Tavern
An hilarious and touching depiction of 1959 Americana. “Absolutely enchanting... a little bit of heaven!”
-Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune
King o’ the Moon (Over the Tavern, Part II)
The Pazinski clan ten years later, embroiled in the turbulent 60’s. “This is a ‘Moon’ that winces with pain and winks with joy.”
-Hedy Weiss, Chicago Sun-Times
The Last Mass at St. Casimir's (Over the Tavern, Part III)
“Over the Tavern’s” final chapter takes place in the bar room almost a decade later, during the infamous Blizzard of ’77, and masterfully completes the Pazinski saga.
Greetings!
“Exhilarating, profound: what ineffective little adjectives to describe 'Greetings!'"
-J.R. South, Albany Times-Union
Hail Mary!
An hilarious look at religious fundamentalism!
Don't Talk to the Actors
A backstage comedy about a greenhorn Buffalo playwright swept up in the whirlwind of Broadway!
One-Act Comedy
On the Road with Hank the Horse (A One-Act Comedy)
A riotous road trip back to the old neighborhood.
Fine Art Print
"Comedy's Last Supper"
Classic comics from films' golden age have their own last supper -- da Vinci style!