Stopping the Desert

This fine play chronicles a decade by focusing on one individual. In the age of Nixon, Rick marries and starts an organic vegetable business. By the inauguration of Ford, Rick's business is a success; the Carter era sees his marriage failing. Sick of vegetables and suffering from malaise, Rick divorces and starts a mail order furniture company. By the age of Reagan Rick is so successful that he is offered a job as heir apparent of a conglomerate that manufactures inorganic pesticides a dilemma for Rick.