Stopping The Desert
by Glen Merzer

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.