This weekend, No Refund Theatre depicts the more disturbing events of everyday life.

NRT will be performing Poor Little Lambs, Wake-Up Call, and Zero-Sum Mind, three one-act plays by play writer Stephen Gregg.

Gregg, a native of Alburquerque, New Mexico, graduated from Stratford University in 1985. His one-act play This is a Test has been the most produced high school one-act play in the country for the last 12 years.

This weekend's first one-act, Poor Little Lambs, involves a grandmother and her five grandchildren sharing an afternoon at a baseball game. The grandchildren mock and tease the grandmother throughout the afternoon and create a game to keep points on who can make the grandmother give new details to the same stories she tells over and over again.

In the end, the grandmother proves that she is not as senile as the grandchildren seem to think.

"At first my character is used to being the grandmother, but in the end she comes out victorious," said Jessica Summers, who plays the role of the grandmother.

No Refund Theatre Onstage: Three one-act plays by Stephen Gregg. Time: 8 p.m. Date: Today and tomorrow Place: 111 Forum

The second one-act, Wake-Up Call, is about a high school boy Joe, who cannot discern the difference between fantasy and reality. In the play, Joe's girlfriend, Rochelle, develops a plan to poison her father and asks for Joe's help. When Joe awakes, his mother comforts him before coming on to him and lewdly making passes toward him.

Joe is played by Jon Trump, a first time actor for the NRT. Trump auditioned for this particular character because he found the playwright to be interesting.

"My character is pretty challenging," Trump said. "I have never been hit on by my mom."

As the night goes on, the acts get progressively more absurd, said Adam Kapp, director of the plays.

The third one-act, Zero-Sum Mind, is set in the future. In the play, every time the actors learn something, they forget something else. Throughout the play, the characters try to have conversations without learning anything new. One particular character learns so much that she forgets how to breathe.

Kapp received some helpful advice from the writer Gregg by keeping in contact with him throughout the rehearsals leading up to the play.

"He was very responsive and offered me advice and ideas that he has tried before," Kapp said. "I invited him to the play but I do not expect him to come."

This weekend's acts are all dark comedy, involving the theatre of the absurd. It should be good for a laugh, said Kapp.

The plays will be performed in 111 Forum at 8 tonight and tomorrow night. Admission is free and open to the public.