woman:  [speaking through closed door] yes? in canada, no.1 oats weigh ; no.2 oats must weigh ; no.3 oats must weigh at least  and if oats are lighter than  they do not make no.4 oats and have no grade. unknown to him, his wife returned home early and dies in the fire, leaving him to parent their daughter alone. it is wrapped in a paper bag and set aside until the scales begin popping off. in the mid 1990s he had eight one-act plays produced off-off broadway in five years. 