The Lion Eats His Lunch by Larry Loebell

Tomorrow David Williamson surrenders to federal authorities on an insider trading conviction. Today he has lunch at his private club, and strikes up a desperate conversation with the man who has been his waiter there for many years. Their strained interchange takes a surprising turn when the waiter reveals that he, too, has been playing the stock market -- using the same information that's sending Williamson to prison. (This play can be performed independently, or as Act I of Pride of the Lion.)