A four-character play for two male actors and two female actors set in a cafe.  Explores the interior monologue as well as the external dialogue between the two.  Simple props.  Sensual humor.  A sin-filled play if ever there was one.  Lots of jabs at both sides in the "gender wars."  Fifteen minutes.

 

A three-character play for three male actors set in an apartment.  A young man wants to become a hit man for the mob but gets quite a bit more than he bargained for.  Simple props.  Fifteen minutes.

 

A four-character play for two males, one female and one transvestite exploring the difficulties of being "normal."  The play has an element of Theater of the Absurd.  Simple props.  Ten minutes.

 

A three-character play for three male actors.  A Theater of the Absurd play about living according to Archbishop Ussher's belief that the world began in 4004 B.C.  Simple props.  Twenty-five minutes.

Overheard in a Brooklyn Bar

A humorous look at the patrons of Brooklyn Bars.

The Conspirators

The Chaplin's Last Sermon

During the Vietnam War a chaplin who

has seen too much delivers a most

unusual sermon.

Off the Hook

A two-character husband and wife play set in New York City's East Village.  The stress of balancing a job and a marriage.

 Monologue for an Actor

An aging actor rages against the 1950's.

Monologue for an Actress

Dominatrix Theory of the Universe

Please note there is a charge of US$50 for three performances of a one-act play (not per performance).  That is the minimum charge, but if you are making a video and can send me a copy you can forget about the first US$50.

In general, if you are a charity or not-for-profit organization and would like to put on only one performance of one of the one-act plays, there is no charge; but I would appreciate receiving a playbill, if any.

When asking for permission, please state where you are (city, state, country), how many performances there will be and when, if the actors and/or director will be paid, and if tickets will be sold.  Please note Dramatists Guild of America rules below.  My e-mail address is below.  And, above all else, should you put on one of the plays, in the tradition of great theater, may your actors "Break a Leg!"

The playwright owns the copyright

No changes may be made to the work without the playwright's explicit approval and any and all such approved changes belong to the playwright.

The playwright has approval over all principal artistic elements of a production. (In any case, as I live in Bangkok, I will most likely not be able to see the play so I won't be able to hang around the stage, chase after actresses, throw tantrums, and get in the way.)

Following the production, the writer controls all subsequent exploitations of the work.

I'm happy to say the above one-acts have been performed in several countries, nine countries in all.