Ain’t Too Proud to Beg
A man is sitting on a red armchair. Bare-torsoed, he is wearing only a pair of dress pants and socks. He crosses his feet alternately, right over left, then left over right. He… Continue reading
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The Hanged Man
For this play, there is no stage. Or at least, none in its conventional sense. When the audience is led in, they shoud be seated in a jumbled-up pattern. Not even in a… Continue reading
Garden Hoe
A half-naked man – the bottom half of his body enclosed in a mountain of earth – breathing on center stage. He is holding a pair of shears. A rich housewife, perfectly dressed… Continue reading
Creationtheory (Writing Challenge Day 29)
A dolphin jumps from below the stage. PRIESTESS …And thus heaven and hell was formed. A dagger plunges through her heart.
Butt (Writing Challenge Day 28)
Two men are sitting alone on adjacent tables. MAN1 Nice night for a papaya. (takes out a cigarette) A light? The second man flicks open his lighter and burns the first… Continue reading
Wakwak (Writing Challenge Day 27)
A horde of angry naked men rush from stage right to stage left. A loud shriek from stage left. A horde of terrified men rush from stage left to stage right.… Continue reading
Interlaced Wires (Writing Challenge Day 26)
GUY 1 C2C. C2C. C2C. C2C. GUY2 Hello? Hello? Number cannot be reached. Hello! GUY3 M cuming. Aaaa. M cuming now. GUY4 Top or Bottom? Bottom? Shit! GUY1… Continue reading
A Vow of Nothing (Writing Challenge Day 25)
A man sits down on a toilet MAN Nothing. I dug down deep and felt nothing. From the first time I saw her at our wedding, escorted down the aisle by two… Continue reading
CURES/CURSE/CURS/CUS/CUE/CUES/CRUSE (Writing Challenge Day 24)
A man crosses from stage right to stage left leading another man by a chain attached to the latter’s collar. The latter man is crawling on all fours, like a dog. The… Continue reading
The House is Burning (Writing Challenge Day 17)
A burning house. An impatient man in a suit walks out of it. Sirens are heard as twenty-seven firemen rush in from stage left to douse the impatient man with imaginary water before… Continue reading