Rob's Written Work
Destinations—A
slice-of-life story that explores infidelity — how do some relationships survive affairs
and not others?
- Genre: Drama with comedic dialogue.
- Cast Requirements: 2 males, 2 females, all in their 20s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 2 chairs to represent airplane
seats and 2 additional chairs and a table.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
Destinations was
published in The
Best Plays from the Strawberry One Act
Festival, Vol. 1 and
is currently available in
bookstores and available at: Google
Books.
It has become a rather popular short play to perform in high school and
college drama programs and has been produced in venues across the
United States and in Canada.
Quarters (aka Beer
4 Breakfast, aka Life on Mars)—A
playfully simple comedy about the absurd lives of men. Told in a
sitcom style, this play follows the lives of four totally opposite male
roommates living in a Manhattan apartment. Rounding out the cast of
characters are: the brain, the babehound, the broke actor and the
burnout. Four 20something guys just trying to find
themselves—and a little piece of happiness—during their
quarter century crises.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 4 males, 2 females all in their 20s. 1-2
males in their late 30s or early 40s.
- Set Requirements: 1 main set: a NYC apartment, 2
minor sets: restaurant and a professor's office.
- Running time: 90 minutes.
Click here for a great review from the Times-Herald
Record and Backstage.
Eve—On the eve of a mother's
operation, her son comes to visit and opens up to her for the first
time in his life.
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male in his 20s, 1 female in her late 50s
early 60s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, a middle class suburban kitchen.
- Running Time: 15 minutes.
The
Love of Your Life—The
story of a woman about to be married who learns a few life lessons
about love from her recently widowed grandmother.
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 2 females, 1 in her 20s, the other in
her 70s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, a middle class suburban living
room.
- Running Time: 15 minutes.
The
Trouble With You Is—When
a famous actress visits her nebbish, younger sister, personalities
collide and
truths are revealed...and tragedy lie ahead for both...but can they
overcome these tragedies with each other's help?
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 2 females in their 30s or 40s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, a middle class suburban living
room.
- Running Time: 20 minutes.
Secret—The sad story of a self-loathing man burdened by a secret that prevents him from having a "normal life."
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female, both in their 20s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, apartment living room.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
Rewarding Constance—A dutiful, southern waitress recalls her twisted childhood growing up with a less than nuturing mother.
- Genre: Drama with some comedic dialogue.
- Cast Requirements: 2 females in their 20s-30s; 1 female in her 60s-70s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, diner counter and a table with 1 chair.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
Love & Liquor—A compilation of short plays featuring: The Love of Your Life, Destinations, Rewarding Constance, Secret, Eve, and The Trouble With You Is.
- Genre: Dramas with comedic dialogue.
- Cast Requirements: minimally, 2 males in their 20s-30s; 2 females in their 20s-30s; 1 female in her 60s-70s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, all settings can be recreated using chairs and tables or rehearsal blocks.
- Running time: 90 minutes.
An Unholy Proposal—A vampire proposes marriage to a witch — she says no — but why?
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female both of any age
- Set Requirements: minimal, 1 bench or 2 chairs.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
Free—A neurotic man's life has just been turned upside down by a medical diagnosis he was not expecting.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female both in 40s or 50s.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 2 chairs or a couch.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
A Dog's Life—A story that illustrates the bond between pet and human and the importance of living in the moment.
- Genre: Drama with comedic dialogue.
- Cast Requirements: 2 males, any age.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 1 chair or a bench.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
Baggage—A woman must learn to love again despite the significant baggage she carries from her past relationships.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 female, 2 males.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 1 couch or 2 chairs.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
Liquid Love—It's
New Year's Eve and a woman is prepared to make a resolution to ban
either coffee or wine from her life...but the decision won't be so easy.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 female, 2 males.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 2 chairs or stools.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
Observations—An oblivious loser decides he's going to become an observational humorist — his wife is not amused.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 2 chairs or a couch.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
Super Human—A super human family not only must fight an evil criminal, but must learn to live with their son's newfound life choice.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 2 males, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, if anything.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
Superstorm Sandy—A play that explores the challenges of rebuilding after your family has been destroyed.
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 2 males, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, 1 table, 2 chairs.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
The Play's The Thing—The show must go on — no matter what — for an aging actor who has been playing Hamlet his entire life.
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, some chairs.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
Heroes, Humans, and Other Assorted Monsters—A compilation of short plays featuring: An
Unholy Proposal, Free, A Dog's Life, Baggage, Liquid Love,
Observations, Super Human, Superstorm Sandy, and The Play's The Thing.
- Genre: Mix of comedies and dramas.
- Cast Requirements: at minimum, 2 males and 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, all settings can be recreated using chairs and tables or rehearsal blocks.
- Running time: 100 minutes.
Group Therapy—A
group of digital and social media addicts get together for their
regular therapy session but are tempted to go back online when their
therapist fails to show up for their meeting.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 2 males, 3 females.
- Set Requirements: minimal, some chairs.
- Running time: 15 minutes.
Hey, Pumpkin—A frenzied woman in recovery — who happens to be addicted to all things pumpkin spice — falls off the wagon.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, a table and some chairs.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
Halloween Night—2 college-aged kids share a scary night on the roof of a frat house on All Hallow's Eve.
- Genre: Drama.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: the ledge of a stage.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
The Vampire Appeal—a youth and beauty obsessed female begs to be turned into a vampire, no matter what the cost.
- Genre: Comedy.
- Cast Requirements: 1 male, 1 female.
- Set Requirements: minimal, if anything.
- Running time: 10 minutes.
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