A Little Something  (1 female, 1 male. 10 pages)
Ava has something that gives her comfort. Val, her nervous friend, asks to see it. Though he has no idea what it is, it makes him feel good and he refuses to give it back.
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All Time Favorite  (2 males. 10 pages)
Young man holds forth on the relative charms of two very prominent ladies from the world of animated cartoons.
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Anger, Vengeance and Retribution  (2 males. 10 pages)
Ricky, a vulgarian tough, wants to engage Larry, his vulgarian toady, in philosophical discourse. (See notes for the collection, “Bang!).

Fare Play
One of three friends refuses to tip the cabby.

Filthy Lucre
Husband/John questions the existential value of money; wife/hooker persuades him of his true (ie, pro) feeling.

First Sight
A man and a woman meet at a party and decide to marry within three pages.

Fleeting Moment
Sniper about to assassinate someone in the next building is visited by an angel on a NYC rooftop.

I’m Buying
A couple of barflies argue over whose beer that is in front of them.

If I Pick My Dose…  (2 females. 12 pages)
Young mother gives her young daughter a lesson in bodily etiquette. For mature children and immature adults.

Jim Silverstein’s Will     

Kingdom Come
Priest offers comfort to a randy prisoner moments before his execution.

Legal Brief  (1 male, 1 female. 9 pages)
Man browses law office. Refuses to state his business until it’s too late. (See notes for the collection, “Bang!).

 Makin’ Fun
Lew is paranoid: is Budd making fun of him? Maybe not.

Mignonne
A woman is convinced her boyfriend doesn’t love her because he doesn’t love her dog.

Negotiation
Negotiator settles an argument between the venue’s owner and the show’s artistic director.

On The Rocks (1 male, 1 female. 10 pages)
A man breaking it off with his lifelong love, the bottle. Her attempts to woo him back.

Pickup
Casual barroom chat leads to hate crime.

Press the Meat
Satire on how the telejournalists handle the Lewinsky affair in an immature manner.

Roma Romance
Two hippies sleeping in a park in Rome (1972) are rescued from toughs by a godlike Roman hunk.

Stickup  (2 females, 1 male. 16 pages)
The tables are turned on a young thief by two pleasant matrons when he tries to hold up a country grocery store. (See notes for the collection, “Bang!).

Swap
Two computer users at a bar talk about their machines as if they were girlfriends.

The Big Cough-Up  (4 males. 7 pages)
The boss is collecting tribute. Three of his stooges complain because their rich associate is paying a smaller percentage. Boss and rich man prove the fairness of this arrangement.

The Broker The Bettor
Moe scams the other two Stooges into giving him their share of the money by persuading them that they can trust his ability to make more for them.

The Deal
An aging, petulant capitalist is assisted by his son in the completion of a deal with a corporate scumbag.

The Other Mother
Boy hosts game show with mother and stepmother as contestants.

The Picture
My first play. Copyright 1978.

The Witches of East Islip
Two suburban witches persuade one of their neighbors to join their coven.

Three Hundred And Fifty Million Years Later…  (1 male, 1 female. 15 pages)
The entire history of  heterosexual relationships in a nutshell. For actors who move well.

War Games
Man and wife debate which genders is unnecessary.

More to come. Excerpts to follow.