Tag: Romantic Comedy

  • But Not For Love

    But Not For Love

    (a wedding comedy/drama in one-act) Eleanor and Ephram, sister and brother, are both getting married on the same day.  And they’re each getting married to a man.  With protesters, policemen and a TV news crew outside the church, inside the couples are split over what their day and their ceremony should mean, to themselves or…

  • Sex in the Closet (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Sex in the Closet (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • Arriving Home Early (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    Arriving Home Early (Leave, or The Surface of the World)

    THE SET-UP Seth is a young Marine serving during wartime.  Nicholas is his civilian longtime companion who waits back home.  In addition to the strain on their relationship caused by distance and absence, they must hide their love for one another behind code words and secret identities because of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy…

  • The Nightmare (Studpuppy)

    The Nightmare (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Harris, a flamboyantly gay young man in his late teens/early twenties, has just gotten the brushoff from Linc, a handsome athletic young gay man who simply looked right past him – right over to Harris’ friend Spencer, in a dog suit.  Granted, the dog suit is a life-size recreation of a popular…

  • You Could Do Better (Studpuppy)

    You Could Do Better (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Diana is trying to diffuse an awkward situation at the same time that her friend Harris is trying to convince her that it is a situation she doesn’t need to be in.  Diana is a closeted lesbian who has not yet come out to her friend Isobel, a girl whom she met…

  • Men’s Room (Studpuppy)

    Men’s Room (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Ralph and Linc are fraternal twin brothers in college out shopping together at the local mall.  Ralph, though straight, has always been more socially awkward than his openly gay brother Linc.  Ralph spent most of high school in his more popular brother’s shadow, including the way they relate to their mutual friend…

  • Opposite Brothers (Studpuppy)

    Opposite Brothers (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Linc and Ralph are fraternal twin brothers in college out shopping together at the local mall.  Linc, though openly gay, has always been more popular in school that his straight brother Ralph.  Linc is handsome and gifted at athletics, while Ralph as always been a bit more socially awkward.  Ralph spent most…

  • I Met A Guy (Studpuppy)

    I Met A Guy (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Linc and Isobel, two college students in their late teens/early twenties, have known one another since high school.  Linc is openly gay.  Isobel knows this, but is still carrying a torch for him, though she’d be the first to deny it.  Linc has recently broken up with his unfaithful first long-term boyfriend…

  • 4-Way Crush (Studpuppy)

    4-Way Crush (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP This is the first appearance of these characters in the play.  They are all in their late teens/early twenties and have just started college.  They have all gone shopping together as a supposedly neutral and safe activity, but Linc and Isobel are at it again.  Linc is openly gay.  Isobel knows this,…

  • Hiding Behind Me (Studpuppy)

    Hiding Behind Me (Studpuppy)

    THE SET UP Diana is a closeted lesbian who has not yet come out to her friend Isobel, a girl whom she met both in church and college classes they share, and on whom Diana harbors a crush.  Diana finds it hard to watch Isobel relate to her high-school friend Linc.  Linc is openly gay. …