Six One-act Plays

Synopsis

this collection contains six one-acts: BONE THE SPEED, CARWASH, CONRAD ON THE VINE, ETHIOPIA, THE MAN WHO ATE EINSTEIN'S BRAIN, & PRECISION MACHINES.

Louis Phillips is one the most inventive and imaginative playwrights in the United States: BONE THE SPEED.

A spoof about the ultimate snake-pit: Hollywood.

With a nod to David Mamet's SPEED-THE-PLOW, and any number of other works on that subject.

2 M, 1 F. CARWASH.

A comic surrealistic nightmare when a man's car disappears at the carwash.

2 M, 1 F. CONRAD ON THE VINE.

Imagine Joseph Conrad alive today and being interviewed on a television talk-show.

3 M, 1 F. ETHIOPIA.

A totalitarian future where food is so scarce that people pay to watch others eat.

Cast: 2 M, 1 F (nuclear family), plus a waiter.

THE MAN WHO ATE EINSTEIN'S BRAIN.

The title of this play says it all.

2 M, 1 F. PRECISION MACHINES.

Inanimate objects take on a life of their own.

1 M, 1 F.

Themes

• Drama
• General