Just a few of our Past Plays
Below are just a few of the short pieces Plays on the Menu has served up over the years. You may recognize some of the playwrights. But chances are, you don’t know the play. Plays on the Menu finds these small gems in anthologies and short play contests. They are delightful, insightful and fun. They are rarely heard but you get to see them at Plays on the Menu.
GAME THEORY by Peter Segal
A SECOND OF PLEASUREby Neil LaBute
EULOGY by James G. Richardson
POST-ITS by Paul Dooley and Winnie Holzman
TURTLES AND BULLDOGS by Scott C Sickles
SIGNS OF LIFE by Frederick Stroppel
AMERICAN GOTHI by Michael McKeever
ANDROCLES AND THE LION by George Bernard Shaw
BRIDE ON THE ROCKS by David Wiener
HERE WE ARE by Dorothy Parker
CHARM OF THE BRITISH by Laura Cotton
THE GOLF BALL by Frank D. Gilroy
PORCH by Jack Heifner
LIVES OF THE GREAT WAITRESSES by Nina Shengold
PRAGUE SUMMER by Rich Orloff
OLD BOY FRIEND by Neil LaBute
SKI LIFT by Chris Holbrook
A LONG TRIP by Dan McGeehan
THE BIRTH OF THEATRE by Jules Tasca
RUNNING IN CIRCLES SCREAMING by Jeni Mahoney
BREAKFAST AND BED by Amy Fox
THE NEWS FROM ST PETERSBURG by Rich Orloff
ASTEROID BELT by Lauren Feldman
LADY OF LARKSPUR LOTION by Tennessee Williams
THE NEXT CONTESTANT by Frank D. Gilroy
WATERMELON BOATS by Wendy MacLaughlin
TODAY A LITTLE EXTRA by Michael Kassin
THE PARROT by Bernard Sobel
RULES OF COMEDY by Patricia Cotter
DOUGHNUT HOLE by Donna Hoke