Even though I’m presently writing a full-length play, one act plays are definitely my favourite. They are short, powerful and straight to the point that I’m trying to convey. Here below you’ll find synopses of several plays that I have written.
If you are producing a show and some of the material below grabs your attention, feel free to contact me for further information. Most of the plays have just two characters and the set required is minimal.
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The Invention Of Kung-Fu©
"The one-man show that takes comedy at its best." A six year boy from Italy realises that the world is about violence and to cope he fights his way through creating a highly intricate system of physical and psychological self-defence, which will eventually become known, years later in China, as Kung-Fu.
Not About Me©
Set in the post 9/11 New York City, Emanuel, previously victimised by the atrocity of the Chilean dictatorship, is building his new life in New York where he meets Lisa, a young playwright traumatised by 9/11. Over a dinner a clash of ideals mixed with personals traumas slowly clears the air for what the two souls are truly yearning for.
With In Therapy©
What will happen if a patient takes over a Psychotherapy session? The answer is in “With In Therapy”. On the borderline between comedy and tragedy, irony is set as a background for those two lost people, each with good reason to be unhappy about they way things are.
Glory On A Shoestring©
Five year relationship crumbles the day Marco, a struggling actor, comes home with the long awaited good news of his great role in a big Hollywood production. As Marco sees his dream come true, his real life with Lisa fades away within moments of his walking through the door. Five years of compromises and regrets are exposed leaving the cruel reality of an artificial life.
The Strange Life Of Zeno ©
A struggle for happiness and understanding as a way out of perennial suffering is the premise of Zeno’s life, that through laughter and tears recapitulate his existence on planet earth, moments before his new existence takes place.
2199 Club X©
Set on a space platform, 2199 Club X deals with the loneliness of the Universe. A tormented survival from a post atomic war on Earth travels the galaxy in search of special some one with whom he can exchange his native human feelings of Love and Compassion. On the platform, an unusual being will change his life for the worse, taking away from him his only valuable asset in exchange for eternal pseudo peace of mind.
As If You Loved Me ©
One fine day a television that has being going continuously for nearly half a century suddenly stops. A father and son are left in front of a blank screen to fill and feel the gap of their non existent relationship. This fine day comes after years of miscommunications and struggles. Both on the threshold of a possible new life, they look back to find reasons to go forward.
A Room In Rome©
In the mist of civilization and technology of our well-deserved twenty first century, to find a simple room with a comfortable bed is not an easy task sometimes. A Room In Rome is set, as the title suggest, in the twenty first century Rome. A girl in search of an accommodation realizes that power in Rome has never changed hands for the last thousand years and that people ultimately will always be people despite the century they live in.