Play(ing)s

The category Play(ing)s contains info about my writing for the stage. There’s also one or two reviews and some comments about struggling to make it as a playwright in Germany. Feel free to browse. The category Birdgames contains a play I wrote around 1988 and first produced, albeit in German, in 1991. Both English and German version are available here.

Here some blurps/blurbs/blurds… of my work:

Birdgames

Two men on a lunch break playing child games - such as hopscotch and jaxx - and pursuing Woman. 2m, 1w. Available in English and German. Go here for more detail.

Siren of Sea #8

A disparate group of men waiting to use a port-a-potti at a construction site that is occupied by a siren. When everyone “has to go” who gets to go first? English. Never been staged or read.

A Hobo Tale

Have a read here.

Flight of the Dodo

Two young people in New Jersey have attempted suicide. Now they’re in a grey-zone between life and death with others who also have to face their (mis)deeds. 4m, 1w. 1hr, 15min. 1 act. English and German. Details to follow. Should I post this one in German?

Mackinaw

I don’t remember what it’s about; it was a test to see if I could write a full-length play in a day, which I did. Kind of a mess, though. English. Handwritten in an old hard-bound notebook.

Cloud

Scene two is available here. This was my take on the dubious business antics of Enron. It’s about those business units and the shredding of - not just - paper. 2m, 1w. 1hr, 10min. One act. English.

Blush

Emancipation or feminism? Women are getting the upper hand in the corporate world. Or? Women are just plain getting the upper hand. Produced in German - check it out. 2w, 3m. 1hr, 20min. Three Acts. English and German.

US

A very short play written a long time ago.

The Good Criminal

Here the first three scenes. Anyone can start a company in the late 90s if they’ve got the right connection and a few angels behind them. 2w, 3m. 1hr, 15min. Three Acts. English and German. Details to follow.

Bela Kaan

This play is in the works; might turn this into a novel. Cain and Abel go back to paradise to challenge God’s banning of their parents. More blurp available here.

Peter and the Producer

In the works. Peter can’t “make it” as a rich kid so he wants to prove something else to his infamous TV-producer father. More blurp available here.

Other very early and messy works are: Till the Cows Come Runnin’, The Genius Children, Sink (Single Income No Kids), etc., etc.

-tgs-