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MERE MORTALS: Six One-Act Comedies

by Ives, David

Act One: In FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE, we find Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. When they…...

ALL IN THE TIMING

by Ives, David

This critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun, a hilarious sextet of short plays that can be performed together or separately. The Plays:…...

Cast 2 male 2 female

BABEL'S IN ARMS

by Ives, David

Short play from LIVES OF THE SAINTS by David Ives. Two blue-collar Mesopotamian construction workers are handed a provocative task: Build the Tower of Babel—or else. How many stones does…...

Cast 3 male 2 female

DEGAS C'EST MOI

by Ives, David

A man wakes up one morning and decides to be the French artist Degas. The best place to do that is in New York City where he encounters all that…...

Cast 3 male 3 female

ENGLISH MADE SIMPLE

by Ives, David

A young man and woman meet at a party, and their immediate romantic attraction is translated into comically unromantic grammar lessons as they struggle to free themselves from the banal…...

Cast 2 male 1 female

ENIGMA VARIATIONS

by Ives, David

Zany hijinks as a pair of lookalikes named Bebe W.W. Doppel-gängler solve an identity crisis with the help of Dr. William W. Williams and his nurse Fifi, who may or…...

Cast 3 male 2 female

FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE

by Ives, David

In this short comedy, FOREPLAY or: The Art of the Fugue brings us Chuck, a would-be Don Juan, in three rounds of seduction with three different women on a miniature-golf…...

Cast 3 male 3 female

LIVES OF THE SAINTS

by Ives, David

A collection of short comedies by David Ives. ENIGMA VARIATIONS. Zany hijinks as a pair of lookalikes named Bebe W.W. Doppel-gängler solve an identity crisis with the help of Dr.…...

Cast 3 male 2 female

LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY

by Ives, David

LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY is a domestic drama of a troubled young wife who finds herself crossing through time—and identities—on a fateful winter evening in an empty apartment...

Cast 2 male 2 female

MERE MORTALS: Six One-Act Comedies

by Ives, David

Act One: In FOREPLAY OR: THE ART OF THE FUGUE, we find Chuck, a self-styled Don Juan, and his girlfriend on a date at the miniature golf course. When they…...

MYSTERY AT TWICKNAM VICARAGE

by Ives, David

THE MYSTERY AT TWICKNAM VICARAGE. A body on the carpet, three ridiculous Masterpiece Theatre-style suspects and a bumbling Scotland Yard detective solve philosophical quandaries as they investigate: Who killed Jeremy…...

Cast 3 male 2 female