SEX, LIES & STYROFOAM - a ten minute comedy

by Arianna Rose

[10-minute comedy with adult themes]

Talk about your dirty laundry! When an enterprising senior citizen and a sexually frustrated housewife collide at Launderland, more than the clothing gets agitated.

[10-minute comedy with adult themes]

Talk about your dirty laundry! When an enterprising senior citizen and a sexually frustrated housewife collide at Launderland, more than the clothing gets agitated.

Fusion Theatre Company, "The Seven: When Nobody's Watching", Albuquerque NM June 2025 (production)
Tigers Heart Players, Online Reading, Bronx NY, July 2024
Veterans Repertory Theatre 2023 Staged Reading Series Death Before Dress Rehearsal, upstate NY
Veterans Repertory Theatre 2022 Ten Minute Play Competition, 3rd Prize (no production)
Theatre Odyssey 10-Minute Play Festival 2021, online reading podcast
Theatre Lab @Fau, online reading, An Afternoon of Short Plays/New Works Festival, 2021

[10-minute play] Talk about your dirty laundry! When an enterprising senior citizen and a sexually frustrated housewife collide at Launderland, more than the clothing gets agitated.

NOTE: Susan Middaugh's lovely recommendation was for an earlier draft. This play has been heavily revised since then and takes place at a laundromat rather than a therapist's office.

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Ian Thal: SEX, LIES & STYROFOAM - a ten minute comedy by Arianna Rose

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Whether one is an entrepreneurial sex-worker, or the spouse of an artist about to have a gallery opening, everyone eventually has to do the laundry, and sometimes those people cross paths at a neighborhood laundromat. A conversation about pleasure, desire, economics unfold, as a parade of costumes, paraphernalia, and toys change hands.

A great mix of verbal and prop-based comedy.

Whether one is an entrepreneurial sex-worker, or the spouse of an artist about to have a gallery opening, everyone eventually has to do the laundry, and sometimes those people cross paths at a neighborhood laundromat. A conversation about pleasure, desire, economics unfold, as a parade of costumes, paraphernalia, and toys change hands.

A great mix of verbal and prop-based comedy.

”
Marj O'Neill-Butler: SEX, LIES & STYROFOAM - a ten minute comedy by Arianna Rose

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Two strangers meet in a laundromat. Sounds like a fun start, especially when what is in one of the laundry baskets starts to make an appearance. This comedy is a hoot starting with the fact that one of the women is "a lady of the night". But there is more to the piece than the comedy, as the two women learn important life lessons from each other.

Two strangers meet in a laundromat. Sounds like a fun start, especially when what is in one of the laundry baskets starts to make an appearance. This comedy is a hoot starting with the fact that one of the women is "a lady of the night". But there is more to the piece than the comedy, as the two women learn important life lessons from each other.

”
James Binz: SEX, LIES & STYROFOAM - a ten minute comedy by Arianna Rose

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I'm becoming an Arianna Rose fan! This was an intriguing conversation between two fascinating characters in a rare setting. The dialogue was funny and fast, and the plot worked its way inexorably to the fitting conclusion. This would be fun to see.

I'm becoming an Arianna Rose fan! This was an intriguing conversation between two fascinating characters in a rare setting. The dialogue was funny and fast, and the plot worked its way inexorably to the fitting conclusion. This would be fun to see.

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Character Information

LUCY: 50’s-60’s, a sex worker, any ethnicity, charismatic. Perhaps she has a Southern accent.

KAREN: 30s, any ethnicity, sexually frustrated, reserved. An expert at folding fitted sheets.

Lucy

50’s-60’s, a sex worker, any ethnicity, charismatic. Perhaps she has a Southern accent.

Character Age

50s-60s

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Female
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  50s,
  
  60s
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Woman
Karen

30s, any ethnicity, sexually frustrated, reserved. An expert at folding fitted sheets.

Character Age

30s

Character Race/Ethnic Identity

Any

Character Gender Identity

Female
Can be played by:
- Actor Age
  
  30s
- Actor Gender Identity
  
  Woman

Development History

Type Reading, Organization Tigers Heart Players, Bronx NY, Year 2024
Type Reading, Organization Theatre Lab@FAU Short Play Festival, Boca Raton FL, Year 2021

Production History

Type Community Theater, Organization Fusion Theatre Company "The Seven" Short Play Festival, Albuquerque NM , Year 2025
Type Community Theater, Organization Veterans Repertory Theatre Staged Reading Summer Series "Death Before Dress Rehearsal", NY, Year 2023
Type Community Theater, Organization Theatre Odyssey 10-Minute Play Festival, online audio format (podcast version), Year 2021

Awards

3rd place, grant

Veterans Repertory Theatre 10-minute play competition

Winner

2022
Pint-Sized Plays Competition

Pint-sized plays UK

Finalist

2020