The Hot Tub Play

FULL LENGTH. Two strangers connected by a mutual acquaintance cross paths in a community hot tub.

FULL LENGTH. Two strangers connected by a mutual acquaintance cross paths in a community hot tub.

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The Hot Tub Play

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  • Nick Malakhow: The Hot Tub Play

    This was a delight to read with engaging characters and continually propulsive movement that took the play in new and exciting directions throughout. The premise of the hot tub meetup and Laura and Scott's "ex" connection is a perfect fodder for the humor that follows. Laura was a particularly unhinged, charming nucleus to the play!

    This was a delight to read with engaging characters and continually propulsive movement that took the play in new and exciting directions throughout. The premise of the hot tub meetup and Laura and Scott's "ex" connection is a perfect fodder for the humor that follows. Laura was a particularly unhinged, charming nucleus to the play!

  • Daniel Prillaman: The Hot Tub Play

    I need everyone to understand that Lisa is consistently the funniest playwright working today. She is a master of comedic escalation, taking characters that feel so real and relatable through ever-increasing gauntlets of unexpected hilarity. Here, a chance meeting between two strangers with a mutual connection becomes a guffaw and espionage filled meet cute that I have never shipped harder in my life. Ruthlessly entertaining.

    I need everyone to understand that Lisa is consistently the funniest playwright working today. She is a master of comedic escalation, taking characters that feel so real and relatable through ever-increasing gauntlets of unexpected hilarity. Here, a chance meeting between two strangers with a mutual connection becomes a guffaw and espionage filled meet cute that I have never shipped harder in my life. Ruthlessly entertaining.

  • Kim E. Ruyle: The Hot Tub Play

    Gotta love a two-hander like this! Such terrific dialogue. It’s crisp and funny and so authentic. Laura is a hoot, a CIA employee straddling the line between creepy and sweet. And Scott, the “broken” artist whose initials spell SAD and who’s moved in with his mother after a couple of divorces. You will fall in love with these characters. I did!

    Gotta love a two-hander like this! Such terrific dialogue. It’s crisp and funny and so authentic. Laura is a hoot, a CIA employee straddling the line between creepy and sweet. And Scott, the “broken” artist whose initials spell SAD and who’s moved in with his mother after a couple of divorces. You will fall in love with these characters. I did!

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Character Information

  • Laura
    overshares, is very intense
    Character Age
    44
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Female
  • Scott
    is in a good place right now - no, really, he is
    Character Age
    44
    Character Race/Ethnic Identity
    Any
    Character Gender Identity
    Male

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization States of Play, Year 2026

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