Samuel Plotkin

A collection of skits.

A young man returns to the town he grew up in only to find it in ruins. The buildings are crumbling, the mayor is corrupt, and businesses are dying. However he is most distraught over the condition of his childhood flame and her family’s current state. Fighting for love, equality, and morality he has to make his way through the mayor, sheriff, postmaster, and the antiquated old-world views of the town he once loved.

Told as story with snippets of scenes acted out, this short play tackles the notion of a fated apocalypse being caused directly by our knowledge of the future.

A man and woman discuss the pros and cons of marriage. Originally part of a longer work.

After a botched kidnapping three men, all with pseudonyms, return to their safe-house awaiting instructions from their boss. The two sets of directions end up conflicting with their morals, their wants, and each other.

A young woman meets a young man waiting at a terminal in the airport. From the moment of her abrupt first question, the man knows this is not a conversation he will soon forget.

People often go out to dinner for a breakup so that nobody makes a scene in public. But what happens if both parties refuse to leave before they are finished with their meal? Originally one scene from a longer work.

Three oblivious women sit on the beach "catching up" without truly hearing each other... nor anything else for that matter.

A collection of four plays which, although they can be read separately, intertwine and tell a complete story when put together. Set against a zombie epidemic, the plays center around the 4 facets of life: Living, Loving, Laughing, and Learning.

A satire of classic Whodunits, the play opens with a double homicide already committed, and a cast of suspects accusing one another. Their vast knowledge of elements for the genre serves to both guide and confuse them as they realize this is both exactly like and nothing like the murder mysteries they’ve seen/read themselves.

A noted scientist introduces her new invention to a shocked audience.

Sheila and Zed relive the fantastic night they first met, at a Fraternity costume party.

In the near future humanity has died out for the simple reason that we have given up all hope. The play follows the last male on Earth, who begins the play as the last boy on Earth and ends as the last man on Earth.

Two brothers prepare a fake con for the benefit of an innocent observer. After a discussion of life, lies, and love one brother reveals that the plans have changed.

A lonely widower invites a prostitute back to his apartment for some drinks, some company, and some nostalgia. While the woman of the night assumes she is in for a typical of evening of carnal acts, sex is the furthest thing from her client's mind.

A foursome of Octogenarian "lost generation" expatriates living on the French Riviera wake up one morning to find that their entire world has become engulfed in a cage. However they soon realize that nothing has really changed.

The bureaucracy of the afterlife mirrors that of the Earth to such an extent that it is difficult to discern where hell ends and heaven begins. At least that seems to be the impression of everyman Joshua Bertelsman. Whether Earth is an extension of the heavens, or where two extremes meet is inconsequential, as Joshua is far from home.

A parody of Antigone, Bros and Bras is set in a world where fraternities rule the world. Satirizing the themes of behaving "masculinely" to perform a "feminine" duty and ignoring the advice of others based on age/sex, this play mirrors the plot of Sophocles' masterpiece while appealing to the three unities of Greek theatre.

A dysfunctional family has a conversation over breakfast on their son’s first day of college with vastly different perspectives on life. Originally written as a scene in a longer work.

Loosely based on Nietzsche’s idea of an action’s weight and "eternal return", this play consists solely of one woman’s monologue as she attempts to change several fates and alter past decisions.

A satire of old Sci. Fi/Horror B Movies, A Really Big Dog was the result of a 24 Hour Project's theme of "The randomness and nature" and the individual prompt of "a really big dog". Set in the small, generic Mid-Western town where all manner of creatures come to feast, a community faces its newest monster.

A character from a hit show takes the audience hostage.