David Rambo

Plays: GOD'S MAN IN TEXAS, THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS, THE ICE-BREAKER, BABBITT, PAINT YOUR WAGON (revival book), THE TUG OF WAR, A GOOD GUY, concert adaptations of screenplays ALL ABOUT EVE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, CASABLANCA, ADAM'S RIB. Television: CSI, TINY PRETTY THINGS, CLAWS, WILL, EMPIRE, REVOLUTION, DOLLY PARTON'S MOUNTAIN MAGIC CHRISTMAS (Emmy nom). Film: TRACY & HEPBURN

Plays: GOD'S MAN IN TEXAS, THE LADY WITH ALL THE ANSWERS, THE ICE-BREAKER, BABBITT, PAINT YOUR WAGON (revival book), THE TUG OF WAR, A GOOD GUY, concert adaptations of screenplays ALL ABOUT EVE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, CASABLANCA, ADAM'S RIB. Television: CSI, TINY PRETTY THINGS, CLAWS, WILL, EMPIRE, REVOLUTION, DOLLY PARTON'S MOUNTAIN MAGIC CHRISTMAS (Emmy nom). Film: TRACY & HEPBURN

Scripts

Jackie & Me

by David Rambo

Synopsis

In 1952 longtime bachelor Congressman Jack Kennedy finds himself seriously captivated by younger, ethereally beautiful Jackie Bouvier. She might be the girl he could marry, but he’s about to be immersed in a daunting run for the Senate, so he tasks his gay best friend, Lem Billings, to keep Jackie “on the hook” until after the election, confident that Lem won’t make a move on his girl. Initially reluctant to...

In 1952 longtime bachelor Congressman Jack Kennedy finds himself seriously captivated by younger, ethereally beautiful Jackie Bouvier. She might be the girl he could marry, but he’s about to be immersed in a daunting run for the Senate, so he tasks his gay best friend, Lem Billings, to keep Jackie “on the hook” until after the election, confident that Lem won’t make a move on his girl. Initially reluctant to play Cyrano for fear of bungling this important mission, Lem falls under Jackie’s spell during a Washington D.C. summer of museum visits and boozy confessional lunches. He begins to wonder if, impossibly, he’s falling in love. A personally humiliating crisis leaves Lem with nowhere to turn for help but to Jackie. Reliably, she comes to his rescue, cementing their increasingly intimate bond. Jack re-enters the picture when Lem escorts Jackie to the Kennedy home in Hyannis Port. There, Jack woos Jackie as Lem never could, leaving Lem questioning where he fits in now with the two people he loves most. By election time, Lem insists Jack either propose to Jackie or let her go. First Jack persuades Lem to “make things clear” to Jackie about the kind of husband that Jack would be. Lem knows that telling the truth about his promiscuous friend might send Jackie running, and lying would set her up for future misery. In a poignant conclusion, Lem risks his own heartbreak and makes the right decision, having played a critical role in one of the 20th century’s greatest love stories.

THE TUG OF WAR

by David Rambo

Synopsis

The judgment of an untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII. As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly-minted U.S. President is put to the ultimate test in this riveting drama drawn from actual secret White House recordings of NSC...

The judgment of an untested president is all that stands between us and WWIII. As Soviet nuclear missiles move ever closer to Cuba, President John F. Kennedy must chart a course between conflicting counsel and unparalleled emotional stakes to prevent nuclear annihilation. The newly-minted U.S. President is put to the ultimate test in this riveting drama drawn from actual secret White House recordings of NSC meetings over the 13 days that brought the world to the brink and back.

A GOOD GUY

by David Rambo

Synopsis

Middle school math teacher Anna Pope is the good with a gun who stops a bad guy when violence enters her classroom. In the hot glare of the aftermath of that event, Anna's life, career and motives become fair game, forcing her to fight for her place in the story, the national gun dialogue, and the only place she really wants to be: the classroom.

Middle school math teacher Anna Pope is the good with a gun who stops a bad guy when violence enters her classroom. In the hot glare of the aftermath of that event, Anna's life, career and motives become fair game, forcing her to fight for her place in the story, the national gun dialogue, and the only place she really wants to be: the classroom.

THE ICE-BREAKER

by David Rambo

Synopsis

Sonia, an ambitious, brilliant Ph.D. candidate seeks out Lawrence, the disgraced, reclusive climate scientist whose work inspired her. On a desert night, mysteries of science, wine and the relentlessly inquisitive human heart are exposed, connecting the two damaged souls for the rest of their lives.

Sonia, an ambitious, brilliant Ph.D. candidate seeks out Lawrence, the disgraced, reclusive climate scientist whose work inspired her. On a desert night, mysteries of science, wine and the relentlessly inquisitive human heart are exposed, connecting the two damaged souls for the rest of their lives.