Greg Vovos

HTBARJ is a one-person show that tells the story of a man who has grown so weary of his heroin usage that he decides he’s going to take his life so he no longer has to destroy the lives of those around him. But before doing so, he’s going to make a youtube-type video instructing other addicts “how to be respectable junkies,” because even he has grown tired of their behavior. As he shares his “lessons” (How to Score, How to Shoot up Like an Adult, etc.) with his viewing audience, we learn the history of his usage and his failed attempts at getting clean. But as he faces his demons and eventually loses the few close people in his life, Brian discovers something in himself that had been buried for a long time…hope. Based on the true story of a man from Northeast Ohio who overcame heroin addiction. 80 minutes. (Note: A 50-minute, abbreviated version is also available!)

When a mom discovers her kid is taking a gun to school, she struggles to save him from himself.

After suffering a personal tragedy, a desperate playwright begins a new play to make sense of what comes next. But his characters won’t allow him to tell the story he wants, because they have their sights on something else. Absurd, comedic, realistic, you name it. Full-length play.

In the aftermath of a horrific tragedy, two strangers come together and find peace from each
other through the magic of theatre.

10-minute comedy. For the first time in their life, a ghost gets real with a mere mortal.

Jan and Phillip review their car crash of a marriage and decide whether to drive it off a cliff or ride off into the sunset together.

A dinosaur cheers up a dude who’s fed up with the world in this 15-minute absurd comedy. [Note: A non-weed version of the play is available. Just reach out to the playwright!]

A house manager has trouble closing up the theatre for the day when a persistent audience member refuses to leave. A sweet comedy about theatre and life.

Two people on opposite sides of a video job interview find they have something beyond work to
offer the other. 10-minute dramedy.

A woman struggling with dementia and living in a memory care center struggles to identify herself in a photo, but is finally able to do so with the help of her daughter. And once her daughter leaves for the day, the mother finds a way to break free from what's truly holding her back.

Two strangers waiting on a train are taken by each other. 15-minute play.

A man believes that if he can return his umbrella, he just might discover some magic in his life. Absurd 10-minute comedy,

In this absurd play created for Zoom or livestream purposes, an unseen voice tries to make herself visible to the world.

A woman struggles to share her story, because she can’t seem to make anyone care. 10 minutes.

It's like OUR TOWN but with heroin. And instead of a Stage Manager we have the Gravedigger. Three heroin addicts at various stages of usage try to get clean from their addiction, but all face great obstacles to do so.

A man battles his demons while simultaneously trying to fill the hole in his heart.

John and Katharine go on a first date that seems to last a lifetime.

If Ted doesn’t touch someone’s life soon, he’s going to go off half-cocked. So he reaches out to his fellow coworker Doug who’s not exactly feeling it. Comedic play set in the back halls of a large corporation. 10 minutes, somewhat absurd.

A woman who is bleeding to death needs help tying her tourniquet, but only person will stop to lend a hand. But how much help can a shoe salesman with only one arm and one leg truly be? An absurd love story. 10-15 minutes.

Mikey is an actor looking for a role, any role. But in a town where theatres are closing left and right, it seems all hope is lost...until he is offered the role of a lifetime at the Mother of all Theatres. 10-minute comedy.

In what begins as a typical day at the office but turns into a nightmare, two typists receive one absurd memo after another, each one stripping them of their rights in escalating, outrageous fashion. Absurd comedy. 10 minutes.

Two sleep-deprived parents are at their wits end as they try to find a way to get their crying baby to sleep through the night.

A man awaits delivery of a desk that will set his creative soul on fire. Absurd comedy.

A free Black woman tries to help a fugitive slave complete her journey to freedom, but danger lurks and Anna must decide if freedom is worth leaving behind her husband. A historical drama. 13 minutes.

In this Absurd comedy, Stedge and Nicky fight for their very existence as the author of their story embarks on another rewrite of which they seemingly have no control. 12 minutes.

Eric is a young man with a great future ahead of him, including a chance to attend Harvard; however, his drug addiction is escalating and heroin is becoming the number one priority in his life. The only people who are truly there to help him are his younger sister Madison and The Mind, the sober part of his brain that still believes Eric’s future has value. But it remains to be seen if Madison and The Mind are up to the task of helping Eric defeat the powerful narcotic. 50 minutes.

Peter and his woodland pals try to keep their meadow safe from a wolf that is on the loose, and become even better friends in the process.

A grieving mother visits her son’s gravesite for what she believes will be the final time. But like many things in their history, things don’t go as planned.

Not just anyone can get into the House of Dreams and admittance does not come without a price. Find out the cost in this bit of absurdia.

HTBARJ is a one-person show that tells the story of a man who has grown so weary of his heroin usage that he decides he’s going to take his life so he no longer has to destroy the lives of those around him. But before doing so, he’s going to make a youtube-type video instructing other addicts “how to be respectable junkies,” because even he has grown tired of their behavior. As he shares his “lessons” (How to Score, How to Shoot up Like an Adult, etc.) with his viewing audience, we learn the history of his usage and his failed attempts at getting clean. But as he faces his demons and eventually loses the few close people in his life, Brian discovers something in himself that had been buried for a long time…hope. Based on the true story of a man from Northeast Ohio who overcame heroin addiction. 50 minutes. This is an abbreviated version of the full length. It was edited to ideally fit into a class period and be produced with just a folding chair, TV tray, and props.

A monologue where a mom tries to teach her son that flipping someone off is not proper behavior, unless perhaps it’s directed at an alien.

A monologue where a woman allows us to accompany her on her once in a lifetime journey.

Monologue. When the baby of one her students arrives at the principal's doorstep, she must decide what to do with the child.

Monologue. When challenged at an N.A. meeting, the group's moderator recounts her harrowing history with addiction.

In this 10-minute drama, two women -- friends who haven’t seen each other since lockdown -- go for a cold winter’s walk together. But after their trip takes some unexpected emotional turns, they find it difficult to return home. Part of the WALKING PLAYS series -- plays written by many writers across the globe.

As far as family holiday dinners go, this one is about as horrific as they come. Will they find a
way to put aside their differences to decorate the Christmas tree? Kind of difficult concerning
the gulf that separates some of them, and the fact that their tree has been desecrated to begin
with.