David Lipschutz

After his Bubbie’s death, Saul returns home to his family after a long absence to sit Shiva. Alice, Saul’s girlfriend joins him. Saul tries to portray the perfect version of what he thinks his family wants. However, a message from the beyond leads both Saul and Alice to some meaningful realizations.

|10-minute play|

ALL RIGHTS INQUIRIES MUST GO THROUGH Tiny Scripted: https://www.tinyscripted.com/stagelicense

It's everyone's favorite 1980's game show, "The All-New Dating Game!", but with a twist. On this particular episode, three familiar video game characters vie for the heart of one very special princess. Who will win? Tune in and find out!

|10-minute play|

FULL LENGTH. The time is the mid-1800s. The place is a fantasy realm where magic is real and anachronisms run rampant. Anna and the Wig Monster follows Anna, a sixteen-year-old daughter of a wigmaker/storyteller. She spends every day working in her dad's wig shop and listening to his stories, including her favorite, The Tale of the Wig Monster. One evening, when Anna comes face-to-face with the Wig Monster themself, she goes on the adventure - or advengture - of a lifetime. Along the way, she faces ferocious beasts, timid accountants, and astounding answers - both to life's greatest mysteries and to some very difficult math problems. A play for adults and children of all ages.

A father has an existential crisis after reading his child a bedtime story.

|2-minute monologue|

NOTE: Zoom/virtual and 1-minute adaptations are also available upon request.

As her daughter's Bat Mitzvah date draws near, a mother finds herself in a struggle against a vampire of Jewish folklore.

|10-minute radio play|

When Rae brings their new partner home to meet the family for the first time during the Jewish holiday of Channukkah (also spelled Hanukkah, Hannuka, etc.), things don’t go exactly as planned.

|10-minute play|

[FKA Two Pigeons Talk About Sh*tting On People And Then They Sh*t On People, A Love Story]

A love story of two pigeons as they meet on the rooftop of a high-rise building on a beautiful sunny day.

|5-minute play| / |5-minute virtual play|

a/k/a THE EVILS OF TDS
a/k/a ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF TDS
A Stage Monologue in One Act
[In the Parodium, Zavertyukhinanian Style of Anton Chekhov]

A first-time lecturer does his best to describe the dangers of a fairly new syndrome.

|10-minute monologue|

Immortal fish-god Dagon emerges from the deepest, darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean for holiday (a/k/a humanity’s destruction). However, before celebrating the holiday (a/k/a destroying humanity), Dagon decides to go on a date for the first time in over 10,000 years.

|10-minute play|

An actor has called out last minute. It is up to a random audience member to save the day...hopefully...

|5-minute play|

NOTE: Script available upon request.

As a couple ends their first date, they find a mysterious box on the ground.

A virtual first date between Ezra, who is Jewish, and Taylor, who is not, goes awry when Ezra’s entire family shows up.

|one-act virtual play|

A person gives their honest opinion of George Santos.

|1-minute monologue|

When a young man goes to clean out his grandparents’ attic, he discovers more than he expected.

|10-minute play|

This is the true-ish Jewish story of Artie, an 8th grader, and his summer in the year 2000 at Camp Ramah (a summer camp in Wisconsin). Will he become champion of the annual tennis competition? Will he defeat the bully and win the heart of the girl of his dreams? Will it truly be the greatest Jewish summer camp game ever played?

|5-minute play|

A rabbi and several congregants present an evening of plays about Jewish Holidays.

|Full-length play cycle|

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A couple’s movie night on the couch is interrupted by an unexpected email.

|1-minute play|

Two women have a chance encounter outside of a drag bar.

|10-minute play|

NOTE: Script available upon request.

A couple finds a rare porcelain figurine at a yard sale.

|10-minute play|

Inspired by the short play, AHAVAH. After his Bubbie's death, Saul returns home to his family after a long absence to sit Shiva. Alice, Saul’s girlfriend, joins him. While Saul is already in the room where services are being held, Alice is outside, contemplating whether or not to enter.

|5-minute monologue|

Mayor Bob is dead! What happened? Find out…in the next ten minutes. This play was written based on the prompt of "Mayor Bob of Smalltown, IL" from Westchester Civic Theatre.

|10-minute play|

Things aren't as they seem as two detectives interrogate a suspect.

ALL RIGHTS INQUIRIES MUST GO THROUGH Heuer Publishing: https://www.hitplays.com/default.aspx?pg=sd&st=MODUS+OPERANDI&p=40225

|10-minute play|

Akin to point-and-click adventure games of the late 80s/early 90s (think, the Kings Quest series), MOON LOGIC follows Sir Llewellyn as he comes to the final chapter of his quest to save Princess Nightingale and help restore the Kingdom of Lavendreer.

|10-minute play|

ALL RIGHTS INQUIRIES MUST GO THROUGH Heuer Publishing: https://www.hitplays.com/default.aspx?pg=sd&pro=y&p=51435#pro

f/k/a ERSTWHILE

During their final bank heist, one robber decides to ask the other robber out on a date.

|10-minute play|

A man thinks he is going into a work Zoom call like any other day, but this time, Zoom seems to have a mind of its own.

|one-act play|

A live online workout class is interrupted by mysterious and potentially sinister events.

|10-minute virtual play|

Who doesn’t love true crime stories filled with paranormal activities and ghastly hauntings? Tune in each week to “Pete & Petria’s Petrifying Podcast” to hear tales of strange and terrifying events.

|one-act radio play|

When Mathematics Professor Archie Medes returns home to help his ailing mother run the family pie shop, he gets more than he bargained for as his mathematical prowess thrusts him into the world of crime solving. THE PI(E) GUY is presented as a television pilot (a la Murder, She Wrote), but it is written to be performed on the stage.

|one-act play|

An adult child who lives in his parents’ basement and plays video games all day goes an unexpected adventure.

|one-act play|

A shomer watches over the body of a recently deceased Jewish man.

|10-minute play|

When hanging out, two best buds make an unexpected discovery.

|10-minute play|

NOTE: Script available upon request.

Two friends are sitting in BYO lawn chairs at a concert venue, waiting for Mumford & Sons to begin their set. After one of them leaves to find the bathroom, leaving the other alone, an unexpected guest takes the empty seat.

|10-minute play|

As a couple celebrates their fifth wedding anniversary, the evening takes an unexpected turn.

|10-minute play|

A young congregant shows off their new costume to the Rabbi before the Purim holiday service.

|1-minute play|

A grandpa bee regales his grandchildren bees with tales of his decades-long film career.

|10-minute play|

10 Minute Comedy/ Co-Written with David Lipschutz
After his Bubbie’s death, Saul returns home to his family after a long absence to sit Shiva. Alice,
Saul’s girlfriend joins him. Saul tries to portray the perfect version of what he thinks his family
wants. However, a message from the beyond leads both Saul and Alice to some meaningful
realizations.