Gordon Blitz

A man reflects on his food addiction and considers its origins. He waxes eloquently about a treasured food experience.

Josh, a gay HIV-positive man, needs a kidney transplant. It could come from his homophobic brother, Ben, but it turns out that Ben's son, Clint, is also a match.

At the dawn of the twenty-second century, when the world has been ravaged by chronic pandemics, a combination of vaccines and evolution has created a world populated by hermaphrodites. And these hermaphrodites have a natural immunity against deadly viruses. There is no distinction between man and woman. It is a world of a single sexuality and a single gender. The government and the religious right have forbidden any surgery to remove genitalia. But what if your body tells you something different? Along comes cult leader, Perrault, offering secret surgical solutions in the depths of a cave.

What happens when the rabbi asks, "If anyone here knows of a reason legal, moral, or spiritual why these two should not be joined as partners, speak now, or let this moment pass in silence," and the brother of the groom jumps up and shouts to stop the wedding.

An elderly man looks back at his life and reminisces about what brought him pleasure.

A spoiled and cantankerous Goldilocks moves into the Three Bears' house because it is just right, and they must find a way to deal with her.

George’s appliances have become possessed by AI, and he tries to cope.

happily married couple Josh and Kelsey return home from the movies, and then the truth comes out!

A homeless woman writes a thank you letter to a woman she met in a try-on room of a department store

A gay man reminisces about his wedding on November 2, 2008.

Calvin bullied Quentin in high school, and now they are reuniting because Calvin wants to make amends

Gwen has returned from prison after five years. While she was in jail, she formed a relationship with another woman. When Gwen’s husband discovers her indiscretion, they both try to process the consequences.

Rivka Klein runs a crime syndicate with her spineless son. But when a young Hasidic woman asks Rivka for a job, a surprising connection occurs.

A man recalls his life of being bullied by his father wanting him to "walk straight".

The strange case of Dr. Harold Bixby who seems to have some unusual political tendencies, and his daughter, Cassie, who has to cope with them.

Once upon a time on Long Island lived Craig and Helen and their two children, Dandelion and Orchid. But there is a storm brewing that will change their lives.

Tasha pulls off a robbery. She steals Dorothy’s ruby slippers from a museum for her sister, Karen. This brazen act sets in motion a series of unusual events.

It's 1986 and a man is getting tested to see if he's HIV positive.

Thanksgiving is approaching and Todd, the turkey, wants to get pardoned.

There is a rebellion brewing in the North Pole, and the Clauses are in bed stressing and fighting about it.

A young man is confused about gender.

A variety of women meet regularly at the Try-On Room of a fancy department store, and, like group therapy, they share intimate and complex details of their lives, giving the advice and solace to each other that the outside world has denied them.

impact of the song Ain't No Way on a gay teenage boy

a woman recounts a life marked by neglect, manipulation, and profound loss. Raised by cold, emotionally distant parents—an addicted mother and a traumatized father—she learns early to survive without love.

A NEW BEGINNING deals with a married couple, Eloise and Matthew; their daughter, Grace, and Grace’s husband, Tom, and how abortion impacts their lives. Ultimately, the play revolves around the decision that Eloise and Matthew’s adopted transgender son, Mark, has to make which will question an audience’s perception about what is moral as opposed to what “makes sense.”

The story is about Jennifer, a sexually confused Jewish sixteen-year-old. But when she meets Paula, she discovers her attractions to girls. Unfortunately, she is taunted, bullied and subjected to homophobia until she meets Joseph, a born-again Christian. Joseph won't have sex with Jennifer until she converts. Jennifer's mission is to convert to Christianity in the hopes that she will be able to have sex with Joseph and prove to herself and to the world that she is straight.

When Quentin dies under mysterious circumstance after having survived colon cancer, the question becomes whether it was suicide or foul play. Both Quentin’s brother, Uriah, and life-long friend, Jules, are both financially distressed and could benefit from Quentin’s death. Despite Quentin’s survival from cancer, his doctor is involved in a malpractice suit relating to Quentin’s medical care. The case could be dismissed if Quentin were dead. And finally, a mysterious caregiver has reason to want Quentin dead to settle an old score. Each of these suspects could benefit from Quentin’s death in the play, DEATH RANG TWICE.

A monologue by a gay man is part of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility.

Elle and Corey strike up a conversation in a garden of a memory care facility. They are waiting for their husbands-Patrick and Noah to be brought to them. Patrick and Noah both have Alzheimer's and don't recognize their partner.

Tony Benedict is in trouble. Everytime time he lies to his constituents, his nose grows bigger. He hopes that the therapist Trudy Honors can help him or might The Nose solve Tony's problems.

What happens when a man attends the opening of his male lover's gallery and his lover is dressed as a woman

one man's HPV throat cancer journey with as much humor as possible.

two praying mantises out on a date, a female and a male.

Someone is attempting to murder Ethel, a nasty 80-year-old woman. The suspects are her housekeeper, caregiver, attorney and son, or could it be her detective ex-girlfriend? She has done wrong to each of these characters. Might revenge be their only option?

How one man copes with Christmas Day Blues.

Someone is attempting to murder Ethel, a nasty 80-year-old woman. The suspects are her housekeeper, caregiver, attorney and son, or could it be her detective ex-girlfriend? She has done wrong to each of these characters. Might revenge be their only option?

The Handyman explores the impact that earlier experiences can have on a person’s life. The play explains why Gwen has been away from her family for five years, and she now returns to her husband, Wallace, and their son, Arden. We learn that Rowan, the handyman, has become a fixture in the household during Gwen’s absence and has been involved in parenting Arden along with Wallace. Additionally, we discover that Gwen has formed an intimate relationship a younger woman, Samantha. As deeper layers of these characters are revealed, we come to know just enough about them to realize that their lives will remain intertwined long after the play ends

Two pre-school children are involved in a protest.

Jaxon, a TSA agent, has been assaulted by a passenger. He describes this frightening incident to his lover, Mitch, who comes to the airport to take him home.

Stan and Ellen had a secret that was not revealed when they married. They face the dilemma of revealing truths that could make their marriages unravel.
Ellen had an abortion while she was dating Stan.
Stan is Christian pretending to be Jewish.

Into the townhouse of lovers, Mitch and Jaxon, come invasions of rats! We watch as the men try to cope with these “visitors” and also cope with the highs and lows of their own relationship. Over the course of twenty-five years, 1998-2023, the lives of the rodents seem to symbolically parallel the peaks and valleys that Mitch and Jaxon experience together.

Man dealing with climate change.

Romeo and Juliet live but eventually divorce

Lucas can’t sleep because his mind keeps replaying his throat cancer diagnosis until he hears the song Dream A Little Dream of Me. To cure his insomnia, he decides to conjure up dreams of the people in his life who had died of cancer. In the play, he wonders what kind of advice they could give him to reduce his fears and anxiety. Might it also give him a chance of having additional closure with these five men?

What happens when Daniel (unhurt) is mugged by Tucker and somehow there is a connection.

In a high school, on a massage table, in a dark tunnel, under a kitchen sink, within a family, and even in an elevator; this series of seemingly unrelated short plays are all connected by one unifying theme. They all show us the different types of encounters that can occur between men and boys as they relentlessly pursue the very real human desire to reach out and connect.

Wade is a somber, humorless college graduate who is a mathematician. Gabriel is a frivolous free-wheeling college student studying philosophy. They have nothing in common, but they end up meeting . . . trapped in a stalled elevator. Through his forced interactions with Gabriel, Wade learns that there is therapeutic value to expressing the full gamut of human emotions, and both find new meaning as they explore the full trajectory of their lives.

Gordon, recently diagnosed with throat cancer, conjures up a dream about his friend Paul, who died of cancer. Gordon asks for Paul's advice.

In the comedy, The Inanimates: Scenes from Dr. Abernathy’s Casebook, a young man, George, is in enough mental anguish that he seeks out psychiatrist, Dr. Abernathy, to begin treatment. He does not understand why there should be any delay and gives the doctor’s receptionist, Mabel, a very hard time. When George finally begins to see Dr. Abernathy, he assails the doctor with the struggles he is going through and wants immediate relief. His struggles are many, and his descriptions are filled with disparaging remarks and personal put-downs. The question we are confronted with is: Can he be helped?

Due to poverty, Ralph and his ex-lover Jasper, live together. When Ralph’s sister Lisa, and his niece, Penny decide to move in-with Ralph and Jasper, these four downtrodden characters that have reached the pit of humanity, find solace among each other. Rather than 'fixing' everything, they discover a more realistic view of how relationships work that is healthier. By owning all of it, they find that it's actually the only way things can move forward.

A four-character play about a straight married couple (Stan and Ellen) and a same-sex married couple (Keith and Henry). Each couple has a secret that was not revealed to their partner when they married. The play takes place at a backyard barbeque as the repercussions explode when the secrets are revealed.

The story is about Jennifer, a sexually confused Jewish sixteen-year-old. But when she meets Paula, she discovers her attractions to girls. Unfortunately, she is taunted, bullied and subjected to homophobia until she meets Joseph, a born-again Christian. Joseph won't have sex with Jennifer until she converts. Jennifer's mission is to convert to Christianity in the hopes that she will be able to have sex with Joseph and prove to herself and to the world that she is straight.

A man reads his diary as he awaits results from his Cat Scan and Pep Scan after radiation and chemotherapy to eradicate throat cancer

Wade is a somber, humorless college graduate who is a mathematician. Gabriel is a frivolous free-wheeling college student studying philosophy. They have nothing in common, but they end up meeting . . . trapped in a stalled elevator. Through his forced interactions with Gabriel, Wade learns that there is therapeutic value to expressing the full gamut of human emotions, and both find new meaning as they explore the full trajectory of their lives.

Pablo and Issac are an interfaith, interracial and intergenerational same-sex couple. In this monologue, Pablo confesses to Issac about what happened with Bernardo, who is the same religion, race and generation.

Reflections takes place in 1969. This play is about about Marc, a sexually confused Jewish sixteen year-old boy. But when Marc meets Mary, a born-again Christian, Marc decides to convert to Christianity in the hopes of being able to make Mary his girlfriend and prove to himself and the world that he is straight.

Dave—having the massage-in love with his trainer, Garth, who had a stroke. Dave is taking care of Garth and has never told him about his feelings for him—wanting to have sex—not wanting to feel like he is taking advantage of him since all of Garth’s friends have abandoned him.
Tim-the masseur-his lover died a year ago and wants to have a relationship with his first love from highschool (Bennet)-who was closeted. But they tried having sex and it failed.

Brother in-laws Liam and Grant must cope with the death of Liam's wife, Betty. Betty's brother Grant is a troubled young gay man. When the relationship take an unexpected turn...one that doesn't always make sense the audience will come to understand how love, in all its forms, can be stretched, even beyond the grave.

I recently learned that Judge Sandra Day O’Connor’s husband had dementia and no longer recognized her. Additionally, he had formed a relationship with another woman at his memory care facility. Their story struck a chord with me and became the genesis of When Love Is Not Enough, a very personal play that takes it a step further, where the husband forms a relationship with a man, leaving his wife to deal with being unrecognized, infidelity and questioning his sexuality.
When Love Is Not Enough follows the lives of two married couples -- (straight) Elle and Patrick and (gay) Corey and Noah. Patrick and Noah have dementia and are at the same Memory Care facility. During their stay, Patrick and Noah form a sexual relationship even though Patrick is straight. Both no longer recognize their spouses. The novel explores the impact on Elle and Corey as they confront the impact of Alzheimer’s on their marriages; the way their roles have changed. Elle and Corey are forced to form a bond with each other—as a coping mechanism. Elle ponders whether her husband has been a closeted gay man during their marriage. Corey and Noah’s adopted son is missing in Afghanistan, making Corey deal with another potential loss in his life without the support of his husband, Noah. Music is used as a backdrop because the auditory system of the brain is fully functional at 16 weeks. We appreciate and understand music before anything else. With dementia, music is the last brain function to die. In other words, first in and last out.
My own mother died of dementia in 2017, and in When Love is Not Enough, I’ve used the trajectory of her illness, how it was diagnosed, its progressions and how it impacted her loved ones.

Two gay male couples are in group therapy that deals with frank discussions about sex and how it impacts their relationships. All aspects of sexuality are discussed including a surprising revelation by the facilitator.

Reflections of A Gay Jewish Boy takes place in 1968. The story is about Marc, a sexually confused Jewish sixteen-year-old who becomes an intimate friend with the effeminate Paul. Peter is Marc’s straight friend. But when Marc meets Mary, a born-again Christian, Marc decides to convert to Christianity in the hopes of being able to have sex with Mary and prove to himself and the world that he is straight.

A Homeless Thanksgiving tells the story of a homeless fifty-year-old gay man (Devon) and a homeless thirty-year-old lesbian (Melanie). They form a friendship and end up sharing a tent. Being homeless, each has to learn how to be resourceful and cope with their environment. Their world is shattered when Joel, a straight 16-year-old, enters their lives. He insists that the tent is his, and there is a skirmish, but Devon and Melanie ultimately overpower him. As the play continues, however, Devon and Melanie are not only parents to Joel but also students as Joel, from his long experience living on the streets, teaches them about survival techniques. Joel, Devon and Melanie will learn how to benefit from intergenerational relationships and how to create a family not connected by blood. .

the play is about Lynn Pinchas, a fifty-year-old gay man who is approached by a younger man, named Mark, who appears out of nowhere and claims he is Lynn’s son. Is this a scam? Apparently, Lynn’s father had taken him to a female prostitute when he was eighteen to “prove” his son wasn’t gay. Could Mark’s mother actually be this prostitute? Through DNA testing, various scenarios are revealed as to the authenticity of Mark’s claim. If Mark is his son, Lynn ponders what it would be like to be a father.

The Couch is a one person play, told from the point of view of a sleeper-sofa with special sexual prowess.

an unexpected encounter between two gay men.