Bøker av Sam Bobrick

Are You Sure? is a case of shifting realities. How much is happening, how much isn't? Does David want to kill Caroline? Does Charlie want to kill David? Does Caroline want to kill everyone?

This is a play about men trying to understand women, and how they never will. Miles Gladstone, a man in his mid-fifties, has left his wife of thirty years and married a young woman half his age. Six months later his new wife leaves him, his business partner has screwed him, and his first wife, who is looking better than ever, wants to buy his modern apartment for her and her extremely young boyfriend. Struck by his first wife's fabulous appearance and new vivacious attitude, Miles offers to go b

Hamlet, but with a happier ending. If you've had trouble grasping the intent of Shakespeare's classic endeavor, this should clear it up once and for all. The text remains very true to good old Will's basic fundamentals.

Mark Morton and his reluctant sixteen year old son, Danny, share a Palm Springs motel for several days. They are there for family week at a rehab center where Gwen, Mark's wife and Danny's mother is trying to recover from severe alcoholism. While Mark has great hopes for Gwen's recovery, Danny has none. An emotional and poignant journey with some laughs along the way as father and son discover how little they actually know about one another.

Jerome Teppel, a recently married, fairly well-off CPA, discovers that among his wife Francine's monthly purchases was a gun. Shortly after that, Jerome is informed by his neighbor, Lenore Franklin, that his wife and her husband are having a torrid affair. What ensues next is murder, betrayal, a little sex and a lot of laughs.

Though she has no intention of buying anything, Mrs. Eva Baskin, continuously sets up appointments with sales people solely to have lunch and conversation with them in her home.

Characters: 2 male, 2 female Int. Two jurors on a grisly murder trial become romantically involved. As the trial progresses, they realize they disagree adamantly on the verdict. Their story unfolds to a frightening climax while a couple in a different time frame occupies the same apartment and plays out a bizarre relationship also tied to the Stanway case. Here is a psychological thriller by the veteran playwright of Norman Is that You?, Murder at the Howard Johnson's

Characters: 4 male, 2 femaleMurder Mystery, ComedyAdam Webster, a down-on-his- luck writer, in desperation to make the rent, has put a sign in his apartment window, "Psychic Readings $25". The characters it draws in lead into a tangled murder mystery of sorts in this hilarious original comedy. "The play's clever, Pirandello-esque twists make for a pleasant divertissement... satisfyingly unpredictable" - LA Times "Surprise plot twists, and all-around hilarity. It's on

Comedy / 15m, 13f or 3m, 3f / Interior Splitting Issues consists of nine sketches with a total of 28 roles but can also be done using as few as six actors. Splitting Issues - Pete and Gwen Darren invite their best friends, Larry and Marcie, over for drinks to inform them that they are splitting up. They then want to know which of them Larry and Marcie will choose to remain friendly with. Do You Come Here Often? - Bob and Nan meet at a singles dance for young professionals. She's a profession

Collection of Scenes / 2m, 2f / Exterior Four actors, a man and woman in their mid to late twenties and a man and woman in their mid to late forties, play seventeen characters in eight short scenes that take place in a small mid-western bus station. The scenes, which segue fluidly from one to another without stopping, vary from comedic to poignant and are tied together in the last scene. Scene 1 - Jane and Walter, a disillusioned man and woman, meet in the station. As they converse, they are co

Comedy / 3m, 4f, +1 extra / Interior SetMyra Witzer, a strong willed woman in her late thirties, is determined to get married at any cost and Leonard Shank, an unassuming man in his early forties is the guy she goes after and gets, much against his will. After several months of married life, Myra realizes that the chase excited her more than the capture and wants out. On the other hand, Leonard, who at the beginning wanted no part of the marriage to Myra, now wants to stay married to her more t

3m, 3f / Comedy / InteriorSara Hastings is an unmarried lawyer in her mid-thirties, much too busy to get involved in any romance. Her Aunt Martha has decided to take matters into her own hands and find her a husband. Unfortunately, Aunt Martha's method of doing it amounts to having the prospective groom bopped over the head and brought to Sara's apartment. Aunt Martha's choice is Brandon Cates, a young man who handles her finances. Although Brandon is already engaged to be married, this does no

Comedy / 2m, 2f / InteriorTwo difficult, single people, Phyllis and Bradley, both trying to heal from their respective disappointing relationships, get their luggage mixed up at the airport. After a very disagreeable first encounter, the two decide to help each other get over their heartaches by forcing a friendship that eventually leads to the two discovering that while they may be too difficult for everyone else in the world, they are right for each other.

Comedic Drama / 5m,3f, / InteriorBored by his privileged, but mundane life, Henry Flemming sells his lucrative brokerage firm to become a detective. On his very first case, and to the horror of his wife, Karen, and his two crazy neighbors, Suzy and Stan, the Flemming living room begins to fill up with dead bodies. Karen is further annoyed when one of them turns out to be her father. Even though Henry keeps showing up at home every day more disheveled and beaten up, he couldn't be happier.

Comedy / 1m, 1f / Unit set"A Son's Illusive Search for His Mother's Happiness"In an exchange of hilarious letters between an overbearing mother and her adult son, he blames her for breaking up his marriage and ruining his life. She can't understand why things so trivial should bother him. The angst, aggravation and madness of the love/hate relationship between Sheldon and his mother, Mrs. Levine, unforgettable characters who are thousands of miles apart and still way too close. "Hilariousl