THE STORY: Takes place in Malcolm Harrington’s brand new condominium on Staten Island, which he shares with his delightfully kooky girlfriend, Louise. Louise, who wants to decorate the apartment with “balloon men” and pencil drawings, is beginning to feel inhibited by the stodgy demands of her ever practical boyfriend and dreams of the “other men” in her life (some of whom she has never even met). Strangely enough, one by one these men (not to mention one woman) do begin to show up at Louise’s door and beg her to run off with them. Although tempted by their hilarious entreaties, Louise, in the end, decides that she truly loves Malcolm and that her life should be with him, rather than the crazy collection of characters who have so disconcertingly sprung from her erotic reveries into palpable life.
Produced by New York’s Manhattan Punch Line Theatre during their Festival of One-Act Comedies, this zany, totally original short play concerns the ups and downs in the relationship between a creative, whimsical young woman, and her nerdy, straight-laced boyfriend.
“Slapstick, verbal burlesque.” —Village Voice.
“A wonderful example of the one-act breed.” —The New York Times.
Included in the collection
Sleeping Beauty and Smoke.
