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UBU

An adaptation of the life and works of playwright Alfred Jarry, this work premiered at the American College Theatre Festival in 1997 and is ready to be reworked. The play involves a dramatization of Jarry's life with adapted and updated scenes from Jarry's UBU Cycle. The puppet eventually comes alive and devours his maker in this surreal nightmare. The photograph above is from the San Jacinto College production. THIS PLAY IS FOR MATURE AUDIENCES. Contact David LeMaster.

Left: Nightmare. Ubu and Ma Ubu prior to breaking through fantasy into reality

X

This adult drama explores Generation X from the inside. A pair of couples trying to make it in Hollywood choose to live together in a tiny apartment and discover themselves both mentally and sexually in this daring examination of humanity. The couples include Katie, a sex-addict starving for attention, Tom, her self-serving boyfriend in search of a good adventure, Cherokee, a headstrong woman in a bad relationship, and Josh, a recovering heroin addict. This adult drama contains graphic language and situations and challenges its audience to define success, failure, hope, and love in modern day. Full-length drama. (2 men, 2 women, single set; ADULT CONTENT AND LANGUAGE; Royatly-free play that has received initial workshops and full productions) To order, contact David LeMaster

The Grand Inquisitor

Originally published by Original Works Online, this play has received successful productions at State University of New York Oneonta as well as Texas Tech University. An adaptation and deconstruction of Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov," this play begins with a patricide and explores the guilt and innocence of mankind. Four brothers, symbolic of God, Man, Christ, and Satan, are faced with the ultimate temptation, and together they must explore the guilt or innocence of mankind. This play is currently out of print and may be performed without royalty. Full-length drama without intermission. (4 men, unit set, masks) Contact David LeMaster

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