cover photo by Peter Cunningham
this collection contains six one-acts:
BONE THE SPEED
CARWASH
CONRAD ON THE VINE
ETHIOPIA
THE MAN WHO ATE EINSTEIN'S BRAIN
PRECISION MACHINES
Louis Phillips is one the most inventive and imaginative playwrights in the United States:
BONE THE SPEED. A spoof about the ultimate snake-pit: Hollywood. With a nod to David Mamet's SPEED-THE-PLOW, and any number of other works on that subject. 2 M, 1 F
CARWASH. A comic surrealistic nightmare when a man's car disappears at the carwash. 2 M, 1 F
CONRAD ON THE VINE. Imagine Joseph Conrad alive today and being interviewed on a television talk-show. 3 M, 1 F
ETHIOPIA. A totalitarian future where food is so scarce that people pay to watch others eat. Cast: 2 M, 1 F (nuclear family), plus a waiter.
THE MAN WHO ATE EINSTEIN'S BRAIN. The title of this play says it all. 2 M, 1 F
PRECISION MACHINES. Inanimate objects take on a life of their own. 1 M, 1 F
PLAYS BY LOUIS PHILLIPS
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