by Ian Allen
The governor of Nebraska decides to "win" the war on drugs by poisoning the state's heroin supply with a flesh-eating bacteria. Set in Carol's junkie flop house, the play involves a blood-drenched angel, a depressed fat-ass nurse, lots of cheeeeezy special effects, and one helluva nasty Republican.
(4 men, 4 women,1997, 90 min)
Inquiries should be directed to Original Works Publishing
Baked Baby
by Ian Allen
Don West and Susan Brown West (no hyphen!) are Mormon yuppie's with one little problem. They're parents forced them to have a child they didn't want. But solving problems is what Don and Susan do best. And little Donnie Jr is no exception.
(5 men, 4 women,1998, 90 min)
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com
Reading copy.......................$10
Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack
by Billy Bermingham
"Sleazy, cheesy, gooey, spewy farce about sex, drugs, murder, transgenderism, body functions and bad words. Think John Waters, only notas tasteful. Moments of exquisit excess and monumental offensiveness--especially if you sit in the first two rows, where fluids of all sorts come showering down from the stage. Guaranteed to make you either laugh out loud or run screaming from the theatre." --William Triplett, Washington Post, 3/31/99.
(4 men, 3 women,1991, 110 min)
Inquiries should be directed to cancrackbo@aol.com.
The Erpingham Camp
by Joe Orton
Late British farceur Joe Orton may have kept in mind the adage "The smaller the stakes, the more embittered the battle" as he penned his play, The Erpingham Camp. This sharp-witted, maximum-velocity farce presents a modern parable of revolution and retribution within the microcosm of an English leisure camp. Or in this case, forced leisure camp.
Inquiries should be directed to Samuel French.
Hellcab
by Will Kern
Dostoevsky wrote that to know a society, one should look in its prisons and hospitals. A ride in a cab might be a good idea, too. With just a few days till Christmas, Hellcab's isolated Chicago cabbie is driven to the edge of sanity by the fucked up bunch of weirdos he picks up.
Inquiries should be directed to Dramatist Play Publishing
Killer Joe
Tracy Letts
Mom had better watch her ass! She's got a $50,000 insurance policy and an estranged family of good ol' fashioned Texas trailer trash a'plottin' to git at it one way or 'nother. But things don't go as planned, and one fuck-up follows the next as the family's ugly undercurrents begin to surface.
Inquiries should be directed to Samuel French.
Natural Duck
by Ian Allen
Everyone wants Ducky to be a good boy. Everyone, that is, except Ducky. All he wants to do is get wild and have some fun. Troule is, he's no good at getting wild or having fun. And before he knows it, he's in over his head. Hookers and faggots and drugs! Oh my!
(4 men, 4 women,1992, 70 min)
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com
Reading copy......................$7
Poona the Fuckdog and Other Plays for Children
by Jeff Goode
Poor Poona! She's the star of her very own super-cute children's play and still, no one will play with her. Even the handsome prince only punches her in the gut. But Poona's luck is about to change. In the twinkling of an eye, her fairy god penis comes to the rescue, bestowing her with a beautiful pink box--big enough for all her friends to play in!
(4 men, 4 women,1994, 100 min)
Inquiries should be directed to Original Works Publishing
The Queens Chef
by Ian Allen
Heathcliff Rosenman just wants to be loved. Only trouble is, he's the type only a mother could love. And even she doesn't like Heathcliff. You'll love this "slice of life" comedy about a stand-up comic's failed attempts to become a famous serial killer by murdering Queens-area women in an attempt to impress his junkie mother.
(2-3 men, 2-8 women,1991, 60 min)
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com
Reading copy..................$7
Romeo & Juliatric
by Anton Dudley
That's right, Shakespeare's lovers are in their Golden Years. And with today's economic climate, wouldn't you know they're dependent on their dot-com millionaire yuppie shithead grandkids for the dentures upon which they suck. But love has a timeless beauty, and besides, you're never too old to die young! Complete with rousing musical numbers and buxom bombshells
(6 men, 5 women, 2000, 90 min)
Reading copy.....................$10
Inquiries should be directed to anton@cherryredproductions.com.
Salome
by Oscar Wilde
Wilde's dead. Have at it!
Savage Pieta
by Ian Allen
One Southern boy. One Northern girl. One savagely inappropriate wedding present. (A black child, to be specific.) This parody of race relations approaches the issue from the perspective of the American family. Inside out.(2 men, 3 women,1995, 90 min)
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com
Reading copy.....................$10
Seven Deadly Dwarves
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Claudia Alick, Ian Allen, Paul Donnelly, Anton Dudley, Chris Griffin, and Emily Rems.
For Seven Deadly Dwarves, Cherry Red enlisted seven of D.C.'s most versatile scribes to participate in a vastly important enterprise: the artistic hybridization of Snow White's seven dwarves and the Seven Deadly Sins. Each drew, from a hat, one sin and one dwarf. Then, each penned a10-to-15-minute playlet splicing the deadly sin with the adorable dwarf. The result was an evening of short plays so Cherry Red-in-the-extreme, the City Paper's critic left feeling "battered and sad." Oh yeah, baby!
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com
Reading copy.....................$10
Talk Show
by Ian Allen
"I don't got the AIDS, Russ!" shrieks Rhonda. "You do so! He _____ you in the ass!" shrieks Carny! And with one whack from Mom's cane, it's off to the white trash races! This hour-long spoof of The Jerry Springer Show comes complete with deuling mistresses, bleeped curse words, and nine commercial breaks.
(5 men, 4 women,1998, 60 min)
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com.
Reading copy........................$10
Tiger Mouth
by Ian Allen
Some thoughts are better left unthunk. And others are best left unspoken. And others... well... let's not get hysterical. This free-flowing, oh-so-avant garde bit of debauchery takes a look at what might happen if one's thoughts began to take physical shape.
(4-7 men, 4-7 women, 1991 60 min)
Inquiries should be directed to info@cherryredproductions.com.
Reading copy..................$7
Zombie Attack!
by Justin Tanner and Andy Daley
When a group of ever-so-L.A. twenty-somethings converge for a Big Chill weekend in the country, little do they suspect theyıll never eat sushi again. This time, they are the sushi!
Inquiries should be directed to TSlagxj7@cs.com.
