Alan S. Austin
Arizona Playwright • Writer • Poet
  

Short Plays

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A young man and woman try to persuade their fellow workers and friends to form a union.

A Family Affair
A young man enters a strange establishment for an appointment.
A woman enters and asks him to undress and get into bed. She then undresses and get into the same bed.

They hold hands. She gives him a bag of apples.

Alfanina
A middle-aged couple is witnesses to an accident in which a lorry, on the way to the slaughterhouse, crashes outside their house.

Alice
Advanced Life's Infinitely Consequential Epistomologist.

Bella
An elderly couple visit the grave of a recently departed friend to pay their respects.

Forever
Taking care of a parent isn't always easy.

Hats
A couple of promising actors, at a crucial moment in their relationship, confront the possibility of living apart because of their careers.

Hotel Arizona
Katie, a Sales Executive, and Meg, an Attorney, are about to be released from prison where they served brief sentences for DUI.

Irish Girls
A generational story of several Irish women.

It's Over, Over There
Sitting on a bench in the garden of a retirement home, a couple share their experiences with surprising results.

Rearrangement in C
A man rearranges the chairs on what appears to be the deck of a ship.

Stormy Weather
Is honesty the best policy? A couple have an honest conversation and have to decide.

The Box
When a large box is delivered to the theatre, an audience member hears a strange noise from inside it.

The Coffin Club
An atypical morning at an atypical location.

The Fourth Wall
Four students of theatre at a High School dramatically explore the idea of the fourth wall. A play for teens.

The Last Swan
In a dystopian future a young couple discovers love.

The Lovers
"This coyness, lady, were no crime."

The Mad King
An actors' retirement home does its best to cope with its patients.

The Mad Queen
An actors' retirement home does its best to cope with its patients.

The Patient
Waking up in hospital without any recollection of why he is there leads to some surprises.

The Rental Car
A couple on their way to their daughter's wedding have an interesting trip in a rental "car."

The Storm
A couple's apparently happy marriage is brought into sharp relief by the husband's affair with a younger woman.

Transformations
Madge, who is down but not quite out, answers an advert for the latest beauty treatment, which promises to return her youth and good looks.

Where the Fly Lands
Two old friends fall out during the ballgame.

You'll Never Find the Body
A woman and her husband have an interesting discussion over dinner.

Zone
Two men search for food in a war zone.