An OWP Production

 

"THE QUICK & PAINLESS SERIES" is a Ready-Made Late Night Series for modern theatres.

It consists of three ten minute plays tied together by a common theme, per night.

This season brings us 12 new plays from 4 wild themes!

The history of SEASON 1


 

With Friends Like These

"Favors" by Julianne Homokay – A sexually exhausted wife asks her best friend for a favor that tests the limits of their friendship. 

Directed by Adam Kinsinger

"Cinderella's Bawl" by Lucy Wang – Cinderella asks Farmer in the Dell, Old Mother Hubbard, Gretel and Bobby Shaftoe for help finding the perfect sperm. 

Directed by Casey Stangl

"Garbage Strike" by Jeremy Gable – A female protestor tries to get her point across and sways a passerby in the process. 

Directed by Steve Muscarella

 

Altered States

"Bullfighting" by Lucy Wang – A troubled English major is visited by Ernest Hemingway in the middle of the night; or is she? 

Directed by Casey Stangl

"All 49 States" by Jason Aaron Goldberg – After California falls into the ocean, new President Jenna Bush works up a remedy. 

Directed by Danielle Marie Holland

"I'm His Bogeyman" by Jeff Goode – A young man is met by people from his dreams in a grudge match for supremacy. 

Directed by David LM McIntyre


 

 

Death Comes to us All

"Catplosion" by Johnna Adams – A grandma argues with her teenage granddaughter over the apparent murder of her cat.

Directed by Erika Tasini

"Black & Decker" by Jason Aaron Goldberg – Two friends, Black and Decker are greeted by Death himself as they get ready for a Halloween party.

Directed by Rob Clyde

"Soir, Maman" by Julianne Homokay – Drag queens debate what makes life worth living in this affectionate parody of “‘night, Mother.”

Directed by Dorit Simone Kashi

 

Time is Money

"The Gingerbread House Demolition" by Johnna Adams – A young wife goes overboard with the cost and scale of her current Christmas display.

Directed by Jason Douglass

"T=mc²” by Jeff Goode – A friendly tenant tries to get out of paying rent by creating a time machine, sort of.

Directed by Marisa O'Brien

"Dollar-Fifty" by Jeremy Gable – A young man discovers he only has ten minutes to live while watching TV with a buddy.  What does he do with the time?

Directed by Joshua M. Bott