other short plays

by Rich Orloff

Rich’s other short plays include:

FOUR EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN SITTING AROUND FANTASIZING ABOUT RICH ORLOFF - A comedy for four women and one literary libido. Produced in short play festivals from coast to coast, The Ann Arbor News called it a “comic gem”. The Chelsea Standard wrote, “The star play of the evening. The play is even funnier than its title.” (4 w., or 3 w. and one guy in drag.)

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FOUR EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN LOUNGING AROUND A POOL FANTASIZING ABOUT RICH ORLOFF (THE SWIMSUIT EDITION) – By popular demand, the only short play sequel Rich has ever written, a hit at New York’s Red Light Nights festival. (4 w., or 3 w. and one guy in drag.)

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FOUR SHRINKS ON COFFEE BREAK - A comedy about four therapists and one paranoid imagination, exposing what therapists actually say and think about their patients. (4 either)

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TOUGH COOKIE – When a lawyer asks a high school student about his crime-inducing cookie, his parents crumble. In its New York debut, nytheatre.com wrote, “Delightful comic writing. Orloff scores numerous zingers here, all the while neatly satirizing a number of contemporary mores.” (2 m., 1 w., 1 either)

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WORDS I CANNOT SAY – One family deals with an old man’s stroke.  The patriarch has trouble communicating.  Actually, they all do. (2 m., 2 w, 1 either)

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The Kaleidoscope Theatre Company production of FOUR EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN SITTING AROUND FANTASIZING ABOUT RICH ORLOFF (photo by Rick Tormone)
The Brown Couch Theatre Company production of TOUGH COOKIE (photo by Micky York)   
The author with the cast of FOUR EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN SITTING AROUND FANTASIZING ABOUT RICH ORLOFF