FULL-LENGTH PLAYS 

The Flat Rock Playhouse production of LOVE HAPPENS

LOVE SUCKS
a romantic comedy by Rich Orloff
(2 m., 2 w.)
 

“A fresh, often delightful and surprisingly thoughtful comedy about the difficulties of romance.”
        The Charlotte Observer

“The dialogue is witty and wonderful, and the laughs start early and never end.”
        New Jersey Suburbanite

“A simple love story manages to convey the collected experiences of a whole generation, indeed multiple generations. And it does so in a way that is fresh, funny and compelling. Rich Orloff has filled this story with brilliant one-liners that depict contemporary attitudes with wit and wisdom.”
        The Asheville Citizen-Times

"Sterling writing by Orloff.  Some wise lessons on love and relationships, and a load of laughs."
        Muncie Star Press, Indiana 
 

LOVE SUCKS follows a year in the lives of two couples, one beginning and one approaching their fiftieth anniversary. As the younger couple progresses from meeting and dating to the challenges of living together and commitment, they get advice and testimony from the older couple, who develop problems of their own when they’re influenced by the younger pair.

Winner             1994 Topeka Civic Theater New Play Contest, KS
Winner             1994 Playwrights First Plays-in-Process Award, NYC
Winner             1995 Festival of Firsts, Carmel CA

LOVE SUCKS premiered at Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina and has since been produced at American Stage Company in New Jersey, Heartlande Theatre in Indiana, and elsewhere.

(LOVE SUCKS was originally produced under the title DAMAGED GOODS.)