COLLECTIONS OF SHORT PLAYS AND SKETCHES 

The author with the technical advisor to POOL PARTY

POOL PARTY

a new comedy

by Rich Orloff

(3 or more m., 2 or more w.)

POOL PARTY is a collection of seven short comedies set around and in a swimming pool.  Characters include Narcissus, Flipper, evolving primordial creatures, developing children, an overwhelmed dead guy, a sexy pool guy and homesick frogs.  POOL PARTY is designed to be performed by an ensemble cast. 

Three of the comedies have already been produced in “Swim Shorts”, an annual summer festival at New York’s Holiday Inn rooftop swimming pool, and two have been produced at festivals in Dallas and Philadelphia. 

About the plays:

HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’ is a comic twist on the Narcissus legend, in which Narcissus not only admires his reflection but also wants to date it.  (2 m., 1 w., and a Greek chorus)

THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE PRIMORDIAL OOZE illustrates that it’s harder to evolve when the creature you love doesn’t want you to change. (1 m., 1 w.)

In FLIPPER’S COMEBACK, the agent of the world’s most famous dolphin tries to coax him out of retirement, but he’d rather float in his Beverly Hills pool.  (1 m., 1 w.)

In THE ULTIMATE BATTLE FOR TOTAL CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE, the playful skirmishes of a pre-adolescent boy and girl in a backyard pool lead to a battlefield neither has been before.  (1 m., 1 w.)

In THE TOTAL SPIRITUAL, a very confused and newly deceased person finds that the entrance exam to the hereafter is filled with trick questions.  (3 either)  

In POOL SERVICE, an unusual pool guy teaches a timid woman and an even more timid man that you have to risk sinking in order to get in the swim of things. (2 m., 1 w.)

THE POND NOT TAKEN finds a prince longing for the swampy pleasures of his frog-filled youth, which brings up deep fears of his wife, the princess. (1 m., 1 w., and a chorus of “frogs”)