The Kaleidoscope Theatre Company production of FOUR EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN SITTING AROUND FANTASIZING ABOUT RICH ORLOFF.

(photo by Rick Tormone)

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.)
Read an excerpt.

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.)
Read an excerpt.

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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GRAM FOLDS THE LAUNDRY - A middle-aged woman irons; her mother folds the laundry.  A seemingly simple conversation leads the old woman to a momentous decision.  When the play premiered at Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A., Santa Monica Evening Outlook called it “a wonderful piece”.  (2 w.)
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The Brown Couch Theatre Company production of TOUGH COOKIE

(photo by Micky York) 

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)
Read an excerpt.

WHY EMILY NEEDS THAT OUTFIT - A middle-aged woman tells her mother about a nice outfit she wants to buy.  Her mother wonders, “Why bother?”  When produced at the Ensemble Studio Theatre/L.A., DramaLogue called it “the highpoint of the evening.”  Finalist, 1991 Actors Theatre of Louisville Ten-Minute Play Contest.  (2 w.)
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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)
Read an excerpt.

The author with the cast of FOUR EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE WOMEN SITTING AROUND FANTASIZING ABOUT RICH ORLOFF