spirits - the bar plays

​Short Plays Inspired by Real Life & Set in Bars

 

A series of shorts ranging from 5 to 15 minutes, all centered in and around Bars and inspired by real life events and places. Can be presented together or separately. Shorts include:

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"The Gentleman Gangster" 

What happens when a man prepping for his drag show is possessed by an Irish gangster? The clash of old and new in Hell's Kitchen, NYC!

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"Sourtoe Cocktail Club"

Gaslighting, power struggle, and gender politics are on display beween Billie, a bartender, and Bobbie, her manager, in the fallout when the famed "Sourtoe", a severed toe used for making "Sourtoe Cocktails", is lost for the first time.

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"V-Card"

Before things can get hot and heavy with Jack, Jill whips out her “V-Card”-- a literal, business-sized card-- in an attempt to avoid an awkward conversation on a subject two consenting thirty-somethings shouldn't have a problem with : why she’s still a virgin. The card explains everything on the back… but should Jill have to explain herself in the first place?​ (Winner: Audience Favorite SPF NYC)

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"Thumb War"

A puppet slam piece about a thumb preparing to mutiny from his owner after years of abuse

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"I'll Show You Mine" 

A play for the dark with misunderstandings and double-entendre

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"Pawternity Leave"

A monologue about a brewery that offers paternity leave for new doggy-dads