Plays by Author - Nicky Silver

Pterodactyls

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 2 Female

An absurdist black comedy about the demise of the Duncan family, and, by extension, the species. Emma Duncan, a hypochondriac with memory problems, and her orphaned fiancé, Tommy, confront her mother, Grace,...

$13

The Food Chain

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 2 Female

Anorexic poet Amanda has been married for three weeks but her husband has been missing for two ... REVIEWS "Poisonously funny ... the wittiest talk in town" ~ The NY Times "One of the funniest new plays t...

$13

Fit to be Tied

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 1 Female

Zany romantic comedy when lonely mega-rich Arloc Simpson meets the man of his dreams, Boyd, a young orphan runaway. Problem is, Boyd doesn't feel the same way, so Arloc kidnaps him. Then Mom turns up ... . ...

$13

Beautiful Child

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

2 Male 3 Female

How do we love someone who falls outside our moral code? Beautiful Child presents Harry and Nan, a couple whose marriage has become a comfortable battleground of witty barbs and infidelity Everything the...

$13

Fat Men in Skirts

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

2 Male 2 Female

After their plane crashes, Phyllis, and her son, Bishop, are stranded on a desert island for five years. During their stay, Bishop is transformed from a stuttering, Katherine Hepburn-obsessed little boy, ...

$13

The Agony & The Agony

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

4 Male 2 Female

Richard Aglow is a failure A once-promising playwright, he finds himself a virtual shut-in with only rejection letters to amuse himself Until today - he's started writing again! And as luck would have it...

$13

Three Changes

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 2 Female

Nate and Laurel are a seemingly happy couple living on New York's Upper West Side - busy, content and comfortable Until the surprising arrival of Hal, Nate's long-lost brother A once-successful television...

$13

This Day Forward

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 3 Female

Martin has just married the girl of his dreams. However ... Only moments after their vows, Irene reveals that she, in fact, is deeply in love with someone else - a gas station attendant named Emil To make...

$13

The Lyons

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 3 Female

This comedy drama starts in a hospital room ... As Ben Lyons lies dying, his wife of forty years, Rita, flips through decorating magazines, planning a living room make-over "I know you won't actually be th...

$13

Raised in Captivity

Nicky Silver

Nick Hern Books

Two siblings are reunited at their mother's funeral - 'Raised in Captivity is about guilt, redemption and self-punishment, and against all odds, it is also very funnythe total effect is of a strong wonderf...

$19.99

The Eros Trilogy - Claire & Philip & Roger and Miriam

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 1 Female

The Eros Trilogy is comprised of three short pieces thematically connected. It presents four characters, each struggling to figure out which offers them greater refuge in the world: emotional intimacy or ...

$13

The Altruists

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 2 Female

The Altruists revolves around a dedicated, if disorganized and demented, group of young radicals These are the kids who protest They protest arts funding and arms funding They protest school cutbacks and ...

$13

Raised in Captivity

Nicky Silver

Dramatists Play Service

3 Male 2 Female

Raised In Captivity is about guilt, redemption and self-punishment, and, against all odds, it is also very funny...[Silver's] dialogue, which skillfully juxtaposes the banal and the outlandishly whimsical, h...

$13

Etiquette and Vitriol - The Food Chain and Other Plays

Nicky Silver

Theatre Communications

At this point in his career, you can almost visualize producers camped-out beside playwright Nicky Silver's door Almost everything he writes gets produced, generally Off-Broadway, and almost everything prod...

$17.99