Edward Pomerantz: 8 books

"Adventure. That’s the key word here. Every play in this collection began with a question, a strong scene, image, or situation that haunted me, whose mystery could only be solved by writing it, moving step by step into unknown territory, emboldening me with clues and discoveries, as I moved...

MAN RUNNING, an original screenplay, based on a story by Robert M. Young and Edward Pomerantz. Today’s the day! The day Lou Robinson has to make up his mind, make a life-changing decision. A day he has to juggle all the jumbled relationships in his life, when he’s running late, and there are all...

I HATE WHEN IT GETS DARK SO EARLY, two characters. In a car, traveling as day turns to evening, a wife tells her husband something she’s never told him, a thought she’s never put into words, spoken aloud. The marriage is shaken. It will never be the same.

ELECTRA: THE REWRITE, 8 characters. A wild mix of Greek Tragedy, Vaudeville, and Bob Hope Road movies. Electra, sick of waiting for the return of Orestes to kill Clytemnestra and Aegisthus for the murder of Agamemnon, decides to rewrite what the gods have written and take vengeance with her own hands....

A TUNE BEYOND US or WHAT A REVOLTIN’ DEVELOPMENT THIS IS!, 8 characters. A ghost and gangster picture show. Spanning generations, the epic saga of a Jewish Crime Family, with deadly rivalries, multiple scenarios and narratives. Tonight’s the night. Jerome Greenspan, aka Cody Jarrett, will take...

THE GODDESS OF FILTHY THINGS, 12 characters. A story inside a story inside a story inside a story. A dramatic labyrinth that attempts to bring the density of the novel and the fluidity of the movies to the stage. At its core—a mystery. What happened to Jerry Green, a writer? His daughter Jessica...

NOT ON THE MAP, 10 characters. An insane ensemble comedy. Peta Thessaloniki Von Wildergeist Flynn (called Pet), a world-renowned psychoanalyst in her eighties, has retired with her young lover to a not-on-the-map Sicilian farmhouse where no-one with “emotional emergencies” can find her. But then...

Six Short Plays (to be performed individually, in pairs, or as a complete evening titled Dancing On Quicksand)