Full Length Plays


167 Tongues (collaboratively written full length play) Written collaboratively with Alvin Eng, Stephanie Zadravec, Rehana Mirza, Jenny Lynn Bader, Anne Kushner, Meny Berio, Steven Fletcher, Jennifer Gibbs, Deepa Purohit, and Jeffrey Solomon. (20-30 actors) 167 Tongues explores the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. Intermittent street scenes weave together alongside continuous stories in this 37-character play. An Indian sweet shop vendor struggles to keep her store going and her suitors at bay, a Nepali woman and a Mexican man fall in love across a linguistic divide, an Irish ghost befriends a troubled Ecuadorian girl and her Bangladeshi best friend, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish-Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room.	Austin Ku as Jacob and Arlene Chico-Lugo as Briana in a scene written by Les for 167 Tongues. (Photo: Adam Bennett)
To the Orchard 2M,2W--After the death of her mother, Rachel Bergman realizes it’s time to change a few things. The only problem is that her father, Simcha, a former heavy-metal rocker turned Orthodox Jew, won’t have it. As Rachel grapples with her desire to become a writer and her budding homosexuality, she is forced to decide between her father or coming out and moving on. Winner of a 2007 Foundation for Jewish Culture New Jewish Theatre Project grant. Breakdown at Ikea 3M,2W--A young Brooklynite couple invites friends over for dinner to celebrate their new apartment. But things get out of hand when the second course includes revelations about past indescretions. That, and a narrator who supports his narrating career by working at Ikea just can't seem to get the story the way he wants it. All scripts are samples. Not intended for production or publication (see legal for more details). Please email me for full scripts.

167 Tongues (collaboratively written full length play)
Written collaboratively with Alvin Eng, Stephanie Zadravec, Rehana Mirza, Jenny Lynn Bader, Anne Kushner, Meny Berio, Steven Fletcher, Jennifer Gibbs, Deepa Purohit, and Jeffrey Solomon.

(20-30 actors) 167 Tongues explores the emotional geography of Jackson Heights, the most culturally diverse neighborhood in the world. Intermittent street scenes weave together alongside continuous stories in this 37-character play. An Indian sweet shop vendor struggles to keep her store going and her suitors at bay, a Nepali woman and a Mexican man fall in love across a linguistic divide, an Irish ghost befriends a troubled Ecuadorian girl and her Bangladeshi best friend, a Dominican manicurist wonders whether her Jewish-Chinese boyfriend will propose before she is deported by the INS, and a Rwandan night nurse attempts to understand the 167 distinct languages spoken in the local Emergency Room.

Austin Ku as Jacob and Arlene Chico-Lugo as Briana in a scene written by Les for 167 Tongues. (Photo: Adam Bennett)

To the Orchard
2M,2W--After the death of her mother, Rachel Bergman realizes it’s time to change a few things. The only problem is that her father, Simcha, a former heavy-metal rocker turned Orthodox Jew, won’t have it. As Rachel grapples with her desire to become a writer and her budding homosexuality, she is forced to decide between her father or coming out and moving on. Winner of a 2007 Foundation for Jewish Culture New Jewish Theatre Project grant.

Breakdown at Ikea
3M,2W--A young Brooklynite couple invites friends over for dinner to celebrate their new apartment. But things get out of hand when the second course includes revelations about past indescretions. That, and a narrator who supports his narrating career by working at Ikea just can't seem to get the story the way he wants it.

All scripts are samples. Not intended for production or publication (see legal for more details). Please email me for full scripts.