Eleanor’s Dress On a cruise, wise and lonely, 11-year-old Peg, meets first Lady of the World, Eleanor Roosevelt, and her secretary/lover, Lorena Hickok. Peg’s mother, Louise, desires to capture Eleanor’s photo for the cover of Life Magazine, in a desperate … Continue reading →
In the Family Gay college student Garrett Scott is the fifth generation of a family of Methodist ministers. He discovers his Great-Great-Grandfather Sebastian’s diary hidden in an attic for more than 150 years. The secret diary raises the question: “where … Continue reading →
Rats in a Hot Swish Hunt A Broadway team does the unthinkable. They add a new ending to a play that outs the protagonist. This is 1955, when homosexuals were beaten and arrested for being homosexuals, and words like perversion … Continue reading →
The Crumple Zone A comedy set in a run-down apartment on Staten Island, with three gay roommates, in crisis, during one frantic Christmas weekend. One of them, Terry, an out-of-work actor who can’t get a job or a date, spends … Continue reading →
Opening Lines A romantic comedy. Two gay men, Chris and Richard, are brought together on a blind date. They face the daunting prospects of dating, love, and finally moving in together. If they can survive the first date, having their … Continue reading →
The Saving of Billy B. A gay lawyer represents a conservative Christian couple suing a religious “reparative therapy” clinic after their gay teenage son commits suicide. No further data submitted Over My Dead Body (co-author: Anthony Fingleton) Three elderly … Continue reading →
White Boy Hip, urban drama with a timely Latino twist! What happens when a mild-mannered Missouri boy falls head over heels in love with a surly Chicano gang-banger from East Los Angeles? The possibilities may surprise you in this colorful … Continue reading →
Joey Variations Young, world-weary dancer Joey is forced into a rehab clinic — after collapsing on-stage from a methamphetamine overdose — by Rita, his transgender substance abuse counselor. When the bipolar Peltan and the over-sexed Dylan befriend him, Joey discovers … Continue reading →
E-mail: tom@tomsmithplaywright.com tomsmithplaywright.com Dangerous Emotional and sexual infidelity and betrayal are played out when Marcus manipulates his friends and sexual companions. Eventually, his corrosive behavior alienates his entire social circle. A contemporary gay adaptation of the novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” … Continue reading →
How High the Moon A Polish youth falls in love with a German soldier during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw, and a half century later, a college student comes out to his best friend during Gay Pride Week in a … Continue reading →
