When Harry Bowman, Jr., the hard-of-hearing son of the renowned Senator, decides to run for Congress, he must deal with familial obligations, especially his wife’s pregnancy. Harry’s best friend, who is both deaf and gay, falls for a hearing black man.

Workshops: The Mark Taper Forum, Other Voices (June 1997), and the 2 Diamonds and a Blur (October 1997-April 1998) in NYC.

       Two-Act: 1 hr. 40 min. – single set

       3M: 30s (white hard-of-hearing), 30s (white deaf) 40s (black hearing)

       3F: 30s (white deaf), 30s (black deaf), 60s (white hearing)

Framed for the accidental death of a priest, a construction foreman returns to his family after 10 years in prison. During his absence, his gay son has become a militant activist.

       Two-Act: 1 hr. 40 min. – single set

       3M: 20s, two in 40s

       2F: 20s, 40s

Two deaf women use bizarre mind games to seduce each other … and the audience.

       ;Two-Act: 1 hr. 30 min. – single set

       2F: 20s (deaf), 40s (deaf)

A straight woman shares her infatuation with a deaf gay woodcarver in 1979.

Produced at the Queer@HERE Theater Festival (June 2002), NYC.

View a short performance clip: raymondluczak.com/films/hippos.html

       One-Act: 20 min. single set

       2F: one is 30s (deaf)

A sign language interpreter feels increasingly detached while watching the

impact of AIDS affecting his deaf gay friends in 1983.

Produced at the Illuminations Theater with the Deaf (December 2001) Houston, TX, and at the Queer@HERE Theater Festival (June 2002), NYC.

       One-Act: 30 min. single set

       1M: (fluent in ASL)

Three people catch sight of a male L.A. beach lifeguard. His heart-stopping beauty changes their lives.

       One-Act: 75 min. single set

       3M: 20s, 20s, 30s

       1F: 40s

While writing a new monologue for Pete, his deaf-blind lover/actor, a deaf

playwright attempts to salvage their deteriorating relationship amidst a tangle of memories and fantasies.

       Two-Act: 1 hr. 40 min. single set

       3M: 20s (hearing, fluent ASL), 30s (deaf), 40s (deaf)

       2F: 30s (deaf)

A deaf, black dancer remembers his turbulent relationship with a late-deafened black dancer who taught him how to be a star.

Performed by Invisible Hands, Inc., Washington, DC, January 2003.

       One-Act: 75 min. single set – requires choreography

       2M: 30s (hearing), 30s (deaf)