PLAY TITLE:

BUS BOYZ

BLURB:

Mary is on the search for Mr. Right.  She proclaims, “Men are like buses,” and meets and dates many “buses” such as “Dussell the Love Muscle” and “Dan the Hammer.”  When one bus ride with a bus named “Vernon” ends in a crash, Mary is forced to examine her relationship with her number one bus, dad.

NUMBER OF ACTORS:

4M/ 1F

LENGTH:

One act

GENRE:

Comedic Drama

DEVELOPMENT STATUS/PRODUCTIONS:

Prop Thtr/MPAACT produced May 2005, directed by Ayana Cahrr

SPECIAL AUDIENCE APPEAL:

African-American, women’s groups

SYNOPSIS:

BUS BOYZ’s Mary is “looking, but not desperate” to find Mr. Right.  So she embarks on the journey of dating every man in her path in order to find the love of her life.  One date, with a bus named Vernon, goes terribly wrong.  Mary is then thrust into the realization that her failed relationship with her father is the reason her love life is all askew.  Mary then embarks on trying to repair the damage between she and her father, only to find that he is unwilling to have a conversation with her about it.  When the secret of their estrangement is revealed, Mary suddenly understands her father in a new light, and tries one last time to reconcile.

SPECIAL AWARDS:

Chesterfield Grant, Paramount Pictures, finalist 2004

Prop Thtr New Plays Festival, 2003