PLAY · TRAGICOMEDY
The Finkelsteins Are Coming to Dinner
A love story about a mother, her son, his lover and the painful struggle to say goodbye to the people we love.
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In worlds where the living and the dead exist side by side.
Angels investigate lonely estate agents, dead mothers refuse to leave their sons and a drag queen sparkles.
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PLAY · CONTEMPORARY DRAMA / MAGICAL REALISM
Selwyn & Gabriel
A strange, magical mystery about regret & real estate, flight & friendship, lies & integrity - and love.
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PLAY · QUEER COMEDY DRAMA
Let There Be Sparkle
A flamboyant drag artist longs for a plumber who dreams of singing opera, while his dancing housemate falls for a poet.
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Heterofuckingsexuals
and Other Queer
Love Stories
and Other Queer
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PLAY CYCLE · COMEDY / DARK COMEDY
Heterofuckingsexuals and Other Queer Love Stories
Over one extraordinary night, four interconnected one-act plays follow a chain of queer lives as they intersect in unexpected and often hilarious ways.
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Richard Kaplan is a South African playwright and medical researcher based in Cape Town. His plays are tragicomic and character-driven, using comedy, drama and magical realism to explore grief, love and identity within queer and Jewish life.
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Productions
The Finkelsteins Are Coming to Dinner
"The play is not afraid of queer theatre, nor is it afraid of being queer theatre that deals with the domesticity of queerness."
— David Fick, Broadway World
Selwyn & Gabriel
"Right from the start this simple, yet immensely powerful setting of Selwyn & Gabriel hooks you into a world you can never quite figure out... In the era of predictability and commonality, the text is refreshing."
— B Sharp Entertainment
Contact
For scripts or general enquiries, send a message and Richard will reply directly.