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Adapted from his 2023 autobiography, ARE YOU KIDDING? A Life, author, actor, director and producer Bob May has distilled a new telling of his gay life and survival in the minimalist style of monologist Spalding Gray. May describes his childhood in Republican Orange County, his school days and his awakening to his secret self, confused teen years of isolation in the 1960s, first loves, coming out amidst the foment and social unrest of the 1970s; the Vietnam draft lottery; draft resistance; jail and his resulting PTSD. Act Two follows his mature work life and twin careers in business and the arts, later loves, his HIV diagnosis, depression and addictions, recovery, and finally a long eventful life into a happy retirement and old age. In other words: survival. It is a moving, dramatic, picaresque true story of isolation and fear, acceptance, struggle, romance, achievement and hope, told with May's characteristic humor and optimism.

From "ARE YOU KIDDING?":"When telling the story of my teens to young gay men...the most common response I received was 'Are you kidding? 'Your parents locked you out of their house because they found out you were gay? Are you kidding? You lost your job because you were gay? Are you kidding? You learned your HIV status from a form letter? Are you kidding? No, I'm not kidding. All that and more happened. Suddenly in answer to these reactions of incredulity, I realized I had a story to tell; something very old that was suddenly new again. "ARE YOU KIDDING? is one gay man's humorous and mind-boggling remembrance of 70 years from Eisenhower to COVID-19, coming of age and coming to terms with his sexual identity, living in Republican Orange County, facing the Vietnam draft, pursuing a show business career in the face of prejudice and homophobia, celebrating the sexual revolution, surviving the AIDS pandemic; substance abuse and depression, and witnessing the decline of the middle class. It is a hopeful look back across six decades from the hard-earned perspective of age and wisdom.

Introducing Fifteen New Plays for Your Reading or Producing PleasureAward-winning playwright, Bob May, has been produced all over the world with his popular plays Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine, Elson, the First Christmas Elf, and others. Paul Bunyan, Two Old Men, and a Wizard: A Collection of Fantasy, Absurdist, and Theatrical Plays From a Career in Theatre contains fifteen of his never-before-available plays ranging from ten-minute to full-length scripts of fantasy, absurdist, and always theatrical popular stage events. Whether you are just reading for pleasure or looking for a play to produce, this collection is guaranteed to be what you are looking for.

Three Christmas Plays Many thoughts come to mind when the word Christmas is mentioned. Snowmen, Elves, and Nutcrackers are not only three images fondly connected to Christmas, but a collection of three Christmas plays that illustrate how those three words have become synonymous with Christmas around the world. A DIFFERENT KIND OF NUTCRACKER - Children's show / 8m, 9f, extras / Simple sets It's Christmas Eve, Godfather Hoffmann has some special gifts for Fritz and Marie, including a Nutcracker. As Marie tucks in the handsome prince for the night, the room fills with mice, led by the Mouse King, who seems to be at war with the Nutcracker. Is it all a dream or is the story real as Godfather Hoffmann explains to Marie how the Nutcracker became the way he is. The ballet only tells half the story of Godfather Hoffmann's wonderful toys and the strange adventures of Marie on Christmas Eve, when the toys come to life and she finds herself in another world, where she must save her Nutcracker Prince from a terrible curse. ELSON, THE FIRST CHRISTMAS ELF - Children's show / 9m, 7f / Simple sets Is Christmas about to end? Santa Claus is considering no longer building and delivering toys to the good children around the world. The job has just become too big for him and Mrs. Claus. A call for help is sent out by Mrs. Claus via the reindeer to all dwarfs and elves. Elson wants to be the first to the North Pole to help Santa, but he must first get permission to leave his elf colony. When the Elder Elf refuses permission Elson's Elf Grande goes against the Elder Elf's decision and helps Elson put together an expedition team to the North Pole. Getting there isn't going to be easy as the Elder Elf has also put together a team to beat Elson there. And the evil elfin Spirit, Excy, will have a say in who becomes the first Christmas Elf and whether Christmas will even survive. CRYSTAL AND THE CHRISTMAS SNOWMAN - Children's show / 4m, 3f / Simple sets Lauren is stuck spending Christmas with her father, stepmother, and her half brother and sister. She learns the importance of family from a snow angel, a Christmas snowman, a TV weather man, and Santa Claus.