Art Shulman

Playwright

Art Shulman is a playwright in the Los Angeles area. He has written many produced plays, both full-length and one-acts. His plays have been performed nationally at many different theaters. He also produces and directs, and occasionally acts, normally as the understudy in plays he’s written.

Play Roster

THE RABBI & THE GRAVEDIGGER
2M, 2F. In the first of three scenes of this poignant comedy (two in Act 1, one in Act 2) a rabbi contemplates suicide at the cemetery because of the loss of his beloved, and encounters the gravedigger, who has plans of his own. In the second scene the gravedigger meets a young woman, the daughter of a woman buried in the cemetery. The third scene involves the wedding of the gravedigger and the woman, officiated by the rabbi, and also attended by a mysterious woman who appears homeless.

BOXCAR & EUGENIA
4M, 2F. Based on a trip the playwright made to Brooklyn a decade ago, in this poignant comedy Boxcar, a large man, a loser in life, moves in with Eugenia, a feisty Jewish widow, who is in danger of being placed in a nursing home because she cannot take care of herself. The older woman’s social worker is suspicious of Boxcar, who she thinks is taking advantage of Eugenia.

GOD, BRING ME A MIRACLE!
3M, 5F. In this poignant comedy, loosely based on the playwright’s experience, the family of the patriarch must consider placing him in a nursing home, as he gradually loses his balance and also his mental stability.

JOE CARBONE’S JOB
5M, 5F, 5 either gender. In this comedy the owner of a chicken slaughterhouse develops conscience problems about killing the chickens, and in the process of deciding what else he can do with his life, takes a job as a waiter in a coffeehouse, so he can converse with people in various occupations. He falls for Angie, the owner of the coffeehouse, but unfortunately, she is a vegetarian. Virtually all of the actors have monologues in which they can shine on stage.

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