All This Intimacy

by Rajiv Joseph

2 male, 4 female Unit Set. Dramatic Comedy Little Theatre/Advanced Groups Ty Greene is a normal guy with three very big problems. In an unprecedented (for him) run of promiscuity, Ty has managed to impregnate three women in the span of one His ex-girlfriend, his 40-something married next-door neighbor, and his 18 year-old student. In this edgy comedy by playwright Rajiv Joseph, Ty's problems illuminate every triumph and failure of his life, and as the women

Genres: Plays, Drama, Theatre

92 pages, Paperback

First published December 13, 2010

Reviews

[yankl krakovsky · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rajiv Joseph has written some very, very good plays. This is not one of them.

[Doug · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dreadful ... it reads like some failed sit-com pilot, or a wrongheaded update of those swinger comedies from 50 years ago like 'Come Blow Your Horn' or 'Boeing! Boeing!' Not to mention jokes about kids with Down syndrome and being Mexican. Yeash!

[Devon Miller · Rating 3 out of 5]

I hate when men complain

[Lenna Wren · Rating 3 out of 5]

god men are just the worst

[Laur · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did this as a read through with some friends and have to say that I found it very funny and was surprised by how much I liked the play despite not liking the main character or really any of the characters very much.

I think it had lots of fun twists and turns and it could have gone in any direction which makes for an interesting Act 1 chat before reading act 2 and discovering what actually happens.

The characters may be irredeemable in some cases but they know it and even poetize about it. SO it makes it bearable and even laughable.
I really enjoyed the writing style and the all the beats which would have made it very funny live, if you want a quick easy read or something fun to read with friends this is a good one to do it with.

[Katie Blackwell · Rating 2 out of 5]

such an odd play. i feel like a horny teenager wrote this and called it a day. he tried, but did succeed in making characters I hated. the main character is literally so insufferable and has zero to no character development. train wreck of a man, a bit comedic as a satirical conversation starter tho.

[Emma Clare · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very very funny until the second act takes a somber turn. Very good for a belly laugh and a bit of a cry.

[Charley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Strange one. There were some extremely funny scenes and some truly wonderful writing in places. I will definitely use some of this material for teaching, and I don’t necessarily have to like the characters to enjoy a piece of theatre, but I think I just struggled with why this was written. I even put it down for nearly two months because of this confusion. The actual writing did eventually pull me back…(and possibly my compulsion to never leave a book part read) but I still have no idea why a story about a dude who can’t keep his sperm to himself, and who seems to learn nothing from this experience, really needed to be told, even if it was told really well.

[Jessie · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I think the actual writing was well done, I think I'm just tired of plays centered around men who screw their lives over and then can't because...well...they suck and they can't seem to take any responsibility. While yes, it's a story that happens in real life, and probably more often than it should, I don't particularly care about Ty in this story. I don't believe I always have to like the protagonist, but I do think there are too many stories about straight men who are unlikeable for the lack of stories about anyone else who *is* likable.

[Cori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable enough. It was easy to get through. It kept moving and was somewhat dynamic. I did wonder what intimacy exactly we were supposed to be observing. I thought I got a whiff of some between Ty & Seth but maybe not. There certainly didn't seem to be any between any of the other characters.

[Aidan Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the play starts with promise, it seems to miss a beat in its second act.

[Sarah Alma Angelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure this aged well.

[Jacob Surovsky · Rating 1 out of 5]

Given how much the main character is a stand in for the playwright, this whole show comes across as one horrible self-own

[hannah · Rating 2 out of 5]

i think ty deserves to be punched in the face

[mj manning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not my fav Rajiv Joseph play but definitely very funny

[chelsea · Rating 2 out of 5]

why did this need to be written?

[jen · Rating 2 out of 5]

i think we should ban men from ever writing female characters again

[Annabel · Rating 2 out of 5]

All This Intimacy has select monologues that would work well as stand-alone pieces. A few funny lines. However, as a whole, the play feels underdeveloped and amateur.

[zz · Rating 2 out of 5]

FRANNY: What do you want?
TY: Can I come in?
FRANNY: Seth isn't here.
TY: I'm not here to see Seth,
FRANNY: Jen's not here.
TY: I'm not here to see Jen.
FRANNY: Well, that leaves me.

[Brittany Marsicek · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun play, even though it’s messed up.

Im glad none of the woman ended up with him. Obvious narcissist.

[Aderonke · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this from the Drama Book Shop because I thought it'd be funny. There were some chuckles here or there but it def ended up being more tragedy than comedy. But eh aren't those two sides of the same coin?

Maybe because I was reading as opposed to seeing or listening to it, some things didn't hit as much as they could/should've but ehh what a messy play. I do love mess in Drama but I do feel some part of this was lacking.

[sam lucas]

yall i gotta be so honest i did not finish this i just read the first few scenes, skimmed through the middle and finished it but i don’t think rajiv joseph can write. i honestly don’t believe he can. everything ive read from this guy is such sexist one dimensional bullshit. yall really like this? fr? i know there’s a lot of gruesome playground injuries truthers out there but i firmly believe it’s one of the worst plays ive ever read in my life and im tired of pretending like im supposed to enjoy it every time i see a bfa student milk the fuck of a scene that’s from it. maybe that’s why people like this guy? everything is so surface level that the character work is mad easy. u barely gotta try. i hate this. i hate all plays. all of them.

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first play I've read by Rajiv Joseph so I don't know much about him as a playwright, but this is certainly funny. I'm not sure how thought-provoking it is, but we shall see once the production is up.

[Chuck O'Connor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the strongest of Rajiv Joseph's plays but I love his characters.

[Gabie (OwlEyesReviews) · Rating 2 out of 5]

1.5/5 stars.

Yeah....I didn't like this :p