Sex Plays

by Eric Bogosian

"Bogosian is greatly and bilaterally talented... spiky, stinging and caustic, without cauterizing. And funny." - New York

"Bogosian is a born storyteller with perfect pitch." - New York Times

Sex Plays includes Skunkweed , a culture clash between an L.A. screenwriter and a working-class woman held captive in a hotel room by her rural Florida family, and 1+1 , an exploration of desire, greed and personal responsibility through the lives of a good-looking hustler, an ambitious pretty girl, and a “good guy,” who always seems to finish last.”

One of America's premier performers and most innovative and provocative artists, Eric Bogosian's plays and solo shows include Talk Radio (Pulitzer Prize finalist); subUrbia ; Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ; Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead , among many others. He has starred in a wide variety of film, TV and stage roles. Most recently, he created the character Captain Danny Ross on the long-running series Law & Criminal Intent . 100 , a collection of monologues, commemorating thirty years of Bogosian's solo-performance career, will be published by TCG in 2014.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Eric Bogosian is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. Descended from Armenian-American immigrants, he grew up in Watertown and Woburn, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Chicago and Oberlin College. His numerous plays include Talk Radio (1987) and subUrbia (1994), which were adapted to film by Oliver Stone and Richard Linklater, respectively, with Bogosian starring in the former.
Bogosian has appeared in plays, films, and television series throughout his career. His television roles include Captain Danny Ross in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2006–2010), Lawrence Boyd on Billions (2017–2018), and Gil Eavis on Succession (since 2018). He also starred as Arno in the Safdie brothers' film Uncut Gems (2019). He has also been involved in New York City ballet production, and has written several novels as well as the historical nonfiction Operation Nemesis (2015).

Reviews

[Newly Wardell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boy did I hate both of these plays! Why is this still such a powerful Anglo male fantasy? Redemption is only for men, none of them are unlovable regardless of their actions. The women in these plays are just so utter disposable. In the first 1+1 play the greedy predator walks away a loving father and husband. In skunkweed, the devoted husband and father spends a lot of time sexing ppl other than his wife but somehow he is the victim. The guy flies all over the country dragging his pickle thru anyone who smiles in his direction. Enter the southern cliches, to defend the honor of someone with no self respect. But you're not supposed to see her like that, apparently she feel in love with this guy at a red light. (Even though he mistook her for a prostitute!) It pains me that this was a job for some actresses. Human beings actually auditioned for this crapfest.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Couldn't stay with it. The women don't seem relateable.