Aunt Jemima's maple syrup envy. Vol #5 - "A Promiscuous Rape".

“You know, I go to the theatre to be entertained. I don’t want to see plays about rape, sodomy and drug addiction...I can get all that at home.”

- Peter Cook, English actor & comedian

A chance meeting at a party thrusts two strangers into a volatile situation that each won’t soon forget. But be careful – a game is only fun when everyone is “in on it”.

You can only burn so much maple syrup before you need a break. When I wasn't helping my brother, I was in the cabin writing or losing at the card game, Hearts (my new obsession on the computer). I was playing around with a premise for a 10-minute play, inspired by the Woody Allen film, "Interiors" (1978).

The absurd argument that promiscuity may lead to rape isn't novel, and it's my belief that the play title is intriguing enough to pique some interest and get people to read the play based on the title alone.

"The Promiscuity of a Rape" - not the first time I finished a short play in one long weekend. It helps to get away. For a dialogue sample, go to my playwriting blog - Bumbershoot: The Plays of Jeffrey James Ircink. If you'd like to read the entire play, just email me.