Stage Plays by Colin Cobb
You are cordially invited to read excerpts from several Cobb plays and your comments, no matter how misguided, will be welcomed.
Ten-minute plays are, well, plays intended to be staged in ten minutes. Although featuring minimal props with very small casts and being very short, they hope to say something. "Coyote huggers" are the southwest's version of the northwest's "tree huggers," those individuals more concerned with preserving the environment than they are with the needs of those who wrest their livelihood from that environment. The Coyote Hugger is a Ten-minute play which can be read in its entirety by simply clicking the title above but, before reading the play, start with Coyote Hugger's brief front-matter which can be found here.
One-act plays are a more reasonable length. One notable day a few years ago the Cobbs spent a whole day and evening in town, pretty remarkable nowadays. The day included a trip to the doctor's office followed by lunch at a fine Cafe Mexicano and capped by an evening at the local small-space theatre. Actual experiences during that trip to town inspired Angela's Angst, a scene from which can be read by clicking the play's title.
It is a fact of life in the southwest that every year there are fewer and fewer places where cowboys can cowboy... A short excerpt from the full-length (two-act) contemporary play Fish Stew and Calf Fries can be found by clicking the play's title. The play's front-matter can be reached by clicking here.