Barefoot In The Park Revisited
Stories with keyword: nyc
A Muffin Appears
Joanne is a free spirit who’s worked as a circus aerialist and a touring theatre performer, and her new Argentinian boyfriend (and ESL student) Alejandro is somewhat the opposite – clean cut, responsible and stable. When Joanne invites him to … Continue reading
The Lightswitch
After reading a short story in his college creative writing class about a man with OCD, Matt has a flash of insight and realizes that he himself showed all the signs of obsessive-compulsive behavior in his youth — counting rituals, … Continue reading
There Will Be Blood
25-year old Adrien is finding her new home of NYC to be really lonely. She falls for a guy named Jose who she’s met at a party, but when he realizes he’s 15 years older than her, he insists that … Continue reading
Jimmy Davis Eyes
Ophira was living in NYC, and had just gotten a bikini wax and wanted to get her money’s worth. She meets a guy at a bar, and although there are signs that he’s a horrible person, goes home with him … Continue reading
Stop Signs
Julie takes driver’s ed at age 28, signing up for lessons on Staten Island, with a middle-aged male instructor named Ron, who talks a lot, eventually about rather inappropriate and sexual topics. On Julie’s next-to-last lesson, Ron makes her drive … Continue reading
For the Love of Nubbins
Hired to sell very expensive, real-looking (and feeling) baby dolls for the holiday season at downtown NYC’s FAO Schwartz, Elna is stunned to observe how seriously the wealthy shoppers take these doll “adoptions,” and how their status and privilege comes … Continue reading
A Hard Landing
British 20-something JP gets a job that transfers him from London to New York. One of the only friends he makes is a young lady named Claire, whom he meets online and begins dating. She becomes mysteriously ill with terrible … Continue reading
Urinetown
Dave moved to NYC from Cleveland, and is constantly regaled with stories of how edgy and dangerous the city used to be, filled with bodily fluids and debauchery; he’s acutely aware of how adorable and sedate his life is in … Continue reading
Michael Pope Is Gay For Pay
Michael is 28 years old, living in NYC, and penniless after having invested everything he had in making his first indie film. After desperately searching the job ads, he gets an interview with a gay phone sex line, which is … Continue reading
Nude Descending a Staircase
When Morgan moved to NYC, she fell in with a crowd of friends who did a fair amount of partying, and immersed herself in alcohol and coke. One night, just as she’s recovering from a broken leg, Morgan’s friends introduce … Continue reading
What Kind of Friend
It’s 2010, and Hank is living in NYC post grad school, and is in deep credit card debt. He becomes friends with a fellow actor, Walter, who’s so broke he’s living in his van. Hank invites Walter to be his … Continue reading
Incest Peppermints
Andrea confesses that when she was little she was in love with her brother, 3 years older than her, and knew she’d end up marrying him. Raised by a single mom, she had no examples of what dating was supposed … Continue reading
I Am (So Gay)
Soce the rapper moved to NYC from NH in 2003, and immediately started going to open mics to try to get time onstage. He noticed right away that there didn’t seem to be any other rappers who were gay besides … Continue reading
Personal Best
Kevin decides to combat his nagging insecurity that he’s the weakest member of his comedy troupe, The State, by getting away for a while, and taking a cross-country “hippie bus trip” from NYC to San Francisco. Amidst much joviality and … Continue reading
The Deuce
Miles finally goes on a date with a coworker he’s had a crush on for quite a while — Dana. He gets wasted the night before, and is thus hung over for their date in Central Park; then, as he … Continue reading
A Little Help From My Friends
When his comedy troupe The State breaks up, Kevin has to start a solo career, and creates a weird, elaborate, performance-art style comedic character monologue that centers around possibly being (or not being) Charles Manson. He tries it out at … Continue reading
I Love You, Man
Mather was a freshman theatre major at NYU, with the whole big city around him, but he somehow still felt lonely and isolated. He fell into the habit of drinking a lot — sometimes to blackout state. One night, walking … Continue reading
Mistress O
Ophira is hired to write an article for a big, glossy magazine – Marie Claire — and has to come up with a pitch. She decides she’ll train to be a Dominatrix and then try to get a gig. She … Continue reading
Barefoot in the Park
Brand new to NYC at 18 after growing up in conservative, closeted Cincinnati, Kevin tests out a gay bar on the Upper West Side. He feels out of place, but does end up getting very very drunk, and remembers that … Continue reading
Solitary Man
After attending the birthday party of a guy he’s crushed out on, Greg takes a walk through Tompkins Square Park, intending to enjoy some solitude, then find dinner, then go home. When he goes to leave the park at about … Continue reading