PLEASED WITH MAN WITH MAN TO DWELL

by Duncan Pflaster

Nicodemus and Asher are just a couple of shepherds trying to stay warm together under the stars in a time and place where that sort of thing could get them killed. When a celestial visitation sends them to witness the birth of a miraculous child, they’re swept into a tide of messianic fervor and prophecy. The star-led masses and a visiting wise man offer hope, but Asher remains cautious. Nicodemus, enthralled by the moment, contemplates abandoning their relationship to pursue a safer, socially sanctioned life with a widow and her sons. As political violence erupts driven by Herod’s fear of a prophesied king the cost of devotion becomes all too real. This queer retelling of the Nativity explores longing, fear, and faith in a world that promises salvation, but doesn’t always deliver it to everyone.  

• Cast Size: 4M 1W 1Boy 
• Running Time: 90+ minutes
• Royalty Rate: $75 per performance

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About the Playwright

Duncan Pflaster is a multi-award-winning New York indie playwright, who was a finalist in 2024 for the inaugural Everett Quinton Award with the New York Innovative Theatre Awards. He is best known for his Beckettian romp The Underpants Godot, which has had regional productions with Theatre Rhinoceros in San Francisco and Nearly Naked Theatre in Arizona, as well as the New York off-off-Broadway productions.  Suckers joins his plays A Touch of Cinema, Harmony Hall, and Fourteen Hundred and Sixty Sketches of Your Left Hand which are published by Next Stage Press. He has written around 40 full-length plays and a plethora of one-acts, which have been produced all over. His plays vary widely in genre and style, from science fiction to Shakespearean verse drama. Scorpio Film Releasing produced his two films Strapped for Danger and its sequel Undercover Vice: Strapped for Danger II (available on Amazon, Tubi and GayBingeTV), as well as bringing him on to co-write Code Name: Dynastud and some episodes of their series Pansy Vision (available now on YouTube). www.duncanpflaster.com or look him up on New Play Exchange for more.