THE EVIL OF NOTHING
by Tommy Lee Atha
Vampire King Lugulbanda hears a lousy prophesy from pot smoking Goddess Ishtar, predicting when his son, Gilgamesh, is born, he will kill the king. Gilgamesh shows up, Lugulbanda dies. Or so everyone thinks. Ishtar falls for King Gilgamesh, who demands loyalty and love from everyone. She brings the hairy wild man, Enkidu, to defeat Gilgamesh in a fight. Ishtar believes she can then heal the king, and he will love her. But Gilgamesh wins the fight. He and Enkidu fall in love. Jealous Ishtar poisons Enkidu. Gilgamesh can’t save him and cries out his love for Enkidu shall never end.
- Cast Size: 3M 4W
- Running Time: 90+ minutes
- Royalty Rate: $75 per performance
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About the Playwright
Tommy is a coproducer on The Devil’s Disciple, a feature length movie about The Night Stalker, Richard Ramirez, to be released late 2026 or early 2027. In March 2026, The Social Club Theatre in NYC staged a reading of Tommy’s The All-American Play Refusing to Say Anything.
Breakthrough Theatre Company, Winter Park, Fla., presented his Three Witches and the Drunken Porter, in its 2025 one act play festival. Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ 2025 one act play festival presented Tommy’s Abstract, Apolitical, Inoffensive Dance of Short Length For Those Who Hate Dance.
All of Tommy’s plays are with NPX. He is a retired professor from East Los Angeles College, where he taught acting, period weapons fighting workshops, speech, accent reduction, and directed plays.
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