Richard Fouts
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SAN DIEGO, CA
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Plays

Leaving Lebanon
by Richard Fouts

Two teenage girls, from different backgrounds, have very different reactions when they're forced to surrender their newborns. 

Cast:
Two teen girls, three women (age 35+), one male (age 35+).
First Day in December (formerly The Birthday Lottery)
by Richard Fouts

Five fraternity brothers watch their lives unravel as they listen to the US Army's draft lottery, which determine the order they'll be sent to Vietnam.

Cast:
5 males, age 20-30, 1 male, any age, 1 female, age 20-30
Summer Me, Winter Me
by Richard Fouts

On the eve of a new millennium, composer-conductor Clayton Scott asks his opera-singer wife, Carla Leoni, for the unimaginable. 

Cast:
Clayton Scott, age 50-70, any race; Carla Leoni, age 50-70, any race.
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (A 10-minute comedy)
by Richard Fouts

When a man decides to end it all, he calls the Suicide Hotline, which mistakenly connects him to a customer marketer from the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry. What follows is some hilarious, unconventional advice for suicide prevention.

Cast:
Charlie, any age, any race. Anita, any age, any race.
Financial Literacy
by Richard Fouts

After Karen engages in illegal activity to fund her retirement, she asks her daughter Kasey to help her launder a sizable sum of money. After refusing, Kasey decides to help, but with new terms.

Cast:
Karen, age 50-70, any race. Kasey, age 35-45, any race. Jimmy, age 35-45, any race.
Hollywood Divorce (A 10-minute comedy)
by Richard Fouts

When Holly consults a divorce attorney, her grounds for splitting with her husband put her in  unexpected legal jeopardy.  

Cast:
One woman, one man. Attorney can be either gender. All can be any race.
Book of Revelations
by Richard Fouts

A self-absorbed woman refuses to see the truth about her family, even when the clues are right in front of her. 

Cast:
Two woman, any race, age 30-50. One man, any race, age 18-30..
Girl on Fire
by Richard Fouts

Justin turns the table on her girlfriend Riley when she engages reverse psychology to trick him into marriage. 

Cast:
Two women, any race, age 25-45, One man, any face, age 25-45.

Successes

Leaving Lebanon was awarded first prize in San Diego's Scripteaser 2023 contest.

First Day in December took 1st prize in San Diego's Scripteaser competition in 2021. Later than year, the play was performed at Scripps Ranch Theatre, then by the LaJolla Theatre Ensemble. John Tessmer directed.