Plays
"Carbajal's humor alternates between lacerating and indulgent and never slackens."
--The New Yorker
Some Assembly Required
A Place to Rest Your Head
The Gifted Program
Every day is hell for Washington High's smartest and least-popular kids. Their only respite: basement sessions of D&D. When a private crush becomes public, the pursuit of education turns into a fight for survival.
"A wildly entertaining piece...The dialogue is clever, with well-crafted jokes that had audiences howling with laughter."
--Cranberries, Baby! Sketch Group
While attempting to assemble a dresser from a certain Swedish furniture company, a long-married couple inadvertently activate a plot to end the world.
The residents of a run-down flophouse are transients, haunted in more ways than one. But a deeper mystery unfolds: who are the ghosts, and who are the haunted?
*10 Minutes
*Sci-Fi Comedy
*Suitable for all ages
*Cast: 1F/1M/1 Flex or 3 Flex
*10 Minutes
*Horror
*High school or older
*Cast: 1F/3F
The Law of the Instrument
A troll warrior, feared throughout the kingdom, pivots to a career as a boy-band singer. This play is part of StagePartner's anthology, Quest! It can be licensed as a stand-alone piece or part of the full-length collection.
*90 Minutes
*80's Period Comedy
*Available in HS Friendly edition
*Cast: 9M/6W or 6M/3W w/ Doubling
*10 Minutes
*Fantasy-Comedy
*Suitable for all ages
*Cast: 5 actors (flexible)
Ruben's writing is fearless and full of heart—
sharp when it needs to be, tender when you least expect it. His plays have a pulse. The pleasure of working with Ruben for the past few years has been a reminder of what theatre can do when it’s simultaneously personal and rooted in the world we live in.
--Milena Mass (Managing Director, The Bluebird Theatre)