Only When I’m Not Working (One Man Show – Short Play – Drama)

As an actor you are only ever as good as your last performance and New York ‘movie star’ Peter Moore has been dining out on his last role reviews for some time now. During this short one man play we get a glimpse of the precarious and wildly unstable world of the actor and also perhaps the personal delusion needed to survive the industry of illusion.

We quickly see that Peter has been reading and believing his own press while ignoring the reality that he is dependent on alcohol, viciously jealous of his ex wife and is now thought of as unreliable and a pariah within the movie community. Even his agent refuses to speak to him! This is a multi layered character battling his own demons. When the battlefield is in the mind, it is always interesting territory for an audience to explore. This is a wonderfully drawn picture of a man whose star is definitely on the wane and what that does to his psyche.

Peter Moore is the perfect role for middle aged man.