Angels investigate lonely estate agents, dead mothers refuse to leave their sons and a drag queen sparkles.
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3am. One app. One match he never saw coming.
A short queer comedy-drama by Richard Kaplan
A 15-minute play presented as part of NO FILTER: New Queer Writing at the Market Theatre’s inaugural Queer Festival in Johannesburg.
The Market Theatre Johannesburg
24–25 October 2026 · 13:00
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A love story about a mother, her son, his lover and the painful struggle to say goodbye to the people we love.
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A strange, magical mystery about regret & real estate, flight & friendship, lies & integrity - and love.
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A flamboyant drag artist longs for a plumber who dreams of singing opera, while his dancing housemate falls for a poet.
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Over one extraordinary night, four interconnected one-act plays follow a chain of queer lives as they intersect in unexpected and often hilarious ways.
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In a London flat, a young man’s insomnia draws him into a hallucinated encounter with four historical figures, forcing him to confront the burden of inherited identity.
Read more →Richard Kaplan is a South African playwright and medical researcher based in Cape Town. His plays are tragicomic and character-driven, using comedy, drama and magical realism to explore grief, love and identity within queer and Jewish life.
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The Finkelsteins Are Coming to Dinner
"The play is not afraid of queer theatre, nor is it afraid of being queer theatre that deals with the domesticity of queerness."
— David Fick, Broadway World
Selwyn & Gabriel
"Right from the start this simple, yet immensely powerful setting of Selwyn & Gabriel hooks you into a world you can never quite figure out... In the era of predictability and commonality, the text is refreshing."
— B Sharp Entertainment
For scripts or general enquiries, send a message and Richard will reply directly.