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The Sex Writer

Adam Szymkowicz

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Jane’s father, an “important” writer, has just died by suicide, and Jane goes home to her small town to deal with the aftermath. Jane is a professor and writer of spicy romance, and she narrates all her sexual longings as she struggles to deal with the grief from her father’s death and the feeling that he deserted her a long time ago.

Production Info

Cast: 5 total (3 female, 2 male, doubling, flexible casting, up to 5F and 5M)
Full Length Drama (about 80 minutes)
Minimal Set Requirements
Contemporary Costumes
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Press Quotes

“Adam Szymkowicz’s excellent new play, THE SEX WRITER, probes questions of loss, love, and the writer’s vocation … Importantly, Szymkowicz’s writing accomplishes the incredibly difficult task of addressing sex, writing, and death, and still creating an effervescent and quite funny text. The dialogue blends joy and pain. As we watch Jane’s odyssey across lovers and states and eventually finding someplace like home, the narrative and dialogue never feel saccharine; the emotions are deeply felt, and the catharsis well-earned.” —⁠Thinking Theater NYC

“THE SEX WRITER is highly recommended!” —⁠Lavender After Dark

About the Author

Author

  • Adam Szymkowicz

    ADAM SZYMKOWICZ's plays have been produced throughout the U.S., and in Canada, England, Wales, The Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Türkiye, Switzerland, South Korea, Thailand, Hong Kong, Sweden, Austria, Slovenia, Ethiopia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Serbia, and Lithuania. Published plays include KODACHROME, THE BOOKSTORE, HEARTS LIKE FISTS, HEARTS LIKE PLANETS, MARIAN OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD, MARIAN OR THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD THE MUSICAL, CLOWN BAR, CLOWN BAR 2, CLOWN BAR CHRISTMAS, THE GIRL WHO CANNOT BE HURT, THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM, INCENDIARY, THE WHY OVERHEAD, DEFLOWERING WALDO, PRETTY THEFT, FOOD FOR FISH, ADVENTURES OF SUPER MARGARET, 7 WAYS TO SAY I LOVE YOU, RARE BIRDS, BART AND ARNIE, MERCY, OLD FASHIONED COLD FUSION, THE PARKING LOT, THE NIGHT CHILDREN, THE WOODEN HEART, STOCKHOLM SYNDROME, WHEN JACK MET JILL, HEART OF SNOW, LOVE LETTER TO SEASIDE CITY, THE SEX WRITER, 100 THINGS I NEVER SAID TO YOU, 100 LOVE LETTERS I NEVER SENT and NERVE. His plays are published by Broadway Play Publishing, Concord, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, Stage Partners and Original Works Publishing. He has a book of new monologues, Small Explosions, and a book on playwriting, Letters to a Young Playwright, both published by Applause/Bloomsbury. He was the premiere Resident Playwright at The Chance Theater in Anaheim, CA and the first playwright to participate in Bloomington Playwrights Projects' Square One Series. He has been to The Orchard Project, Connecticut Theatre Exchange, Theatre4ThePeople's the Barn and to JAW at Portland Center Stage, served twice as Playwright in Residence at the William Inge Center, and twice as a Dramatists Guild Fund's Traveling Masters. He's been to Stillwright three times. Szymkowicz received two grants from the CT Commission on Culture & Tourism, and has been commissioned by South Coast Rep, Rising Phoenix Rep, The NOLA Project, Single Carrot Theater, Palo Alto Children's Theatre, Patapsco Theatre, Majestic Rep, The Chance Theater, Texas State University, The Juilliard School, Concord Theatricals/The Educational Theatre Association and Flux Theater Ensemble. Adam received a Playwright's Diploma from The Juilliard School's Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program and an MFA from Columbia University where he was the Dean's Fellow. Szymkowicz is a two-time Lecomte du Nouy Prize winner, a Creative Partner at Flux Theatre Ensemble, and a member of the Dramatists Guild. He was a member of Primary Stages' Dorothy Strelsin New American Writer's Group, the MCC Playwright's Coalition and of the very first Ars Nova Play Group. He has interviewed over 1100 playwrights on his blog.

About the Book

Book Information

Publisher BPPI
Publication Date 3/23/2026
Pages 50
ISBN 9798888560921

Special Notes

Special Notes

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The Sex Writer is produced
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