Small Engine Repair: A Play

Former high school buddies Frank, Swaino,and Packie—now past their prime—meetoff-hours one night in Frank’s out-of-the-wayrepair shop under cloudy circumstance thatonly Frank seems to have a handle on.Former high school buddies Frank, Swaino,and Packie—now past their prime—meetoff-hours one night in Frank’s out-of-the-wayrepair shop under cloudy circumstance thatonly Frank seems to have a handle on.
AsFrank breaks out the good scotch, he kicks intomotion an evening that abruptly acceleratesfrom macho posturing and grievance airing toreveal a shocking, darker purpose: Enter Chad,a preppy college jock whose arrival—to sell thetownies some ecstasy, he thinks—sets this taut,twisty comic thriller on its breathless course.
Upon its world premiere at Los Angeles’sRogue Machine Theatre, Small Engine Repairswept every major Los Angeles theatre awardincluding Los Angeles Drama Critic CircleAwards for Best New Production and BestWriting, and won rave reviews upon its 2013Off-Broadway premiere at MCC/Lucille Lortel.