About the Play:

Next Fall has long been a favourite of acting teachers for Female Monologues and Male Monologues.

Next Fall is a full-length comedic drama by Geoffrey Nauffts. In this Tony-nominated play, Adam and Luke are long-term partners with very different views on salvation. But when Luke is hospitalized in a tragic accident, Adam must come face-to-face with Luke's faith and his family. Next Fall takes a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love.

Next Fall is about a gay couple in conflict over the religious convictions of one of the partners. The play's central story depicts the five-year relationship between older partner Adam, a neurotic confirmed atheist, and Luke, a partially closeted, impulsive and devoutly Christian actor. When a serious accident leaves Luke in a coma, family and friends descend on the couple, and their different backgrounds spark tension, and Adam must reassess his views and seek support from an unexpected source. The play presents the couple's relationship in flashbacks as it developed leading up to the day of the accident. Next Fall is a compelling play that forces us all to examine what it means to "believe" and what it might cost us not to.

Next Fall premiered in 2009 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre Off-Broadway and transferred to the Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway. The play has become a favourite scene study vehicle in acting classes and workshops and is regularly performed in regional and community theatre productions.

Cast: 2 female, 4 male

What people say:

"The funniest heartbreaker in town! Next Fall embodies something theatergoers have been sorely missing, perhaps without knowing it, for years. A smart, sensitive, immensely appealing and utterly contemporary New York comedy." — New York Times

"Five Stars. The best new American play of the Broadway season, Next Fall leaves you thinking about rapture and rupture. If you go, which you should, be prepared to laugh some, perhaps to cry some, and then to rise in appreciation." — Time Out NY

"Compassionate, laugh-filled and enormously entertaining. Geoffrey Nauffts invests the play with a generosity that doesn't prejudge, embracing both the virtues and foibles of his characters. And that inclusion makes Next Fall an even richer experience." — Associated Press

"A daring new drama." — Entertainment Weekly

"Deeply moving and surprisingly funny. Geoffrey Nauffts reveals a talent for sharp comic dialogue. He draws all his characters with surprising depth." — Hollywood Reporter

About the Playwright:

Geoffrey Naufft has worked as an actor both on and off Broadway, regionally and extensively in film and television. He is the current artistic director of Naked Angels where he's been a proud member for over twenty-five years.