About the Play:

The volume No One Will be Immune and Other Plays and Pieces contains short pieces, sketches and one-act plays by David Mamet. This series of plays by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Mamet gives you enigmatic characters trying to communicate their truths. Some plays will answer questions, others will leave you with more questions than you started with. No One Will be Immune is about a man's disturbing tale of why he forced a plane to return to its gate. Also includes 12 more vintage short pieces, sketches and one-act plays. Some humorous, some poignant, each play will shed light on the difficulties we all share in communicating with one another, opening worlds of discourse, mystery, nostalgia, and love.

In Almost Done, a young mother-to-be reflects on the stories she will pass down to her child. (Cast: 1 female)

In Monologue (February 1990), the speaker runs a gamut of thoughts leading up to the condemnation of self and questions over the perception of God. (Cast: 1 female or male)

Two enthusiasts: By ridiculing someone else's story, two friends dissect life, death, God, baseball and aliens. (Cast: 1 female or male, 1 male)

Sunday Afternoon: Two men try to understand their place among the planets when a woman friend enters, having accidentally cut her hand with a carving knife. Will she be all right, and did she bleed on the ham? (Cast: 1 female, 2 male)

The Joke Code: Looking for "wisdom," two friends find their paths lead them to "sadness." (Cast: 2 female or male)

A Scene: Australia: When relating the story of how an acquaintance was killed by her husband, the speaker ponders her fate had she accepted a date long ago with the same man. (Cast: 2 female)

In Fish, two friends try to remember the story of the fish who traded wishes for the immortal soul. (Cast: 2 male)

A Perfect Mermaid: Imagine meeting the perfect mermaid: the body of a fish and the head of a fish. Was she real? (2 female or male)

Dodge: In Dodge city there was a man named Keystone. How he got his name and how he died is now passed on to the next generation, though the story has changed. (Cast: 2 male)

L.A. Sketches: A series of 5 scenes which may no, probably, take place in the industry town of L.A. (Cast: 2 male)

A Life With No Joy In It is a 10-minute play that follows a divorced couple as they search for the meaning of life in a funeral parlor. They relive the times when the joy in each of their lives died away. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)

Joseph Dintenfass: An older man and younger woman meet and reflect on the small and constant things in life that loom large. (Cast: 1 female, 1 male)

No One Will be Immune is about a government investigation. One friend tries to explain to the other why he stopped a flight from taking off, claiming he left his baby behind. Presented in 1995 at The Ensemble Studio Theater (E.S.T.) in its annual Marathon of New One-Act Plays. (Cast: 2 male)

About the Playwright:

David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter as well as a director, novelist, poet, and essayist. He has written the screenplays for more than twenty films, including the Oscar-nominated The Verdict. His more than twenty plays include the Pulitzer Prizewinning Glengarry Glen Ross. His other awards include a Tony Award, an Academy Award, two OBIE Awards, two NYDCC Awards, and Outer Circle, Society of West End Theatre, and Dramatists Guild Hall-Warriner Awards.