FINALIST, LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD
Published in 2007, Dose: Plays & Monologues is the first full-length collection of Dan Bernitt’s dramatic works.
In the one-act play Almost: Mark and Paul have a beer to catch up on life since the college dorm. When Mark asks for a hug as they say goodbye, the reticent Paul sharply refuses. How did they two young men arrive at a point where they can’t even touch? At once comic and devastating, Almost quietly dissects a prejudice that does not say its name.
With a voice often likened to David Sedaris, the volume also features the texts to Bernitt’s critically-acclaimed solo performances, including the tragicomic self-portrait Thanks for the Scabies, Jerkface! and the monologues “Button-Down Showgirl” and “My Parents Talk to Stuffed Animals.”