Synopsis (from The Citizen [Auburn, N.Y.]): "In this one-act, a couple named Denny and Lisa attend a film festival before retiring back to his dorm room to discuss the film they've just seen.

"After an argument, Lisa storms out of the apartment with the warning: 'You better be ready when I get back!' The weak-willed Denny is then visited by an apparition of machismo -- none other than the Marlboro Man, who questions Denny's manhood and advises him how a 'real man would handle that gal.'

"When Lisa returns, she is appalled, yet strangely attracted, to the changed Denny. But she again hides behind feminist cliches and Denny storms from the room. Lisa then experiences a visit from her 'ideal of female beauty and success,' a Cover Girl. This 'Helen of Troy' tries to get to the bottom of Lisa's anger towards men while explaining men's good points. How Denny and Lisa deal with their fantasy visitations and how these impossible phantasms react when they meet each other makes for a hilarious romp in a dorm room."

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"Extremely funny . . . [explores] gender and sexuality issues in an extremely light and entertaining yet substantive format."
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About the Playwright: David Lohrey completed his undergraduate degree at UC, Berkeley. Later, he studied creative writing at San Francisco State University, UCLA, and California State University, Los Angeles where he completed his MA. David now teaches at the college level in New Jersey, and is Literary Manager at Theatre-Studio, Inc. in New York City.

David's plays have received productions and staged readings across the country, including Group Rep and FirstStage in Los Angeles, The Long Beach Playhouse, the Dayton Playhouse, the Turnip Company, ArtGroup, and TRU's 2nd Annual NYC Play Festival.

His work has received awards in competitions such as New Century Writers' Competition, Riverside Stage Company's Founder's Award Competition, Harvest Festival of New Plays at the Sonoma County Rep, the 1998 Writers' Digest Writing Competition, the 1999 Writer's Digest Writing Competition, and the Generic Theater Company's Dog Days Festival. For three years, David has been a voting member for TheatreLA's annual Ovation Awards. He has been a member of the Dramatists Guild since 1982, and recently joined the Play Selection Committee at the Long Beach Playhouse.

One, Two, Three was first presented in a staged reading by Playwrights' Express, Los Angeles in May, 2000 and first produced by Theatre Studio, Inc., New York City in August, 2000.