Synopsis: Three men humiliated and frustrated by their wait at a sperm bank attempt to recoup their manhood by engaging in a lunatic contest of wills.

To read this play, you will need Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. To download the program now for free, click below:

Performance rights must be secured before production.

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.

Sperm Counts was first presented in a staged reading by Playwrights' Express, Los Angeles in 1999.