The Andrew is dead story: A play in one act

by Bob May, Christopher Tibbetts

Andrew and Bob, young teenagers, are best friends. Both have girlfriends. Bob is macho and thinks of girls as territories to be conquered. Andrew is more restrained. And so Bob spends much of the early part of the play trying to get Andrew to lose his virginity. Before the play is over, one of them has AIDS

21 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Bob May began directing professionally in 1972 after graduating with a B. A. in Theatre from St. Cloud State University (MN), and since that time has directed over four hundred productions across the country.

In 1994 Bob earned an M. F. A. in Playwriting from The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and directing took a backseat to writing.

Twenty-five of his plays are published and have been produced around the world. The most popular are Beanie and the Bamboozling Book Machine, Elson – The First Christmas Elf, and Jack and Bella: From Beanstalk to Broadway.

He wrote The Gulf Coastal Plains Region episode for the Arkansas Educational Television Network (PBS) program The Great Experience of Arkansas: An Amazing Journey Through Six Regions. His book on acting Postcard Pointers to the Performer is published by Dominion Publications.

Currently Mr. May teaches playwriting and screenwriting at The University of Central Arkansas.

He and his wife, Cathy, have five children and four grandchildren. Mr. May is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.