POLKA DOT TUXEDO

About the Book

POLKA DOT TUXEDO is a book of original one act satiric plays and poems, on the subjects of social affairs, art and politics. The collection of vivid and stimulating plays and poems presents a world of adversity, illusion and the grotesque. Written with crisp style, easy to perform dialogue, and immensely colorful and energetic characters, the plays range from three to fifteen minutes in length. Plays include: “Hippie,” about an unruly resident confronting the manager of his quiet apartment building. “The Great Surrealist Class,” presents artist Salvador Dali refusing to teach his art class students. “Royal Patient,” conveys a psychiatric hospital reality with weird doctor and patient relations - especially the patient, Queen Cleopatra. One of the satiric poems: “America of an Immigrant” depicts a legal immigrant’s perception of his new country, seen by him through the windows of a Boeing 747. This poem received First Prize in the National Poetry Contest conducted by Lucidity Poetry Journal. This collection of satiric plays and poems constitutes a perfect educational supplement for high schools and college acting workshops, comedy review shows, competitions or festivals, and also for professional theater settings. POLKA DOT TUXEDO was created for the new generation of inspiring actors to shine.

About the Author

ANDREW JACOB (AKA Andrew Jacob Kolo) is a Polish born, California playwright, published poet and artist. He graduated from Copernicus University in Poland (1968) with a Master in Fine Arts. He continued his art studies in Paris, France (1973) and Los Angeles, CA (1987). He has exhibited his painting in the US, Europe and Asia and taught painting at several Los Angeles collages. His latest play The Dali’s Trial, depicts a few weeks of the turbulent life of the flamboyant creator of surrealism, Salvador Dali. Andrew’s poems have been published by Independent Review, Touchstone and Literature and other publications. In addition to presenting his own poems in many local cafes and theaters, like Magicopolis, and the Zephyr Theaters, Andrew has performed his stand-up for Urban Desert Cabaret in Hollywood, California where he has been residing and working for the last three decades.