SHORT PLAY
Comedy
 Love sucks for every couple eventually, 
no matter how many hearts are still beating.



CHARACTER INFORMATION
Babylas - Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years old (played by any adult age) / Any gender

Tatum - Any adult age / Any gender

THEMES

Valentines Day, Breaking-up, Vampires & Humans



REVIEWS & RECOMMENDATIONS
“JOHN MABEY, once again, hits a Grand Slam with a dark comedy about the pulls-and-tugs of trying to make a relationship work on a most appropriate day, Valentine’s Day. “Love Sucks” is filled with humor with a bit of advice for the forlorn: Choose your partner well or you may find yourself being sucked dry of emotion and other things. Nice job! I would love to see this play performed!”
(Jack Levine)

“What a darkly funny spin on the conventions of romantic comedy. The source of jealousy is a witty surprise and the narrative just becomes funnier and funnier from there. This is an imaginative, novel, and thoroughly engaging 
Valentine's Day treat.”
(Paul Donnelly)

“The vampire genre can be generic and recycled, but John Mabey is able to craft a dark comedy that is fresh, funny, and smart. There are so many great layers and a beautiful sense of juxtaposition about how/why we choose to be in the relationships we are in. LOVE SUCKS is delicious good time!”
(Brenton Kniess)
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