A One-Man Play By
Patrick F. McManus

Performed by Tim Behrens

After the success of Pat's first play, he decided to write a second one, this time primarily from unpublished material written specifically for the stage. 

In McMANUS IN LOVE, Pat finally defeats his fear of the dark and realizes it was nothing compared to his fear of GIRLS! The result is a hilarious romp through the maze of self-torture we all go through when we begin to date.

Pat explores the universal realization that YOUR FIRST DATE WILL WARP YOUR PERSONALITY FOREVER! Each episode is intertwined with, and foreshadows, the next one. The play culminates when the audience is actually taken into the movie theater on that first date between young Pat and Melba Peachbottom, the prettiest girl in school. Along the way, Pat and his side-kick, Crazy Eddie, receive personal grooming tips from Rancid Crabtree, and advice of all kinds from several deranged denizens of Blight, Idaho, including Pat's cousin Buck, who knew everything at that age. (Later Buck would turn out to be only slightly smarter than celery, but at THAT age he knew everything.)

Once again, Behrens portrays more than a dozen of McManus' stock characters, as well as a bear and, for a brief moment, a bicycle! 

While not a direct sequel to A FINE AND PLEASANT MISERY, this stageplay does continue the saga of young Pat and Eddie as they search for meaning...and find nothing but humor...in an all-too-serious world.