Strip Poker by Jean-Pierre Martinez (in English)
Strip Poker is a contemporary comedy by Jean-Pierre Martinez for 4 characters, playable by 2 men and 2 women.
Asking the new neighbours over for dinner to get to know them: a risky move that could end up costing more than it’s worth and a perfect opportunity for a poker comedy where every player must eventually show their hand.
Original title in French: Strip Poker
English translation: Anne-Christine Gasc
Cast: 4 characters (male or female)
Download the playscript for free
Any performance requires prior authorization and the payment of performance rights.
A play written in November 2004
A play created in Paris, at Théâtre de Ménilmontant, the 23th of May 2008
Translation in Spanish: Strip Poker (by the author)
Translation in German : Strip-Poker (Hans-Joachim Bopst)
Translation in Portuguese: Strip Poker (by the author)
Translation in Italian: Strip Poker (by the author)
Translation in Czech : Strip Poker (by Jaromír Janeček)
Translation in Bulgarian: Стриптийз покер (by Nadia Asenova)
Does Truth Guarantee Social Peace? The Dangers of Transparency…
The game claims to establish equality between the participants, but it is organised from the outset in order to obtain compromising information. Truth is therefore never pursued for its own sake: it becomes a weapon intended to neutralise the other person. Every revelation alters the balance of power and turns a confidence into a means of blackmail. Transparency, often presented as a virtue, appears here as a form of violence when it is imposed and used without reciprocity.
The process of undressing gives physical form to the gradual disappearance of the protections that make social life possible. Clothes, like social conventions, do not merely conceal lies: they also preserve intimacy and allow individuals to coexist. By linking professional rivalries to marital secrets, the play shows how fear and domination contaminate every kind of human relationship. The final explosion pushes this logic to its ultimate conclusion: when everyone seeks to strip the others completely bare, the very framework of communal life ends up being blown apart.
Strip Poker, the songs of the play
French version
English version
Spanish version
Strip Poker, the songs of the play
French version
English version
Spanish version
Portuguese version
Lyrics and music: Jean-Pierre Martinez
These songs may be used, without obligation, as part of a stage production, upon simple request to the author and without any additional fees.
The audio file is available upon request, subject to prior authorization from the author for the use of the play’s text.
Book published by La Comédiathèque
ISBN 979-10-90908-69-7/ October 2016
56 pages ; 18 x 12 cm ; paperback.
Price: 9,90 €
Book purchasing
Shows
Dramikon Theater of Dnipro (Ukraine), September-December 2024 (link to the production: photos, press, interviews)
National Theatre of Kampala (Uganda) , September 2024 (The African Theatre Magazine)
Auditorio Miraflores (Pérou), 2023
El Vitral, Buenos Aires (Argentine), 2022
Elenco Em Cena LDA, Portugal – 2022
Théâtre DIVADLO F.X. SALDY, Liberec (République tchèque) – 2022
Teatrul in Culise, Bucarest (Roumanie) mise en scène Ionuț Iftimiciuc avec Francesca Fülop, Răzvan Ilie, Ioana Nichita, Iulian Sfircea, 2021
Théâtre de l’autre côté du canal, Sofia (Bulgarie), 2019-2020. Mise en scène de Nadia Asenova, avec Gerasim Georgiev – Hero, Malin Krastev, Vasil Atanasova, Christina Karaivanova, Atanas Chopov.
Produções Fora de Cena – Cartas na mesa, tournée au Portugal 2019-2020. Mise en scène : Carlos Areia
Compagnie les Wagons libres (Aix-en Provence, Marseille, Avignon) 2018-2020. Mise en scène de Laurent Bariohay. Avec Sébastien Wust, Guylaine Wust, Elodie Berdegay, Emilie GN
El Método Kairós Teatro, El Piccolino. Buenos Aires (Argentine), 2016-2018. Avec Jimena Aguilar, Gonzalo Evangelista, Florencia Rubinetti y Damián Macera. Mise en scène de Julián Belleggia. Production : Didascalias
Theatre’s Station Company, Huesca. 2018. (« Strip Poker », una crítica a la sociedad en forma de comedia », Diario del Alto Aragón, 05/05/2018)
Entretenimientos Prod. As Producciones Creativas, Panama city (Panama) – 2016
Cie Alfredo Ginenez, Espacio Teatro Sala Bardo, Montevideo (Uruguay) – 2015
Akuara Teatro, Miami (Etats-Unis) – 2015. Avec Christian Ocón, Miriam Bermúdez, Isaniel Rojas, Yvonne López Arenal
Théâtre de l’Impasse et Théâtre de l’Alphabet, Nice – 2012. La Chance du Débutant. Avec Galicia Guy, Sylviane Palomba, Cyril Harraca, Olivier Martineau
Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Paris – 2008. Mise en scène Marc Duret. Avec Delphine Braillon, Herade Von Meyer, Vincent Maes, Vincent Ropion.
