STAGE REVIEWS : Ephemeral 1-Acts at Theatre 6470

The four misfired, ephemeral one-acts that make up Theatre 6470’s “Don’t Dick With Me!” strike one as more of an employment opportunity for actors than anything else.

Bill Bozzone’s “Women and Football,” directed by Louis Fantasia, merely dallies with the sexual pressures felt by newlywed virgins, without ever exploring what makes Janet Borrus’ nervous bride tick. Fred Stroppel’s “The Mamet Women” grafts Mametesque dialogue onto a deal-making exchange between a housewife and her friend, but even with director Francesca Rollins drawing nice macho behavior out of actresses Deborah Carlisle and Taylor Ashbrook, it’s a gimmicky exercise.

Stroppel’s “Domestic Violence,” directed by John Short, only sketches out the absurd problems between a perfectionist wife (Miki Kim) and her overwhelmed husband (Jonny Solomon). Allison Burnett goes for more than a sketch with “The God Game,” and B.W. Wiff’s staging provides the evening’s only stylistic flourishes. But its relentlessly satirized playwright (Tom Virtue), obsessed with epic verse drama while he’s poor and with money once he has a hit, lends this morality play the creepy aura of self-loathing.

“Don’t Dick With Me!,” Theatre 6470, 6470 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. Ends March 21. $12.50; (213) 466-1767. Running time: 2 hours, 30 minutes.