Jules Feiffer is an American cartoonist who has also written a great number of plays, screenplays, novels and children‟s books. He has won many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. 

Hold Me! was first published in New York in 1977. This sketch play, based on his comic strip with the same title, is about the confusions, identity crises and relationship issues of people who live in modern cities. The language is simple, the tone is warm, humorous, witty and at times a little sad. In short, the play is about the essence of life.