The Visitors of 2017
“Is this how the universe sees me?
With you?”
With you?”
In the spring of 2017, in a Florida town just outside Disney World, a liberal teenager and her conservative neighbor both witness a beautiful UFO, compelling them to uncover together the mystery of what they saw.
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Cast: 4W, 4M
Finalist: Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference Staged Reading: Columbia MFA Playwrights Program |
2076
Written in collaboration with Sophia Deery, Esther Fallick,
Joey Odom, Kaity Paschetto, Shannon Sullivan, & Elias Wygodny
Joey Odom, Kaity Paschetto, Shannon Sullivan, & Elias Wygodny
“When you saw the news and thought it was terrible,
did you secretly not see those people as real people
because they were somewhere else?”
did you secretly not see those people as real people
because they were somewhere else?”
By the year 2076, climate change pushed America underwater. Set on a claustrophobic rescue ship, survivors keep their spirits up by exercising, hosting sing-alongs, and stumbling into relationships. Soon, the memory of loved ones left behind, and fear of the planet retaliating against the abuse it’s been given, might overthrow their new Eden.
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Cast: 6 Gender Neutral
Production: Columbia University MFA Program, Directed by Bess Frankel Finalist:
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The German Party
“That’s all a person wants, isn’t it?
To be a part of something that matters.”
To be a part of something that matters.”
In 1932 Berlin, seven childhood friends gather for a New Years Eve party, catching up on new jobs, engagements, and opinions on an exciting upcoming election. Soon enough, their long-awaited reunion, along with revelations about the newly popular Nazi Party, might threaten the end of everything they know.
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Cast: 4W, 3M
Staged Readings,:
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Neuroclear
"I don't remember the last time someone made eye contact with me like this, cause of everyone's phones. Your eyes make me think that if I listen to you, I won't regret anything."
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In an attempt to treat anxiety, a woman undergoes a new medical procedure called Neuroclear: plastic surgery for the personality, claiming the ability to decrease a person’s jealousy, suppress their shyness - anything you want. After great initial success, the treatment threatens to put her very humanity at risk.
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Cast: 3W, 2M
Semi-Finalist: Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference Developmental Production: Produced by the Really-Really Theatre Group in Seattle, directed by Henry Nettleton (under the title Much Better) Review: Seattle Times |