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LGBTQ Centered Plays
Below you'll find plays that feature LGBTQ characters at the forefront. If you'd like to peruse a script, head on over to my New Play Exchange (linked at the bottom of the page) or email me via my contact page!
Verboten
(5m/4f)
Hamburg, Germany, 1936. The Nazis have banned swing music. A group called the Swing Youth danced to swing and jazz as a form of resistance. VERBOTEN follows a group of friends, their struggle to survive, and their choice to resist in the heart of pre-war Germany.
Legions of Venus or Tis Pity His Majesty's a Whore
(2m/4f)
It's 1788 and it's said King George III might be losing his mind. But we're not concerned with that. His son, the Prince of Wales, is far more concerned with tavern life - and on this particular night, all the harlots he's invited to entertain him. Ale flows and tempers rise, each harlot vying for the prince's attention while he toys with them. This dark comedy tackles everything from power and privilege to sex and sexuality. Enjoy a drink and stay for the brawl.
Metrosexual Coalcracker
(4m/2f)
Metrosexual Coalcracker struggles with the reality of living with a toxic family in small town Pennsylvania. Moss is not out to his family and lives in plain sight with his husband, Link. Link comes home one night to find that Moss has been shot by his drunken, homophobic twin. Moss, unable to upset his family, will not seek medical attention and the young men's apartment becomes a revolving door of family members, distant friends, and unconcerned parties. Moss must decide what he is willing to take - other than bullets, of course.
true drink
(3m/3f)
A vampire family drama/memory play about the things we hold on to and the things we can't bury.
trojan car bomb
(8m/4f with doubling)
TROJAN CAR BOMB focuses on the intimacies of war and family in the lens of violence, religion, and nationality as seen in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida – a work that resonated with me; it showed war as something that lives in perpetuity and as something no one truly can or will win. My hope is that the spirit of that work is in the foundation of TROJAN CAR BOMB and may further that conversation of how we approach and live in times of conflict.
hair of the dog
(2m/3f)
A dark comedy on family, binge grieving, what we hold onto, and the things we leave unresolved.
Oh, and check your chest freezer. There may be a body inside.
Dead Men Don't Sing
(5m/4f) with optional
doubling
A swashbuckling, sapphic love story, Dead Men Don't Sing follows a pirate's life for notorious Anne Bonny as she takes to the high seas on a new adventure. But will matters of the heart distract her from keeping the crew afloat? Blackbeard may be dead, but there's still shanties to be sung.
Bear-ial
(2f/1 any/
1nb afab)
An experimental, DnD infused play, Bear-ial charts the adventures of Blake as they brave the dungeons of college and the dragons of toxic families.
This play is a love letter to my college roommates and anyone who has braved dangers to find their chosen family.