Plays written by Lee Osorio:
A THIRD WAY
PRISONTOWN
PUBLIC WICKEDNESS
FAITH
Synopses:
A Third Way – (3M 1W) Nico and Matt are fine- or so they’d say to anyone asking about their marriage. And that’s true…but less “fine wine” and more “it was fine, but I probably wouldn’t eat there again.” The decision to open their marriage starts an effort to save their relationship, but as they queer the boundaries of their marriage it forces them to question what it means to queer your life. Will their bond survive? Should it?
Prisontown – (1M) The Writer was sitting in Panera when his phone lit up with a text from his brother, an immigration attorney. “How much of an activist are you?” The question sets him off on a literal and figurative path of discovery back to his once-thriving hometown of Lumpkin, Georgia, now dying and kept alive by one of the nation’s most notorious immigration detention centers. As he talks to those trapped in the prison system, the ghost makes a simple but incredibly hard request – see.
Public Wickedness – (4M 1W) The year is 1968 and homosexual behavior is a mental illness treated by imprisonment, electroshock therapy, castration, and lobotomies. Determined to prove that homosexual men are not criminally insane, Laud Humphreys decides to write his sociology dissertation about the men who gather in the public restrooms of Forest Park for sex. But what Laud discovers threatens to undermine everything he thought he knew about himself and makes him question what it even means to be “sane.” Based on a true story of one of queer history’s lesser known figures.
Faith – (2W 2M) After years of taking care of her emotionally abusive mother, Faith expects her mother’s death to offer release and a new sense of freedom. Instead, it sends her into a spiral of loneliness, long drives, and a search for fulfillment in fast food. Then Theo arrives. Will this handsome stranger be the home she’s always wanted or take away what little she has?
Bio:
Lee is an Atlanta-based actor and playwright. He has appeared as an actor on stages across the region including the Alliance, True Colors, Actor’s Express, Shakespeare Tavern, and Aurora. He can currently be seen as Ethan Rana on NBC’s Found. Others film credits include: The Resident, Your Honor, NCIS: New Orleans, and True Detective. His plays have been developed through the Alliance Theatre’s Reiser Artist Lab, the Alabama Shakespeare Southern Writers Festival, Working Title Playwrights Ethel Woolson Lab, Theatrical Outfit’s Unexpected Play Festival, and Art on the Beltline, with funding from Idea Capital and the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, and in residence at Hambidge and the Eugene O’Neill Foundation’s Tao House. Plays include Prisontown (World Premiere-Savannah Rep, 2024), A Third Way (World Premiere-Actor’s Express, 2024), Public Wickedness, and Faith. Lee received his MFA in Acting from Brown University/Trinity Rep and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity and SAG/AFTRA.