Plays written by Stephen Brown
DUNK CITY
THE MANY WONDROUS REALTIES OF JASMINE STARR-KID
THE CANDIDATE
THE TOURISTS
EVERYTHING IS SUPER GREAT
COUNTRY GIRLS
WELCOME HOME
MONTGOMERY
THE MOTEL PLAY
Synopses:
Dunk City – Davey is the only 18-year-old he knows with severe erectile dysfunction and he’s feeling really really insecure about it. Thank God his mother, sister, and grandma are all on the case to help him figure out this horrific affliction. Dunk City takes a look at masculinity, Italian-American families, and slam dunkin’ that shit in Staten Island.
The Many Wondrous Realties of Jasmine Starr-Kid – Jasmine is a 12-year-old computer genius who can do anything. She can hack into the AT&T mainframe. Build an artificially-intelligent friend named Grace. But she can’t get her divorced parents to get back together. So of course, she decides to build a time-machine with her uncle in order to change the past so that maybe…her present can be different.
The Candidate – The Candidate follows Daniel Kelly, a Democrat running for the US Senate in Texas when he decides, unprompted, to teach a lesson about the dangers of ignorance by confessing to a history of racist thoughts when he was younger.
The Tourists – Peggy and Debra have been to Japan. They’ve been to Germany. They’ve even been to Pennsylvania where they stayed on am Amish Farm for a weekend (Debra thought it was weird). But with Debra getting married, Peggy fears their trip to Paris might be their last. Through dance parties, tours of Notre Dame, and the seduction of a really hot bellhop named Dmetri, Peggy tries to hold on to the only thing she has left in the world: her friend Debra.
everything is super great – In Everything is super great, a typical day in the life of 19-year-old Tommy involves triple shot lattes, light saber battles, and arson at Applebee’s. Such distractions are therapeutic when your older brother has been missing for months, but when a well meaning, if somewhat misguided, therapist shows up on his doorstep, Tommy must finally face his loss.
Country Girls – Megan hates country music singer Rick Montgomery, so she and Kimmy have decided that tonight’s concert will be his last. As they run from the cops, songs will be sung, people will be shot, and fourteen year olds will discover the actual difficulty in exacting revenge.
Welcome Home – (2M,2W) A typical day in the life of 19-year-old Tommy involves triple shot lattes, light saber battles, and arson at Applebee’s. Such distractions are therapeutic when your older brother has been missing for months, but when a well meaning, if somewhat misguided, therapist shows up on his doorstep, Tommy must finally face his loss.
Montgomery- (3M, 3W) Megan hates country music singer Rick Montgomery, so she and Kimmy have decided that tonight’s concert will be his last. As they run from the cops, songs will be sung, people will be shot, and fourteen year olds will discover the actual difficulty in exacting revenge.
The Motel Play – (3M, 3W) In a small motel off the freeway, the coyotes are howling. A married couple attempts to navigate a recent tragedy. And two best friends are smuggling a pregnant woman across the border. Set in the quiet of the desert, “The Motel Play“ explores how we communicate, immigration, and if whether we’re better off putting up walls or tearing them down.
BIO:
Stephen is currently a fellow at The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program. His play The Many Wondrous Realities of Jasmine Starr-Kidd won the Kendeda Award, will be produced at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, and is currently under option to be adapted into a film. His play everything is super great was produced at 59E59 Theaters by New Light Theatre Project where it was a TimeOut NY Critic’s Pick. His other work has been developed and received readings by Primary Stages, MCC, Page 73, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Road Theatre, Barter Theatre, Theatre Lab, and the Aurora Theatre. He’s been a Finalist for the Play Penn Conference, Seven Devil’s Playwrights Conference, the Blue Ink Award, the Neukom Prize, The Aurand Harris Award, and the Working Farm at SPACE on Ryder Farm. He was a member of Youngblood at EST, Page 73’s playwriting group I-73 and has had residencies with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and SPACE on Ryder Farm. He’s currently developing a TV show based on his pilot Barbara.
Website: www.stephenbrownplaywright.com