Trans Scribe: A New Works Festival

Pay Rate: $75

Contact Person Email: lorena@genderfucked.org

Contact Person Name: Lorena Torres García

Material to Prepare:

Time Commitment:

Production calendar can be found at this link
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S_27QxlK2vh0HwFCBBPhFLmV0_d7JOoDIHZ6pVo_3BA/edit?usp=sharing

Character Type/Restrictions:

10 minute plays
Director: Leah Geis

Play Title: Home

Playwright: Ivy McPherson

Short Description

A trans woman makes the long-delayed journey to her hometown in Missouri, where she must contend with the consequences of change on her bonds with the people who once were her family.

Character Descriptions:

Elizabeth: fifties, cis female, doubled with Thalia
Eric: fifties, cis male, doubled with Jason
Melissa: forties, cis female, doubled with Madeline
Jason: forties, cis male, doubled with Eric
Madeline: twenties, cis female, doubled with Melissa
Thalia: 20, AFAB non-binary, doubled with Elizabeth

 

Director: Leah Geis

Play Title: Riverfront

Playwright: Cris King

Short Description:

Two women, Joanna and Grace, set up a picnic overlooking a gorgeous riverfront vista, while refusing to acknowledge that their picnic blanket is clearly draped over a dead zombie. They are interrupted by Kayla, who becomes increasingly distressed at the park goers’ refusal to accept the reality of their circumstance.

Character Description:

4F, 1M; Flexible ages for all the characters, though ideally Joanna is older than Grace

JOANNA, an upper class socialite and landlord; A strong-headed woman, not afraid to

speak her mind directly and plainly. Her southern accent is very subtle, trained over

years to sound more cosmopolitan than her more rural roots.

GRACE, bubbly, younger friend of Joanna, with a self-imposed naivete. She’s well

manicured, with a bohemian/granola streak.

KAYLA, a waitress stunned by a horrific encounter with a dead man walking. She looks

as if she’s just run through a creekside with the scrapes and scratches to match.

BRONSON, a cop; A sturdy man, who views himself as a peacekeeper.

DIANE, a zombie; her grotesque grey skin and coagulated wounds should juxtapose the

idyllic surroundings and the pleasant demeanor of the picnic goers.

 

 

Director: Emmitt Socey

Play Title: Watching Rebecca

Playwright: Anthony Whitaker

Short Description:

It is a collection of memories of becoming and accepting both the masculine and feminine side of Tom throughout their life. All told while watching Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.

Character Descriptions:
Tom - the person watching Rebecca. Tom is 30 and is gender-queer, before gender-queer had a name. How they present their gender-queerness should be decided by the actor and director. (I personally express through crossing lines of gender. A vest and tie with a skirt…) Any race.
Dennis - the other person watching Rebecca. They are possibly in the beginning of a relationship. It’s not that he is uncomfortable with gender fluidity expressed sexually, he is uncomfortable with how good it makes him feel 30. Male, any race.
Nell - Tom’s Grandmother who is very happy to have a little gay grandchild, but is really afraid of what Jesus may think about it. 55+, female, any race.
Fort - A hot guy with whom Tom has a one-night thing. It meant more to Tom. He has a deep southern accent. Louisiana. 25-35, male, any race.
Leslie - Tom’s best friend. Leslie is true ally, who refers to herself as a Fag Hag. And she means it. Late 20s, female, any race.

 

Director: Emmitt Socey

Play Title: Arbor

Playwright: Kennedy Frazier

Short Description:

Two kids in the south drink slushies on the curb and reckon with the possibility and impossibility of forever.

Character Descriptions:

BETH/BEAU - 11 years old, played by actor 35+ AFAB Trans/Non-binary
LOLA/ARBOR - 11 years old, played by actor 35+ AFAB Trans/Non-binary

 

Director: Katie Mae Ryan

Play Title: Ghost

Playwright: Eliot Colin

Short Description:

A budding trans girl finds herself with the help of the ghost in her house.

GHOST – Any age. Any race. Any gender. The kind of face and body that could be a 12-year-old or a 40-year-old.

LIV – Budding trans girl. Any age. Any race. Actor should identify as a trans woman or non-binary.
NARRATOR/DATE/DELIVERY PERSON – Open to interpretation. Same approximate age as LIV. Masc or nonbinary. Any race. Note: The Date and Delivery Person are unspoken characters, so for a reading this person could perform Narrator and stage directions.

 

Director: Katie Mae Ryan

Play Title: Green With Enby

Playwright: Allison Fradkin

Short Description: Aline Fabry has discovered that being straight is no Sapph-faux pas. She's sick of being a speck on the gender spectrum too, and is hoping to get it all out of her system—or, in her case, her cis-tem. Can her favorite (and only) child Gene, an LMFT, administer inversion therapy to make her LGBT (and E-N-B-Y)?

Character Description:

GENE - 20s-40s, on-binary, open ethnicity, marriage & family therapist, clinical yet whimsical

ALINE- 50s-70s, cisgender female, open ethnicity, bakery owner, autocratic yet idiosyncratic

 

One Acts
Director: Gaby Labotka

Play Title: A Brief Article Regarding Time Loops

Playwright: gnat frye

Short Description: a depressed transsexual drug addict, currently living with her dad, finds herself reliving the day she finds out her twin brother is killed in a friendly fire incident.
based on the album "celebrity therapist" by the callous daoboys

Character Description:

necktie: early30s trans she/her; depressed transsexual

dad: mid60s cis he/him; necktie and benji's dad

fenwick: early30s trans he/him; necktie's boyfriend

 

Director: Haven Janeil Crawley

Play Title: A Blue Orange

Playwright:  Walter Todd

Short Description:

"A Blue Orange" follows Blue, a non-binary teen on the run from home. They show up unannounced to their sister Aisha's apartment. Blue soon discovers that Aisha's roommate harbors a deep secret, and the three of them explore new worlds of being together.

Character Description:

Blue: Non-binary, 18. Black American.
Aisha: She/Her, 21. Black American.
Meredith: She/Her, “22.” Ambiguously melanated. (Black, Indigenous, Middle Eastern/North African are all possible in my mind)
All of the above could be considered "neurodivergent."

 

Director: Nathan J. Lamp

Play Title: Invulnerable

Playwright: Finley Silas Brisko

Short Description: This time next year, Amber and Scrap will be competing on UCLA's D1 Women's Gymnastics team—that is, if they both can settle on staying in the closet. Scrap tests if it could be worth it to quit gymnastics and start testosterone. Amber sinks his claws into femininity, straightness, and the future he's carved for himself.

Character Description:

SCRAP. 18, pre-transition trans man. A gymnast.
AMBER. 17, pre-transition trans man. A gymnast.
DEV. Seventeen, a cis man. Not a gymnast.
The cast may not be all white.

 

Full Length
Director: Chels Morgan

Play Title: Sistahs 4 Lyf

Playwright: EmJay Rawls

Short Description: Briana and Keiona have been friends for over ten years. Their friendship is challenged when love enters into their lives.

Character Description:

Keiona/Keayla 20s, 30s, trans woman, Black, HIV Positive
Briana 20s, 30s, trans woman, Black
Mr. Jones/Charles/Police Officer 50s, male, White
Pumpkin 20s, 30s, Black, female-identifying
Jamal/Jabari 20s, 16, Black, male identifying

 

Director: Reva Stover

Play Title: H.A.G.S

Playwright: Siena Moraff

Short Description: A murky, fucked up coming of age horror story about lesbians, hags, and wild squicky inside thoughts coming outside to play. You'll be so glad you didn't sit with these kids at lunch.

Character Description:

JONI MARIE SEDGEWIG: (F)ish. Barely 17. “Naturally beautiful.” Amorous middle school obsession with Martha Stewart. Freaks out if her pencil slips on the test bubble sheet. Kind of wants to be the president.
LYDIA LOUISE GREENGLASS: (F)ish. Almost 17. Class clown adjacent, but more dark and edgy and less appreciated. Infrequent hair washer. Once stuck a crayon up her cooch during a game of truth or dare.
ASHLEY BAM BENEDICTUS: (M)ish. Just about 17. Volleyball ace on a team that never makes it through qualifiers, soon to have peaked in high school. Sadly burdened with a wellspring of innate wisdom. Healthy acceptance of small eggplant. Butch.
JACK CECIL JORGENSEN: (M)ish. Exactly 17. Who knows. Wallflower. Dangerously lonely. Deeply observant. Secret reserve of earnest curiosity. Turned on by the sound of howling wind.
MS. KILMER / LOUDSPEAKER: (F/M). Roughly 27. Wears different hats/glasses/outfits depending on which class they’re teaching.
PAT SEDGEWIG: (F) Roughly 47. Joni’s mom. Tepid insanity.

 

 

Director: Jeff Bouthiette

Play Title: Terminal

Playwright: Sara BenBella

Short Description: A not-so-freak snowstorm causes siblings Ronnie and Steven to take shelter in an Iowian bus shelter for the night. As they make their way cross-country to visit their estranged Father in hospice, the two siblings are forced to recognize that though they may be tied by blood, they have been little more than strangers for years.

Character Description:

STEVEN: He/Him early-mid 30’s
RONNIE: She/Her late 20s-early 30s
BUS ATTENDANT*: He/Him or They/Them any age

 

 

 

Director: Dionne Addai

Play Title: NUCLEAR

Playwright: Preston Max Allen

Short Description:

Three years after the death of his wife Dani, 33-year-old Kyle decides to keep his dream of having a family alive by carrying one of Dani's frozen eggs himself. As his pregnancy begins, he also starts to form a deeper connection with the typically-guarded Grace, Dani's lifelong best friend and the baby's sperm donor, who's been struggling to recover from a broken engagement and transphobic termination at work. But their hopes for a brighter future are thrown into chaos when Dani's estranged, far-right father suddenly surfaces, desperate to be a part of his unexpected grandchild's life

Character Description

KYLE: 33. Typically outgoing, thoughtful, and bright, much of Kyle's vibrance has been dimmed by the

death of his wife Dani three years ago. A trans man.

GRACE: 33. Sharp, emotionally guarded, and protective of those she loves, Grace is struggling to

reimagine her future after several events have thrown her life into disarray. A trans woman.

CHRISTINE: Late-50s. Kyle's mom. A chic, well-meaning real estate agent whose love for Kyle is the

only thing that takes her off the clock. A cis woman.

REBECCA: Mid-30s. A fertility specialist. While still a professional, Rebecca is casual, down-to-earth,

and personal - particularly with Kyle. A cis woman.

CORBIN: Early 60s. A gruff, reserved conservative facing an existential crisis as he re-evaluates his

values following the death of his wife and daughter. A cis man.