Kelsey Sullivan is a Boston-bred, internationally recognized playwright, producer, and theatremaker currently based in Glasgow, Scotland. She loves squishy words, tolerates entropy, and hates dentists.
With all of her work, Sullivan uses her distinctively disgusting voice to not only make her audiences laugh (and groan), but to turn “play” into a verb again for all involved. Her writing has been described by audience members and critics as warm, inclusive, fun, delightful, unsettling, chaotic, and truly downright bonkers - she’s glad to know her goals are coming across in her work. She holds a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
Recent credits include -
USA: Memoriam Development’s Nightshade Festival and The Spade Collective’s Dealer’s Choice Festival (Stinky Girls); The Brick’s ?!:New Works Festival and the Valdez Theatre Conference (Worm Teeth); ImaginariumNY (The Land of Turquoise, Pet Rock); and Teatro Latea (My Love Was Stolen By A Con Man!).
Additionally, during COVID, Kelsey & her Co-Creator Elisa Tarquinio made a virtual new works writing room, The Zoom Zoom Room. This allowed for emerging artists all over the world to collaborate when collaboration seemed impossible, sharing their talents with each other as a way to connect, heal, and grow.
She also directed “Bugs” by Alex Moon, at Playwrights Horizons for the 48th Annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Festival, which went on to win and be published in Concord Theatrical’s most recent compendium of plays from the festival.
At the end of 2022, she then moved to -
IRELAND: HystERia Téatar (Ghost Party) (International Debut).
She continued her work with HystERia Téatar when she directed “The Northside Raven” by Ash Behrend. She also worked as an Assistant Director for the Galway Theatre Festival (Yaqui & Béal); and was a Script Coordinator for Moonfish Theatre Ensemble’s new work, “The Crow’s Way”, which was performed in 2023 at The Dublin Fringe Festival and The Baboro International Arts Festival for Children.
She was then brought to the -
UNITED KINGDOM: Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Worm Teeth); The Old Hairdresser’s (Processed Filth); Canonical Theatre’s New Canon Scratch Night (i am but a tiny little lady); Digital Theatre Studio (12th Annual Clown Show of Sidcup); Under The Rug Theatre’s Secret’s Swept Scratch Night (Pulp).
She is now working in Scotland, and just finished her first run at Edinburgh Fringe with her show, Worm Teeth, which received high critical and audience acclaim. She will be a part of the 2024 Edinburgh Horror Festival with her play, i am but a tiny little lady. Additionally, her first short film - “Stinky Girls” directed by Adam White is an Official Selection for the 2024 Knoxville Horror Film Festival!
Despite the flowers covering this site, she is stinkier than ever.
