MY PLAYS
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PAST PRODUCTIONS
Photo Credits: Jose Miranda
WORM TEETH
Worm is quite happy being a just that: a worm. However, there is one thing missing - this worm wants teeth. And you, yes you, are going to help it get them! Follow along on Worm’s journey as it meets old friends, sings some songs, and discovers how far it's willing to go for some pearly whites. In the end, it is up to you - will you help Worm get the teeth it wants? Or will you take things a step further and help it get what it really needs?
Cast 3-6, interactive dark comedy
Produced + Developed
Edinburgh Fringe, SMaK Productions, 2024 (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Beauvais Productions, 2024 (Chicago, IL, USA)
The Brick’s ?!:New Works Festival , 2023 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
The Valdez Theatre Conference, 2023 (Valdez, AK, USA) *** video upon request!
CRITICAL ACCLAIM
“Truly downright bonkers… the whole thing radiated warmth and inclusivity… it was about creating a fun environment for everyone in the room…” ~ Tim Wilcock, FringeReview, “Very Good Show”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Even stranger than it sounds… Sullivan’s writing stands out for its playful use of onomatopoeia and tactile language, creating a sensory experience that is both delightful and unsettling.” ~ Annie Quinn, The Quinntessential Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “As chaotic as it is entertaining… a unique theatrical experience that successfully blends absurdity with profound themes, leaving the audience both entertained and unsettled.” ~ Caitlin Todd, Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “The audience is encouraged to add to the atmosphere, with some very straightforward bits of audience participation (technically entirely voluntary, but ultimately irresistible)… A lot of fun was had with hearty laughter throughout.” ~ Chris Omaweng, London Theatre 1
Poster Credit: Gabriella Macomber
Photo Credit: Elliot Commene
i am but a tiny little lady
Cast 5F, horror play
Gleefully icky and equally sticky, “i am but a tiny little lady” is a terrifyingly catastrophic, yet truly joyous CELEBRATION of the nastiest parts of ourselves. Throughout four short shows linked through stink and sight, you’ll meet the Drooly Dames, a Clingy Queen, some Stinky Girls, and a Bloomy Babe who are all dealing with womanhood in their own… special way. Skin will be chewed and swallowed, Bacteria will be grown and destroyed, Blood and spit will be shared like water and wine - And these little ladies are your guide through it all! Join us and luxuriate in the unsettling bathwater that is this show.
Produced + Developed
Edinburgh Horror Festival, SMaK Productions, 2024 (Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)
Canonical Theatre’s New Canon Scratch Night, 2024 (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
PROCESSED FILTH
Cast 2F, interactive comedy with music
A fever dream that lets its intrusive thoughts win, PROCESSED FILTH is a beautiful mess of a show that explores filth, vulgarity, and desire through the disjointed relationship between a MILF and her melting Spine.
You'll get to meet them both! MILF, with her big naturals and her Boston accent, she's completely unstoppable, constantly desired, and has never had a bad feeling in her entire life. Meanwhile, her Spine is taking everything in, feeling the weight of all the bad emotions MILF claims not to feel, the filth she refuses to process. All this pressure is turning it to goo - and that's not a great thing for a spine to be! Will Spine be able to get through to MILF before it's too late?
Produced + Developed
The Old Hairdressers, SMaK Productions, 2024 (Glasgow, Scotland, UK)
Photo/Poster Credits: UtR Team
PULP
Main Cast 3, gothic comedy
Equal parts Rocky Horror and Entomology Textbook, Pulp is an eco-gothic adventure that follows Agatha, a fig wasp trying to escape her fate. She stumbles across a lifeless stone castle and is invited in by the castle’s master, Venatrix, a vampire ant, and Cider, a treehopper servant. Agatha soon begins having dreams that consume her... In her waking hours, she sees things. Vines, weeds, flowers. Life that couldn’t possibly exist in a place like this. Will Agatha be able to live out her days alongside this life? Or is she fated to become pulp?
Produced + Developed
Under the Rug Secrets Swept Scratch Night, 2024 (Glasgow, Scotland, UK) *** video upon request!
Photo Credits: Marcus Maddox
STINKY GIRLS
Cast 2F, short horror comedy
This exploration of body mutilation and female friendship starts the way any story of this nature would - with a sleepover! Two girls, Elina and Margie, are enjoying some silly, stinky fun time, telling each other about the grossest things that they do on a daily basis like hiding wrappers and peeling off dead skin. However, these quirky little habits quickly devolve, revealing the unsettling, dark, and twisted actions that the two take to combat the intense loneliness, numbness, and sadness they feel deep inside.
Produced + Developed
Memoriam Development’s Nightshade Festival, 2024 (Chicago, IL, USA
The Spade Collective’s Dealer’s Choice Festival, 2023 (Brooklyn, NY, USA) *** video upon request!
Photo Credits: Fiona R.
12th ANNUAL CLOWN SHOW EXTRAVAGANZA
The 12th Annual Clown Show Extravaganza of [insert your town here] starts the way any show of this nature would - with a clown show! Performed by Todd the Clown himself, this birthday clown gives his audience 10 blissful minutes of fun and silliness. However, Todd is told after his act that the other clowns will not be coming, on account of him being”just” a birthday clown. Todd is now tasked with doing 50 more minutes of material - will he be able to keep the fun alive? Or will real life start to reveal itself?
Cast 2, interactive comedy
Produced + Developed
Digital Theatre Studio at Rose Bruford College, 2024 (Sidcup, England, UK)
Photo Credits: Kirill Bykanov
GAMEPIECE
Interactive spontaneous theatre
Performed by the Sleight of Hand Ensemble, and co-written by Kelsey Sullivan, Gamepiece is THE spontaneous theatre game show guaranteed to spit out a new play every time. Using a series of games, challenges, nightmares, nightmares, nightmares, and yes, a big spinning wheel, The Sleight of Hand ensemble crafts a three act narrative story that’s not just audience interactive, but audience collaborative: audience members may veto decisions the actors make, participate in live writers rooms, bring props from home to influence the plot and — in the grand finale — co-write the ending based on their favorite ending from theatre/literature/film.
Produced + Developed
Purgatory, 2024 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
The Center at West Park, 2023 and 2024 (New York, NY, USA)
Evolution Festival , 2023 (New York, NY, USA)
Photo/Poster Credit: HystERia Téatar
GHOST PARTY
1F, interactive comedy
Meet our lovely hostess for the evening, one Miss Ghostess with the Mostess. See, she has been trying to pass on from this realm since she died, and she has narrowed down her unfinished business to one word: REVENGE. Now, she needs your help to choose who from her life actually deserves to incur her wrath. A silly yet poignant reflection on how anger and cynicism can warp a worldview, Ghost Party will stick you in a liminal space that will encourage you to be your goofiest self, while also asking you to reflect on your emotions and the ways in which you express, embrace, and cope with them.
Produced + Developed
COMMISSIONED by HystERia Téatar
Performed at the Town Hall Theatre, 2023 (Galway, Ireland)
PET ROCK
Cast 2, interactive comedy
Clara and Rocky are best friends! They do everything together - they talk, and laugh, and sing, and dance, and tell each other everything. But when Clara starts taking up too much space in the relationship, Rocky must build up the courage tell them - and they need the help of you and your best friends to do so!
Produced + Developed
DEVELOPED in the 2021-22 ImaginariumNY Writer’s Group
Performed at the City Reliquary, 2022 (Brooklyn, NY, USA) *** video upon request!
MY LOVE WAS STOLEN BY A CON MAN!
Cast 5 (1M, 2F, 2 any), comedy
In a society not so different from our own, paper money/currency as we know it has been erased and replaced with “love transactions.” The more love you give, the less wealth you’ll have, and the more love you take, the more wealth you’ll have. Enter Kevin, a 28 year old con man who has found the secret to getting rich quick! Will he stay a con forever, or will love get him in the end?
Produced + Developed
Teatro Latea, NYSummerfest, 2022 (New York, NY, USA) *** slideshow upon request!
Little & Fierce Theatre Co’s CREATE Festival, 2020 (New York, NY, USA)
THE LAND OF TURQUOISE
Cast 7+, opera buffa
Kory is living in a grey world - no really! Everything is grey! Grey walls, grey skies, grey skin - need I go on? Their only comfort is the turquoise chain their mother gave them when they were a little tyke. But, when Kory’s stress reaches an all time high, the chain breaks and transports them to the brilliant, beautiful, and oh so blue Land of Turquoise! In this utopia, all of Kory’s wants, needs, and dreams are taken care of. But they soon find that this land may not actually be everything they ever wanted…
Produced + Developed
DEVELOPED in the 2020-21 ImaginariumNY’s Writer’s Group
Performed for my Thesis (BFA in Dramatic Writing at NYU), 2022
Performed at The City Reliquary, 2021 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
UNPRODUCED WORK
CHEWY QUEENS
Cast 5F, short horror comedy
5 women. They chew. They spit. They repeat. The cycle continues until it does not.
MIDNIGHT COURT
Main Cast 4 (2M, 2F); opera
Based on ancient Irish folklore, Midnight Court weaves together two tales, that of Aengus, God of Love, and Aibell, Goddess of the Banshees. Aibell steals men away from their marital beds and castrates them for not pleasing their wives adequately. Aengus just loves love! So when Aengus makes two humans, Rowan and Eabha, fall in love and get married, and Rowan fails to fulfill Eabha’s needs, Aibell and her banshees steal him away. Now, Eabha and Aengus must journey through Ireland to convince Aibell to give him back. A wet, wild, and whacky exploration of love, lust, and partnership, Midnight Court uses humor, mysticism and eroticism to discuss real world issues such as the orgasm gap, toxic relationships, and gatekeeping.
JIBBERISH PLAY
Jibberish Play follows the relationship between two lovers who only speak Gibberish. They understand everything that the other says (well, at least on the surface), while the audience is aware of the emotions that lie dormant beneath. Will they be able to dig deeper than the words being spoken to save their relationship? Or is this the end?
Cast 2; short drama
THE KNIDIA + HER STAIN
The Knidia and Her Stain was inspired by a Lucian text that tells the story of a young man who was so infatuated with the statue of Aphrodite of Knidos that he snuck in to where she was displayed, jerked off onto her backside leaving a stain, and then was so embarrassed he jumped off of a cliff into the waters below. In the play, the man jerks off onto the statue, but immediately must face the consequences when the statue comes to life.
Cast 2 (1M, 1F); short drama
WITHIN THESE WOUNDED WALLS
Long ago, the Vikings and Sirens lived in harmony, until one Viking tried to take a Siren's voice box for himself. His act of violence spurred a war between the two clans; now, the Sirens live deep below the waters, torturing Viking prisoners to heal their own trauma. But when Freya, the Siren Princess, falls in love with Viking prisoner Váhli, she must choose - uphold the traditions of her sisters, or risk her livelihood for the enemy. A story of rage, revenge, and retribution, Within These Wounded Walls explores sexual assault and bodily mutilation through a fantastical lens.
Main Cast 5 (1M, 4F); drama