Playwriting
A brief description of my current slate of plays. For any questions about performance rights, or to read a preview, email onbassjake@gmail.com!
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The River
The River
Inspired by the memories of visiting childhood haunts after the pandemic, The River depicts a group of teenagers about to embark onto adulthood. A lyrical play of youth, budding sexuality, and the struggles of moving on.
A workshop draft of this play was read at American University in April 2025.
An excerpt of The River was performed at the T4T4T Festival in Baltimore in July of 2025
3W 3M
Poster design by Finn Fairfield for the staged reading of The River at American University
Bones
Bones
A family is forced reckon with the injuries that come from grief, and the cyclical nature of suffering. The real world joins with theatrical surrealism in this 3 act play.
1M 2W 1NB
Waiting For Dot
Waiting For Dot
An adaptation of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot.
Two residents of a home for troubled girls await their fate in this darkly funny adaptation of Beckett's famous play.
4W
Monkeys
Monkeys
An adaptation of the Susan Minot novel. Three sisters balance their own lives while helping to raise a large family. When tragedy strikes, they must grow closer than ever.
Not currently available for commercial use. Written with permission via academic worshop 2023-2024.
4W 2M
The Rich, The Poor, and The Goddess of Vengeance
The Rich, The Poor, and The Goddess of Vengeance
An Adaptation of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance. A penthouse apartment hides many secrets. A mother. A father. A daughter. A girl who's in the wrong place. Their world will never be the same. Featuring an Ambulatory act 2, this play modernizes Asche's text about sexuality, hypocrisy, and freedom.
2022
4M 5W
The Ballad of Abigail Fischer
The Ballad of Abigail Fischer
A whole new meaning to the word "ghost-writer." Tortured by the death of his close friend, Nick decides to write a book about her life. It's only then that he remembers that she predicted her own death. In this tale of ghosts, lawyers, and the stories we tell ourselves, one man has to decide if he's crazy, or if the world is just hard for people who feel things.
2022
5M 1W 3 Ensemble
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