Theatrius
The Jacobins – the most radical political group during the French Revolution – work to overthrow the old regime and change the world. Hopefully in-fighting and purity testing won't derail them.
Commissioned by Less Than Rent Theatre/59E59
Freely adapted from Hedda Gabler, Hannah follows a newly married woman living among the conservative elite in Washington D.C. She just needs to make sure none of them learn her secret.
In the late 1980s, a young woman struggling with an eating disorder meets an older woman who offers to help her. Karen Carpenter, Audrey Hepburn, and Catherine of Siena also have things to say.
A 21st-century twist on queer and queer-coded comedies like La Cage Aux Folles and Auntie Mame, Aunt Jack follows Norman as he seeks affirmation of his new relationship and love from his parents.
Aunt Jack has been widely produced at various theaters from coast to coast since 2018.
Virginia Woolf tries to sort through her feelings for the love of her life by writing Orlando – a surreal tapestry of queerness, curiosity, and revolution that spans the rise and fall of an empire.
World Premiere: Fall 2024
In this reimagining of the Pygmalion myth, an established gay artist takes a rebellious, gender non-conforming street performer under his wing. Naturally, they fall in love.
Recipient of the Grove/Whitman Commission
Politics becomes personal when brothers Edwin and John Wilkes Booth find themselves on opposing sides of the most defining conflict in American history. In the aftermath of the Lincoln assassination, Edwin Booth revisits his past and examines his own role and responsibility for his brother's heinous crime.
Received an historic presentation at the U.S. National Archives Museum, October 2023.
As president of the Ronald Reagan High School Drama Club, Desmond Channing spends most of his life in the spotlight. But when a hotshot transfer student challenges his throne, Desmond responds, as any diva would, with lethal force. Now, stuck in Hell’s most squalid cabaret venue, Desmond must relive his disturbing tale of woe.
Currently Running: Edinburgh Fringe Festival
An art history major takes a road trip with the subject of her thesis, a modern artist who wants to reclaim her old adventurous spirit.
"Nora Brigid Monahan’s play examines the gender progress we’ve made since the 60s under the bold, harsh light of today. Aunt Jack is a delicious soufflé of quick wits battling issues of LGBTQ+ sexuality... I want to see it again."
"Playwright Nora Brigid Monahan has found a fertile ground for drama–a changing sexual landscape–that has been explored in many different ways over the past 50 years (or longer), but never quite like this... Aunt Jack is an endearing journey into how one family deals with their crises with tremendous love..."
"Nora Brigid Monahan's enjoyably overstuffed comic family drama has several genuinely unexpected narrative twists. But the biggest surprise of all is the provocative intellectual and emotional engine Monahan has tucked beneath what at first appears to be a vintage sitcom jalopy. You'll still feel it revving after the play ends."
"The clever, snide and witty book by Nora Brigid Monahan grapples with teen insecurity, envy and the struggle for success of a wannabe actor...For such a camp show, it has surprising darkness... This should not be missed."
"Musical theatre enthusiasts will revel in the references to Patti Lupone and Glenn Close and whilst not all of them may be familiar to all theatregoers, this does nothing to detract from the impeccable comic writing of Nora Brigid Monahan..."
"This script is phenomenal, and any actor would love to play this role... THEM is a unique, heart-breaking, fun, humorous wild ride... It's authentic, the dialogue pops off the page, and at its core, it's a beautiful story about self-love."
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