Lindsay Partain

Lindsay Partain

Lindsay Partain (she/her) is an internationally published and produced Oregon playwright, a member of the Dramatists Guild, and resident artist of Veterans Repertory Theatre (Cornwall, NY) and of Theatre Viscera (Portland, OR). She was part of Ashland New Play Festival's 2022 New Voices Cohort, a Top 10 semi-finalist for Veterans Repertory Theatre's 2022 Play Writing Competition, and finalist for the...
Lindsay Partain (she/her) is an internationally published and produced Oregon playwright, a member of the Dramatists Guild, and resident artist of Veterans Repertory Theatre (Cornwall, NY) and of Theatre Viscera (Portland, OR). She was part of Ashland New Play Festival's 2022 New Voices Cohort, a Top 10 semi-finalist for Veterans Repertory Theatre's 2022 Play Writing Competition, and finalist for the 2023 Lanford Wilson New American Plays Festival. Recent publications include: "Sci-Fi and Horror Play Pack" and "The Way You Made Me" (Next Stage Press). Her body of work can be found on New Play Exchange.

Plays

  • 10,000 Years
    [10 Minutes] Taking place in an alternate universe where North Dakota hasn't seen the sunshine since the dinosaurs were taken out by the great comet. Freddy and partner for the last million years, Jamie talk at each other without listening, and time keeps moving more quickly. Relationships and lifetimes are questioned all leading up to the break of the first spring.
  • A Dark Horse
    [15-Minute] When the monsters that live under the bed creep up to find you, they poison your dreams, break you down, tear you to pieces. They've come to eat your soul.

    *Excerpt from a previous full-length piece “Dark Corners” that has since been rewritten and renamed “Flowers for a Dead Girl”.
  • All the Way Down
    [5 Minutes] Billy and Nora are climbing 2 rope ladders that are floating into the sky. What are they attached to? Will they make it back down alive?
  • Apron Strings
    Mallory, a college student and aspiring costume designer, returns to her family’s home after the death of her great-grandmother, when the spirit of a young woman starts haunting her. Through visceral dreams that edge on nightmares and Depression Era diary entries, Mallory pulls at the seams of her family’s bloody history, unsure if she’s already doomed to follow in their footsteps.
  • A Shared Mammary
    [10 Minutes] Twin sisters Gabriella and Isabella are going shopping for bikinis. But it's hard to find the right fit when you share a middle breast.
  • Autophobia: noun. a fear of one’s self (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 2 Minutes] H has been kept in a closet sized room where every wall, floor and ceiling has been covered in mirrors...
  • Backfired (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 3 Minutes] Love, hope, and hearing what we want to hear. Anna, a young high school student, tells her tragic story about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
  • Blood & Wine (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 2 Minutes] The sexiest and most dangerous woman you will ever meet tells you the secret to making a good wine.
  • Cookie Cutter Christmas
    [10 Minutes] Francis visits with the ghost of his mother at 3am every Christmas morning.
  • Curves (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 4 Minutes] Grinch bellies, self-esteem, women's only gym's, and a lack of self-control are the driving forces behind this comedic monologue.
  • Flowers for a Dead Girl
    (Full-Length) Following the murder of her sister at the hands of an abusive boyfriend, Sydney tries and fails to soothe her grief. When nothing works, Sydney decides to skip town without a word, and in her absence she and her friends Katie, Aaron, and Bethany all start having strange and violent dreams where dark creatures emerge from the shadows to torment them. It isn't until Sydney returns home for...
    (Full-Length) Following the murder of her sister at the hands of an abusive boyfriend, Sydney tries and fails to soothe her grief. When nothing works, Sydney decides to skip town without a word, and in her absence she and her friends Katie, Aaron, and Bethany all start having strange and violent dreams where dark creatures emerge from the shadows to torment them. It isn't until Sydney returns home for another friend's funeral that they realize their nightmares may be connected, and must band together to save their friends and themselves from being lost to the darkness.
  • Immortal Combat
    [One-Minute Play] A mother, father, and their son are trapped in a closet, hiding from their son Bradley's imaginary friend turned violent boogie man.
  • In the Blood
    [10 Minutes] A brother and sister alone together in a metal storage container at the end of the world, surrounded by Chompers.
  • Last Dance with MJ
    [10 Minutes] After being ghosted on yet another dating app, Johanna seeks revenge for her friend, Milly who was sexually rejected by a gorgeous Spiderman look-a-like.
  • Life After
    [10 Minutes] Dancing around with bodies in her father's basement, Ava's imagination comes to life with her best friend, Mrs. Anderson.
  • Message of Pain
    [10 Minutes] Xara, Commander of a massive spacecraft carrying a crew of thousands, is the first to wake up from cryogenic rest only to find that hundreds of years of gone by and the life she was living hooked up to The Cloud was nothing more than a dream...
  • Monsters Beyond the Midnight Zone
    [10-Minute] Stranded miles beneath the ocean’s surface in the depths of the Marianas Trench, two scientists must think fast in total darkness when the lights in their deep-water submersible are taken out by a massive tentacled water-monster.
  • Notes (a monologue)
    [Monologue] A note is left unattended and with no clear author or recipient.... do you open it?
  • Overhand on a Bite (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 9 Minutes] April paints her body with all the colors in her garden and reclaims control through the power of shibari. A delicate story of growth after trauma, the strength in submission, and finding empowerment through kink.

    *Supporting Video TinyUrl Redirects to Vimeo. "Overhand on a Bite" at 36:36.
  • Penny for Your Traumas?
    [10 Minutes] Sometimes it's hard to explain why our monsters follow us around. Why they take so long to go away--and why they come back.
  • Popcorn Thighs (a monologue)
    [Monologue] Broccoli thighs and cauliflower tummies; nothing is supposed to taste as good as skinny feels--but they've clearly never eaten their weight in fresh movie popcorn.

    Approx 3.5 minutes
  • Prayers in the Pines
    [10 Minutes] Best friends swap ghost stories, inflammatory language, and their thoughts on wendigos during their annual camping trip.

    *Based on the true ghost stories my father and great grandmother used to tell me.
  • Pumped-Up Kicks (a monologue)
    (Monologue : 1 minute) Scottie's just another kid whose name you glance over in the body of the most recent article on school shootings. A few words on the moment before; words from the unseen lingering trauma.
  • Riptide Girl (a monologue)
    [Monologue] Thoughts when there is no rational reason to the hurt felt after the loss of a could-be friend & sometimes-lover.
  • Road Rash (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 2 Minutes] Beth is having a hard time keeping her car on the road and her head out of the gutter. A woman recounting her sexuality and the fun you can have when you throw the backseat of a car-- or the middle console of a mustang into the mix.
  • Shimmers
    [10 Minutes] Amanda and Ryan take a walk through the forest on the darkest night of the year to find the spot where magic exists for those who are willing to see and give it.
  • Siren Songs
    [One-Act : Approximately 60 Minutes] “...immediate assistance to fetch us off the Smalls before the next Spring or we fear we shall all perish, our water near all gone, our fire quite gone and our house in a most melancholy manner.” - Henry Whiteside, builder of Small's Lighthouse, January 1777

    Staring out into the cold oblivion of the Irish Sea, Thomas Griffith and Thomas Howell must...
    [One-Act : Approximately 60 Minutes] “...immediate assistance to fetch us off the Smalls before the next Spring or we fear we shall all perish, our water near all gone, our fire quite gone and our house in a most melancholy manner.” - Henry Whiteside, builder of Small's Lighthouse, January 1777

    Staring out into the cold oblivion of the Irish Sea, Thomas Griffith and Thomas Howell must fight for their lives trapped inside the Small's Lighthouse; a tree house built on the edge of the universe swaying back and forth amidst the relentless violent waves and unforgiving storms off the coast of Wales.
  • The Big Bad Kush
    (10-Minutes) Does Grandma have a tail? Or am I stoned? Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf get wrecked in this not so family friendly take on how Red really helps her Grammy.
  • The Light Keepers
    When a window to another timeline opens in the quiet Oregon hillside, high school seniors, Carmen and Max are given with the opportunity of a lifetime to reunite with lost loved ones, find their courage, and to see their skies full of stars for the very first time.
  • The Lipstick (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 3 Minutes] Romance and anniversaries and zombies! Oh, my! Trying to find that perfect tube of lipstick to surprise your partner is going to get you bit-- and in this world, that's a death sentence.
  • The Way You Made Me (a solo show)
    (60-minutes, Solo Show) Through love letters and memories, Imogen shares her gift of words with an unseen lover, sharing with them her journey of finding home, herself, and family, despite a life of neglect. A love story told by someone deemed "unloveable".
  • Thor's Hammer / Magic Number
    [10 Minutes] BFFF Amy and Sam are #pissed when Sam's (now ex)boyfriend decides to kick her to the bricks. Sam and Amy seek swift revenge for Sam's broken heart, but find they may be barking up the wrong tree.
  • To the Boy Who Didn't Love Me After All (a monologue)
    (Monologue) An open letter to the boy she loved alone.
  • Variations on the Death of Vera
    [10 Minutes] Three unsuspecting college students try to make contact with Vera, the ghost of a college student who died under mysterious circumstances and continues to haunt Knight Hall....
  • What You Deserve (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 2 Minutes] A young woman recounts her childhood days of make-believe to the man who broke her heart...who also happens to be tied to a chair.
  • When I was a Child
    [One-Minute Play] Children play games that teach them how to survive in the concrete jungle.
  • Wherever You Go
    (10-Minute) It's been 10 years of waiting. 10 years of being called crazy. Of tests, whispers, and wondering "what happened?". Ondry has decided he wants to make a deal with the aliens that took his wife--but what does a man with nothing have left to give?
  • Why I'm Leaving You (a monologue)
    [Monologue : Approx 2 Minutes] A dark, comedic, dramatic monologue about what she really thinks about you, your ridiculous hair, and what you need to know about one-night stands.