Bridget Erin

Bridget Erin has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College and a BA in Theatre Arts from Mount Holyoke College. Her play Sonata for Four Hands was selected as one of the top ten Jewish plays in 2017 by the Jewish Plays Project. Other work of hers has been produced at New Orleans Fringe Festival, Second Star Performance Collective’s “Two for Tennessee” (New Orleans), “You Don’t Know the Half of It” (New Orleans), Southern Rep Theatre’s “6x6” and “3x3” (New Orleans), Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival (Minnesota), ArtsCenter Stage’s “10 by 10 in the Triangle” (North Carolina), Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival (Ontario), and Buffalo United Artists’ “BUA Takes Ten” (New York). She was a founding member of the New Orleans-based playwriting collective Generate Ink as...

Bridget Erin has an MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College and a BA in Theatre Arts from Mount Holyoke College. Her play Sonata for Four Hands was selected as one of the top ten Jewish plays in 2017 by the Jewish Plays Project. Other work of hers has been produced at New Orleans Fringe Festival, Second Star Performance Collective’s “Two for Tennessee” (New Orleans), “You Don’t Know the Half of It” (New Orleans), Southern Rep Theatre’s “6x6” and “3x3” (New Orleans), Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival (Minnesota), ArtsCenter Stage’s “10 by 10 in the Triangle” (North Carolina), Alumnae Theatre’s New Ideas Festival (Ontario), and Buffalo United Artists’ “BUA Takes Ten” (New York). She was a founding member of the New Orleans-based playwriting collective Generate Ink as well as NOLA Playback Theatre.

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Scripts

Brain Fever

by Bridget Erin

Cast Size
4—5
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

It's 1991, and at a small rundown Midwestern college, adjunct instructor Debra is trying to teach Dostoevsky's novel, Demons, hoping that it will help her students contextualize the downfall of the USSR. She's got a mysterious student, Yevgeny, who recently emigrated from the USSR, but he won't speak up in class. Life begins to imitate art as Debra's efforts to engage and assist Yevgeny spark a fever within her...

It's 1991, and at a small rundown Midwestern college, adjunct instructor Debra is trying to teach Dostoevsky's novel, Demons, hoping that it will help her students contextualize the downfall of the USSR. She's got a mysterious student, Yevgeny, who recently emigrated from the USSR, but he won't speak up in class. Life begins to imitate art as Debra's efforts to engage and assist Yevgeny spark a fever within her that is both literal and literary, leading her in an unexpected and increasingly dangerous direction.
NOTE: This is a new work, seeking development opportunities.

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Lower Decatur

by Bridget Erin

Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

In New Orleans in 1999, seventeen year old Charlotte meets Jeffrey, a significantly older (and married) goth club DJ and store owner. Charlotte enthusiastically steps into Jeffrey's world, centered in the goth scene in an area of the French Quarter called Lower Decatur. But as their relationship progresses, Charlotte's emotional demands on Jeffrey exceed his limits, and the situation spins violently out of...

In New Orleans in 1999, seventeen year old Charlotte meets Jeffrey, a significantly older (and married) goth club DJ and store owner. Charlotte enthusiastically steps into Jeffrey's world, centered in the goth scene in an area of the French Quarter called Lower Decatur. But as their relationship progresses, Charlotte's emotional demands on Jeffrey exceed his limits, and the situation spins violently out of control.
*This is a new play, seeking development opportunities*

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Sonata for Four Hands

by Bridget Erin

3
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
political

Eliza and Jonah, two talented young pianists, grew up side by side on the piano bench. Guided by Ruth, their teacher and Jonah's mother, the two take on a difficult four-hand sonata by 19th century pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein. But when Jonah's desire to explore his heritage leads to a growing connection with the state of Israel, political differences threaten the relationships between all three...

Eliza and Jonah, two talented young pianists, grew up side by side on the piano bench. Guided by Ruth, their teacher and Jonah's mother, the two take on a difficult four-hand sonata by 19th century pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein. But when Jonah's desire to explore his heritage leads to a growing connection with the state of Israel, political differences threaten the relationships between all three characters.

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Tropical Medicine

by Bridget Erin

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
drama

In a laundromat/dive bar on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Sand the fortune teller is just trying to wash his tapestry and bring it home before the rain starts. Fiona and Heather are trying to be in love, but the past won't get out of their way. Mark the scientist is trying to avoid the talk he must give at the parasitology conference, and may or may not be eaten alive by guilt and/or the literal...

In a laundromat/dive bar on the edge of the French Quarter in New Orleans, Sand the fortune teller is just trying to wash his tapestry and bring it home before the rain starts. Fiona and Heather are trying to be in love, but the past won't get out of their way. Mark the scientist is trying to avoid the talk he must give at the parasitology conference, and may or may not be eaten alive by guilt and/or the literal organism he has built his career researching.

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The Indigo Forest

by Bridget Erin

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
experimental

Chris has hired Nick to help her paint her house. But she’s in for more than she bargained for when he claims to be the recipient of an unsent letter she wrote to an imaginary boyfriend years before. Nick’s revelation blurs the boundaries between art and life as Chris struggles to distinguish performance from reality.

Chris has hired Nick to help her paint her house. But she’s in for more than she bargained for when he claims to be the recipient of an unsent letter she wrote to an imaginary boyfriend years before. Nick’s revelation blurs the boundaries between art and life as Chris struggles to distinguish performance from reality.

In Our Backyard

by Bridget Erin

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale,
political

In the not-so-distant future, amid constant terrorism and drone surveillance, a grief-stricken couple becomes convinced that a terrorist is hiding in their backyard.

In the not-so-distant future, amid constant terrorism and drone surveillance, a grief-stricken couple becomes convinced that a terrorist is hiding in their backyard.

My Broken Kenmore

by Bridget Erin

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
fable/folktale,
satire

The Fisherman's Wife explains her side of the story in rhyming couplets in this monologue piece.

The Fisherman's Wife explains her side of the story in rhyming couplets in this monologue piece.