Patrick M Brennan

Patrick M Brennan is a playwright and software developer. His produced plays include TERMS OF USE (Paper Wing Theatre, Monterey CA), SINGULARITEEN (San Francisco Fringe), NO POLITICS (Theatre Cooperative, Somerville MA), MILGRAM'S WAR (Attic Theatre, Los Angeles CA; New Provincetown Players, Provincetown, MA), BITS (Otherworld Productions, Chicago IL), FIRST PERSON SHOOTER (Hawker College, ACT, Australia), DOG_EAT_DOG.COM (New York City 15-Minute Play Festival), and GET OUT OF MY AMERICAN WAY (Boston Theatre Marathon). His plays have been performed in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and around the world. Patrick is a cofounder of Undefined Symbol Theater. Patrick is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, the Pear Playwrights’ Guild...

Patrick M Brennan is a playwright and software developer. His produced plays include TERMS OF USE (Paper Wing Theatre, Monterey CA), SINGULARITEEN (San Francisco Fringe), NO POLITICS (Theatre Cooperative, Somerville MA), MILGRAM'S WAR (Attic Theatre, Los Angeles CA; New Provincetown Players, Provincetown, MA), BITS (Otherworld Productions, Chicago IL), FIRST PERSON SHOOTER (Hawker College, ACT, Australia), DOG_EAT_DOG.COM (New York City 15-Minute Play Festival), and GET OUT OF MY AMERICAN WAY (Boston Theatre Marathon). His plays have been performed in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, and around the world. Patrick is a cofounder of Undefined Symbol Theater. Patrick is a member of the Dramatists’ Guild, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, the Pear Playwrights’ Guild, PlayCafe, and Playwrights’ Platform. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area.

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Scripts

Singulariteen

by Patrick M Brennan

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce,
political,
satire

"This year, why not spend the Apocalypse at home with the family?" When George Bristol takes his family hostage to save his marriage, he unleashes a cascade of revelations involving cyber-espionage, divine pizza delivery, and the most awkward case of catfishing in history.

"This year, why not spend the Apocalypse at home with the family?" When George Bristol takes his family hostage to save his marriage, he unleashes a cascade of revelations involving cyber-espionage, divine pizza delivery, and the most awkward case of catfishing in history.

Sucks To Be You

by Patrick M Brennan

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy

Broke, unemployed, and unable to pay her mortgage, Becca is about to be evicted and lose her home. But then a mysterious banker named Hoover offers her an unusual deal: she can keep the house, but only if she allows him to drink her blood. Thus begins a strange journey, as Becca and her sister Ruby venture deep into the dangerous secret twilight world of modern capitalism.

Broke, unemployed, and unable to pay her mortgage, Becca is about to be evicted and lose her home. But then a mysterious banker named Hoover offers her an unusual deal: she can keep the house, but only if she allows him to drink her blood. Thus begins a strange journey, as Becca and her sister Ruby venture deep into the dangerous secret twilight world of modern capitalism.

Bits

by Patrick M Brennan

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
science fiction

Claude and Shannon are late to their best friends' wedding. It's too late to take the car, but if they use their new teleporter... Trouble is, Claude is very afraid of it.

Claude and Shannon are late to their best friends' wedding. It's too late to take the car, but if they use their new teleporter... Trouble is, Claude is very afraid of it.

It Gets Up And Kills

by Patrick M Brennan

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror,
satire,
science fiction

A pair of twins stumble upon an isolated cabin in the woods as they flee from the zombie apocalypse. But the cabin may not be as empty as they thought it was.

A pair of twins stumble upon an isolated cabin in the woods as they flee from the zombie apocalypse. But the cabin may not be as empty as they thought it was.

Terms of Use

by Patrick M Brennan

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
drama,
horror,
political,
science fiction

Martha wants to save her hacker brother from a dangerous obsession with virtual reality. When she discovers that he has learned how to open a door to a realm darker than she could have ever imagined, his life hangs in the balance. Can she rescue him before he is lost forever?

Martha wants to save her hacker brother from a dangerous obsession with virtual reality. When she discovers that he has learned how to open a door to a realm darker than she could have ever imagined, his life hangs in the balance. Can she rescue him before he is lost forever?

Milgram's War

by Patrick M Brennan

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
political,
satire

Somewhere in an undisclosed location, a terror suspect is being held for questioning. Captain Stanley has been tasked with interrogating the prisoner for intelligence, but Dr Milgram isn't sure the Captain is applying the proper techniques of persuasion. A dark comedy about the War on Terror.

Somewhere in an undisclosed location, a terror suspect is being held for questioning. Captain Stanley has been tasked with interrogating the prisoner for intelligence, but Dr Milgram isn't sure the Captain is applying the proper techniques of persuasion. A dark comedy about the War on Terror.