Andrew Martini

Andrew Martini is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from New Jersey. Most recently, his play "The High Priestess" was chosen from over 700 plays as a semi-finalist in the Premiere Stages New Play Festival. It was also an official selection for Emerging Artists Theatre's 2022 New Works Series. Andrew was a semi-finalist in the 2022 Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival and Landing Theatre Company's 2021 New American Voices Playwriting Festival. "The High Priestess" was produced by Permafrost Theatre Collective for three, live performances that were virtually streamed to audiences in June 2021. Andrew's work has also been developed at The Chain Theatre and The Orchard Project in New York. Andrew is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild.

Andrew Martini is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from New Jersey. Most recently, his play "The High Priestess" was chosen from over 700 plays as a semi-finalist in the Premiere Stages New Play Festival. It was also an official selection for Emerging Artists Theatre's 2022 New Works Series. Andrew was a semi-finalist in the 2022 Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival and Landing Theatre Company's 2021 New American Voices Playwriting Festival. "The High Priestess" was produced by Permafrost Theatre Collective for three, live performances that were virtually streamed to audiences in June 2021. Andrew's work has also been developed at The Chain Theatre and The Orchard Project in New York. Andrew is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild.

Scripts

The High Priestess

by Andrew Martini

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
drama

FULL LENGTH. On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Claudia Holcomb, recently diagnosed with a fatal disease, welcomes home her estranged daughter Deirdre. While the fractured Holcomb family tentatively welcomes Deirdre back to the home she has all but disavowed, she brings with her sinister memories from the past. As the Holcomb family unearths these haunting truths, and new revelations threaten to tear apart an...

FULL LENGTH. On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Claudia Holcomb, recently diagnosed with a fatal disease, welcomes home her estranged daughter Deirdre. While the fractured Holcomb family tentatively welcomes Deirdre back to the home she has all but disavowed, she brings with her sinister memories from the past. As the Holcomb family unearths these haunting truths, and new revelations threaten to tear apart an already broken family, Claudia, who believes that her daughter has the power to heal her, must begin to question her faith in the mysterious forces of the universe.

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In the Name of the Father

by Andrew Martini

Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

FULL-LENGTH. Despite having a gay older brother, Gabriel is struggling to come out to his parents. It doesn't help that all his family can focus on is his father's upcoming ordination as a deacon amid news of the Vatican's decision to defrock a cardinal for the sexual abuse of children over many years, including during his time as bishop of the church Gabriel grew up attending. Gabriel, and the rest of the...

FULL-LENGTH. Despite having a gay older brother, Gabriel is struggling to come out to his parents. It doesn't help that all his family can focus on is his father's upcoming ordination as a deacon amid news of the Vatican's decision to defrock a cardinal for the sexual abuse of children over many years, including during his time as bishop of the church Gabriel grew up attending. Gabriel, and the rest of the Mulholland family, must come to terms with what could be Patrick's complicity in the cover-up of these heinous crimes.

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