Steve Yockey

Steve Yockey is a Los Angeles based playwright and spectacle junkie. His published plays are available from Samuel French/Concord Theatricals. Steve holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He served as CoExecutive Producer on Supernatural and is the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Creator/Showrunner of The Flight Attendant on Max. He is also the Creator/Showrunner of Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix.

Steve Yockey is a Los Angeles based playwright and spectacle junkie. His published plays are available from Samuel French/Concord Theatricals. Steve holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He served as CoExecutive Producer on Supernatural and is the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated Creator/Showrunner of The Flight Attendant on Max. He is also the Creator/Showrunner of Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix.

Scripts

Sleeping Giant

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

When a firework-filled marriage proposal goes very wrong, the accompanying explosions wake up something very old that’s been sleeping in the nearby lake for thousands of years. What follows are intimate, darkly comic, and sometimes startling vignettes about the lengths people go when they desperately want something to believe in.

When a firework-filled marriage proposal goes very wrong, the accompanying explosions wake up something very old that’s been sleeping in the nearby lake for thousands of years. What follows are intimate, darkly comic, and sometimes startling vignettes about the lengths people go when they desperately want something to believe in.

Bleeding Hearts

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

Sloane isn't sure why exactly her husband Timothy brought home a probably dangerous drifter with a knife, but she doesn’t like it. Of course, it's hard to focus when her wealthy neighbor keeps dropping by to steal anything not nailed down. And then things get violent. Bleeding Hearts is a breakneck, pitch black farce about the disappearing middle class & how people forget to put themselves in each others' shoes.

Sloane isn't sure why exactly her husband Timothy brought home a probably dangerous drifter with a knife, but she doesn’t like it. Of course, it's hard to focus when her wealthy neighbor keeps dropping by to steal anything not nailed down. And then things get violent. Bleeding Hearts is a breakneck, pitch black farce about the disappearing middle class & how people forget to put themselves in each others' shoes.

Reykjavík

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

Reykjavík is a series of interconnected vignettes featuring tourists mixing with the (sometimes supernatural) Icelandic locals. We eavesdrop on the private lives of lovers, hospitality workers, party goers, and even a really handsome bird or two. This play is a glimpse into a magical, dark, and sometimes violent world where everyone is still hoping to find love and joy beneath the glow of the Northern Lights.

Reykjavík is a series of interconnected vignettes featuring tourists mixing with the (sometimes supernatural) Icelandic locals. We eavesdrop on the private lives of lovers, hospitality workers, party goers, and even a really handsome bird or two. This play is a glimpse into a magical, dark, and sometimes violent world where everyone is still hoping to find love and joy beneath the glow of the Northern Lights.

Mercury

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

Three stories cross outside of Portland, OR in a pitch black comedy with an illicit affair, a couple hanging on by a thread, bears at the window, the worst curiosity shop on the west coast, and an adorable missing dog named Mr Bundles. No one's happy, people stop being nice, and blood spills. This mash up of myth, missing empathy, and "good neighbors" explores what happens when the mercury rises.

Three stories cross outside of Portland, OR in a pitch black comedy with an illicit affair, a couple hanging on by a thread, bears at the window, the worst curiosity shop on the west coast, and an adorable missing dog named Mr Bundles. No one's happy, people stop being nice, and blood spills. This mash up of myth, missing empathy, and "good neighbors" explores what happens when the mercury rises.

Pluto

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

In the wake of a tragedy involving gun violence at a local college, single mother Elizabeth Miller and her withdrawn son Bailey try to jump-start their relationship across the breakfast table. But with berserker appliances, shifting astronomy, and the talkative new family dog's interruptions, Elizabeth might not be able to really "see" the person she needs to see most. FULL SCRIPT available from Samuel French...

In the wake of a tragedy involving gun violence at a local college, single mother Elizabeth Miller and her withdrawn son Bailey try to jump-start their relationship across the breakfast table. But with berserker appliances, shifting astronomy, and the talkative new family dog's interruptions, Elizabeth might not be able to really "see" the person she needs to see most. FULL SCRIPT available from Samuel French, Inc.

The Thrush & The Woodpecker

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

In this modern revenge play, Brenda Hendricks has her hands full dealing with her son Noah after he is expelled from a prestigious college and unexpectedly returns to their isolated Northern California home. When a mysterious woman arrives on their doorstep, Brenda and Noah find their world turned upside down in ways both intimate and epic.

In this modern revenge play, Brenda Hendricks has her hands full dealing with her son Noah after he is expelled from a prestigious college and unexpectedly returns to their isolated Northern California home. When a mysterious woman arrives on their doorstep, Brenda and Noah find their world turned upside down in ways both intimate and epic.

Adorable Kitten Image Collapse

by Steve Yockey

Synopsis

After brutally trolling a woman named Ann Marie online about her cat photos, Rick is terrified to discover she's camped outside his apartment. Ready to murder him.

After brutally trolling a woman named Ann Marie online about her cat photos, Rick is terrified to discover she's camped outside his apartment. Ready to murder him.