Avery Deutsch

Avery is an M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the winner of Clubbed Thumb’s 2022 Biennial Commission, The Hearth Theater’s 2024 virtual retreat and a recipient of an EST/ Sloan Project commission.

Avery is an M.F.A. in Playwriting candidate at The University of Texas at Austin. She is the winner of Clubbed Thumb’s 2022 Biennial Commission, The Hearth Theater’s 2024 virtual retreat and a recipient of an EST/ Sloan Project commission.

Scripts

The Age Of Mary

by Avery Deutsch

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
movement/physical,
romantic comedy

Mary, a beloved actress in her seventies, is playing a teenager in a big-budget motion-capture film. But, she hasn't been a teenager in a while. Russell, her scene partner, is playing a monster. But, he already spends all day feeling like a monster. Sarah, the PA, is trying her best, but her walkie-talkie is broken. And then there’s David, the director. Gosh, he’s handsome. A play about the parts of ourselves we...

Mary, a beloved actress in her seventies, is playing a teenager in a big-budget motion-capture film. But, she hasn't been a teenager in a while. Russell, her scene partner, is playing a monster. But, he already spends all day feeling like a monster. Sarah, the PA, is trying her best, but her walkie-talkie is broken. And then there’s David, the director. Gosh, he’s handsome. A play about the parts of ourselves we banish, and the joy and pain of bringing them into the light.

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The Winterguard Play

by Avery Deutsch

1
Cast Size
7
Genre
movement/physical,
young audiences

Winterguard is NOT colorguard. Forget the football, forget the pom poms.  In Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania, a High School Winterguard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of Global Warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown ups aren't going to save you. 

Winterguard is NOT colorguard. Forget the football, forget the pom poms.  In Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania, a High School Winterguard team attempts to choreograph a routine on the topic of Global Warming. A play about catching flags, catching each other, and realizing the grown ups aren't going to save you. 

Three Exorcisms

by Avery Deutsch

3
Cast Size
4
Genre
adventure,
dark comedy,
fantasy

It's 1566 and Nicole Aubrey is possessed by Beelzebub. Or at least, that's the rumor. The reluctant star of anti-Huguenot propaganda, Nicole is brought to Laon, France to stage her most impactful exorcism yet. But when something goes horribly wrong, she has to rely on the help of a very strange nun, an old lady who swears she’s sixteen, and a stable boy with a secret. A play about trying to be good and trying to...

It's 1566 and Nicole Aubrey is possessed by Beelzebub. Or at least, that's the rumor. The reluctant star of anti-Huguenot propaganda, Nicole is brought to Laon, France to stage her most impactful exorcism yet. But when something goes horribly wrong, she has to rely on the help of a very strange nun, an old lady who swears she’s sixteen, and a stable boy with a secret. A play about trying to be good and trying to be free-- and how hard it is to be both at once.

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The Donor

by Avery Deutsch

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
radio drama

Single mom Suzanne needs an actor for a discreet personal favor. It should be simple. But when she casts Mike, she grossly underestimates the lengths an out-of-work actor will go to to make an impact.

Single mom Suzanne needs an actor for a discreet personal favor. It should be simple. But when she casts Mike, she grossly underestimates the lengths an out-of-work actor will go to to make an impact.

Old Beggar Women

by Avery Deutsch

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy

Two adjacent balconies. A nursing home. The first warm day.

Winner Red bull Short New Play Festival 2020 (written in response toPRIVATE LIVES, inspired by Noël Coward’s comedy)

Two adjacent balconies. A nursing home. The first warm day.

Winner Red bull Short New Play Festival 2020 (written in response toPRIVATE LIVES, inspired by Noël Coward’s comedy)

The Last Beach Day

by Avery Deutsch

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
holiday

It’s Christmas day and Evie is going to die soon. But first, she wants to go to the beach with friends (but her only friends are the people she employs). A play about the things we want most, and the cost of having to pay for them.

It’s Christmas day and Evie is going to die soon. But first, she wants to go to the beach with friends (but her only friends are the people she employs). A play about the things we want most, and the cost of having to pay for them.

The Guests

by Avery Deutsch

Cast Size
5
Genre
adventure,
dark comedy

Over the course of late night in March the young staff of a small town diner meet to stake-out an ailing coworker’s backyard. Their task: hunting a particularly vindictive beaver. A play about preparing for loss by going hunting.

Over the course of late night in March the young staff of a small town diner meet to stake-out an ailing coworker’s backyard. Their task: hunting a particularly vindictive beaver. A play about preparing for loss by going hunting.