Sam Mayer

Sam Mayer is from Houston. Full length works include POOLBOY00 (Museum of Human Achievement; Beaubourg; Co-Lab Projects; UT Austin), THE CUCK (Intramural Theater), and CHET'S SUMMER VACATION (Kennedy Center; Intramural Theater; Rec Room Arts). His work has been developed with The Museum of Human Achievement, The Orchard Project, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Workshop Theater, The Mastheads, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. He is the recipient of the Chesley/Bumbalo Foundation Prize. MFA: Michener Center for Writers.

Sam Mayer is from Houston. Full length works include POOLBOY00 (Museum of Human Achievement; Beaubourg; Co-Lab Projects; UT Austin), THE CUCK (Intramural Theater), and CHET'S SUMMER VACATION (Kennedy Center; Intramural Theater; Rec Room Arts). His work has been developed with The Museum of Human Achievement, The Orchard Project, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, The Workshop Theater, The Mastheads, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. He is the recipient of the Chesley/Bumbalo Foundation Prize. MFA: Michener Center for Writers.

Scripts

The Gooners

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy

two brothers and their reality-tv star mom adrift in a sea of masculinity, judaism, and fascism.

two brothers and their reality-tv star mom adrift in a sea of masculinity, judaism, and fascism.

Boy's Club

by Sam Mayer

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
political,
tragedy

The worlds number 4 ranked Counter Strike player and his step father spend the weekend alone together.

The worlds number 4 ranked Counter Strike player and his step father spend the weekend alone together.

The Cuck

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
10—11
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
satire

The Cuck is Euripedes Electra, but about partying, class, and privilege. In this modern retelling, Electra and her brother Orestes, deprived of their royal birthright, plot deadly revenge against their mother and stepfather to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs while the Argos Music Festival is underway.

The Cuck is Euripedes Electra, but about partying, class, and privilege. In this modern retelling, Electra and her brother Orestes, deprived of their royal birthright, plot deadly revenge against their mother and stepfather to reclaim what’s rightfully theirs while the Argos Music Festival is underway.

Chet's Summer Vacation

by Sam Mayer

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
horror,
romantic comedy

A boy falls in love with his air conditioning unit during the hottest summer on record.

A boy falls in love with his air conditioning unit during the hottest summer on record.