River Timms

(FULL LENGTH, NO INTERMISSION, FANTASY/DRAMA, 1.5-2 hours)

“I don’t want to be afraid of love at the end of the world.”

A giant wave rips through a city, and five people are trapped on the rooftop of a skyscraper surrounded by the floodwaters. They must rely on each other to survive, but with no rescue in sight, how long will they last? How long can they even keep it together? This is a fantastical play brimming with spectacle and metatheatrical antics that focuses on what we do when we lose everyone and everything except the strangers and acquaintances around us.

(FULL LENGTH, NO INTERMISSION, DRAMA, 1.5-2 hours)

"NO I DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY YOU TODAY AND I WON'T TOMORROW AND I WON'T THE NEXT DAY STOP CALLING ME I'M FIGURING IT OUT"

Noah is just like any normal millennial; he is burdened with thousands upon thousands of dollars of student loan debt, and he copes with his stress by consuming large amounts of marijuana. His job as a barworker doesn't pay nearly enough to keep the bills in order or even pay rent, and he survives by the grace of his boyfriend and roommate, Ryan. As Noah begins to look for options in maneuvering through his own personal debt crisis, his encroaching deadline to begin payments draws ever closer, and the stress pushes him to the limit as he tries to juggle his relationships, his finances, and his health the best he can.

'burnout.' is the prequel to my play 'Tall Tales' and part one of the two-part series that I lovingly call 'Noah's Arc.' You don't need to read both to understand this story. They are separate narratives; they just recontextualize one another when read as a set.

(FULL LENGTH, HORROR/DRAMA, 1.5-2 hours)
[Also! Ending spoilers for ‘burnout.’ in the synopsis for ‘Tall Tales.’]

"What do you want from me?! What did I do?!"

Alabama is equally haunted by Christ and ghosts, and this is a play about both.

After losing his job and breaking up with his boyfriend, Noah is forced to return to his hometown in rural Alabama. He meets his childhood friends to find that his old world has changed dramatically in the eight years that he’s been gone; his tiny town is dying as the city nearby expands, most of his friends are stuck in dead-end jobs that they never wanted, and his first ex-boyfriend has returned to church and is now engaged to a woman. As Noah tries to find his new place in what he tried to leave behind, murders begin to occur, scandals are brought to light, and tragedy strikes in this slow-burn horror play about being othered in the Deep South.

"At once it is a deeply personal introspection of growing up in a sternly religious and judgmental evangelical community in Alabama while it is also a larger-than-life, suspenseful seasonal tale of monsters, murders, and mayhem... there is some smart and snappy dialogue, more than a little humor and some revelations that are off-putting and disquieting." -Jeffery Ellis, Broadway World

“I ALSO enjoyed ‘Night In the Woods.’” -our stage manager’s boyfriend

'Tall Tales' is the sequel to my play 'burnout.' and part two of a two-part series which I lovingly call 'Noah's Arc.' You need not read 'burnout.' to understand this play; they are both whole narratives that recontextualize each other when read as a set.

CW: homophobic slurs

(FULL LENGTH, NO INTERMISSION, SCI-FI/DRAMA, 1.5 hours)

"You have to be brilliant. You have to create something legendary, something that lasts. And this is it."

Meg has created an astonishing and deadly machine called The Box that she believes will change the world. Then, The Box opens.

(THIS IS A FIRST DRAFT. Edits will continue to happen. This is why there are no character descriptions yet!)

(FULL LENGTH, CABARET/COMEDY, 60-75 MINS.)

Gather 'round, children! Mother Nature is here to tell you the story of Adam, Eve, and the creation of the world. Written in collaboration with the Kindling Arts Festival and co-created with Daniel Jones, this queer, cabaret-style retelling of the Garden of Eden myth made waves with its raucous premiere at The Blue Room in Nashville, being lauded by critics and audiences alike. It's a story you know, but you've never seen it told this way, baby.

*This is a theatrical piece that necessitates collaboration with interdisciplinary artists in your community, and it was written with this in mind. By itself, it is a fun script. With other artists, it becomes a force of nature, a true celebration

(FULL LENGTH, MODERN FANTASY/ADVENTURE, 2-2.5 hours)

"Hell can be Heaven with the right people."

Dakota is a new player in Animal Town, a storytelling game invented by his friend Mason to create weird stories and better the lives of the players. When a mysterious villain called The Fox sends his player character to Hell, Dakota meets a skeleton named Ronald Opus. However, Hell is not a place of fire and brimstone in Animal Town, but rather “just another place to live." As Dakota becomes more attached to Opus and his own Animal Town experience, the barriers between the real world and the world of Animal Town begin to fade, and the story becomes much too real for Dakota's own good.

(SHORT PLAY, DRAMA/HORROR?, 10 MIN.)

After being killed by his boyfriend, a dead man expresses his final thoughts on their relationship as his killer prepares his body for consumption.

*This is a short play for two actors; however, it could also be performed as a monologue piece

(SHORT PLAY, MONOLOGUE, 10 min.)

A young man reflects after the memorial service of a distant "friend".