Seth Barnes

Seth Barnes is a 2021 graduate from UW-Stevens Point with a BFA in acting and a minor in creative writing. He's based in New York City where he's currently pursuing a career in acting and playwriting.

Seth Barnes is a 2021 graduate from UW-Stevens Point with a BFA in acting and a minor in creative writing. He's based in New York City where he's currently pursuing a career in acting and playwriting.

Scripts

Stupid Boring Straight People

by Seth Barnes

Cast Size
2—8
Genre
comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

What do you think your friends think you think of them? Told from multiple viewpoints throughout one disastrous Halloween party, the play follows four couples in varying degrees of love and anguish. They scheme, overlap, and intertwine as they take turns fighting for love and throwing each other under the bus. It is about the bureaucracy of friendship and romance, the found family that we build for ourselves...

What do you think your friends think you think of them? Told from multiple viewpoints throughout one disastrous Halloween party, the play follows four couples in varying degrees of love and anguish. They scheme, overlap, and intertwine as they take turns fighting for love and throwing each other under the bus. It is about the bureaucracy of friendship and romance, the found family that we build for ourselves, and the terror of what comes next when that family starts to break apart.

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The Pimple Play

by Seth Barnes

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

It's party time at Joey and Sarah's, but when Joey gets distracted by an impossible to reach zit, he and Sarah begin to come apart at the seams. Accusations are made and secrets are revealed as the couple tries with all their might to pop the gargantuan monstrosity.

It's party time at Joey and Sarah's, but when Joey gets distracted by an impossible to reach zit, he and Sarah begin to come apart at the seams. Accusations are made and secrets are revealed as the couple tries with all their might to pop the gargantuan monstrosity.

Hook, Line, & Sinker

by Seth Barnes

2
Cast Size
2—3
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale

On the final day of the Pickett family's annual summer trip to the cabin on the lake, 11-year-old Melanie embarks on a last ditch effort to catch the ancient bass that resides beneath the dock. The Bass, who has eluded the Pickett family for generations, has other ideas. It's vigor versus wisdom as Melanie and The Bass wax poetic about the lives they've led and the trials they have yet to face.

On the final day of the Pickett family's annual summer trip to the cabin on the lake, 11-year-old Melanie embarks on a last ditch effort to catch the ancient bass that resides beneath the dock. The Bass, who has eluded the Pickett family for generations, has other ideas. It's vigor versus wisdom as Melanie and The Bass wax poetic about the lives they've led and the trials they have yet to face.