Michael Quinn

Michael Quinn is a writer and director born in Philadelphia. His play GET IT TOGETHER opens at the Flea Theater in New York in November, 2024. His play THE RIVER EAST was shortlisted for the 2024 Yale Drama Prize and his play JANIE / BASIL was shortlisted for the Druid Debuts 2024 at the Druid Theatre. His poetry has been published in Carve Magazine, Rust + Moth and the Chiron Review. He lives in Pennsylvania.

Michael Quinn is a writer and director born in Philadelphia. His play GET IT TOGETHER opens at the Flea Theater in New York in November, 2024. His play THE RIVER EAST was shortlisted for the 2024 Yale Drama Prize and his play JANIE / BASIL was shortlisted for the Druid Debuts 2024 at the Druid Theatre. His poetry has been published in Carve Magazine, Rust + Moth and the Chiron Review. He lives in Pennsylvania.

Scripts

The River East

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

Following the death of her girlfriend, a Philadelphia woman seeks shelter with her cousin, an aspiring actress living in Brooklyn, but discovers an adversary and romance in the man of the house, a harsh and moneyed tech bro. Shortlisted for the 2024 Yale Drama Prize.

Following the death of her girlfriend, a Philadelphia woman seeks shelter with her cousin, an aspiring actress living in Brooklyn, but discovers an adversary and romance in the man of the house, a harsh and moneyed tech bro. Shortlisted for the 2024 Yale Drama Prize.

Get It Together

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

Mary Hewitt, an aspiring poet from Philadelphia on the cusp of her life, falls for and rages against Harold Kruger, her Main Line paramour she just can't figure out. Set across two nights two years apart, the comedy follows the pair through heartbreak, grief, and anxious desire as they question: What the hell is wrong with my family? Do cheaters ever quit? And who will understand me, if not you?

Note: The first...

Mary Hewitt, an aspiring poet from Philadelphia on the cusp of her life, falls for and rages against Harold Kruger, her Main Line paramour she just can't figure out. Set across two nights two years apart, the comedy follows the pair through heartbreak, grief, and anxious desire as they question: What the hell is wrong with my family? Do cheaters ever quit? And who will understand me, if not you?

Note: The first act of this play was workshopped and produced by the Boston College Theatre Department. It functions as a stand-alone one-act, running about an hour.

Fentanyl

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

After her brother tracks her down to announce the passing of their father, a transphobic heroin addict living in a North Philadelphia hovel fights with speech, claw, and firearm to prove that her dad is alive –– and waiting for her in an abandoned coal town that’s been burning for sixty years.

After her brother tracks her down to announce the passing of their father, a transphobic heroin addict living in a North Philadelphia hovel fights with speech, claw, and firearm to prove that her dad is alive –– and waiting for her in an abandoned coal town that’s been burning for sixty years.

Fishtown

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

Bobby O’Neill hasn’t been around. After he skips out on the Thanksgiving meal, his sister Lena comes over to his apartment in Fishtown, Philadelphia, to investigate. She confronts her brother about the life he’s made for himself –– and the family that was rocked by his years-long heroin addiction. A painful reconciliation for the current American moment.

Bobby O’Neill hasn’t been around. After he skips out on the Thanksgiving meal, his sister Lena comes over to his apartment in Fishtown, Philadelphia, to investigate. She confronts her brother about the life he’s made for himself –– and the family that was rocked by his years-long heroin addiction. A painful reconciliation for the current American moment.

Janie / Basil

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

In a South Philly rowhome, a middle-aged woman grapples with her former partner's murder-suicide. She swears she didn't see the warning signs. But her nephew, a strange and intrepid art museum security guard, is determined to get to the bottom of things -- even if it means tearing the family apart. Shortlisted for the Druid Theatre New Writing 2024.

In a South Philly rowhome, a middle-aged woman grapples with her former partner's murder-suicide. She swears she didn't see the warning signs. But her nephew, a strange and intrepid art museum security guard, is determined to get to the bottom of things -- even if it means tearing the family apart. Shortlisted for the Druid Theatre New Writing 2024.

Emery: A Verse Play

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

In a climate-dystopia America, a young woman travels across the drying, dusty continent to save her future. Emery is a woman fighting to keep moving, pitted against a nation in the midst of total collapse, decay, and hopelessness. A verse play written under the guidance of the poet Allison Adair.

In a climate-dystopia America, a young woman travels across the drying, dusty continent to save her future. Emery is a woman fighting to keep moving, pitted against a nation in the midst of total collapse, decay, and hopelessness. A verse play written under the guidance of the poet Allison Adair.

Take It Easy

by Michael Quinn

Synopsis

Jules Schafer just realized she can’t go home anymore. But when she gets back to the Philly apartment she splits with a couple friends, she finds herself drifting evermore away from the hard-living ways of Carmen Uveges and the bullshit adolescence she endured.

Jules Schafer just realized she can’t go home anymore. But when she gets back to the Philly apartment she splits with a couple friends, she finds herself drifting evermore away from the hard-living ways of Carmen Uveges and the bullshit adolescence she endured.