J Xiang

mfa: hunter college, playwriting, ‘26, hopefully. ba: columbia

mfa: hunter college, playwriting, ‘26, hopefully. ba: columbia

Scripts

”AMERICA’S WORST GAY POWER COUPLE” || in awe of the death of the american empire

by J Xiang

Cast Size
6—7
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
experimental,
immersive,
movement/physical,
political,
satire,
tragedy

NOT a play about tech. a play about a wedding, martyrdom, and feeling great empathy for peter thiel. by accident. i promise.

NOT a play about tech. a play about a wedding, martyrdom, and feeling great empathy for peter thiel. by accident. i promise.

payday

by J Xiang

Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical,
tragedy

it’s just trans hippolytus. but it’s 90% sex scenes.

it’s just trans hippolytus. but it’s 90% sex scenes.

TOM & FORREST AT THE END OF THE WORLD

by J Xiang

Cast Size
4
Genre
biography,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
political,
satire,
tragedy

TOM FORD, billionaire designer/filmmaker/ex-mega-ranch owner, may (not) have once been neighbors in rural New Mexico with FORREST FENN, infamous artifact-stealer/‘archaeologist’/treasure-burier.

FORREST FENN is dying; he is always dying; TOM FORD, the is the prodigal son of Santa Fe, is back; his houseboy COWBOY knows way too much. The multi-million, multi-decade FENN treasure is digging itself out of the...

TOM FORD, billionaire designer/filmmaker/ex-mega-ranch owner, may (not) have once been neighbors in rural New Mexico with FORREST FENN, infamous artifact-stealer/‘archaeologist’/treasure-burier.

FORREST FENN is dying; he is always dying; TOM FORD, the is the prodigal son of Santa Fe, is back; his houseboy COWBOY knows way too much. The multi-million, multi-decade FENN treasure is digging itself out of the cracked desert ground — oh no, did someone finally find it? oops!

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spit like an oil slick

by J Xiang

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
immersive

can only be done in a club bathroom or warehouse non-bathroom. which? you know which.

so does BABY, who’s being a baby while they’re trying to bring home COWBOY. but COWBOY’s in a ritualistic slump with a hole punched straight through him by our lovely lovely HOST. she’s nauseated but doing her HOST duties. what are they again? it’s 3:30am. no, it’s 5:40 am. now it’s 10:30 am. hey, where did TOILET come from...

can only be done in a club bathroom or warehouse non-bathroom. which? you know which.

so does BABY, who’s being a baby while they’re trying to bring home COWBOY. but COWBOY’s in a ritualistic slump with a hole punched straight through him by our lovely lovely HOST. she’s nauseated but doing her HOST duties. what are they again? it’s 3:30am. no, it’s 5:40 am. now it’s 10:30 am. hey, where did TOILET come from?

maybe in real-time. maybe not.

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SESTINA FOR THE UTAH SUN TUNNELS

by J Xiang

Cast Size
4
Genre
adventure,
drama,
tragedy,
young audiences

teen faux-twins emily & tom are road-tripping through the great american desert searching for their long-estranged older brother. flanked by companion cowboys who may be his old hookups, the twins debate how & whether to tell him he may be soon condemned to death. road trip time!

teen faux-twins emily & tom are road-tripping through the great american desert searching for their long-estranged older brother. flanked by companion cowboys who may be his old hookups, the twins debate how & whether to tell him he may be soon condemned to death. road trip time!