Tim Bryant

Los Angeles-based writer Tim Bryant (TimBryant.net) is a member of the long-running playwrights incubator Playground-LA. He earned his MFA in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a BA in Theater from Western Kentucky University. His plays have been presented on stages in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. His original children’s play "Jack and the Firebird" was produced in grad school, as well as in San Francisco at the Noe Valley Ministry. In San Francisco he also interned with Eureka Theatre Company. His comedy "Hot Beef" was a 2023 finalist in Playhouse on the Square's NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Contest in Memphis, Tennessee and also a 2024 Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival's playwriting contest. In 2024 Tim's musical for young audiences...

Los Angeles-based writer Tim Bryant (TimBryant.net) is a member of the long-running playwrights incubator Playground-LA. He earned his MFA in Playwriting from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a BA in Theater from Western Kentucky University. His plays have been presented on stages in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. His original children’s play "Jack and the Firebird" was produced in grad school, as well as in San Francisco at the Noe Valley Ministry. In San Francisco he also interned with Eureka Theatre Company. His comedy "Hot Beef" was a 2023 finalist in Playhouse on the Square's NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Contest in Memphis, Tennessee and also a 2024 Second Rounder at the Austin Film Festival's playwriting contest. In 2024 Tim's musical for young audiences "LuLu Lucy" was presented in a series of staged reading-sing-throughs at St. Louis's Greenfinch Theater and Dive. His short play "The Interloper" was given a staged reading by Surfside Playhouse in Cocoa Beach, Florida in March 2025. His short comedy "On Delivery" was a finalist in New York City's Fresh Fruit Festival and presented there for two nights in competition.

While in grad school, Tim was a TV staff writer for “Jo Jo and Joyce Club,” a ten-minute lead-in for the local broadcast of “Sesame Street” on WSIU-TV. The show involved a koala bear costumed character who lives in Joyce’s backyard and learns weekly lessons about culture and life.

Tim’s ribald farce, “Hotel Bethlehem,” co-written with Tom W. Kelly, was produced in 2001 and 2002 by Isis Arts Collective at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco. The Bay Area Reporter called it “A collision of A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum and Hustler magazine.” SF Weekly proclaimed it “Best viewed while drunk.”

Tim’s career at The Walt Disney Company included writing assignments for CPNews, a glossy publication of the Consumer Products division. He published profiles there of producer Don Hahn and animator Willie Ito.

His short fiction appeared in the literary magazine “Venice West Review.”

Scripts

The Amazing Graces of the Norma Triangle

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

A group of gay longtime friends gathers to watch the series finale of their favorite fantasy show—the one with dragons—but their evening is disrupted with technical difficulties. Then a happy announcement causes some deep introspection among the men

A group of gay longtime friends gathers to watch the series finale of their favorite fantasy show—the one with dragons—but their evening is disrupted with technical difficulties. Then a happy announcement causes some deep introspection among the men

Ho-Ho, Oh No!

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

It's a week before Christmas and the Hot Santa event at the Beverly Center has some unexpected problems. At the last minute Bob the marketing coordinator finds out his hunky actor is not going to make it this night, and the line of lonely women shoppers snakes past Sephora. Will his solution be a disaster for the mall, or a Christmas miracle?

It's a week before Christmas and the Hot Santa event at the Beverly Center has some unexpected problems. At the last minute Bob the marketing coordinator finds out his hunky actor is not going to make it this night, and the line of lonely women shoppers snakes past Sephora. Will his solution be a disaster for the mall, or a Christmas miracle?

The Interloper (Stage Play)

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

"The Interloper" is the story of three brothers from Kentucky who must make decisions about their aging father whose decline has become a problem. Gathering on a Zoom call, they are interrupted by a mysterious interloper. The play is also about the three men’s relationships with women.

"The Interloper" is the story of three brothers from Kentucky who must make decisions about their aging father whose decline has become a problem. Gathering on a Zoom call, they are interrupted by a mysterious interloper. The play is also about the three men’s relationships with women.

On Delivery

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

Kent and Mark have retired and sold their home in West Hollywood. The movers will arrive in the morning and take them to a new life in Palm Springs. But when their last supper arrives via a food delivery robot, something goes terribly wrong that upsets the couple's plans for their golden years.

Kent and Mark have retired and sold their home in West Hollywood. The movers will arrive in the morning and take them to a new life in Palm Springs. But when their last supper arrives via a food delivery robot, something goes terribly wrong that upsets the couple's plans for their golden years.

LuLu Lucy: A Musical for Young Audiences by John Gerdes (Music/Lyrics) and Tim Bryant (Book/Lyrics)

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

A musical for the whole family, "Lucy" is about a 12-year-old girl from rural Kentucky who moves with her single mom to the big city of Los Angeles. Awkward and unhappy adjusting to city life, Lucy finds a discarded trumpet in a dumpster and over the course of one summer befriends Lewie, an elderly curmudgeon in her apartment building, who teaches her how to play jazz, which empowers her to complete against her...

A musical for the whole family, "Lucy" is about a 12-year-old girl from rural Kentucky who moves with her single mom to the big city of Los Angeles. Awkward and unhappy adjusting to city life, Lucy finds a discarded trumpet in a dumpster and over the course of one summer befriends Lewie, an elderly curmudgeon in her apartment building, who teaches her how to play jazz, which empowers her to complete against her musical neighbors in a talent show. Mixing jazz, rap, country, and opera, the characters find music is a common theme that ultimately unites them.

The Interloper (A Zoom Play)

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

Three brothers log onto a Zoom call to discuss their aging father. As they try to work out next steps for their old man, a strange interloper upsets their discussion. Ten-minute play.

Three brothers log onto a Zoom call to discuss their aging father. As they try to work out next steps for their old man, a strange interloper upsets their discussion. Ten-minute play.

Hot Beef

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

Hot Beef is a comedy about found family and discovering love in unexpected places. In the early years of the AIDS crisis, a financially struggling gay porn magazine tries to stay in business by finding new advertisers. When they approach a high-end condom manufacturer—a company that has profited greatly from the crisis—a battle between the businesses upends everyone’s lives. Deeply held family secrets are...

Hot Beef is a comedy about found family and discovering love in unexpected places. In the early years of the AIDS crisis, a financially struggling gay porn magazine tries to stay in business by finding new advertisers. When they approach a high-end condom manufacturer—a company that has profited greatly from the crisis—a battle between the businesses upends everyone’s lives. Deeply held family secrets are exposed and love springs up in the midst of the conflict. Hot Beef was a Second Rounder in Austin Film Festival's Playwriting Contest. It also received its first staged reading in Memphis, Tennessee at Playhouse on the Square.

Jack and the Firebird

by Tim Bryant

Synopsis

An all-ages play set in the rural South, "Jack and the Firebird" tells the story of Jeeter Tunbelly, a life-loving farmer who spends his birthday playing games with the children of the valley. He is accused by his wife of being useless. But he points out that his gift of storytelling is very useful and transports all of them into a tale about a muddy-toed boy named Jack who wants to grow up and get married. He...

An all-ages play set in the rural South, "Jack and the Firebird" tells the story of Jeeter Tunbelly, a life-loving farmer who spends his birthday playing games with the children of the valley. He is accused by his wife of being useless. But he points out that his gift of storytelling is very useful and transports all of them into a tale about a muddy-toed boy named Jack who wants to grow up and get married. He is sent on a quest and befriends a magical firebird along the way. Jack and the Firebird has been acquired for worldwide licensing in the Tiny Scripted catalog. Tiny Scripted is a licensing and distribution company specializing in short-form works for stage and screen. www.TinyScripted.com