Scott Sublett

An irreverently satirical new musical about Harry, Meghan and the whole Royal Family.

A bedroom farce about gay Abe Lincoln, his black maid, and her animatronic steampunk Lincoln robot. At last, the truth about one of our gayest presidents—and great abolitionist. 2 women, 3 men, one set.

Co-authored with Sue Bergin. A moving and timely new play assembled from interviews with Mormon mothers and their LGBTQ kids, "The Mothers" explores, in their own words, the private thoughts and feelings of mothers torn between faith and their love for a gay child. With a running time of 75 minutes and a cast of five women, it packs a big emotional punch, and a complex message of inspiration, love, conflict and family acceptance. The play seeks to understand rather than condemn. Well-received staged readings in California and Manhattan.

When 36-year-old Eleanor Roosevelt comes to understand her bisexuality, she forces her still handsome and healthy 37-year-old husband to confront the fissures in their lives and forge a brave, new path. Two characters, one set.

In the thick of the Civil War, a young slave, Robert Smalls, became a national hero by stealing a Confederate gunship from Charleston Harbor and sailing his family to freedom. He would meet Lincoln, persuade him to allow black soldiers to fight, and serve five terms in congress. This play sets the thrilling story to the music of traditional spirituals, with suspense, adventure, romance, comedy, cannon fire, and the attack on Fort Sumter. This true story of black heroism can in fact be done with seven actors and no musicians, as spirituals are traditionally sung a cappella. Cast of seven. Since the songs are traditional and can be found with a simple internet search, I have not provided any recordings of the music.

Before Monroe, before Harlow, there was Bow—the movies’ first sex symbol. She was the most famous woman of the Roaring ‘20s, the ultimate flapper, and her game-changing naturalism as an actress made the world think differently about sex. She was the original "It Girl," and her notorious sexual attitudes filled the tabloids, as did her romances with Gary Cooper, Gilbert Roland, and the USC football team. But there was a dark side: the horrific childhood, her fragile mental health, and her sudden, mysterious exit from Hollywood, spending the rest of her life incognito.

In this irreverently bawdy comedy about the writing of Mozart's three greatest operas, "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni" and "Così fan tutte," Mozarts's librettist, Lorenzo Da Ponte, the most famous Jew in the history of opera, is madly in love. His pal, Casanova, now elderly and decrepit, agrees to help Lorenzo get the girl--then Mozart, desperate for a hit, bursts in with his teenaged pupil Beethoven in tow and begs Lorenzo to write him a libretto based on "The Marriage of Figaro," a play that has been banned by Emperor Joseph II. Old Europe is dying, but the operas will live forever. Incidental music by W.A. Mozart.

Poor little underdog elf Pringle is desperately in love with Santa! Of course, Santa’s wife, Mrs. Claus, is so perfect and makes the best cookies, so it’s out of the question, right? But Pringle’s best friend, girl elf Fiona, convinces Pringle that Santa is deep down gay—gay as Christmas—and Pringle must try, even though hunky and treacherous Connor the Elf is already making a strong play for The Big Man. Meanwhile, the evil, billionaire Hackenberg twins have used intellectual property law to trademark everything to do with Christmas and are trying to turn poor Santa into a shill for their capitalistic Yuletide dystopia. Will Pringle get Santa? Will the Hackenbergs get Christmas? Why is Fiona spending so much time with Mrs. Claus and her cookies? And can doggies really pull the sleigh?? Christmas has never been more hilarious—or more welcoming to the LGBTQ people.

In 1883, a beautiful young black trance medium disrupts the New Haven home of America’s richest woman—gun heiress Sarah Winchester. The medium advocates the new religion of Spiritualism and Sarah intends to contact her late husband—if she isn’t stopped by the conservative, hard-drinking physician who loves her, and who wants to "protect" Sarah and Sarah's sister, Birdie, an eccentric suffragette. One set, cast of five.

Libretto co-authored with Zhilian Liu. Magic, sweetness and comedy abound in this ancient Chinese fairy tale about an earnest young scholar who saves the life of a wolf, only to have Mr. Wolf propose to repay the debt by eating him. A talking tree and an ox who relishes the thought of being eaten herself, both agree the wolf should eat the man—but the scholar’s plucky pet Monkey doesn’t. Meanwhile, the God of Love and Marriage (the old man who lives under the moon) doesn’t think the scholar is much of a catch, so meeting his dream girl will be a challenge. The singing chickens and the donkey are very nervous, but the beautiful maiden May May and her father, The Old Farmer, have more mettle, in this musicalization of an important Chinese fairy tale from 476 BC, "The Wolf of Zhongshan."