Conner McLean

Hello there,

My name is Conner McLean. I’m an emerging 26-year-old newly graduated playwright that focuses in LGBTQ+, Southern-Gothic works, and really anything in between. If it’s a good concept for a story then I will adapt to whatever style is best suited. I am located currently in Winder, GA but have future plans to move out to California near Anaheim by the end if the year. Feel free to contact me for any inquires, questions, or any other details of my works at my email of [email protected].

Hello there,

My name is Conner McLean. I’m an emerging 26-year-old newly graduated playwright that focuses in LGBTQ+, Southern-Gothic works, and really anything in between. If it’s a good concept for a story then I will adapt to whatever style is best suited. I am located currently in Winder, GA but have future plans to move out to California near Anaheim by the end if the year. Feel free to contact me for any inquires, questions, or any other details of my works at my email of [email protected].

Scripts

Bridge 1959

by Conner McLean

Synopsis

Starting in a derelict television studio, Bridge follows two detectives as they encounter figures from the studio’s past all while a terrifying murderer is hunting them down. The two gentlemen stumble upon the main office for Right Dial TV, and meet the original station staff being hunted by a man in all black. When Dottie, the costumer gets too close she finds they are things worse than purgatory as she is...

Starting in a derelict television studio, Bridge follows two detectives as they encounter figures from the studio’s past all while a terrifying murderer is hunting them down. The two gentlemen stumble upon the main office for Right Dial TV, and meet the original station staff being hunted by a man in all black. When Dottie, the costumer gets too close she finds they are things worse than purgatory as she is transcended into the tv broadcast itself by the figure and comes face to face with the tv show’s star Susan. Susan is a housewife that has it all, and behind the sweet coy nature, Susan, hides secrets that both the tv show and detectives need. While terror ensues in Susan’s world due to being hunted by the mysterious figure she begins to question reality, breaking the façade, and the truth is revealed. The television show and Susan are all visions based on trauma of a woman named Debra, with the man in black being the key. When Dottie, whose real name is Debra resolves her trauma she encounters Susan’s world and must Bridge the gap in order to have control of her own body. A play off 1950’s sitcoms, Bridge, is a callback to noir terror and thrills of early television. Unravel the mystery and discover the right frequency for suspense on tonight’s line-up: Bridge.

Thicket: A Southern-Gothic Parable

by Conner McLean

Synopsis

Gale, Kenneth, Rue, and Jane are all recent high-school graduates from their sleepy southern town of Blyder's Bluff, Georgia. When Gale one of the few people of color in the town starts to receive threats to her life and goes missing. Her friends try to help uncover the truth of what's going on, however, digging-deeper Jane and her friends unravel a sinister plot beneath their town's facade. Thicket: A Southern...

Gale, Kenneth, Rue, and Jane are all recent high-school graduates from their sleepy southern town of Blyder's Bluff, Georgia. When Gale one of the few people of color in the town starts to receive threats to her life and goes missing. Her friends try to help uncover the truth of what's going on, however, digging-deeper Jane and her friends unravel a sinister plot beneath their town's facade. Thicket: A Southern-Gothic Parable, is a story that examines modern race relations, and the extent people will go to preserve ideology with a southern-gothic twist.

A "Straight" Play

by Conner McLean

Synopsis

Tim is average. He also is gay. So when Tim's bestfriend Sam announces her engagement, Tim is utterly shocked. Tim realizes he is the now the only average, gay, single friend still in his friend group. A "Straight" Play dives into the stereotypes of the gay best friend in the rom-com genre, and what happens when Tim unravels the complex world of relationships. With a scorned past experience, Tim has to determine...

Tim is average. He also is gay. So when Tim's bestfriend Sam announces her engagement, Tim is utterly shocked. Tim realizes he is the now the only average, gay, single friend still in his friend group. A "Straight" Play dives into the stereotypes of the gay best friend in the rom-com genre, and what happens when Tim unravels the complex world of relationships. With a scorned past experience, Tim has to determine the greatest threat to both his friendships and love life; himself. Hilarity, Queerness, and the many forms love can take are all explored in this adult comedy.