Victoria Provost

Victoria Provost (she/her) is a New York-based playwright, performer, and producer. Her plays Starry Friendship, I’m Still Here, and The Frightening Door have been produced in NYC and elsewhere. The focus of her art primarily lies in the intersection of trauma theory and long-form storytelling; her writing is informed by this and by her biracial and bisexual identities. She spent the 2023-24 Season working in the artistic department at Playwrights Horizons, supporting new plays in their New Works Lab program, producing their inaugural New Media Lab, and serving their Artistic Advisory Council. In addition to Playwrights, Victoria has produced theatre and worked with Little Island, Irish Arts Center, the Firebird Project, the Public Theater, the TEAM Plays, the Center for Performance...

Victoria Provost (she/her) is a New York-based playwright, performer, and producer. Her plays Starry Friendship, I’m Still Here, and The Frightening Door have been produced in NYC and elsewhere. The focus of her art primarily lies in the intersection of trauma theory and long-form storytelling; her writing is informed by this and by her biracial and bisexual identities. She spent the 2023-24 Season working in the artistic department at Playwrights Horizons, supporting new plays in their New Works Lab program, producing their inaugural New Media Lab, and serving their Artistic Advisory Council. In addition to Playwrights, Victoria has produced theatre and worked with Little Island, Irish Arts Center, the Firebird Project, the Public Theater, the TEAM Plays, the Center for Performance Research, and Soft Shell Productions. She is a regular contributing artist and producer with Paper Kraine, Frigid NY’s monthly show for works in development. Her writing has been published by Feminist Press, Bottlecap, and 3Views magazine. She is a Theatre Management and Producing MFA candidate at Columbia University.

Scripts

Dead Dog Play

by Victoria Provost

Synopsis

Mary's dog is dead. Armed with her new dead dog privileges, she boldly marches forth to confront her ex.

Mary's dog is dead. Armed with her new dead dog privileges, she boldly marches forth to confront her ex.

The Frightening Door

by Victoria Provost

Synopsis

The Frightening Door is the record of a resonance and a friendship between two lives, one of which ends. This play shares all the words between the playwright and her friend in the last year of his life, as they candidly discuss mental illness and the struggle to stay connected in the drifting currents of adult life. The play flows between their texts, the writer's present thoughts, music, and dialogue.

The Frightening Door is the record of a resonance and a friendship between two lives, one of which ends. This play shares all the words between the playwright and her friend in the last year of his life, as they candidly discuss mental illness and the struggle to stay connected in the drifting currents of adult life. The play flows between their texts, the writer's present thoughts, music, and dialogue.

I'm Still Here

by Victoria Provost

Synopsis

Small first meets Big during a panic attack, when she retreats to an empty room inside her mind. Big, her imaginary friend and envisioned version of her adult self, is there for her. As Small deals with the trials of growing up, in circumstances more damaging than her young mind could recognize, we come to see that Small’s manifestation of her “grown-up” self cannot prepare her for the world beyond her tragic...

Small first meets Big during a panic attack, when she retreats to an empty room inside her mind. Big, her imaginary friend and envisioned version of her adult self, is there for her. As Small deals with the trials of growing up, in circumstances more damaging than her young mind could recognize, we come to see that Small’s manifestation of her “grown-up” self cannot prepare her for the world beyond her tragic surroundings. Eventually, it is Small who is trapped inside her own mental room, enshrined by memories, as Big is forced to confront all that Small did not realize.

Starry Friendship

by Victoria Provost

Synopsis

Miranda's childhood best friend is Phoebe. Her current best friend is Luke. As she tries to keep them both close, she comes to understand that friends aren't always forever—and that that's okay. STARRY FRIENDSHIP is a play about the friends who have become strangers to us, and the beauty of reveling in future reunions or partings, whichever may come our way.

Miranda's childhood best friend is Phoebe. Her current best friend is Luke. As she tries to keep them both close, she comes to understand that friends aren't always forever—and that that's okay. STARRY FRIENDSHIP is a play about the friends who have become strangers to us, and the beauty of reveling in future reunions or partings, whichever may come our way.