Cameron McNary

Cameron McNary is a playwright, actor, and deeply committed geek of just about every kind. He wrote his first play, "Of Dice and Men", in 2006.

He holds a BFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, and an MFA in Acting from the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware.

Cameron McNary is a playwright, actor, and deeply committed geek of just about every kind. He wrote his first play, "Of Dice and Men", in 2006.

He holds a BFA in Acting from Southern Methodist University, and an MFA in Acting from the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware.

Scripts

Enkara Underground

by Cameron McNary

Cast Size
6—15
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
movement/physical,
period

A story about the power of stories, ENKARA UNDERGROUND explores the heroism inherent in compassion, and shows how truly modern the peoples of ancient eras must have been. Enkara, a young warrior woman from the countryside, comes to Uruk, and is given an impossible quest: go to the underworld, and bring back the King's dead son. Can she lead a ragtag warrior band past the vengeful goddesses and hungry demons of...

A story about the power of stories, ENKARA UNDERGROUND explores the heroism inherent in compassion, and shows how truly modern the peoples of ancient eras must have been. Enkara, a young warrior woman from the countryside, comes to Uruk, and is given an impossible quest: go to the underworld, and bring back the King's dead son. Can she lead a ragtag warrior band past the vengeful goddesses and hungry demons of Sumerian myth with nothing but her wits and an iron-hard sense of self?

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Bed and Breakfast of the Damned

by Cameron McNary

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
farce,
horror,
science fiction

When young couple Ben and Melissa find shelter from the zombie apocalypse at the pug-themed “Snug as a Pug” bed and breakfast, they think that all their troubles are behind them. But when the sweet but hapless Carol and the deeply sociopathic Sheryl feed Melissa to the zombie horde in order to keep their husbands Dan and Carl from learning that they are having an affair, everything goes to pieces in a hurry....

When young couple Ben and Melissa find shelter from the zombie apocalypse at the pug-themed “Snug as a Pug” bed and breakfast, they think that all their troubles are behind them. But when the sweet but hapless Carol and the deeply sociopathic Sheryl feed Melissa to the zombie horde in order to keep their husbands Dan and Carl from learning that they are having an affair, everything goes to pieces in a hurry. Ben tries desperately to keep Melissa's zombified corpse hidden from a potentially homicidal Dan, Carol struggles with her feelings for Sheryl, Dan and Ben, Sheryl tries to bed everthing that moves, and Carl wanders around in a drugged-out stupor, trying to figure out who keeps leaving chamomile packets all over the floor... leading inevitably to a frantic and bloody ending.

BED AND BREAKFAST OF THE DAMNED is a classic door-slamming sex farce, set after the zombie apocalypse.

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Shoggoths on the Veldt

by Cameron McNary

Cast Size
5
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
fantasy,
horror,
period,
science fiction

When Victorian explorer Melford Pumbleshire is eaten alive by... *something* while on expedition to Deepest, Darkest Africa, his redoubtable fiancée, Lady Euphonia Riggstone, must retrace his footsteps to put both an ancient evil and his unquiet spirit to rest. Along the way, she must contend with psychotic cultists, hapless male companions, and the full panoply of horrors from H.P. Lovecraft's most fevered...

When Victorian explorer Melford Pumbleshire is eaten alive by... *something* while on expedition to Deepest, Darkest Africa, his redoubtable fiancée, Lady Euphonia Riggstone, must retrace his footsteps to put both an ancient evil and his unquiet spirit to rest. Along the way, she must contend with psychotic cultists, hapless male companions, and the full panoply of horrors from H.P. Lovecraft's most fevered imaginings.

SHOGGOTHS ON THE VELDT is a two-fisted, lovecraftian action/adventure/horror/comedy/romance with a strong feminist bent. And a Shoggoth. Named Betsy.

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Of Dice and Men

by Cameron McNary

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
drama,
fantasy

It's 2006, and John Francis finds himself full of doubts as he stands on the cusp of his thirties. His world is thrown into even greater turmoil as the group of friends he plays Dungeons and Dragons with is shattered when one of them enlists to go to Iraq.

Can John Francis use all his skill as a Dungeon Master to get his friends to say what they need to say to each other before they have to part? And can he...

It's 2006, and John Francis finds himself full of doubts as he stands on the cusp of his thirties. His world is thrown into even greater turmoil as the group of friends he plays Dungeons and Dragons with is shattered when one of them enlists to go to Iraq.

Can John Francis use all his skill as a Dungeon Master to get his friends to say what they need to say to each other before they have to part? And can he find himself as an adult and as a man in the game he's loved since he was a child?

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