Brandy Victoria

Brandy Victoria is a playwright whose work centers Black women navigating pivotal moments of self-discovery, resistance, and transformation. Her plays have been produced at Southern Repertory Theatre of Louisiana, Little Theatre of Alexandria, Obsidian Theatre Festival of Detroit, Barter Theatre, and Abingdon Theatre Company, with staged readings at the Fade to Black Reading Series and beyond.
In 2023, Brandy was named a Hurston/Wright Foundation Fellow and featured as a playwright in Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora, published by Illinois State University. Her work explores the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class through dark humor and unflinching emotional honesty, bringing visibility to asexual, neurodivergent, and working-class Black women's...

Brandy Victoria is a playwright whose work centers Black women navigating pivotal moments of self-discovery, resistance, and transformation. Her plays have been produced at Southern Repertory Theatre of Louisiana, Little Theatre of Alexandria, Obsidian Theatre Festival of Detroit, Barter Theatre, and Abingdon Theatre Company, with staged readings at the Fade to Black Reading Series and beyond.
In 2023, Brandy was named a Hurston/Wright Foundation Fellow and featured as a playwright in Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora, published by Illinois State University. Her work explores the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and class through dark humor and unflinching emotional honesty, bringing visibility to asexual, neurodivergent, and working-class Black women's experiences. A graduate of Temple University with degrees in Film and African-American Studies, Brandy has also contributed theatre criticism to DC Theatre Scene and Maryland Theatre Guide. When not writing, she enjoys traveling, hiking, thrill-seeking, visiting museums, reading, and discovering new restaurants.

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Scripts

After Careful Consideration

by Brandy Victoria

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
satire

Simone Shaw, a recently fired 45-year-old hospitality executive, confronts her career crossroads on a Miami hotel balcony. During what begins as a job interview with the mysterious Mimi Henderson for a VP position, Simone is forced to reckon with decades of corporate compromise and lost dreams. As the surreal interview unfolds, revealing Mimi's uncanny knowledge of Simone's past, Simone must choose between...

Simone Shaw, a recently fired 45-year-old hospitality executive, confronts her career crossroads on a Miami hotel balcony. During what begins as a job interview with the mysterious Mimi Henderson for a VP position, Simone is forced to reckon with decades of corporate compromise and lost dreams. As the surreal interview unfolds, revealing Mimi's uncanny knowledge of Simone's past, Simone must choose between accepting a lucrative opportunity to exact revenge on her former employer and finally honoring her own definition of success and joy.

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Holy Smoke

by Brandy Victoria

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
political

Forty-year-old Jonquil comes out as asexual to her mother, Maxine, a newly devout Christian who arrives uninvited with a Bible and a wedding veil as birthday gifts. What follows is a fierce confrontation between mother and daughter as they clash over sexuality, religion, identity, and generational trauma. Through humor, anger, and painful honesty, both women grapple with their complicated relationship and their...

Forty-year-old Jonquil comes out as asexual to her mother, Maxine, a newly devout Christian who arrives uninvited with a Bible and a wedding veil as birthday gifts. What follows is a fierce confrontation between mother and daughter as they clash over sexuality, religion, identity, and generational trauma. Through humor, anger, and painful honesty, both women grapple with their complicated relationship and their journeys toward self-acceptance, ultimately revealing that, despite their differences, they both seek salvation and see reflections of themselves in each other.

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Wild Horses

by Brandy Victoria

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

A pair of unsuspecting campers visit Assateague Island to escape the stresses of city life only to find that America often has other plans. Enter - A "Karen."

A pair of unsuspecting campers visit Assateague Island to escape the stresses of city life only to find that America often has other plans. Enter - A "Karen."

Don't Worry, Be Happyland

by Brandy Victoria

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
faith-based,
period,
science fiction,
tragedy

A Howard University student from the year 2123 travels back in time to the year 2023 to teach an unsuspecting audience about a little known utopia built by newly freed African-Americans after the civil war.

A Howard University student from the year 2123 travels back in time to the year 2023 to teach an unsuspecting audience about a little known utopia built by newly freed African-Americans after the civil war.

Worlds Beyond Wise

by Brandy Victoria

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
drama,
faith-based

A college student recalls her curious childhood - a coming of age story about a young African-American girl warring with themes of race, religion, class and justice.

A college student recalls her curious childhood - a coming of age story about a young African-American girl warring with themes of race, religion, class and justice.