Nicole Jost

Nicole Jost (she/her) is a playwright, theater producer, and educator. She is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Queer Cat Productions, a San Francisco theater company that created consent-forward, accessible, immersive experiences from 2017-2023. With Queer Cat, Nicole is the co-writer of four interactive plays, including THE GAY DIVORCE PLAY (Potrero Stage, 2019) and FELIX B. LOVE IS NOT ALONE! (virtual, April 2020). As a solo playwright, Nicole’s first play, THE TERROR FANTASTIC, was produced by 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities in 2017. Her play SUCIA was produced by San Francisco State University, the University of Central Missouri, and read at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Other full length plays have been read at San Francisco Playhouse, Z Space, and...

Nicole Jost (she/her) is a playwright, theater producer, and educator. She is a co-founder and former Artistic Director of Queer Cat Productions, a San Francisco theater company that created consent-forward, accessible, immersive experiences from 2017-2023. With Queer Cat, Nicole is the co-writer of four interactive plays, including THE GAY DIVORCE PLAY (Potrero Stage, 2019) and FELIX B. LOVE IS NOT ALONE! (virtual, April 2020). As a solo playwright, Nicole’s first play, THE TERROR FANTASTIC, was produced by 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities in 2017. Her play SUCIA was produced by San Francisco State University, the University of Central Missouri, and read at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Other full length plays have been read at San Francisco Playhouse, Z Space, and The Custom Made Theatre Company. Nicole is a two-time winner of the James Milton Highsmith Playwriting Award. She holds an M.F.A. in Playwriting and an M.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Nicole is also one half of Grabmeier and Jost, a musical theater writing duo. Her collaborator is Maggie Grabmeier, of the San Francisco-based band Maggie Gently. More at grabmeierandjost.com.

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Scripts

Love U

Book by Nicole Jost

Cast Size
8—20
Genre
comedy,
musical,
romantic comedy

LOVE U is a queer musical rom-com about lies, love, and college. Mia is a small town bookworm far from home for the first time. Jae is a charming track star still finding her way when it comes to academics. Sparks fly when they meet at the Love U library, and Jae tells a little white lie: that she loves reading just as much as Mia does. The more they fall for each other, the more Jae struggles to maintain the...

LOVE U is a queer musical rom-com about lies, love, and college. Mia is a small town bookworm far from home for the first time. Jae is a charming track star still finding her way when it comes to academics. Sparks fly when they meet at the Love U library, and Jae tells a little white lie: that she loves reading just as much as Mia does. The more they fall for each other, the more Jae struggles to maintain the fiction. Will her lies ruin Mia’s first chance at real romance? These freshmen have a lot to learn… With an emotionally honest indie-rock soundtrack and an all-queer cast of characters, LOVE U is a coming of age tale for students of the human heart.

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Unrelated

by Nicole Jost

Cast Size
5—7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
political,
science fiction

Number One was abandoned by their parents. But, then again, so was everyone else they know. They’re also reeling from a tough breakup, and increasingly worried about the survival of their much younger sibling. That’s when the rules of family life stop making sense to them. Looking for answers, they make the eccentric choice to find their mom and dad. Individualism runs amok in this fractured family drama.

Number One was abandoned by their parents. But, then again, so was everyone else they know. They’re also reeling from a tough breakup, and increasingly worried about the survival of their much younger sibling. That’s when the rules of family life stop making sense to them. Looking for answers, they make the eccentric choice to find their mom and dad. Individualism runs amok in this fractured family drama.

Miss Betsy Goes to Washington

by Nicole Jost

3
Cast Size
7—8
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
farce,
movement/physical,
parody/spoof,
political,
satire

Before she became Secretary DeVos, she was Miss Betsy. A modern political history spectacle like nothing you’ve seen before! See Miss Betsy tango with Bernie Sanders, sing along with Orrin Hatch, and juggle with Elizabeth Warren! See her groom a young Black girl for school choice greatness! MISS BETSY GOES TO WASHINGTON draws on the real transcripts of Betsy DeVos’s Senate confirmation hearing and imagined...

Before she became Secretary DeVos, she was Miss Betsy. A modern political history spectacle like nothing you’ve seen before! See Miss Betsy tango with Bernie Sanders, sing along with Orrin Hatch, and juggle with Elizabeth Warren! See her groom a young Black girl for school choice greatness! MISS BETSY GOES TO WASHINGTON draws on the real transcripts of Betsy DeVos’s Senate confirmation hearing and imagined interactions between Miss Betsy the mentor and her Grand Rapids students. A vaudeville with national questions.

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Sucia

by Nicole Jost

1
Cast Size
7—10
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
young audiences

A motherless girl known only as "Sucia" becomes the backbone of a new family. In spite of dire financial straits and the demands of her domestic life, Sucia dares to chase her Ivy League dreams. A new Cinderella story for girls who aren’t afraid to get their hands "dirty."

A motherless girl known only as "Sucia" becomes the backbone of a new family. In spite of dire financial straits and the demands of her domestic life, Sucia dares to chase her Ivy League dreams. A new Cinderella story for girls who aren’t afraid to get their hands "dirty."

The Cure

by Nicole Jost

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
political,
romantic comedy,
satire,
science fiction

Ruth has armpit cancer. Unwilling to take the widely used but ineffective drug “Omni-RD,” and unable to wait for the highly in-demand cure that is only available to the ultra-rich, she ventures into the desert seeking an alternative. Set against the backdrop of a changed America, THE CURE is a dark comedy about illness, adultery, and power.

Ruth has armpit cancer. Unwilling to take the widely used but ineffective drug “Omni-RD,” and unable to wait for the highly in-demand cure that is only available to the ultra-rich, she ventures into the desert seeking an alternative. Set against the backdrop of a changed America, THE CURE is a dark comedy about illness, adultery, and power.

Slut

by Nicole Jost

10
Cast Size
5
Genre
drama,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
fantasy

She is a nameless woman with unknown origins, an avowed Slut. She is the object of Elliot’s obsession. When desire turns dark, he shoots. And then the play starts.

She is a nameless woman with unknown origins, an avowed Slut. She is the object of Elliot’s obsession. When desire turns dark, he shoots. And then the play starts.

The Terror Fantastic

by Nicole Jost

Cast Size
6—7
Genre
adventure,
drama,
experimental,
fantasy

Iz is a young gay woman plagued by crippling anxiety, by a creature who is her constant companion: the First Monster. Seeking relief, she slips through a door into the world of her own erotic fiction where she transforms into a brazen ne’er-do-well, free from her real-life fears. But no matter how far she runs, the Monster isn’t far behind...

Iz is a young gay woman plagued by crippling anxiety, by a creature who is her constant companion: the First Monster. Seeking relief, she slips through a door into the world of her own erotic fiction where she transforms into a brazen ne’er-do-well, free from her real-life fears. But no matter how far she runs, the Monster isn’t far behind...