Justin Borak

Justin is a Chicago-based comedian currently getting his M.F.A. in Acting at West Virginia University with a concentration in Playwriting. You can see his sketches on TikTok @mediocrejokes and learn more about him on his website, justinborak.com.

Justin is a Chicago-based comedian currently getting his M.F.A. in Acting at West Virginia University with a concentration in Playwriting. You can see his sketches on TikTok @mediocrejokes and learn more about him on his website, justinborak.com.

Scripts

White Walls

by Justin Borak

4
Cast Size
4
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
horror,
mystery/thriller

White Walls is a liminal space horror/drama that follows three people who have “no-clipped” into an alternate reality where they are surrounded by white walls, halls and floors. These three strangers are slowly forgeIng their past lives and are forced to recon with their own mortality, as try to find an escape and write anything they can remember on the walls around them. This weird slow burn of a play...

White Walls is a liminal space horror/drama that follows three people who have “no-clipped” into an alternate reality where they are surrounded by white walls, halls and floors. These three strangers are slowly forgeIng their past lives and are forced to recon with their own mortality, as try to find an escape and write anything they can remember on the walls around them. This weird slow burn of a play investigates death, mourning, forgeIng and dealing with loss in real time.

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haters gonna hate

by Justin Borak

3
Cast Size
8
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
horror,
satire,
verse

A contemporary adaptation of Molière's The Misanthrope that follows Cel as she decides which of her suitors she wants to take to prom. A play that takes on sexuality, gender identity, and what people are willing to do because of anger, pain, clout, and anything else.

A contemporary adaptation of Molière's The Misanthrope that follows Cel as she decides which of her suitors she wants to take to prom. A play that takes on sexuality, gender identity, and what people are willing to do because of anger, pain, clout, and anything else.

ur dad crying in a black suit

by Justin Borak

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

A father and son have a conversation in the back of the church about 20 minutes before the funeral of the patriarch of the family. A secret, a story, a simple short play about fathers and sons, grief and mourning, and crying.

A father and son have a conversation in the back of the church about 20 minutes before the funeral of the patriarch of the family. A secret, a story, a simple short play about fathers and sons, grief and mourning, and crying.

Don Pedro Fucks

by Justin Borak

Cast Size
4—20
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
romantic comedy

This short play looks at the Prince of Aragon, Don Pedro from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. He's a matchmaker for everyone else, but absolute gives off no vibe that he "fucks". In this play, he meets someone after Benedick and Claudio's wedding and tries to figure out why he doesn't "fuck".

This short play looks at the Prince of Aragon, Don Pedro from William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. He's a matchmaker for everyone else, but absolute gives off no vibe that he "fucks". In this play, he meets someone after Benedick and Claudio's wedding and tries to figure out why he doesn't "fuck".

Community Garden

by Justin Borak

Cast Size
7—20
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy,
young audiences

A vignette play that takes place in Uptown City Gardens, a community garden based in Uptown, Chicago, IL. The piece follows different characters based in the community and looks at relationship, community and growth. The play also teaches the audience and performer about environmentalism and growing your green thumb while shrinking your carbon footprint.

A vignette play that takes place in Uptown City Gardens, a community garden based in Uptown, Chicago, IL. The piece follows different characters based in the community and looks at relationship, community and growth. The play also teaches the audience and performer about environmentalism and growing your green thumb while shrinking your carbon footprint.

A Writer's Room

by Justin Borak

1
Cast Size
6—7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
mystery/thriller,
political,
satire

A play about five late-night comedy writers being brought into an office building for a callback. Their technology is taken away, they are locked in a room, and told to write a comedy monologue. Slowly they see the differences in their perspectives and this locked-up, gray room becoming the scene of a verbal slaughterhouse and rising tension.

A play about five late-night comedy writers being brought into an office building for a callback. Their technology is taken away, they are locked in a room, and told to write a comedy monologue. Slowly they see the differences in their perspectives and this locked-up, gray room becoming the scene of a verbal slaughterhouse and rising tension.

Gene's (A Short Play about a Bar)

by Justin Borak

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental

A play about a guy in a bar and a bartender trying to get him to open up and move on.

A play about a guy in a bar and a bartender trying to get him to open up and move on.