Marshall Logan Gibbs

Marshall Logan Gibbs (they/them) is a Baltimore-based playwright whose published plays include MONSTER (or #METOO, BRUTE) with 1319 Press and NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY with Next Stage Press. Their work has also been published in the 2026 BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES by Smith & Kraus. Their one-act plays INTERPLANETARY PAUL'S DIVORCE SPECTACULAR, MY DAUGHTER'S A DEMON, and ABSTRACTED have been performed in theaters all across the United States. Their work has been selected for the Valdez Theatre Conference, Midwest Dramatists Conference, Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and Special Interest Theatre, among others. They were a finalist and alternate for the 2026 Great Plains Theatre Conference.

As an arts educator, Marshall has worked for Everyman Theatre (Education and Engagement Program...

Marshall Logan Gibbs (they/them) is a Baltimore-based playwright whose published plays include MONSTER (or #METOO, BRUTE) with 1319 Press and NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY with Next Stage Press. Their work has also been published in the 2026 BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES by Smith & Kraus. Their one-act plays INTERPLANETARY PAUL'S DIVORCE SPECTACULAR, MY DAUGHTER'S A DEMON, and ABSTRACTED have been performed in theaters all across the United States. Their work has been selected for the Valdez Theatre Conference, Midwest Dramatists Conference, Baltimore Playwrights Festival, and Special Interest Theatre, among others. They were a finalist and alternate for the 2026 Great Plains Theatre Conference.

As an arts educator, Marshall has worked for Everyman Theatre (Education and Engagement Program Manager) and Chesapeake Arts Center (Education Coordinator). They have presented seminars on playwriting at SETC Southeastern Theatre Conference, Carver Center for the Arts, and the Maryland Thespians Festival. They are a genderfluid, queer, and neurodivergent writer, and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

Scripts

Monster (Or #MeToo, Brute)

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

Now Published and Available for Licensing by 1319 Press!

FULL-LENGTH
When a journalist threatens to expose the dark secrets of a massive YouTube star, his production team and friends are forced to choose between their loyalty to the content creator king and their own morality. Toxic influencer culture, parasocial relationships, and digital accountability are all explored in this shocking re-imagining of “Julius...

Now Published and Available for Licensing by 1319 Press!

FULL-LENGTH
When a journalist threatens to expose the dark secrets of a massive YouTube star, his production team and friends are forced to choose between their loyalty to the content creator king and their own morality. Toxic influencer culture, parasocial relationships, and digital accountability are all explored in this shocking re-imagining of “Julius Caesar” for the chronically online.

This Show Was Supposed to Be Funny

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

FULL-LENGTH
Late Friday Live is a beloved national sketch comedy show, but behind the scenes the actors are dealing with a plethora of problems: anxiety, depression, messy divorces - not to mention the gunman in the control room threatening to blow them to smithereens at the end of the show. This play explores how comedians cope with trauma and how the show must always go on.

Trigger Warning: Discussion of...

FULL-LENGTH
Late Friday Live is a beloved national sketch comedy show, but behind the scenes the actors are dealing with a plethora of problems: anxiety, depression, messy divorces - not to mention the gunman in the control room threatening to blow them to smithereens at the end of the show. This play explores how comedians cope with trauma and how the show must always go on.

Trigger Warning: Discussion of Suicide, Brief Gun Violence

Interplanetary Paul's Divorce Spectacular

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

TEN MINUTES
A sci-fi fanboy writes a space epic to process his messy divorce instead of going to therapy... all is well until his ex-wife shows up at the performance.

TEN MINUTES
A sci-fi fanboy writes a space epic to process his messy divorce instead of going to therapy... all is well until his ex-wife shows up at the performance.

The Moth Man Cries

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

It’s October 1967, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. For Dellie Harper, life is a quiet exercise in obedience to her pious mother. But the quiet is shattered when a late-night drive with her cousin ends with a crash and a terrifying vision in their headlights: a colossal, winged creature with burning red eyes. The creature in the woods becomes a test of faith that threatens Dellie's fragile, forbidden love for a...

It’s October 1967, Point Pleasant, West Virginia. For Dellie Harper, life is a quiet exercise in obedience to her pious mother. But the quiet is shattered when a late-night drive with her cousin ends with a crash and a terrifying vision in their headlights: a colossal, winged creature with burning red eyes. The creature in the woods becomes a test of faith that threatens Dellie's fragile, forbidden love for a devout neighbor. Caught between a creature that cries and a God that condemns, Dellie must race to decipher the meaning of the Mothman, before it culminates in a devastating tragedy.

No Experience Necessary

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

Now Published and available by Next Stage Press!

FULL-LENGTH
When a farm-boy turned actor is hired to be the “public face” of a renowned author, he becomes famous overnight. As stakes rise, lies build, and the people he cares most about get hurt – he must ask: what’s worth more? Fame and notoriety, or a single genuine connection?

Now Published and available by Next Stage Press!

FULL-LENGTH
When a farm-boy turned actor is hired to be the “public face” of a renowned author, he becomes famous overnight. As stakes rise, lies build, and the people he cares most about get hurt – he must ask: what’s worth more? Fame and notoriety, or a single genuine connection?

My Daughter's a Demon!

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

ONE ACT, 20-Minutes
A teenager consults a psychiatrist when her mother insists she has a demon inside her... but are those literal horns on her head?!

ONE ACT, 20-Minutes
A teenager consults a psychiatrist when her mother insists she has a demon inside her... but are those literal horns on her head?!

A Steamboat Willie Gravestone

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

TEN MINUTE - TWO PERSON PLAY
A grieving mother gets a visit from a lawyer who insists her son's gravestone is infringing on intellectual property.
Trigger Warning: Loss of Child

TEN MINUTE - TWO PERSON PLAY
A grieving mother gets a visit from a lawyer who insists her son's gravestone is infringing on intellectual property.
Trigger Warning: Loss of Child

Abstracted

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

ONE ACT, 10 Minutes
When an extroverted college student and a gruff older man become trapped in an art gallery, they find themselves in a heated debate on the interpretation of abstract paintings, and searching beyond the surface.

ONE ACT, 10 Minutes
When an extroverted college student and a gruff older man become trapped in an art gallery, they find themselves in a heated debate on the interpretation of abstract paintings, and searching beyond the surface.

Coin Pusher

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

FIVE MINUTES
A young girl tries to get her grandmother's attention after winning a stuffed dinosaur at the arcade, but Grandma is preoccupied with a game of her own.

FIVE MINUTES
A young girl tries to get her grandmother's attention after winning a stuffed dinosaur at the arcade, but Grandma is preoccupied with a game of her own.

The Snake in the Sandbox

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

An elderly couple reminisces on their childhoods, but they are interrupted by a disheveled young man begging for help.

An elderly couple reminisces on their childhoods, but they are interrupted by a disheveled young man begging for help.

A Manmade Tale

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

TEN MINUTES
A group of men try to make their own manly version of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” It goes about as well you you’d expect.

TEN MINUTES
A group of men try to make their own manly version of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” It goes about as well you you’d expect.

God Hates Me

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

(TEN MINUTES - TWO HANDER)
A Person asks God why they hate them. The answer isn't very simple. But it is. But it isn't.

(TEN MINUTES - TWO HANDER)
A Person asks God why they hate them. The answer isn't very simple. But it is. But it isn't.

Blame It on The Eggnog

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

SHORT - FIVE MINUTES
It’s just a quaint little Christmas party… until it turns into The Exorcist Holiday Special.

Written for the 2025 Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange.

SHORT - FIVE MINUTES
It’s just a quaint little Christmas party… until it turns into The Exorcist Holiday Special.

Written for the 2025 Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange.

Loki Crosses Every Line

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

10 MINUTE PLAY FOR YOUNG ACTORS
An upset Loki decides to roast all of the Gods and tell them what he really thinks. He soon learns why it is a bad idea to burn all of your bridges. (Also there are poisonous snakes!!)

10 MINUTE PLAY FOR YOUNG ACTORS
An upset Loki decides to roast all of the Gods and tell them what he really thinks. He soon learns why it is a bad idea to burn all of your bridges. (Also there are poisonous snakes!!)

Ay, There’s The Point - A Monologue

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

ONE MINUTE MONOLOGUE
An actor discusses the OTHER version of To Be or Not to Be.

ONE MINUTE MONOLOGUE
An actor discusses the OTHER version of To Be or Not to Be.

Don't Preach at My Funeral

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

(10-MINUTES) Is a funeral a religious ceremony or a celebration of one's life? Parent and child face this question in this short dramedy.

(10-MINUTES) Is a funeral a religious ceremony or a celebration of one's life? Parent and child face this question in this short dramedy.

Our Final Family Outing

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

ONE ACT, 45 MINUTES
Mom was against therapy, now she's a therapist herself. Dad was a homophobe, now he's coming out of the closet. Their grown-up kids navigate their feelings and wonder if finding forgiveness is even worth the effort. This one-act dramedy is a real-time family dinner gone extraordinarily wrong.

ONE ACT, 45 MINUTES
Mom was against therapy, now she's a therapist herself. Dad was a homophobe, now he's coming out of the closet. Their grown-up kids navigate their feelings and wonder if finding forgiveness is even worth the effort. This one-act dramedy is a real-time family dinner gone extraordinarily wrong.

Scam Artist

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

ONE ACT, 60 Minutes
In the late 90s, Bobbi Miller makes her living scamming the elderly. It's easy, she's good at it, and she makes bank. But, after discovering her own grandmother was scammed shortly before she died, she finds herself doubting her lifestyle for the first time. After so much damage is done, is it too late to change her ways?

ONE ACT, 60 Minutes
In the late 90s, Bobbi Miller makes her living scamming the elderly. It's easy, she's good at it, and she makes bank. But, after discovering her own grandmother was scammed shortly before she died, she finds herself doubting her lifestyle for the first time. After so much damage is done, is it too late to change her ways?

Sole Food

by Marshall Logan Gibbs

Synopsis

In this ridiculous absurdist comedy, friends gather at a dinner party where unbeknownst to them, the host himself is on the menu.

In this ridiculous absurdist comedy, friends gather at a dinner party where unbeknownst to them, the host himself is on the menu.