Marlow Wyatt

Marlow Wyatt is a playwright and actor. She received her BFA (magna cum laude) from Howard University College of Fine Arts. She is a 2023 LA New Play Project grant recipient, a 2022 Lower Depth Commission Fellow, 2022 AGE Legacy Grant recipient, 2021 NEXT Commission Artist, Support Black Theatre’s 2021 As We Grow We Sow Awardee and New Works Pipeline Artist, 2016 Long Beach Playhouse New Works winner and a CTG/Humanitas Playwrights Prize finalist. Marlow is also a Women In Theatre Red Carpet Award winner and a two-time recipient of the Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS grant, Ebony Magazine/PineSol Powerful Difference Award and Spirited Woman Award for her work as founder of The Girl Blue Project.
As an actor she has performed Off-Broadway and in Regional Theaters in productions that...

Marlow Wyatt is a playwright and actor. She received her BFA (magna cum laude) from Howard University College of Fine Arts. She is a 2023 LA New Play Project grant recipient, a 2022 Lower Depth Commission Fellow, 2022 AGE Legacy Grant recipient, 2021 NEXT Commission Artist, Support Black Theatre’s 2021 As We Grow We Sow Awardee and New Works Pipeline Artist, 2016 Long Beach Playhouse New Works winner and a CTG/Humanitas Playwrights Prize finalist. Marlow is also a Women In Theatre Red Carpet Award winner and a two-time recipient of the Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS grant, Ebony Magazine/PineSol Powerful Difference Award and Spirited Woman Award for her work as founder of The Girl Blue Project.
As an actor she has performed Off-Broadway and in Regional Theaters in productions that include: A Raisin In The Sun, Insurrection: Holding History, Private Battle Tarbeach Incidentals and Eight Nights. She was cast as Millie Baker in the virtual series Isolation Inn and as Bird Ivy in South Central Speakeasy-Zip Code/Radio Play available on Spotify and Appletv.
Unions and memberships include: AEA, SAG/AFTRA, Dramatists Guild, Playwrights Union, Alliance for Los Angeles Playwrights, Honor Roll, D.I.V.A. Society for Women in the Arts and Moving Arts.
For more information or to contact please visit: www.marlowwyatt.com or follow her on IG @marlowwrites.

Scripts

Bread and Circus

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

Set in the world of a circus, an audience of NIMBY's peers into the lives of two homeless women, 21 year old Charity and 70 year old Hope as part of a live exhibit. Curated by the charismatic Barker, clowns obstruct their every move as they fight against systems of bureaucracy, social injustice and capitalism.

Set in the world of a circus, an audience of NIMBY's peers into the lives of two homeless women, 21 year old Charity and 70 year old Hope as part of a live exhibit. Curated by the charismatic Barker, clowns obstruct their every move as they fight against systems of bureaucracy, social injustice and capitalism.

Listen, A Black Woman Is Speaking

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

Up-and-coming novelist aka Penelope Weintraub receives a large commission to read her work at the prestigious American Women for Revolutionary Change luncheon. Two days before she is to speak Breonna Taylor is murdered. Triggered by the tragedy Penelope is overcome with anxiety and panic attacks. She tries to suppress her emotions until her characters to come to life and ignite her to perpetrate the most...

Up-and-coming novelist aka Penelope Weintraub receives a large commission to read her work at the prestigious American Women for Revolutionary Change luncheon. Two days before she is to speak Breonna Taylor is murdered. Triggered by the tragedy Penelope is overcome with anxiety and panic attacks. She tries to suppress her emotions until her characters to come to life and ignite her to perpetrate the most courageous crime a Black woman can commit; speak her truth.

SHE

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

It's the end of the Korean War. 13 year old SHE Sojourner Freeman’s dream of becoming a world renowned poet is set in motion after she receives an invitation to the prestigious Vanguard Academy. But her dreams are cut short when her painfully neglectful mother elopes with a dishonored soldier and loses her job. Forced to help provide for her family, SHE faces the harsh realities of adult life. Poetry is her...

It's the end of the Korean War. 13 year old SHE Sojourner Freeman’s dream of becoming a world renowned poet is set in motion after she receives an invitation to the prestigious Vanguard Academy. But her dreams are cut short when her painfully neglectful mother elopes with a dishonored soldier and loses her job. Forced to help provide for her family, SHE faces the harsh realities of adult life. Poetry is her only refuge as she discovers that the small town she so desperately wanted to escape is filled with the very people who “give her wings.” SHE is laced with colorful verse and small town vernacular.

Robbin, from the Hood

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

Robbin and Juan are two best friends growing up in poverty in the inner city. Their search for a way out seems promising when they receive an opportunity to work for the multi-billion dollar corporation Kennedy Global as part of a new job training program. Thrust in a world of excessive wealth and privilege Robbin soon discovers that all that glitters is not gold. Hoping to emulate her deceased mother’s legacy...

Robbin and Juan are two best friends growing up in poverty in the inner city. Their search for a way out seems promising when they receive an opportunity to work for the multi-billion dollar corporation Kennedy Global as part of a new job training program. Thrust in a world of excessive wealth and privilege Robbin soon discovers that all that glitters is not gold. Hoping to emulate her deceased mother’s legacy, Robbin tries to level the playing field between the haves and have-nots. "Sometimes you have to do the wrong thing for the right reasons." This modern day spin on the classic Robin Hood-themed tale shines a light on power, poverty, corporate greed and the systemic dismantling of disenfranchised communities in America.

Red Ribbons

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

Red Ribbons is a full-length, multi-cultural, mixed-media arts drama that utilizes a modern day Greek chorus to unmask the emotional trauma of living with HIV in the 21st century. Solomon, a high school track athlete born with HIV, is forced by his grandmother to keep his HIV status a secret. Nakeesha, a young mother of two is a loyal and proud common law wife but after losing custody of her children, she...

Red Ribbons is a full-length, multi-cultural, mixed-media arts drama that utilizes a modern day Greek chorus to unmask the emotional trauma of living with HIV in the 21st century. Solomon, a high school track athlete born with HIV, is forced by his grandmother to keep his HIV status a secret. Nakeesha, a young mother of two is a loyal and proud common law wife but after losing custody of her children, she isolates herself and keeps her status a secret. Solomon and Nakeesha meet by chance when Solomon runs away from the bucolic Camp Happy Valley, an anger management camp for teens he is forced to attend for the summer. Solomon and Nakeesha form a unique bond as each finds the courage to live their truth.

Sweeties Confession

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

A young executive goes to confession after suppressing years of racism at her prestigious job causes her to snap.

A young executive goes to confession after suppressing years of racism at her prestigious job causes her to snap.

Say Something

by Marlow Wyatt

Synopsis

Inspired by the song Say Something (I'm Giving Up On You) by A Great Big World w/Christina Aguilera, Andre and Katrina are at a breaking point in their relationship; or at least Katrina is. Both need to decide how to rewrite a history of systemic separation and emotional detachment that has plagued their families for generations.

Inspired by the song Say Something (I'm Giving Up On You) by A Great Big World w/Christina Aguilera, Andre and Katrina are at a breaking point in their relationship; or at least Katrina is. Both need to decide how to rewrite a history of systemic separation and emotional detachment that has plagued their families for generations.