Rory O'Neill is a playwright originally from Los Angeles, currently based in Brooklyn. In her plays, Rory loves to explore the fine line between reality and a secret other place, especially through the lens of complicated and imperfect queer characters. She loves large animals, dirt under her fingernails, and tearing things apart at the seams. Rory is proud to be a member of Theatre Write Now's 3rd Writing Cohort & The Road Theatre Company's Under Construction 7.
Select credits: untitled hamlet play (LOVECHILD Theatre Co.), Meeting Notes (Fork & Shoe Theatre Co-op), dogboy supreme (QTC Boston Developmental Residency), change diagonals (QTC Night of Shorts), 4 Genres in Search of a Plot (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025, University of Northern Iowa, Silver Masque Theatre Company), Coolwater...
Rory O'Neill is a playwright originally from Los Angeles, currently based in Brooklyn. In her plays, Rory loves to explore the fine line between reality and a secret other place, especially through the lens of complicated and imperfect queer characters. She loves large animals, dirt under her fingernails, and tearing things apart at the seams. Rory is proud to be a member of Theatre Write Now's 3rd Writing Cohort & The Road Theatre Company's Under Construction 7.
Select credits: untitled hamlet play (LOVECHILD Theatre Co.), Meeting Notes (Fork & Shoe Theatre Co-op), dogboy supreme (QTC Boston Developmental Residency), change diagonals (QTC Night of Shorts), 4 Genres in Search of a Plot (Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2025, University of Northern Iowa, Silver Masque Theatre Company), Coolwater (Staged reading, Full Circle Players; Shortlist, Boston Court Pasadena), You Should Talk to Someone (Boston Theatre Marathon 2024, Natick Dinner Theatre, Western Connecticut State University, Silver Masque Theatre Company), Garlic Sounds (Silver Masque Theatre Company), Art Imitates (Edmonds Driftwood Players), They Don't Need Bombs In Cleveland written with Fig Lefevre (Fresh Ink Theatre Company, 8th Annual Mad Dash).
Outside of writing, Rory can be found with a knitting project in hand, probably talking about Survivor.