David L. Caruso

David L. Caruso (he/they) is a writer from Minneapolis. His plays include Sävë thë Whälës, etc. (Finalist, National Playwrights Conference, Terrence McNally New Play Incubator, Keneda/Alliance National Graduate Playwriting Competition, and Playwrights Realm Fellowship), Through Hike (Finalist, Int'l Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition, Semi-Finalist, National Playwrights Conference), Forest Knowledge (Company One, Acts of Joy Series), and Bill & Stephanie (High Honors, Wesleyan University). David has developed work with Playdate Theatre, Company One, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, and the Boston University School of Theatre. As a dramaturg, David has collaborated on plays at Cherry Lane Theatre, Dixon Place, and Wesleyan University, and written for the Walker Art Center’s South Wall journal...

David L. Caruso (he/they) is a writer from Minneapolis. His plays include Sävë thë Whälës, etc. (Finalist, National Playwrights Conference, Terrence McNally New Play Incubator, Keneda/Alliance National Graduate Playwriting Competition, and Playwrights Realm Fellowship), Through Hike (Finalist, Int'l Thomas Wolfe Playwriting Competition, Semi-Finalist, National Playwrights Conference), Forest Knowledge (Company One, Acts of Joy Series), and Bill & Stephanie (High Honors, Wesleyan University). David has developed work with Playdate Theatre, Company One, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, and the Boston University School of Theatre. As a dramaturg, David has collaborated on plays at Cherry Lane Theatre, Dixon Place, and Wesleyan University, and written for the Walker Art Center’s South Wall journal. David has taught Intro to Creative Writing at Boston University. They are a member of the Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective’s Writers Group. David graduated from Wesleyan University with High Honors, and from Boston University with an MFA in Playwriting.

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Scripts

Sunset Breakup Reel

by David L. Caruso

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
experimental,
movement/physical

Two guys fish against the sunset. She swims into it. He chases after her.

Two guys fish against the sunset. She swims into it. He chases after her.

Laughter Medicine

by David L. Caruso

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical,
mystery/thriller,
romantic comedy,
satire

Dusty and Syl start laughing in order to fix things. Doreen, their coach, strives to make it big in the world of wellness. Is there such thing as too much winning?

Dusty and Syl start laughing in order to fix things. Doreen, their coach, strives to make it big in the world of wellness. Is there such thing as too much winning?

Sävë thë Whälës, etc.

by David L. Caruso

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
farce,
immersive,
political,
satire,
science fiction,
verse

Sävë thë Whälës, etc. is an environmental comedy about hair, home, and happiness at the end of the world.

Sävë thë Whälës, etc. is an environmental comedy about hair, home, and happiness at the end of the world.

Through Hike

by David L. Caruso

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
experimental,
verse

In the wake of a friend's suicide, four strangers set off on a thru-hike on the Pacific Coast Trail. In the backcountry, they mourn their friend, adjust to each other, and begin to face themselves in the woods.

In the wake of a friend's suicide, four strangers set off on a thru-hike on the Pacific Coast Trail. In the backcountry, they mourn their friend, adjust to each other, and begin to face themselves in the woods.

The Dog Wizard (lifes so rad)

by David L. Caruso

1
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
immersive,
melodrama,
musical,
radio drama,
verse

Elliot's dog Goose is out of control, which scares his son, Ell. They go on an adventure. Everything shifts.

Elliot's dog Goose is out of control, which scares his son, Ell. They go on an adventure. Everything shifts.

Bill & Stephanie

by David L. Caruso

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama,
verse

What place does marriage occupy in our (millennial) imagination? Is it an expectation or a need? An uninviting institution, or a signifier of adulthood? What happens to those who find people, and what happens to those who don't? A group of friends post-game their friends' wedding reception, discussing matrimony, love, aloneness, monogamy, and the banal terror of adulthood, until sunrise

What place does marriage occupy in our (millennial) imagination? Is it an expectation or a need? An uninviting institution, or a signifier of adulthood? What happens to those who find people, and what happens to those who don't? A group of friends post-game their friends' wedding reception, discussing matrimony, love, aloneness, monogamy, and the banal terror of adulthood, until sunrise

The Giant of Grand Marais

by David L. Caruso

Cast Size
4—10
Genre
comedy,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
pantomime,
young audiences

A weatherman's daughter, who is a giant, feels magic's calling. She's more than a weathervane. Set in the winter in Northern Minnesota.

A weatherman's daughter, who is a giant, feels magic's calling. She's more than a weathervane. Set in the winter in Northern Minnesota.

5/3/2020

by David L. Caruso

1
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical,
verse,
zoom

A meditation.

A meditation.

Mountain Knowledge

by David L. Caruso

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
drama,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
holiday,
science fiction,
zoom

A barista makes the most of local knowledge.

A barista makes the most of local knowledge.