Mik Johnson

Mik Johnson (she/him) is a gender/queer Black playwright, actor and graphic artist from San Antonio, TX. He writes for the communities he’s from—for the Black and brown communities back home, the queer community he’s found, and the many others that have raised and welcomed him through the years. His works include obit, or no more dead dogs (O'Neill NPC Finalist 2026), SAPPHIRE, after jezebel (Seattle Public Works Short List), and East of Mercy (2024 Marina Keegan Prize Winner). When she’s not writing, Mik can be found cooking vegan meals with meat, soapboxing about children’s education, or dancing (with or without music involved).

Mik Johnson (she/him) is a gender/queer Black playwright, actor and graphic artist from San Antonio, TX. He writes for the communities he’s from—for the Black and brown communities back home, the queer community he’s found, and the many others that have raised and welcomed him through the years. His works include obit, or no more dead dogs (O'Neill NPC Finalist 2026), SAPPHIRE, after jezebel (Seattle Public Works Short List), and East of Mercy (2024 Marina Keegan Prize Winner). When she’s not writing, Mik can be found cooking vegan meals with meat, soapboxing about children’s education, or dancing (with or without music involved).

Scripts

Desiderium — an ardent grief or desire.

by Mik Johnson

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

BELLE, a contestant on a Bachelor-like game show, gets her makeup done by MEENA right before the final rose ceremony. They are both from the South, but BELLE has a thick drawl. BELLE brings it out of MEENA. ...BELLE brings a lot out of MEENA.

10-pager of Sapphic yearning.

BELLE, a contestant on a Bachelor-like game show, gets her makeup done by MEENA right before the final rose ceremony. They are both from the South, but BELLE has a thick drawl. BELLE brings it out of MEENA. ...BELLE brings a lot out of MEENA.

10-pager of Sapphic yearning.

obit, or no more dead dogs

by Mik Johnson

Cast Size
5—6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Peanut, a self-destructive college student who has yet to develop a filter, ignores the recent death of her father by focusing on art school and her dying dog. Having lived with her dad through years of illness, Peanut attempts to detangle the warped anticipation and strained familiarity left in his wake with failed hookups and art assignments. “obit” is a dark comedy about what children owe their parents and...

Peanut, a self-destructive college student who has yet to develop a filter, ignores the recent death of her father by focusing on art school and her dying dog. Having lived with her dad through years of illness, Peanut attempts to detangle the warped anticipation and strained familiarity left in his wake with failed hookups and art assignments. “obit” is a dark comedy about what children owe their parents and how chronic illness brings chronic mourning for the loved ones of those affected.

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East of Mercy

by Mik Johnson

1
Cast Size
10—15
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period

In 1998, a flood hit San Antonio, TX. Saddled with three days of rain, the waters headed toward the wealthy north of the city. The predominantly Black east side is the one that was hit. All that’s left of Dorie Street today is a small wood and a highway, while two streets down the houses remain undisturbed. Of those affected was a family—a grandmother, her daughter, and her baby—all fighting for their futures...

In 1998, a flood hit San Antonio, TX. Saddled with three days of rain, the waters headed toward the wealthy north of the city. The predominantly Black east side is the one that was hit. All that’s left of Dorie Street today is a small wood and a highway, while two streets down the houses remain undisturbed. Of those affected was a family—a grandmother, her daughter, and her baby—all fighting for their futures. Using memory as archive, East of Mercy is an imagining into what was lost and what was retained in the wake of disaster.

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SAPPHIRE, after jezebel

by Mik Johnson

Cast Size
4—8
Genre
drama,
movement/physical

Sapphire is a Black woman who has lots of sex—she’s meant to, isn’t she? She’s haunted by Violet, invisible to everyone else, who makes her relive the traumas of her past. Enter C, transmasc and charming, who sees through Violet’s games to Sapphire underneath. Fueled by the sounds and choreography of a party, “SAPPHIRE, after jezebel” explores healing after sexual trauma and what it means to be a Black woman...

Sapphire is a Black woman who has lots of sex—she’s meant to, isn’t she? She’s haunted by Violet, invisible to everyone else, who makes her relive the traumas of her past. Enter C, transmasc and charming, who sees through Violet’s games to Sapphire underneath. Fueled by the sounds and choreography of a party, “SAPPHIRE, after jezebel” explores healing after sexual trauma and what it means to be a Black woman unafraid of her sexuality.

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