Rosie Narasaki

Rosie Narasaki is a second-generation actor and playwright. Her play UNRIVALED recently had its world premiere production with Playwright's Arena and the Boston Court Pasadena, prior to which it was workshopped with EST/LA, Artists at Play, the Road Theatre Company, and won the 2022 LA New Play Project Award. Her play WHEN YURI MET MALCOLM toured local schools with East West Players last year, and she is also currently working on a commission for Center Theatre Group’s Library Play Readings series.
She is an alum of EST/LA's New West Playwrights, the IAMA Under 30 Theatre Lab, the Boston Court Pasadena Playwrights, and Scripps College. She also wrote for a Netflix show once.

Rosie Narasaki is a second-generation actor and playwright. Her play UNRIVALED recently had its world premiere production with Playwright's Arena and the Boston Court Pasadena, prior to which it was workshopped with EST/LA, Artists at Play, the Road Theatre Company, and won the 2022 LA New Play Project Award. Her play WHEN YURI MET MALCOLM toured local schools with East West Players last year, and she is also currently working on a commission for Center Theatre Group’s Library Play Readings series.
She is an alum of EST/LA's New West Playwrights, the IAMA Under 30 Theatre Lab, the Boston Court Pasadena Playwrights, and Scripps College. She also wrote for a Netflix show once.

Scripts

Unrivaled

by Rosie Narasaki

7
Cast Size
4
Genre
biography,
comedy,
drama,
period,
romantic comedy

11th century ladies-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan's most beloved writers.

They also kind of hated each other.

This play is about friendship, heartbreak, and what it means to be a female artist. Perhaps most of all, it's about how no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same... even after a thousand years.

11th century ladies-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan's most beloved writers.

They also kind of hated each other.

This play is about friendship, heartbreak, and what it means to be a female artist. Perhaps most of all, it's about how no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same... even after a thousand years.

I Put a Spell on You

by Rosie Narasaki

Cast Size
4—8
Genre
adaptation,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
period,
romantic comedy

Queen Rosaura must marry to ensure the line of succession for her country. So she decides to find a husband... with witchcraft.

Queen Rosaura must marry to ensure the line of succession for her country. So she decides to find a husband... with witchcraft.

When Yuri Met Malcolm

by Rosie Narasaki

Cast Size
2
Genre
period,
political,
young audiences

The story of Asian American activist Yuri Kochiyama and her radicalizing friendship with Malcolm X.

The story of Asian American activist Yuri Kochiyama and her radicalizing friendship with Malcolm X.

I Don't Like You

by Rosie Narasaki

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

Things quickly go bad (and kind of meta) when two friends decide to write a romantic comedy together. Issues of gender, race, and ego crop up left and right as Ariane and Chris struggle to find the line between fact and fiction.

Things quickly go bad (and kind of meta) when two friends decide to write a romantic comedy together. Issues of gender, race, and ego crop up left and right as Ariane and Chris struggle to find the line between fact and fiction.

Call Declined

by Rosie Narasaki

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

Leni just wants to talk, but Will won't open the door (because he's too high).

Leni just wants to talk, but Will won't open the door (because he's too high).

These F*cking Paper Towels

by Rosie Narasaki

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
farce,
romantic comedy

Joe has an unfortunate encounter with a roll of paper towels whilst getting dumped.

Joe has an unfortunate encounter with a roll of paper towels whilst getting dumped.

Wrong Footed

by Rosie Narasaki

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

WRONG FOOTED follows Catherine, an ambitious web developer, and Will, a not-so-ambitious barista. Both are simultaneously too smart and too stupid for their own good, as well as anxiety-ridden in their own, unique ways. They meet on a blind date, it goes terribly, and it's pretty much all downhill from there.

WRONG FOOTED follows Catherine, an ambitious web developer, and Will, a not-so-ambitious barista. Both are simultaneously too smart and too stupid for their own good, as well as anxiety-ridden in their own, unique ways. They meet on a blind date, it goes terribly, and it's pretty much all downhill from there.

Genji Revisited

by Rosie Narasaki

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
romantic comedy

Poor Genji's trying to enjoy a simple romantic moment in a cafe, when the ghost of his recently deceased ex-girlfriend decides to possess his date. Their brief and comedic interaction spans everything from his philandering ways to the ultimate existential crisis — death. Loosely based on 'The Tale of Genji' (but not as loosely as you'd think).

Poor Genji's trying to enjoy a simple romantic moment in a cafe, when the ghost of his recently deceased ex-girlfriend decides to possess his date. Their brief and comedic interaction spans everything from his philandering ways to the ultimate existential crisis — death. Loosely based on 'The Tale of Genji' (but not as loosely as you'd think).

Friend Request

by Rosie Narasaki

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
farce,
romantic comedy

Madison is completely fine with the fact that Jacob is her only friend in the whole universe — until the day he asks her out. She promptly turns him down, and he in turn, friend-dumps her. Things spiral further out of control when she just so happens to ask out the friend who cuckolded him back in college. Farce-y hijinks ensue.

Madison is completely fine with the fact that Jacob is her only friend in the whole universe — until the day he asks her out. She promptly turns him down, and he in turn, friend-dumps her. Things spiral further out of control when she just so happens to ask out the friend who cuckolded him back in college. Farce-y hijinks ensue.