Patrick Vermillion

Patrick Vermillion

Patrick Vermillion is a playwright with two cats. His plays include The Good Boy Game (2020 O’Neill Finalist, 2023 Venturous Nominee), Stand Your Ground (Great Plains Theater Conference 2024), Bezos N’ Me (2021 O’Neill Semi-Finalist), The Teddies (2022 Steep Commission), and Losing It (Pegasus Playlab Finalist, Detroit New Works Semi-Finalist). His plays have been seen at Ensemble Studio Theatre, MirrorBox,...
Patrick Vermillion is a playwright with two cats. His plays include The Good Boy Game (2020 O’Neill Finalist, 2023 Venturous Nominee), Stand Your Ground (Great Plains Theater Conference 2024), Bezos N’ Me (2021 O’Neill Semi-Finalist), The Teddies (2022 Steep Commission), and Losing It (Pegasus Playlab Finalist, Detroit New Works Semi-Finalist). His plays have been seen at Ensemble Studio Theatre, MirrorBox, Alchemical Lab, Soho Playhouse, and IRT. His plays have been developed at Butler University, Louisiana State University, and Sarah Lawrence College. MFA: Northwestern University.

Plays

  • Big Time Toppers by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: clowns, knives + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, satire
    Keyword: clowns, knives, tornado
    After a new juggling trick goes horrifically awry, aspiring professional clowns Harlow and Stubs must find a way to treat the severe wounds they’ve accidentally inflicted on each other before the most important audition of their fledgling careers. A farcical comedy about making that money no matter what it takes! Even if there's a tornado.
  • Stand Your Ground by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Stand Your Ground, gun violence + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, political, satire
    Keyword: Stand Your Ground, gun violence, sports betting, gambling, Florida Woman
    In the extreme heat of a South Florida summer, Carson pulls a gun on cyclist Starlee during a road rage incident. To his surprise, Starlee was carrying a gun of her own and she shoots Carson in self-defense, putting him in a coma. Wracked with guilt over the incident, Starlee vows to help Carson get back on his feet no matter what. But when Carson wakes up, she's surprised to learn he only wants one thing...
    In the extreme heat of a South Florida summer, Carson pulls a gun on cyclist Starlee during a road rage incident. To his surprise, Starlee was carrying a gun of her own and she shoots Carson in self-defense, putting him in a coma. Wracked with guilt over the incident, Starlee vows to help Carson get back on his feet no matter what. But when Carson wakes up, she's surprised to learn he only wants one thing: a rematch.

    A play about what happens when individuals subsume the responsibility of the state and whether or not violence is inevitable.
  • Billionaire Mindset by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Bezos, Amazon + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Bezos, Amazon, Billionaire, comedy, tornado, climate change comedy
    *2023 Samuel French OOB Festival Finalist*

    Garret is a failed academic working as a delivery driver for the world's biggest tech company. Starlee is a *future billionaire* looking to break into the industry on the road to ultra-wealth. When their paths cross in the middle of a tornado, the two must overcome their differences to survive in a world that seems increasingly hostile to those born without wealth.
  • The Good Boy Game by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 11
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: school shooting, Toxic Masculinity + 8 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, dark comedy, drama, farce, melodrama, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: school shooting, Toxic Masculinity, high school, New Jersey, oedipus, absurdism, Parenting Gone Wrong, family, drama, DeRadicalization
    *2023 Playwright's Center Venturous List*
    *O'Neill 2020 Summer Conference Finalist*
    *Normal Ave NAP Series 2019 Semi-Finalist*

    Upon discovering their 16-year-old son is about to commit an unthinkable atrocity, parents Mary-Beth and Sam decide to forgo calling the authorities and de-radicalize him on their own. After tying him up in the attic, they initiate a therapist-...
    *2023 Playwright's Center Venturous List*
    *O'Neill 2020 Summer Conference Finalist*
    *Normal Ave NAP Series 2019 Semi-Finalist*

    Upon discovering their 16-year-old son is about to commit an unthinkable atrocity, parents Mary-Beth and Sam decide to forgo calling the authorities and de-radicalize him on their own. After tying him up in the attic, they initiate a therapist-recommended rewards-based points system designed to defeat his nihilistic hatred and show him the benefit of being a "good boy." But as they chip away at his ideologies and attempt to bring him back to normal, they reckon with the evil that has lurked within their lives and the part they played in creating it.
  • Bezos N' Me by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Bezos, Amazon + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, farce, political, satire
    Keyword: Bezos, Amazon, capitalism, socialism, Rebellion
    *2021 O'Neill Conference Semi-Finalist*

    In the early 2020s, Portsman and Lizbeth are aspiring television writers working as  security guards for Jeff Bezos's mostly desolate mansion in Beverly Hills. On the eve of a major California wildfire and in the midst of a working class uprising, Mr. Bezos shows up at his mansion for the first time, seeking an escape from the protests at his ...
    *2021 O'Neill Conference Semi-Finalist*

    In the early 2020s, Portsman and Lizbeth are aspiring television writers working as  security guards for Jeff Bezos's mostly desolate mansion in Beverly Hills. On the eve of a major California wildfire and in the midst of a working class uprising, Mr. Bezos shows up at his mansion for the first time, seeking an escape from the protests at his headquarters in Washington. He offers to produce the pair's pilots as long as they keep him safe while things calm down. The two gladly accept, but as the fire gets closer and the revolutionaries approach, they must decide how far they are willing to go to make sure their stories are heard at the end of the world. 
  • The Teddies by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, faith-based, fantasy, horror
    *Developed as a Commission for Steep Theatre*

    In the era of post-covid anxiety and alienation, members of a small workout group find community in their weekly lifts. When a flash flood forces them to relocate to an old Catholic Church, the members start to become haunted by the ghosts of the Muscular Christian Cult that used to occupy it.

  • He Misses by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sexism + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, movement/physical, satire
    Keyword: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, sexism, bathroom, masculinity, comedy, absurd, american satire
    *2020 Samuel French OOB Festival Finalist*

    College friends Mallory and Tyler seem like the perfect match for platonic roommates. There's only one problem: When Tyler goes to the bathroom, he "misses"
  • Unboxing by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: political, satire
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    Keyword: Youtube, Youtube compatible + 1 more
    Genre: political, satire
    Keyword: Youtube, Youtube compatible, online radicalization
    UNBOXING follows the lives of a small collective of YouTubers from 2011 to 2021. Presented in a collage of Youtube Uploads, FaceTime Conversations, and LiveStreams, the members of the Viral Squad do their best to make art and survive in a time of increasing political polarization and looming algorithmic inspired-radicalization. A play about the intersection of online content makers and politics.
  • Jessica by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 1
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    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: android, Robots + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy, mystery/thriller, science fiction
    Keyword: android, Robots, artificial intelligence, future
    In 2013, Jessica disappeared without a trace. Now, in the age of advanced-AI her boyfriend, Allister, attempts to recreate her likeness as an android, recruiting her friends and family to help. Allister believes that recreating Jessica's mental state on the day she disappeared can be the key to finding where she went. Jessica's best friend Mari, is skeptical at best, and it’s not long before the two...
    In 2013, Jessica disappeared without a trace. Now, in the age of advanced-AI her boyfriend, Allister, attempts to recreate her likeness as an android, recruiting her friends and family to help. Allister believes that recreating Jessica's mental state on the day she disappeared can be the key to finding where she went. Jessica's best friend Mari, is skeptical at best, and it’s not long before the two clash in a struggle of consent, morality, and who gets a say in how Jessica is remembered, and how she’ll be portrayed in the future.
  • Chekov's Gun by Patrick Vermillion
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: Chekhov, comedy
    Genre: comedy, docudrama/historic, farce
    Keyword: Chekhov, comedy
    After a wonderful dinner with their good friend, Anton Chekov, Regina and Maria are terrified to learn that the famous playwright has left his signature gun behind. Now that the gun has been introduced, the two must figure out how to get rid of it before the third act.

    A short 1 minute comedy!