Dusty Wilson

Dusty Wilson is a Chicago based playwright who has been produced by The Plagiarists, Mercy Street Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, American Blues Theatre Company, Hobo Junction Productions, Piccolo Theatre, and featured in the Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Dusty is a graduate of Northwestern University’s MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage program.

Dusty Wilson is a Chicago based playwright who has been produced by The Plagiarists, Mercy Street Theatre Company, Chicago Dramatists, American Blues Theatre Company, Hobo Junction Productions, Piccolo Theatre, and featured in the Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Dusty is a graduate of Northwestern University’s MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage program.

Scripts

Poison

by Dusty Wilson

Cast Size
6—8
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period

In 17th century Paris, the rich live in a different world from the poor, and women of all classes live on the whims of men. But poison is the secret lubrication on the gears of Paris society: poison-makers are the favorite artisans of the rich and their laboratories the only places where women from all levels of society meet. Madame Bosse could have been a great doctor, but instead must make poisons to feed her...

In 17th century Paris, the rich live in a different world from the poor, and women of all classes live on the whims of men. But poison is the secret lubrication on the gears of Paris society: poison-makers are the favorite artisans of the rich and their laboratories the only places where women from all levels of society meet. Madame Bosse could have been a great doctor, but instead must make poisons to feed her family. Monsieur Reynie, Paris’s chief of police, claims to only want justice, but their battle of will and wit will expose the truth: that justice is only for the rich and powerful.

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Ephebophilia

by Dusty Wilson

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
political

Imogen & Jackson Maddox are on the verge of losing their house. In a desperate bid to save their home they decide to find, lure, and blackmail a pedophile from online.

Imogen & Jackson Maddox are on the verge of losing their house. In a desperate bid to save their home they decide to find, lure, and blackmail a pedophile from online.