Vincent Delaney

Vincent Delaney

Vincent Delaney's plays have been produced, commissioned, and developed at the Guthrie, Humana Festival, Florida Studio Theatre, LAByrinth, New Harmony Project, Source Theatre Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Florida Stage, the Children’s Theatre Company, the Magic, Woolly Mammoth, Shakespeare and Company, Pittsburgh Public, the Lark, PlayLabs, Capital Rep, and Bristol Valley Theatre, among others....
Vincent Delaney's plays have been produced, commissioned, and developed at the Guthrie, Humana Festival, Florida Studio Theatre, LAByrinth, New Harmony Project, Source Theatre Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Florida Stage, the Children’s Theatre Company, the Magic, Woolly Mammoth, Shakespeare and Company, Pittsburgh Public, the Lark, PlayLabs, Capital Rep, and Bristol Valley Theatre, among others.

Las Cruces won the New Play Festival from Premiere Stages.

Foreclosure is currently under option for a New York production.

Fire Station 7 was commissioned by Seattle Children’s Theatre, where it had its world premiere.

99 Layoffs premiered at ACT Theatre and Radial Theatre Project, and was produced at Orange Theatre in Amsterdam; the script was a nominee for the ATCA Steinberg Award.

The Sequence, commissioned by the Guthrie, has been produced around the country and overseas.

The War Party was developed through the National New Play Network, and had simultaneous world premieres at Seattle Public Theatre and Philadelphia’s InterAct. It was selected to the New York International Fringe Festival.

Ampersand won the Reva Shiner Comedy Award from the Bloomington Playwrights Project.

Other awards include McKnight and Bush Fellowships, Core Membership at the Playwrights Center, the Heideman from Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Seattle Rep Writers Group, and a Jerome Commission.

His screenplay CANAAN was a finalist for the Disney Writing Program through the Blacklist, and his short film KUWAIT was selected to festivals in New Hampshire, Connecticut and Idaho.

Publications: Applause Books, Smith and Kraus, Samuel French, Heineman, Dramatics Magazine, Theatre Forum, and Playscripts.com.

Upcoming: The Wheel Woman at Orlando Shakespeare Festival, PlayFest.

Plays

  • The Devil's Wheel by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: adventure, biography + 5 more
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    Keyword: feminism, early feminism + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, fable/folktale, period
    Keyword: feminism, early feminism, comedy, Victorian, bicycles, wager, 1890s, biography, women's movement, racing
    It's 1894. Young Annie Londonderry takes on a wager to become the first woman to bicycle solo around the globe--and sets off a firestorm in the women's movement. THE DEVIL'S WHEEL is a heartfelt comedy that tells the true story of this complex early feminist icon, who pushed every possible Victorian boundary to achieve her goal. She was an impresario, part hero, part fraud, at a time when women...
    It's 1894. Young Annie Londonderry takes on a wager to become the first woman to bicycle solo around the globe--and sets off a firestorm in the women's movement. THE DEVIL'S WHEEL is a heartfelt comedy that tells the true story of this complex early feminist icon, who pushed every possible Victorian boundary to achieve her goal. She was an impresario, part hero, part fraud, at a time when women were allowed neither agency nor complexity.

    The play is written to be performed with 5 WOMEN, playing a rich range of historical roles, male and female.

    FEATURED AT: Orlando Shakes PlayFest, Capital Rep NextAct.
  • Foreclosure by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: housing crisis, infidelity + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, political
    Keyword: housing crisis, infidelity, marriage, real estate, community
    Garrett and Tory are neighbors to Rob and Paige, in a Southern California neighborhood ravaged by foreclosure. Six months ago Rob lost his job and home, and vanished with his pregnant wife.

    But today they’re back, squatting with their newborn baby in their former home, craving reconnection with their best friends. Everything has changed, but there are still deep bonds, full of tension and...
    Garrett and Tory are neighbors to Rob and Paige, in a Southern California neighborhood ravaged by foreclosure. Six months ago Rob lost his job and home, and vanished with his pregnant wife.

    But today they’re back, squatting with their newborn baby in their former home, craving reconnection with their best friends. Everything has changed, but there are still deep bonds, full of tension and jealousy and humor, between the two couples.

    As Garrett and Tory struggle to understand what’s happening, they find their own marriage fracturing. And when a realtor shows up with a buyer for Rob’s home, the tension pushes all the relationships past a point of no return.

    FEATURED AT: Premiere Stages New Play Fest, LAByrinth Summer Intensive.
  • Las Cruces by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: parenthood, Poker + 6 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, mystery/thriller, period, political
    Keyword: parenthood, Poker, school shooting, Columbine, latina, New Mexico, gun violence, teenagers
    In the New Mexico desert, not far from the casinos and the spaceport, Sheridan is camped out, hiding in a gutted trailer. Everyone knows he's there, but no one knows why. Except maybe a card player named Soledad.

    Winner of the New Play Award from Premiere Stages, NJ.
  • 99 Layoffs by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Employment, Getting Fired + 1 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, farce, romantic comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: Employment, Getting Fired, workplace
    Orson and Louella are job seekers in the most ruthless market known to history: the world of today. As they spiral through the brutality of telemarketing, fast food, failed interviews, and nasty bosses, somehow both the jobs and the firings get worse. In the end they discover the sweetness that comes from love--and rebellion.

    PRODUCTIONS: Radial Theatre Project, ACT Theatre, Orange Theatre (...
    Orson and Louella are job seekers in the most ruthless market known to history: the world of today. As they spiral through the brutality of telemarketing, fast food, failed interviews, and nasty bosses, somehow both the jobs and the firings get worse. In the end they discover the sweetness that comes from love--and rebellion.

    PRODUCTIONS: Radial Theatre Project, ACT Theatre, Orange Theatre (Amsterdam).

    Finalist, ATCA Steinberg Award.
  • The War Party by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: election, Politics + 2 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: election, Politics, women in politics, Senators
    It’s election night, 3AM. Laura Smith is a far-right senator who’s just lost the battle of her life. Her intern, Jessie, has ambitions and secrets of her own. Their friendly drinking game quickly descends to darker terrain, where two powerful women fight for all they have.

    Produced at InterAct in Philadelphia, Seattle Public Theatre, NY International Fringe Festival.
  • The Art of Bad Men by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: World War II, prisoners of war + 3 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period, romantic comedy
    Keyword: World War II, prisoners of war, Germany, Moliere, prison camp
    Based on interviews with former German prisoners of war, this is the true story of the POW camps which dotted the US during World War Two.

    It’s 1945. Thousands of Germans are trapped here behind barbed wire, while back home their world is collapsing. Some are ardent Nazis, some are barely old enough to hold a shovel. Every one of them is scared: of the war, of losing their home, of the...
    Based on interviews with former German prisoners of war, this is the true story of the POW camps which dotted the US during World War Two.

    It’s 1945. Thousands of Germans are trapped here behind barbed wire, while back home their world is collapsing. Some are ardent Nazis, some are barely old enough to hold a shovel. Every one of them is scared: of the war, of losing their home, of the vastness of this strange land. But for a few, a camp production of a Moliere play may give them a chance—either to escape or to transcend.

    Developed at The Actors Company Theatre, NYC, and the Orlando Shakespeare Festival.
  • The Ansel Intimacy by Vincent Delaney
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Dystopia, coming of age + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, experimental, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: Dystopia, coming of age, friendship, cloning
    On his 16th birthday, Tate receives a present he never asked for: Ansel, who was grown to provide him with replacement parts. But as they grow up together, Tate discovers that some gifts can't be so easily accepted. Set in a dystopia not that far from today, the play asks how far we'll go to stay human.

    Developed at Premiere Stages, NJ, Theatre 22 Seattle, and ACT Theatre.