Andrew Mayo

Andrew Mayo

Andy Mayo is a member of Dramatists Guild and a Network Playwright at Chicago Dramatists where he developed Blood and Water, which premiered in 2019 at Aux Dog Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His play, Lyndon Agonistes, was a finalist for the 2020 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas, Texas. His one-man show, Wish Upon a Star, intimate reflections of Walt Disney, has been produced at regional...
Andy Mayo is a member of Dramatists Guild and a Network Playwright at Chicago Dramatists where he developed Blood and Water, which premiered in 2019 at Aux Dog Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His play, Lyndon Agonistes, was a finalist for the 2020 New Works Festival at Kitchen Dog Theater, Dallas, Texas. His one-man show, Wish Upon a Star, intimate reflections of Walt Disney, has been produced at regional theatres. He also served as the literary manager for The Laughing Dog, an evening of 10-minute plays produced just before the pandemic shut everything down.

My website is http://extramayo.us

Plays

  • Blood and Water by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: brothers, water + 4 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: brothers, water, revenge, forgiveness, privatization, Southwest
    A rivalry between two brothers, a battle over the public versus for-profit use of water, and a woman’s search for the truth about the man she married.

    “Blood and Water feels like a slow-burn Sam Shepard play, expertly building tension before a shocking climactic ending.”
    - Scott Jackoway, director of the play’s public reading in Chicago
  • Wish Upon a Star by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
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    Keyword: Walt Disney, Disney + 1 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama
    Keyword: Walt Disney, Disney, Mickey Mouse
    A one-man show of Walt Disney's apocryphal film made a short time before his death.

    Produced Dec. 3 - 11 at The Cell Theatre, Albuquerque, NM by Enchanted Rose Inn & Theatre.
  • What Mom Said by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: forgiveness, morality + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: forgiveness, morality, fidelity, marriage, sisterhood
    A woman reveals a secret about their mother to her shocked younger sister.
  • The Gamekeeper's Cabin by Andrew Mayo
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, horror + 2 more
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    Keyword: gothic, incest + 4 more
    Genre: drama, horror, mystery/thriller, tragedy
    Keyword: gothic, incest, supernatural, horror, thriller, tragedy
    A man returns home for revenge against his sister not realizing she is a victim of incest.