Sean David Demers

Sean David DeMers is a playwright with New England and New York City based roots. His plays include Carol In Winter, Great Emergencies, Faculty Portrait, Going There, Redacted, Off Tackle Glide, Four Movements, Dreams of Elysia, You Love Myself, and The Suicide of Mark Twain. He has had plays produced by Theater Masters, Riverside Theater, Two Lights Theatre Ensemble, Prime Number Productions, Harvest Theater Festival, and Des Moines Social Club. Sean is published through Samuel French in two collections of Take Ten. Faculty Portrait was a selection for the Last Frontier Theater Conference in 2016. He was a Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill in 2014 and 2017, Semi-Finalist for PlayPenn in 2017, and a Finalist for the Kennedy Center MFA Workshop and Weissberger Nominee in 2016. Sean is a...

Sean David DeMers is a playwright with New England and New York City based roots. His plays include Carol In Winter, Great Emergencies, Faculty Portrait, Going There, Redacted, Off Tackle Glide, Four Movements, Dreams of Elysia, You Love Myself, and The Suicide of Mark Twain. He has had plays produced by Theater Masters, Riverside Theater, Two Lights Theatre Ensemble, Prime Number Productions, Harvest Theater Festival, and Des Moines Social Club. Sean is published through Samuel French in two collections of Take Ten. Faculty Portrait was a selection for the Last Frontier Theater Conference in 2016. He was a Semi-Finalist for the O’Neill in 2014 and 2017, Semi-Finalist for PlayPenn in 2017, and a Finalist for the Kennedy Center MFA Workshop and Weissberger Nominee in 2016. Sean is a graduate of the University of Iowa MFA Playwright’s Workshop.

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Scripts

Encapsulated

by Sean David Demers

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
experimental,
science fiction

Tina's twin brother is getting out of prison and she doesn't want to be around. Perhaps a visit to the new start up Space-R for a do-it-yourself private space capsule will do the trick. But what of the family she leaves behind?

Tina's twin brother is getting out of prison and she doesn't want to be around. Perhaps a visit to the new start up Space-R for a do-it-yourself private space capsule will do the trick. But what of the family she leaves behind?

A Workshop

by Sean David Demers

Cast Size
11
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental

Roark is your everyday, normal, struggling playwright. All she wants is a safe space to develop her work. This workshop is not that place.

Roark is your everyday, normal, struggling playwright. All she wants is a safe space to develop her work. This workshop is not that place.

Carol In Winter

by Sean David Demers

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy

Laura drags her boyfriend Matt to help with her wild mother Carol's scheme. You see, Carol has decided to throw a fake funeral to lure her estranged twin sister back to Concord, NH in order to extort the successful sibling. Will her sister show? Will Matt completely snap? Will Laura finally have enough of her mother?

Laura drags her boyfriend Matt to help with her wild mother Carol's scheme. You see, Carol has decided to throw a fake funeral to lure her estranged twin sister back to Concord, NH in order to extort the successful sibling. Will her sister show? Will Matt completely snap? Will Laura finally have enough of her mother?

Little Blue Pill

by Sean David Demers

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
farce

It's Ken's retirement party and to splurge, he picked up a little blue pill to try with his wife Barbara. However, after taking too much and being visited by family friends Terry and Steve while unbeknownst to them their son and his girlfriend are upstairs waiting for someone named Frank, the house seems a bit too full for shenanigans.

It's Ken's retirement party and to splurge, he picked up a little blue pill to try with his wife Barbara. However, after taking too much and being visited by family friends Terry and Steve while unbeknownst to them their son and his girlfriend are upstairs waiting for someone named Frank, the house seems a bit too full for shenanigans.

Faculty Portrait

by Sean David Demers

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

A year after a school shooting claimed the life of his wife, Mr. Y finds himself teaching in the same classroom where the tragedy occurred. This sacrifice under the guise of nobility becomes clear as he is interviewed for the school yearbook’s Faculty Portrait section by students with ties to the shooting.

A year after a school shooting claimed the life of his wife, Mr. Y finds himself teaching in the same classroom where the tragedy occurred. This sacrifice under the guise of nobility becomes clear as he is interviewed for the school yearbook’s Faculty Portrait section by students with ties to the shooting.

Great Emergencies

by Sean David Demers

1
Cast Size
14—20
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
movement/physical,
period,
political

In 1881, an assassin's bullet changed the course of American history. Could it be that Julia Sand was the only one to foresee the destiny of the country? Familiar with now President Arthur's exclusionary politics, Julia writes and urges the President to reform his ways and unite the Republican Party. Based on true events, Great Emergencies shows how one voice can make a difference, even if that voice is...

In 1881, an assassin's bullet changed the course of American history. Could it be that Julia Sand was the only one to foresee the destiny of the country? Familiar with now President Arthur's exclusionary politics, Julia writes and urges the President to reform his ways and unite the Republican Party. Based on true events, Great Emergencies shows how one voice can make a difference, even if that voice is ultimately lost to history.

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