William Bivins

William Bivins is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and producer. His plays have been produced in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Anchorage, and include "The Afterlife of the Mind,”"The Apotheosis of Pig Husbandry,” “The Education of a Rake,” “The Position,” “Ransom, Texas,” and “Pulp Scripture” (which was also adapted into a radio play). He is a winner of the Hyperion Project Original Play Competition, the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Original Script, and eight San Francisco Fringe Festival Awards. “Rio Sangre,” a screenplay he co-wrote with Ken Karn, is in development. He is currently working on “Horseman,” a gothic horror film inspired by the legend of Sleepy Hollow.

William Bivins is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and producer. His plays have been produced in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Anchorage, and include "The Afterlife of the Mind,”"The Apotheosis of Pig Husbandry,” “The Education of a Rake,” “The Position,” “Ransom, Texas,” and “Pulp Scripture” (which was also adapted into a radio play). He is a winner of the Hyperion Project Original Play Competition, the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Original Script, and eight San Francisco Fringe Festival Awards. “Rio Sangre,” a screenplay he co-wrote with Ken Karn, is in development. He is currently working on “Horseman,” a gothic horror film inspired by the legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Scripts

The Afterlife of the Mind

by William Bivins

Synopsis

Lydia's husband Harry is dying of a rare illness. Unwilling to accept his fate, Lydia enlists the help of Dr. Hoffsteadler, a brilliant but illegal neurosurgeon who operates out of the back of a bar and who, medical legend has it, once transplanted a human brain. After a botched transplant, Harry's brain ends up in Lydia's abdomen, and she embarks on a journey pushing the limits of love, the human body, and...

Lydia's husband Harry is dying of a rare illness. Unwilling to accept his fate, Lydia enlists the help of Dr. Hoffsteadler, a brilliant but illegal neurosurgeon who operates out of the back of a bar and who, medical legend has it, once transplanted a human brain. After a botched transplant, Harry's brain ends up in Lydia's abdomen, and she embarks on a journey pushing the limits of love, the human body, and medical science to, ultimately, find her own worth.

The Apotheosis of Pig Husbandry

by William Bivins

Synopsis

Philosopher and social theorist Asuncion "Assy" Boyle drifts into town, buys the derelict motel downwind of the biggest pig farm in the state, and seduces the pig farmer's wife Lola. His plan? To put Charles, the farmer, out of business and clean up the pig shit that's destroying the community and polluting the groundwater. But since Assy blames Charles for his mother's death is this really social justice... or...

Philosopher and social theorist Asuncion "Assy" Boyle drifts into town, buys the derelict motel downwind of the biggest pig farm in the state, and seduces the pig farmer's wife Lola. His plan? To put Charles, the farmer, out of business and clean up the pig shit that's destroying the community and polluting the groundwater. But since Assy blames Charles for his mother's death is this really social justice... or naked revenge?

The Education of a Rake

by William Bivins

Synopsis

Congressman Roy Armstrong has a plan to pass the Equal Rights Amendment once and for all. But he has a problem–and she’s about to go public. Will he go down in history as the man who won equal rights for women in America? Or as a scoundrel who couldn’t keep his amendment in his pants?

Congressman Roy Armstrong has a plan to pass the Equal Rights Amendment once and for all. But he has a problem–and she’s about to go public. Will he go down in history as the man who won equal rights for women in America? Or as a scoundrel who couldn’t keep his amendment in his pants?

The Position

by William Bivins

Synopsis

The Position is not just a job; in a world ravaged by 80% unemployment and mass social chaos, The Position represents security and fulfillment. The six finalists will be flown to a remote compound, must be willing to relinquish all possessions and identity, be recorded around the clock, and engage in dangerous psychological games. Survival not guaranteed.

The Position is not just a job; in a world ravaged by 80% unemployment and mass social chaos, The Position represents security and fulfillment. The six finalists will be flown to a remote compound, must be willing to relinquish all possessions and identity, be recorded around the clock, and engage in dangerous psychological games. Survival not guaranteed.

Pulp Scripture

by William Bivins

Synopsis

Sisters get Dad Drunk, have Sex with him!... Human Sacrifice at Father-son Camping Trip!... Widow Becomes Hooker, Tricks Father-in-law into Getting her Pregnant!... Crowd of Horny Sodomites Demand Sex with House Guests!... Ripped from the tabloids? Try the Good Book. These are the Bible stories they didn't teach you in Sunday School.

Sisters get Dad Drunk, have Sex with him!... Human Sacrifice at Father-son Camping Trip!... Widow Becomes Hooker, Tricks Father-in-law into Getting her Pregnant!... Crowd of Horny Sodomites Demand Sex with House Guests!... Ripped from the tabloids? Try the Good Book. These are the Bible stories they didn't teach you in Sunday School.

Ransom, Texas

by William Bivins

Synopsis

Vern and Bruce, father and son, get together after work in Vern's office to toast the sale of the family's manufacturing business. But when Bruce makes a remark that triggers Vern's suspicions, what started as a celebration devolves into an evening of psychic warfare. Bruce gradually pieces together a pattern of monstrous betrayal going back two generations. Can he break the cycle, or is he doomed to play out...

Vern and Bruce, father and son, get together after work in Vern's office to toast the sale of the family's manufacturing business. But when Bruce makes a remark that triggers Vern's suspicions, what started as a celebration devolves into an evening of psychic warfare. Bruce gradually pieces together a pattern of monstrous betrayal going back two generations. Can he break the cycle, or is he doomed to play out the family curse?

Scapegoat

by William Bivins

Synopsis

Clive is a struggling comic book artist whose series, Scapegoat, once celebrated as a cunning metaphor for the African American experience, is now running thin. When his friend is shot by police, Clive finds renewed purpose for Scapegoat. But as sales soar, violence erupts, and Clive begins to question the role of art in the pursuit of justice.

Clive is a struggling comic book artist whose series, Scapegoat, once celebrated as a cunning metaphor for the African American experience, is now running thin. When his friend is shot by police, Clive finds renewed purpose for Scapegoat. But as sales soar, violence erupts, and Clive begins to question the role of art in the pursuit of justice.