Kyle Smith

Kyle A. Smith’s (they,she,he) plays include The Part of Me (Excerpts at Graeae Theatre, MadLab Theatre, Princess Grace Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist, Theatre503 Semi-Finalist), Paralysis (DGF Fellowship Finalist, reading at Transformation Theatre, developed at Fresh Binder, University of Kansas (upcoming)), In Time (No Frills Theater), Whiteout (Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries Semi-Finalist), Blinded (O’Neill Semi-finalist, Goldberg Prize Finalist, New Classics Semi-Finalist), Fascists and the People Who Kill Them (Sohaya Vision’s RAFTA Runner Up), On Love and Robots (reading at Outtabounds), Man Up (developed at Fresh Binder), Miss Conduct (Outtabounds, 1st place New Thrills Festival), Miss Direction (Adelphi University, Queen’s Theater), Miss Orientation...

Kyle A. Smith’s (they,she,he) plays include The Part of Me (Excerpts at Graeae Theatre, MadLab Theatre, Princess Grace Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist, Theatre503 Semi-Finalist), Paralysis (DGF Fellowship Finalist, reading at Transformation Theatre, developed at Fresh Binder, University of Kansas (upcoming)), In Time (No Frills Theater), Whiteout (Shakespeare’s New Contemporaries Semi-Finalist), Blinded (O’Neill Semi-finalist, Goldberg Prize Finalist, New Classics Semi-Finalist), Fascists and the People Who Kill Them (Sohaya Vision’s RAFTA Runner Up), On Love and Robots (reading at Outtabounds), Man Up (developed at Fresh Binder), Miss Conduct (Outtabounds, 1st place New Thrills Festival), Miss Direction (Adelphi University, Queen’s Theater), Miss Orientation (Adelphi University), Frisky (Emerging Artist’s Theatre, Equity Library Theatre), and Don (Equity Library Theatre, Secret Theatre). They are currently a member of the T.H.I.N.K. Fall cohort at the tank. Kyleanthonysmith.com. MFA: NYU, DDW.

Kyle is Brooklyn based, Agender, Bisexual, Bipolar, Autistic, and frankly has too many parts of themselves to keep track of. They have a lovely cat, baby, and spouse.

Scripts

The Part of Me

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: In The Part of Me, a pan sexual bipolar woman breaks up with her girlfriend, embarking on an odyssey of self-discovery that is colored by her mental illness. This expressionist tale is a comic exploration of mental illness and sexuality through the lens of a woman who finds herself faced with no other option but to confront and deeply consider her sense of self.

FULL LENGTH: In The Part of Me, a pan sexual bipolar woman breaks up with her girlfriend, embarking on an odyssey of self-discovery that is colored by her mental illness. This expressionist tale is a comic exploration of mental illness and sexuality through the lens of a woman who finds herself faced with no other option but to confront and deeply consider her sense of self.

PARALYSIS

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

Full Length: Joy's coping with their break up about as poorly as one can. They locked themself in their room and are trying to get over their depression with bed rest. But when days turn to weeks, reality into nightmares, and they repeatedly wake up to sleep paralysis, Joy must face their depression head-on or lose their grip on the real world forever.

Full Length: Joy's coping with their break up about as poorly as one can. They locked themself in their room and are trying to get over their depression with bed rest. But when days turn to weeks, reality into nightmares, and they repeatedly wake up to sleep paralysis, Joy must face their depression head-on or lose their grip on the real world forever.

Man Up

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

St. Catherine's Water Polo team is ready to win a championship. They have all the pieces, the talent, everything they need. But when Titus, one of the players, discovers they have feelings for another player, and that they may be trans, Titus has to choose between what's most important to them, winning a championship as part of the team, or being true to themself. Man Up is about how sometimes when we become...

St. Catherine's Water Polo team is ready to win a championship. They have all the pieces, the talent, everything they need. But when Titus, one of the players, discovers they have feelings for another player, and that they may be trans, Titus has to choose between what's most important to them, winning a championship as part of the team, or being true to themself. Man Up is about how sometimes when we become most ourselves, we lose people and things we thought we loved.

Fascists and the People Who Kill Them

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Dunk is satisfied with his life in the Democratic Democracy of Libertaria. He prepares bodies to be dumped in mass graves, has a beautiful government-issued second wife, and two lovely children who love contraband media. When Dunk’s father is killed for treason, Dunk needs to convince his government sentinel, Crom, that his family is just an average law-abiding family. His dysfunctional family has...

FULL LENGTH: Dunk is satisfied with his life in the Democratic Democracy of Libertaria. He prepares bodies to be dumped in mass graves, has a beautiful government-issued second wife, and two lovely children who love contraband media. When Dunk’s father is killed for treason, Dunk needs to convince his government sentinel, Crom, that his family is just an average law-abiding family. His dysfunctional family has other plans.

On Love & Robots

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Caryl is bringing her fiancee Anne home to meet her conservative, homophobic parents and tell them they're getting married. When she arrives, she discovers that her parents have been replaced by robots sent from the future to kill her firstborn son. Caryl must find her real parents, escape the robots, and, maybe, if all goes well, find some acceptance along the way.

FULL LENGTH: Caryl is bringing her fiancee Anne home to meet her conservative, homophobic parents and tell them they're getting married. When she arrives, she discovers that her parents have been replaced by robots sent from the future to kill her firstborn son. Caryl must find her real parents, escape the robots, and, maybe, if all goes well, find some acceptance along the way.

In Time

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH Billy has become unstuck in time. He travels his own timeline, endlessly searching for a way to save his wife. But the past resists change. In Time is about how we process our lives, and cope with our loss.

FULL LENGTH Billy has become unstuck in time. He travels his own timeline, endlessly searching for a way to save his wife. But the past resists change. In Time is about how we process our lives, and cope with our loss.

Blinded

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: In this adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, Rex is detaining Hormazd for a perceived crime. As Rex digs into Hormazd's past, he faces the consequences of his own actions, and attempts to flee the organization he's acting under. When he gets to Columbus his past catches up with him as he asks the question we all wonder: is forgiveness even possible? Blinded is about the harsh...

FULL LENGTH: In this adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, Rex is detaining Hormazd for a perceived crime. As Rex digs into Hormazd's past, he faces the consequences of his own actions, and attempts to flee the organization he's acting under. When he gets to Columbus his past catches up with him as he asks the question we all wonder: is forgiveness even possible? Blinded is about the harsh realities we must face if we ever wish to move forward as a country.

The Correctable

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

Gird your loins! In this parody of The Crucible, John seeks redemption from his wife Liz for sleeping with a teenager, Anna. It's too bad that the whole town is engrossed in a witch hunt to root out their own "witch hunt" perpetrated by teachers preaching woke principles. John must navigate a shed-hungry priest, the American judicial system, and a way overworked understudy to get the forgiveness that, quite...

Gird your loins! In this parody of The Crucible, John seeks redemption from his wife Liz for sleeping with a teenager, Anna. It's too bad that the whole town is engrossed in a witch hunt to root out their own "witch hunt" perpetrated by teachers preaching woke principles. John must navigate a shed-hungry priest, the American judicial system, and a way overworked understudy to get the forgiveness that, quite frankly, he doesn't deserve.

WHITEOUT

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Whiteout is a mistaken identity play set in a white rural North Dakota community, in which the people being mistaken are two black men who look nothing alike. These two men, both named Kevin, and one of their wives, Taylor, must navigate through pepper spray and collapsible plungers, through fifty shades of racism, through "Shmirnoff Ice" and overfriendly BNB workers, to find order in a town that...

FULL LENGTH: Whiteout is a mistaken identity play set in a white rural North Dakota community, in which the people being mistaken are two black men who look nothing alike. These two men, both named Kevin, and one of their wives, Taylor, must navigate through pepper spray and collapsible plungers, through fifty shades of racism, through "Shmirnoff Ice" and overfriendly BNB workers, to find order in a town that breathes chaos.

Agnes In American History, or The Roots are Rotten

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

Agnes is an autistic time traveler looking to travel to obscure American historical events for her doctoral thesis. William E. Riker's announcement of running for office, Timothy Dexter's "funeral", and Giles Corey's execution. Really though, she's mostly interested in connecting with her women ancestors. As her ancestor's situations get more dire, Agnes is forced to choose between standing up for the women of...

Agnes is an autistic time traveler looking to travel to obscure American historical events for her doctoral thesis. William E. Riker's announcement of running for office, Timothy Dexter's "funeral", and Giles Corey's execution. Really though, she's mostly interested in connecting with her women ancestors. As her ancestor's situations get more dire, Agnes is forced to choose between standing up for the women of the past or preserving her future. Agnes in American History is about the obscure men who history remembers, and all of the "Elizabeths" who history has forgotten.

Missed Connections

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: A collection of ten-minute plays written around femme presenting actors. These plays deal with mental health, neurodivergence, LBGT women, slut shaming, body shaming, murder, Qanon, and acceptance. Bring tissues, and get ready to laugh.

FULL LENGTH: A collection of ten-minute plays written around femme presenting actors. These plays deal with mental health, neurodivergence, LBGT women, slut shaming, body shaming, murder, Qanon, and acceptance. Bring tissues, and get ready to laugh.

Frisky

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

ONE ACT: A woman falls in love with the TSA agent who frisks her. As her love turns to obsession, we are left wondering: what will we give up for a sense of security?

ONE ACT: A woman falls in love with the TSA agent who frisks her. As her love turns to obsession, we are left wondering: what will we give up for a sense of security?

More Weight

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

ONE ACT: Agnes is having a bad time. She's studying American History, up close and personal, with her traveler's license, visiting obscure, famous men in America's past. The through-line? They're all abusive and belligerent to the women in their lives. This comes to a head when Agnes visits Giles Corey, of Salem Witch Trials Fame, on the third day of him being pressed to death, as Agnes considers what is worth...

ONE ACT: Agnes is having a bad time. She's studying American History, up close and personal, with her traveler's license, visiting obscure, famous men in America's past. The through-line? They're all abusive and belligerent to the women in their lives. This comes to a head when Agnes visits Giles Corey, of Salem Witch Trials Fame, on the third day of him being pressed to death, as Agnes considers what is worth changing the future over.

The Cop and the Anthem

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

One Act: In this adaptation of the O. Henry short story, Soapy is unhoused on Christmas Eve in New York City, and all he wants is to spend winter on "Blackwell's Island", the local penitentiary. Unfortunately Soapy is less adept at getting himself arrested than he hopes. Soapy will put in the work, but will he get to do the time?

One Act: In this adaptation of the O. Henry short story, Soapy is unhoused on Christmas Eve in New York City, and all he wants is to spend winter on "Blackwell's Island", the local penitentiary. Unfortunately Soapy is less adept at getting himself arrested than he hopes. Soapy will put in the work, but will he get to do the time?

Miss Diagnosed

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Annie confronts her old psychiatrist about a missed diagnosis that has led to a lot of pain.

SHORT: Annie confronts her old psychiatrist about a missed diagnosis that has led to a lot of pain.

If a Tree Falls

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: A woman takes a man out to a remote part of the woods to burn his flesh off with acid for a past misdeed. The man, who happens to be awful, tries to figure out the misdeed, and convince her not to kill him.

SHORT: A woman takes a man out to a remote part of the woods to burn his flesh off with acid for a past misdeed. The man, who happens to be awful, tries to figure out the misdeed, and convince her not to kill him.

Miss Orientation

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

ONE ACT: Miss Orientation follows Frederica as she tries to shed some serious weight for a school dance. With her closest confidants pushing her in some unhealthy directions, she finds solace, and acceptance, in a new friend, who blossoms into something more.

ONE ACT: Miss Orientation follows Frederica as she tries to shed some serious weight for a school dance. With her closest confidants pushing her in some unhealthy directions, she finds solace, and acceptance, in a new friend, who blossoms into something more.

Miss Education

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Mr. Joe wants you to practice safe sex. His abstinence-only education video is sure to show you the dangers of premarital sex, as long as the women involved behave themselves…

SHORT: Mr. Joe wants you to practice safe sex. His abstinence-only education video is sure to show you the dangers of premarital sex, as long as the women involved behave themselves…

A Light in the Dark

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: A man who's been laid off thanks to the Covid-19 crisis breaks into a church looking for supplies. It's up to Jesus, the church's janitor, to get him out and on his way.

SHORT: A man who's been laid off thanks to the Covid-19 crisis breaks into a church looking for supplies. It's up to Jesus, the church's janitor, to get him out and on his way.

Intrusive Thoughts and Me

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

ONE MINUTE PLAY: Denise wants to ride the subway in peace. Her intrusive thoughts don't like this plan.

ONE MINUTE PLAY: Denise wants to ride the subway in peace. Her intrusive thoughts don't like this plan.

Don

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Don reflects on the choices he made to get where he is, as Keith struggles to get Don out of the rain.

SHORT: Don reflects on the choices he made to get where he is, as Keith struggles to get Don out of the rain.

Miss Conduct

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Two women actors have decided to kill their old producer turned sexual assaulter. One of the women, Heather, is having second thoughts, and it's up to Alice to get Heather's head in the game.

SHORT: Two women actors have decided to kill their old producer turned sexual assaulter. One of the women, Heather, is having second thoughts, and it's up to Alice to get Heather's head in the game.

Miss Direction

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Miss Direction is a play about trying to save the ones you love. Louise wants to take her sister Carrie home and out of a bad situation, but Carrie is resisting the change.

SHORT: Miss Direction is a play about trying to save the ones you love. Louise wants to take her sister Carrie home and out of a bad situation, but Carrie is resisting the change.

Miss Information

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Kate and Meredith have conflicting needs. Meredith needs to come up with the perfect response
to the libtard cuck who keeps commenting on her posts, and Kate needs to pack up their home to
get ready for the mass climate migration. This play is all about the things that get us riled up and
the things that should.

SHORT: Kate and Meredith have conflicting needs. Meredith needs to come up with the perfect response
to the libtard cuck who keeps commenting on her posts, and Kate needs to pack up their home to
get ready for the mass climate migration. This play is all about the things that get us riled up and
the things that should.

Miss Gendered

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Lisa's getting married to the love of her life, Kay! But when an unwanted family member crashes Lisa's wedding, Lisa must decide how to proceed with the situation, without ruining her big day.

SHORT: Lisa's getting married to the love of her life, Kay! But when an unwanted family member crashes Lisa's wedding, Lisa must decide how to proceed with the situation, without ruining her big day.

Miss Treatment

by Kyle Smith

Synopsis

SHORT: Ginny has it all, a great relationship, her dream job, acceptance from her mom. So when she asks Doctor Kay to assist her suicide, Kay has a little bit of difficulty processing the request.

SHORT: Ginny has it all, a great relationship, her dream job, acceptance from her mom. So when she asks Doctor Kay to assist her suicide, Kay has a little bit of difficulty processing the request.