Beau Ryan McCoy

Distinctions:

-Eugene O'Neill Theatre National Playwrights Conference - SEMIFINALIST for "The Octogenarian Players," 2020.
-Eugene O'Neill Theatre National Playwrights Conference - SEMIFINALIST for "Do People Have Sex in Irvine?," 2025.

Distinctions:

-Eugene O'Neill Theatre National Playwrights Conference - SEMIFINALIST for "The Octogenarian Players," 2020.
-Eugene O'Neill Theatre National Playwrights Conference - SEMIFINALIST for "Do People Have Sex in Irvine?," 2025.

Scripts

Do People Have Sex in Irvine? A God Play

by Beau Ryan McCoy

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

A newly married couple begins to explore their sexuality in Irvine, California.
Which is not exactly the most conducive environment for doing such a thing.

A God Play,
wherein a topic, subject, theme, thought, or idea is explored with levity and a sense of lightness,
or possibly a meditation infused with comedy and humor,
or possibly some kind of silly, loving, secular prayer,
or possibly even a fun search for...

A newly married couple begins to explore their sexuality in Irvine, California.
Which is not exactly the most conducive environment for doing such a thing.

A God Play,
wherein a topic, subject, theme, thought, or idea is explored with levity and a sense of lightness,
or possibly a meditation infused with comedy and humor,
or possibly some kind of silly, loving, secular prayer,
or possibly even a fun search for God in all their forms.

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108: A Grieving Session and a How-To on Rebirthing Peace

by Beau Ryan McCoy

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama,
experimental,
immersive

*Submission for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

A woman buries her 108 children,
performed in a cemetery.

*Submission for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

A woman buries her 108 children,
performed in a cemetery.

The Resplendent Introduction to and Glittering Coronation of the Blessed Faux Monarchy of Our Royal Majesty and Heir Presumptive, The Queen Queenie: An Impossible Play and a Political Fairy Tale

by Beau Ryan McCoy

Cast Size
3—9
Genre
dark comedy,
political,
satire

A nation meets their tyrannical queen, who has an affinity for overweight clowns, making outlandish demands for the thrill of it, and generally causing chaos and anarchy. Her reign, however, soon comes under questioning from the unlikeliest of places.

A nation meets their tyrannical queen, who has an affinity for overweight clowns, making outlandish demands for the thrill of it, and generally causing chaos and anarchy. Her reign, however, soon comes under questioning from the unlikeliest of places.

Scoundrels! A Testament to the Fates and Those That Oppose Them

by Beau Ryan McCoy

Cast Size
8
Genre
fable/folktale,
immersive

A group of ragtag pirates enter into a competition with the Fates.

A group of ragtag pirates enter into a competition with the Fates.

The Octogenarian Players: A Good Night Kiss

by Beau Ryan McCoy

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
drama

SEMIFINALIST - 2020 National Playwrights Conference, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center

Two eighty-something women decide to participate in a retirement home's performance of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. During their rehearsals, however, the text elicits in them something they've never felt before. Sometimes, everything good happens, just later.

SEMIFINALIST - 2020 National Playwrights Conference, The Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center

Two eighty-something women decide to participate in a retirement home's performance of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'. During their rehearsals, however, the text elicits in them something they've never felt before. Sometimes, everything good happens, just later.