William Forrest

William Forrest is a dramaturg, playwright, and publishing professional in the Philadelphia area. He won the Embedded Dramaturgy Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Theater Studies and English with a Concentration in Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.

William Forrest is a dramaturg, playwright, and publishing professional in the Philadelphia area. He won the Embedded Dramaturgy Award at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2. He holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in Theater Studies and English with a Concentration in Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.

Scripts

The Athenian Early Career Playwriting Group

by William Forrest

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
parody/spoof,
period,
satire

The annual City Dionysia New Play Festival is coming up, and four early career Athenian playwrights are meeting to discuss what they'll be submitting this year. This is 5th century BCE Athens, or is it 21st century NYC?

The annual City Dionysia New Play Festival is coming up, and four early career Athenian playwrights are meeting to discuss what they'll be submitting this year. This is 5th century BCE Athens, or is it 21st century NYC?

The Lady of the Sea

by William Forrest

1
Cast Size
11
Genre
biography,
comedy,
commedia dell'arte,
drama,
fantasy,
movement/physical,
opera,
period

It's 1885 and Eleonora Duse, soon to be the world's most famous actor, is in trouble. She's about to perform outside Italy for the first time, but for now she's stuck on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic with her distant husband, a loud opera and ballet company with a maniac impresario, a three year old daughter back in Italy, and a captain who reminds her a lot of her dead grandfather. She needs help, but...

It's 1885 and Eleonora Duse, soon to be the world's most famous actor, is in trouble. She's about to perform outside Italy for the first time, but for now she's stuck on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic with her distant husband, a loud opera and ballet company with a maniac impresario, a three year old daughter back in Italy, and a captain who reminds her a lot of her dead grandfather. She needs help, but being an actor and an Italian, there will be a lot of yelling, singing, dancing, and gesturing involved. An unforgettable journey, THE LADY OF THE SEA is a tribute to the performing arts, Italian culture, love, family, seafaring, and celestial navigation.

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Window of Vulnerability

by William Forrest

Cast Size
12—24
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period,
political

EARLY DRAFT It is 1983, the height of the Cold War. Kate Berrigan and her mother Emma live less than two miles away from Offutt Air Force Base, the headquarters of Strategic Air Command, the group responsible for launching nuclear war. Emma, desperate to prevent her daughter from living in fear, is still struggling with her own anxieties she gained as a child, and as their terror grows, Emma relives her own...

EARLY DRAFT It is 1983, the height of the Cold War. Kate Berrigan and her mother Emma live less than two miles away from Offutt Air Force Base, the headquarters of Strategic Air Command, the group responsible for launching nuclear war. Emma, desperate to prevent her daughter from living in fear, is still struggling with her own anxieties she gained as a child, and as their terror grows, Emma relives her own childhood. All the while, military leaders and politicians are fighting over America's plans to fight a nuclear war, influenced not by the good of the country but their own interests. The play explores the psychological impact of nuclear weapons, the insanity and immorality of American war planning, and the dangers of resisting being vulnerable.

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