Dagney Kerr

Dagney Kerr is a Los Angeles-based writer and actor. She's recurred, guest starred and been a regular on many TV shows, Films and National Commercials. Some credits include, Bosch, ABC’s The Middle, Desperate Housewives, Castle, George Lopez and Six Feet Under to name a few. Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will remember her as Kathy, the demon roommate. She also regularly appears on LA stages such as the, Geffen Playhouse, Hudson Theater, Comedy Central Stage, and Sacred Fools Theater Company.
As a writer her play, Stay, won Best Play and the Sherman C Ward Jr Award for Excellence in Playwriting at the Eastern States One Act Play Festival;Outstanding Play, Maryland One-Act Festival; Pick of the Vine, The Little Fish Theater in San Pedro; and Best Script, Best Play, and Audience Favorite...

Dagney Kerr is a Los Angeles-based writer and actor. She's recurred, guest starred and been a regular on many TV shows, Films and National Commercials. Some credits include, Bosch, ABC’s The Middle, Desperate Housewives, Castle, George Lopez and Six Feet Under to name a few. Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans will remember her as Kathy, the demon roommate. She also regularly appears on LA stages such as the, Geffen Playhouse, Hudson Theater, Comedy Central Stage, and Sacred Fools Theater Company.
As a writer her play, Stay, won Best Play and the Sherman C Ward Jr Award for Excellence in Playwriting at the Eastern States One Act Play Festival;Outstanding Play, Maryland One-Act Festival; Pick of the Vine, The Little Fish Theater in San Pedro; and Best Script, Best Play, and Audience Favorite awards in several other festivals around the country. Her play, "Dalton," was chosen for the ABC Discovers: New York Talent Showcase, INKFEST Playwright Festival in Hollywood and an official selection of the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. “Swindled Heart,” a noir play, just premiered in the LA Play Noir series in Hollywood and will soon be published. She recently received the Playwrights Initiative Award from Ivoryton Playhouse in CT for her play, Deanna and Paul. Dagney has also written and starred in the critically-acclaimed one-woman shows, Deep Sea Dagney and Hitchhiking to Mars, as well as the one-act plays Initial Velocity, Dancer, and Woolgathering, all having sold-out runs at various Los Angeles theaters.
She wrote and starred in the short films “The Business Meeting” and “Like,” which had its world premiere at the Dances with Films Festival in Hollywood, and is the creator of the Christmas show, Holiday Fever, which ran in Los Angeles for ten sold-out seasons.

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Scripts

Chasing the Moon (Dramatic Female Monologue)

by Dagney Kerr

1
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama

A poignant monologue about the tenacious search for love. From the play, Deanna and Paul.

A poignant monologue about the tenacious search for love. From the play, Deanna and Paul.

Secret Affinity for Hummingbirds (Male Dramatic Monologue)

by Dagney Kerr

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama

An emotional and poetic monologue about the search for love. From the play, Deanna and Paul.

An emotional and poetic monologue about the search for love. From the play, Deanna and Paul.

Stay

by Dagney Kerr

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
movement/physical

Two regulars at the dog park - a young Maltese and an aging German Shepherd - discover the meaning of friendship and loss. (15 minutes.)

Two regulars at the dog park - a young Maltese and an aging German Shepherd - discover the meaning of friendship and loss. (15 minutes.)

Deanna and Paul

by Dagney Kerr

4
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

Deanna's a quirky waitress with a strict no tipping policy. Paul's a surly customer with a tight lid on his heart. Their lonely worlds collide one day in a small-town diner, where one cup of coffee can change everything.
(55 minutes.)

Deanna's a quirky waitress with a strict no tipping policy. Paul's a surly customer with a tight lid on his heart. Their lonely worlds collide one day in a small-town diner, where one cup of coffee can change everything.
(55 minutes.)

Dalton

by Dagney Kerr

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Expecting their first child caused enough stress in Tom and Bertha's marriage. But agreeing on a name may cause an emotional meltdown. ( 15 minutes.)

Expecting their first child caused enough stress in Tom and Bertha's marriage. But agreeing on a name may cause an emotional meltdown. ( 15 minutes.)

Initial Velocity

by Dagney Kerr

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
fantasy,
movement/physical,
musical,
romantic comedy

One year, six months, and two days ago Phoebe and Ben fell in love. But they've never spoken a word to each other – until today. Leaving behind the whimsical, romantic journey they've taken in their imaginations, they finally join each other in reality. ( 17 minutes.)

One year, six months, and two days ago Phoebe and Ben fell in love. But they've never spoken a word to each other – until today. Leaving behind the whimsical, romantic journey they've taken in their imaginations, they finally join each other in reality. ( 17 minutes.)

Swindled Heart

by Dagney Kerr

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
period

It's 1944 in a rundown motel room on the Nevada border. He's a seasoned grifter, madly in love with stealing. She's a naive shopgirl, madly in love with him. On this hot summer night four bullets will decide their uncertain future, as they battle words and wits in a classic noir style. ( 15 minutes.)

It's 1944 in a rundown motel room on the Nevada border. He's a seasoned grifter, madly in love with stealing. She's a naive shopgirl, madly in love with him. On this hot summer night four bullets will decide their uncertain future, as they battle words and wits in a classic noir style. ( 15 minutes.)

Whitefish (Comedic Female Monologue)

by Dagney Kerr

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
fantasy

Joanne, a middle-aged, lonely woman, fantasizes about getting a prison pen pal.

Joanne, a middle-aged, lonely woman, fantasizes about getting a prison pen pal.

Woolgathering (Comedic Female Monologue)

by Dagney Kerr

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy

A woman shares her unhappiness with an ice-cream vendor.

A woman shares her unhappiness with an ice-cream vendor.