Kevin Delin

Dr. Kevin Delin has blended writing and science from the start of his career. He’s both a working scientist and a writer and essayist with bylines in both national and Los Angeles publications including American Theatre, Script, Pipeline Artists, and LA Weekly. He has been a regular columnist for the Los Angeles theater publications Stage Raw, Footlights, and Bitter Lemons. Kevin also served as dramaturg for Forever Bound, which received a 2018 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nomination for Playwriting. He has directed multiple times at Caltech's Annual Play Festival, Mach33, and was last seen on stage at Rogue Machine Theatre’s storytellers’ slam, Rant & Rave.

Kevin has four degrees, including a PhD in physics, from MIT where he also studied writing under A.R. Gurney and Frank Conroy...

Dr. Kevin Delin has blended writing and science from the start of his career. He’s both a working scientist and a writer and essayist with bylines in both national and Los Angeles publications including American Theatre, Script, Pipeline Artists, and LA Weekly. He has been a regular columnist for the Los Angeles theater publications Stage Raw, Footlights, and Bitter Lemons. Kevin also served as dramaturg for Forever Bound, which received a 2018 LA Stage Alliance Ovation Award Nomination for Playwriting. He has directed multiple times at Caltech's Annual Play Festival, Mach33, and was last seen on stage at Rogue Machine Theatre’s storytellers’ slam, Rant & Rave.

Kevin has four degrees, including a PhD in physics, from MIT where he also studied writing under A.R. Gurney and Frank Conroy and acted on Harvard's Hasty Pudding stage. After a stretch in Silicon Valley, Kevin came to Los Angeles to work for NASA where he invented and patented a wireless sensing technology that enables the search for life on Mars. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for the pioneering nature of this work.

Kevin’s writing comes from the myriad of unique experiences and adventures he has had in the roles of both scientist and government advisor. He is a member of the Antaeus Theatre Company’s Playwrights Lab.

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Scripts

A Climate of Errors

by Kevin Delin

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
drama,
satire

The cozy New England town of Massaco. A creaky bed and breakfast common in these regions. The water stains on the dining room tables could be from last week or last century.

And a Revolutionary War ghost that haunts it all.

Now add three unlikely women at the B&B: a stranded Hollywood producer, a climate scientist, and the local mayor. They've just accidentally uncovered a secret government database. On...

The cozy New England town of Massaco. A creaky bed and breakfast common in these regions. The water stains on the dining room tables could be from last week or last century.

And a Revolutionary War ghost that haunts it all.

Now add three unlikely women at the B&B: a stranded Hollywood producer, a climate scientist, and the local mayor. They've just accidentally uncovered a secret government database. On paranormal terrorism.

Implicating the B&B's ghost.

A CLIMATE OF ERRORS is a wild tale of ghosts, fishes out of water, the media, and - oh, yeah - how to approach an existential crisis.

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The Operation (10 minute play)

by Kevin Delin

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

There is much under the surface when a Mother discusses an upcoming operation with her Adult Child.

This play is very easy to stage. It can also be adapted for radio.

There is much under the surface when a Mother discusses an upcoming operation with her Adult Child.

This play is very easy to stage. It can also be adapted for radio.

Boxed In (10 minute play)

by Kevin Delin

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

A simple package delivery unexpectedly unravels into an existential crisis. Or two.

This play is very easy to stage.

A simple package delivery unexpectedly unravels into an existential crisis. Or two.

This play is very easy to stage.

Broken (10 minute play)

by Kevin Delin

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
political

A citizen, completely frustrated by the politics of the day, takes matters into their own hands...

A citizen, completely frustrated by the politics of the day, takes matters into their own hands...

That Scottish Cat (10 minute play)

by Kevin Delin

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
parody/spoof,
verse

Four jazz musicians struggle to present the Scottish Play in a Seussical-style.

This play is very easy to stage.

Four jazz musicians struggle to present the Scottish Play in a Seussical-style.

This play is very easy to stage.

Keep Calm and Science On (2 minute monologue)

by Kevin Delin

1
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

A scientist shares thoughts on the 217th day of sheltering during a world pandemic.

A scientist shares thoughts on the 217th day of sheltering during a world pandemic.