Scott Levy

Scott Levy teaches for Chicago's Second City Writing Program. He was a founding member, writer and actor for the acclaimed Chicago satire, The Best Church Of God (named Best Sketch Revue by The Chicago Reader, 2010). His co-written play (with Chicago writer Dan Luebbe), Kid Yesterday, was a two time semi-finalist for Polarity Theatre's Dionysus Cup New Play Festival. He was a founding member, writer and actor for The Cincinnati Ohio based comedy troupe, Monkeytime, which toured the midwest and south, and produced the radio program, It's Monkeytime!, which aired on numerous NPR affiliate stations. He has contributed to the acclaimed Chicago live weekly magazine, The Paper Machete. A collection of his short, dark, audio plays can be heard at www.nightmedicine.com

Scott Levy teaches for Chicago's Second City Writing Program. He was a founding member, writer and actor for the acclaimed Chicago satire, The Best Church Of God (named Best Sketch Revue by The Chicago Reader, 2010). His co-written play (with Chicago writer Dan Luebbe), Kid Yesterday, was a two time semi-finalist for Polarity Theatre's Dionysus Cup New Play Festival. He was a founding member, writer and actor for The Cincinnati Ohio based comedy troupe, Monkeytime, which toured the midwest and south, and produced the radio program, It's Monkeytime!, which aired on numerous NPR affiliate stations. He has contributed to the acclaimed Chicago live weekly magazine, The Paper Machete. A collection of his short, dark, audio plays can be heard at www.nightmedicine.com

Scripts

The Fugitive Oath

by Scott Levy

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

In the middle of the American version of nowhere, is a clinic run by Dr. Jay Louis and his Head Of Security/Nurse, Shelia. It caters to the sick, the injured, the desperate-the ones who are out of options. They are charged nothing for their care. In a variety of ways, they have already paid. Dr. Louis struggles with guilt. He has funded his clinic with the gains made from having once owned stock in the usurious...

In the middle of the American version of nowhere, is a clinic run by Dr. Jay Louis and his Head Of Security/Nurse, Shelia. It caters to the sick, the injured, the desperate-the ones who are out of options. They are charged nothing for their care. In a variety of ways, they have already paid. Dr. Louis struggles with guilt. He has funded his clinic with the gains made from having once owned stock in the usurious, price gouging Big Pharma company, Pentzlinger. He also deals with urgent anxiety, for he has discovered what he calls The Treatment: A comprehensive cure for-everything. It could end the healthcare industry as we know it. If he is found out before he has the chance to present it to the world, his work, and his very life, could be at grave risk. The Fugitive Oath navigates such terrain with humor, compassion, treachery and blood.

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Kid Yesterday

by Scott Levy

Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

The year is 1985. Professional Wrestling is in the process of exploding. Two men travel parallel paths. Mick “Metal Man” Maloney is an under-employed wrestler. Flye is a bestselling novelist. Metal Man was once in career ascension, and now guiltily clings to a tragic event from his past. Flye is a shadowy figure who struggles mightily with writer’s block-when he eventually learns of Metal Man, his instincts...

The year is 1985. Professional Wrestling is in the process of exploding. Two men travel parallel paths. Mick “Metal Man” Maloney is an under-employed wrestler. Flye is a bestselling novelist. Metal Man was once in career ascension, and now guiltily clings to a tragic event from his past. Flye is a shadowy figure who struggles mightily with writer’s block-when he eventually learns of Metal Man, his instincts tell him: This is it- the story and character he has been seeking. Soon, the once parallel paths collide. What follows is the inevitable crash that results from a man who refuses to release his grip on the past. Metal Man forgives no one. Including himself. It is a dangerous life to lead. But it makes for a good story.

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