Zack Peercy

Zack Peercy

Zack Peercy is a disabled playwright based in Chicago. He is a resident playwright at Three Brothers Theatre, where he serves as the facilitator of their Virtual Playwrights Residency, and an Artistic Associate at The Factory Theater. In 2022, he was a SPARK Resident with Filament Theatre. His play ESSENTIAL STARLITE was a 2021 O'Neill Finalist, BAPF Semi-Finalist, and Blue Ink Semi-Finalist. Other plays...
Zack Peercy is a disabled playwright based in Chicago. He is a resident playwright at Three Brothers Theatre, where he serves as the facilitator of their Virtual Playwrights Residency, and an Artistic Associate at The Factory Theater. In 2022, he was a SPARK Resident with Filament Theatre. His play ESSENTIAL STARLITE was a 2021 O'Neill Finalist, BAPF Semi-Finalist, and Blue Ink Semi-Finalist. Other plays include THAT'S FUCKED UP (Three Brothers Theatre), IN AN INSTANT (Unheard Of Company), MUTED. (Red Theatre), GREETINGS (Elgin Fringe Festival), HARD-BOILED EGGNOG: A CHRISTMAS NOIR (Blaine Community Theatre), MUFFED (Three Brothers Theatre), and others.
Zack's writing is all over the map, but a common factor seems to be characters struggling to say "I'm Sorry And I Love You."

Plays

  • Mark Brown Is A Big Chicken by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: tya, middle school + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: tya, middle school, coming of age, disability, magic, learning a lesson
    FULL LENGTH: Mark Brown has started middle school and stopped taking his eye drops. When an inexperienced Fairy Guardian tries to teach Mark a lesson by turning him into a Big Chicken, he’ll need help from his not-friend Emily to learn about taking care of yourself and not being ashamed of being disabled.
  • The Meaningful Action Theatre Company Presents A Workshop Reading Of "Muffed: A Recounting Of Farmington, Maine's 43rd Annual Chester Greenwood Day Devised By The Members Of The Meaningful Action Theatre Company" by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: documentary theatre, mockumentary + 8 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, holiday, parody/spoof
    Keyword: documentary theatre, mockumentary, small town, quirky, winter, comedy, meta, Maine, community, activism
    FULL LENGTH: Join eight well-intentioned, but scattered, actors as they present their first reading of a new documentary theatre piece detailing the chaotic lead-up to one small town's annual celebration of the inventor of the earmuff. Happy Chester Greenwood Day!
  • Essential Starlite by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: drama, science fiction + 1 more
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    Keyword: disability, superheroes + 5 more
    Genre: drama, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: disability, superheroes, comic books, dark, Water Crisis, miracles, disabled persons
    FULL LENGTH:[available upon request] Marcus Monroe has glaucoma and the ability to shoot lasers out of his eyes. He tries to avoid his past of government-sponsored heroics by living in the seclusion of a basement apartment in the suburbs, but he's thrust back into the world of Extraordinary Individuals when he meets Ameka Anderson, a young woman on the verge of a discovery that could save the world. An...
    FULL LENGTH:[available upon request] Marcus Monroe has glaucoma and the ability to shoot lasers out of his eyes. He tries to avoid his past of government-sponsored heroics by living in the seclusion of a basement apartment in the suburbs, but he's thrust back into the world of Extraordinary Individuals when he meets Ameka Anderson, a young woman on the verge of a discovery that could save the world. An expansive comic-inspired universe full of past exes, repressed trauma, and an ableist society awaits Marcus. He can't avoid the heroic spotlight forever.
  • Hard-Boiled Eggnog: A Christmas Noir by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    8–12
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    Genre: comedy, holiday + 3 more
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    Keyword: christmas, holiday + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, holiday, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, young audiences
    Keyword: christmas, holiday, mystery, family friendly, tya
    FULL LENGTH: An aspiring elf detective named Jangle gets his big break when Santa is found murdered just days before Christmas. In order to solve this case, Jangle will have to confront eternal beings, secret friendships, seedy cocoa bars, and the loss of his brother Jingle. Can he find Santa's hat in time to save Christmas? Is he strong enough to process his grief in a healthy way? Did he RSVP to Miss...
    FULL LENGTH: An aspiring elf detective named Jangle gets his big break when Santa is found murdered just days before Christmas. In order to solve this case, Jangle will have to confront eternal beings, secret friendships, seedy cocoa bars, and the loss of his brother Jingle. Can he find Santa's hat in time to save Christmas? Is he strong enough to process his grief in a healthy way? Did he RSVP to Miss Figgy's Boxing Day Party? Answers, intrigue, and more can be found in this script!
  • Kubrickian by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 12
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: trapped, isolation + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, immersive, movement/physical, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: trapped, isolation, Stanley Kubrick, bottle play, pop culture, pantomime, devised movement
    FULL LENGTH: Trapped in a white space, three men have a limited time to use their vocal cords before they're forcibly removed by their unseen captor. So, why is it that all they talk about is acclaimed film director Stanley Kubrick?
  • That's Fucked Up by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: millennials, college + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, immersive, tragedy
    Keyword: millennials, college, technology, being online, social media, dark comedy, tragedy, Cyberbullying, University life
    FULL LENGTH: Four college students at their monthly meeting of a truth-circle confessional struggle to navigate the honesty of meaningful relationships. This "real time" 100-minute show explores 21st century relationships and the impact technology has on them. It's quiet, it's casual, and it's pretty fucked up.
  • Greetings From Sadsville by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: friendship, love + 6 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: friendship, love, Pennsylvania, grief, break up, lesbians, naturalism, growth
    ONE ACT: Two friends struggle to stay on the same page in a diner in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
    Part two of an ongoing saga of one-act plays written every six years called "Greetings".
  • In An Instant: A Digital Play by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, science fiction + 2 more
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    Keyword: zoom, digital + 7 more
    Genre: drama, science fiction, tragedy, zoom
    Keyword: zoom, digital, space, sci-fi, time travel, isolation, generations, family, home
    ONE ACT: On a long distance solo voyage to the edge of the solar system, Barbara starts to lose track of time (literally). This is a play about isolation, missing your family, and the bittersweet taste of Following Your Dreams. Y'know, like a metaphor for a time we're living in or something...
  • Muted. by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: college, ghosts + 6 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: college, ghosts, haunted, naturalism, death, cyclical, young adult, abstract
    ONE ACT: Over the course of a year, Sid, a college sophomore, learns to deal with Chelsea, a ghost of a former middle school acquaintance. Published script available from Bottlecap Press.
  • Greetings From The Moon by Zack Peercy
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: death, college + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: death, college, Pennsylvania, LGBTQ, Strong Female Characters, female friendship
    ONE ACT: Two young women reconnect on a bench in a cemetery in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
    Part one of an ongoing saga of one-act plays written every six years called "Greetings".
  • Exhausted By You by Zack Peercy
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: disability, time + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: disability, time, long term effects of trauma, assault
    SHORT: Written for American Blues Theater's Ripped Festival 2022, this play was inspired by the Liverpool Echo news article, "Boy, 15, accused of 'faking disability' by man who kicked his crutches".
  • Life's Worth by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: family, death + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: family, death, money, fathers, Non-Binary
    SHORT: Ari returns to their father's apartment to pack up after the funeral in this ten minute scene.
  • Smoke Break by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: smoking, river + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, faith-based
    Keyword: smoking, river, religion, clerks, jobs, short, micro
    SHORT: Five minute break to smoke down by the river.
    Audio version available under "Music".
  • The Portrait From The Artist Who Was An Idiot by Zack Peercy
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: breaking the fourth wall, family friendly + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: breaking the fourth wall, family friendly, colleges and high schools, metatheatrical
    SHORT: A family-friendly meta-comedy about a "starving artist" and his wife inviting over their recently-millionaired friends to show off the artist's latest creation: a wall-length portrait of an audience.