Amy Berryman

Amy Berryman's play WALDEN will make its New York premiere at Second Stage in fall 2024 directed by Whitney White. WALDEN debuted on the West End in 2021 as a part of Sonia Friedman's RE:EMERGE Theatre Season, directed by Ian Rickson and was also produced in 2021 at Theaterworks Hartford, directed by Mei Ann Teo (NY Times Critics Pick). Her other plays include ALIEN GIRLS (O'Neill Finalist), THE NEW GALILEOS (O'Neill Finalist), THREE YEAR SUMMER, EPIPHANY (Shakespeare's New Contemporaries Finalist, O'Neill Semi-Finalist), and THE WHOLE OF YOU (commissioned by Rising Phoenix Rep). Her work has been developed at theatres all across the US including Premiere Stages, People's Light, Bay Street Theatre, Portland Stage, PROP Thtr, Samuel French OOB Festival, City Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre...

Amy Berryman's play WALDEN will make its New York premiere at Second Stage in fall 2024 directed by Whitney White. WALDEN debuted on the West End in 2021 as a part of Sonia Friedman's RE:EMERGE Theatre Season, directed by Ian Rickson and was also produced in 2021 at Theaterworks Hartford, directed by Mei Ann Teo (NY Times Critics Pick). Her other plays include ALIEN GIRLS (O'Neill Finalist), THE NEW GALILEOS (O'Neill Finalist), THREE YEAR SUMMER, EPIPHANY (Shakespeare's New Contemporaries Finalist, O'Neill Semi-Finalist), and THE WHOLE OF YOU (commissioned by Rising Phoenix Rep). Her work has been developed at theatres all across the US including Premiere Stages, People's Light, Bay Street Theatre, Portland Stage, PROP Thtr, Samuel French OOB Festival, City Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Landing Theatre, Caltech, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Valdez Theatre Conference, AMiOS, Barrington Collective, and Eden Theatre Co.

The short film she wrote, co-produced, and starred in, YOU ARE EVERYWHERE, won Best Short Drama in the LA Short Film Festival 2018.

As an actor, Berryman was seen off-Broadway in Jessica Dickey's THE CONVENT, directed by Daniel Talbott with Rattlestick/Rising Phoenix Rep/Weathervane, as well as Greg Kotis' LUNCHTIME at the Brick, and Erin Courtney's I WILL BE GONE in the Humana Festival.

She has roots in Washington State and West Texas, and now splits her time between NYC and LA.

Scripts

Walden

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, has found a new life with climate activist Bryan. Old wounds resurface as the sisters attempt to pick up the pieces of the rivalry that broke them apart.

FULL LENGTH: After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, has found a new life with climate activist Bryan. Old wounds resurface as the sisters attempt to pick up the pieces of the rivalry that broke them apart.

Alien Girls

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

Tiffany is pregnant. Her best friend, Carolyn, is trying to be happy for her. When Carolyn's true feelings become public in the form of an essay that goes viral, the fallout may be irreparable. Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers on the brink of huge life changes, ALIEN GIRLS is a meta-theatrical dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art and creating life.

Tiffany is pregnant. Her best friend, Carolyn, is trying to be happy for her. When Carolyn's true feelings become public in the form of an essay that goes viral, the fallout may be irreparable. Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers on the brink of huge life changes, ALIEN GIRLS is a meta-theatrical dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art and creating life.

The New Galileos

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Three female scientists find themselves held hostage by the government for their stance on climate change. The play weaves between their current crisis and their pasts, leading them to an interrogation room. What will be the price of their freedom?

FULL LENGTH: Three female scientists find themselves held hostage by the government for their stance on climate change. The play weaves between their current crisis and their pasts, leading them to an interrogation room. What will be the price of their freedom?

Three Year Summer

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Set in 2002, in the early days of the internet, thirteen-year-old Tommie discovers the deep, dark world of online fan fiction. As Tommie watches her parents struggle to rescue their marriage, she grapples with her burgeoning sexuality, taking refuge in her writing, in an imaginary friend who looks a lot like Harry Potter, and fellow fanfic nerd, Pat. A magical coming-of-age story about fandom...

FULL LENGTH: Set in 2002, in the early days of the internet, thirteen-year-old Tommie discovers the deep, dark world of online fan fiction. As Tommie watches her parents struggle to rescue their marriage, she grapples with her burgeoning sexuality, taking refuge in her writing, in an imaginary friend who looks a lot like Harry Potter, and fellow fanfic nerd, Pat. A magical coming-of-age story about fandom, betrayal, and family.

Epiphany, or What Would You?

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

Kit and Jo are playing Viola and Olivia in an all female production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in present day. Charlie and Will are playing opposite each other in the very first (and all male) production of Twelfth Night in 1601. Kit and Jo are falling in love. Charlie and Will are falling in love. The only problem - Jo and Will are married, to a man and a woman, respectively. This queer, time bending...

Kit and Jo are playing Viola and Olivia in an all female production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in present day. Charlie and Will are playing opposite each other in the very first (and all male) production of Twelfth Night in 1601. Kit and Jo are falling in love. Charlie and Will are falling in love. The only problem - Jo and Will are married, to a man and a woman, respectively. This queer, time bending romantic comedy explores questions of identity, sexuality, and progress.

The Whole of You

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH: Three old friends, Mel, Richard, and Joyce have moved from Kentucky to LA together in pursuit of their Hollywood dreams. Working in a bookstore crammed with dusty scripts and haunted legends - on the edge of becoming who they will be - they confront a shared truth that will test their loving friendship.

Commissioned by Rising Phoenix Rep for their Cino Nights series at the Larry Edmunds Bookshop...

FULL LENGTH: Three old friends, Mel, Richard, and Joyce have moved from Kentucky to LA together in pursuit of their Hollywood dreams. Working in a bookstore crammed with dusty scripts and haunted legends - on the edge of becoming who they will be - they confront a shared truth that will test their loving friendship.

Commissioned by Rising Phoenix Rep for their Cino Nights series at the Larry Edmunds Bookshop in LA.

Birds Aren't Real

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

A play for ZOOM

Set in 2020. A woman grieving the death of her husband makes a call to a priest to give her confession over Zoom, until things take a turn. A grisly Zoom play.

A play for ZOOM

Set in 2020. A woman grieving the death of her husband makes a call to a priest to give her confession over Zoom, until things take a turn. A grisly Zoom play.

Justice, INC

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

SHORT: Izzy, Marianne, and Jordan are in an interesting line of work. Justice, for lack of a better word. On Christmas Eve, as they try to pack up for the holiday, they receive an unexpected phone call.

SHORT: Izzy, Marianne, and Jordan are in an interesting line of work. Justice, for lack of a better word. On Christmas Eve, as they try to pack up for the holiday, they receive an unexpected phone call.

The Deep End Kind

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

SHORT: Heartbroken, high-strung Petra skips out on her best friend's birthday to call on tech support employee Josh when her Cloud deletes all the memories she shared with her recent ex-boyfriend.

SHORT: Heartbroken, high-strung Petra skips out on her best friend's birthday to call on tech support employee Josh when her Cloud deletes all the memories she shared with her recent ex-boyfriend.

Guinness

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

Leah and Rob both order Guinness at the airport. Leah needs to get on the flight Rob is on. Rob can't stop talking about his dad.

Leah and Rob both order Guinness at the airport. Leah needs to get on the flight Rob is on. Rob can't stop talking about his dad.

Winner

by Amy Berryman

Synopsis

SHORT: Tori Walker has just become the first Black woman to win a prestigious playwriting award, and is thrilled to meet her hero at the after party, legendary playwright Charlie Harvard (who’s play did not win). A play about playwriting, privilege, and claiming space in 2019.

SHORT: Tori Walker has just become the first Black woman to win a prestigious playwriting award, and is thrilled to meet her hero at the after party, legendary playwright Charlie Harvard (who’s play did not win). A play about playwriting, privilege, and claiming space in 2019.