Amy Berryman

Amy Berryman

Amy Berryman is a New York based actor and writer originally from Seattle by way of West Texas.

Her full-length plays include Walden (Premiere Play Festival Runner-Up 2019, honorable mention for the Parity Commission), The New Galileos (O’Neill Finalist 2019), Epiphany (Finalist Shakespeare's New Contemporaries, O'Neill Semi-Finalist 2020), The Whole of You (commissioned by Rising...
Amy Berryman is a New York based actor and writer originally from Seattle by way of West Texas.

Her full-length plays include Walden (Premiere Play Festival Runner-Up 2019, honorable mention for the Parity Commission), The New Galileos (O’Neill Finalist 2019), Epiphany (Finalist Shakespeare's New Contemporaries, O'Neill Semi-Finalist 2020), The Whole of You (commissioned by Rising Phoenix Rep), and Three Year Summer. Her short play Winner was a Top 12 Finalist for Sam French OOB and a Finalist for City Theatre National Award. Her work has been developed at Premiere Stages, Bay Street Theatre, Caltech, Portland Stage, Kitchen Dog, Landing Theatre, PROP Thtr, Great Plains Theatre Conference, Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference, and AMiOS. The short film she wrote, co-produced, and starred in “You Are Everywhere” won Best Drama in the LA Short Film Festival 2018.

As an actor, she was recently seen off-Broadway as Bertie in The Convent by Jessica Dickey (Rattlestick/Rising Phoenix Rep). Other credits include Lunchtime by Greg Kotis (the Brick), I Will Be Gone by Erin Courtney (Humana Festival), and the web series #NoFilter. She is a proud member of Rising Phoenix Rep.

Plays

  • Walden by Amy Berryman
    Recommendations: 11
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    Genre: drama, science fiction
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    Keyword: outer space, lo-fi sci-fi + 5 more
    Genre: drama, science fiction
    Keyword: outer space, lo-fi sci-fi, climate change, cli-fi, twins, Sisters, space colonization
    FULL LENGTH: In the not-so-distant future, climate change has intensified and scientists are recommending that we colonize elsewhere. Cassie, a NASA botanist, returns from her year-long deployment in space, and must make amends with her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, in order to complete an important mission for the future of humanity.
  • The New Galileos by Amy Berryman
    Recommendations: 10
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    4
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: climate change, scientists + 3 more
    Genre: drama, political, science fiction
    Keyword: climate change, scientists, strongfemale, censorship, Politics
    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
    Recommendations: 8
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    5
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: fandom, Harry Potter + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: fandom, Harry Potter, internet, marriage, family, coming of age, magic
    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 by Amy Berryman
    Cast: 
    12
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    Genre: period, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: based on Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare characters + 6 more
    Genre: period, romantic comedy
    Keyword: based on Shakespeare, based on Shakespeare characters, queer, Discovering of Sexual Identity, coming out, romantic comedy, Twelfth Night, theatre
    * WORK IN PROGRESS. READY FOR DEVELOPMENT *

    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...
    * WORK IN PROGRESS. READY FOR DEVELOPMENT *

    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
    Recommendations: 2
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    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Gay and LGBTQ, friendship tested + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Gay and LGBTQ, friendship tested, classic film, entertainment industry, metoo, love, suicide, small town, chosen family
    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.
  • Winner by Amy Berryman
    Recommendations: 12
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: playwriting, theatre + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: playwriting, theatre, privilege, strong African-American female, american race relations
    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.
  • Birds Aren't Real by Amy Berryman
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    Genre: dark comedy, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: a play for Zoom, ten minute Zoom Play + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, horror, political
    Keyword: a play for Zoom, ten minute Zoom Play, conspiracy theory, Republican, Catholicism, death, dealing with grief
    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.
  • The Deep End Kind by Amy Berryman
    Recommendations: 3
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    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: love, romantic comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: love, romantic comedy, technology, female lead, funny
    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.
  • Justice, INC by Amy Berryman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Genre: dark comedy
    Genre: dark comedy
    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.
  • Guinness by Amy Berryman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: death, dad + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: death, dad, Guinness
    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.