Zachary Pareizs

Zachary Pareizs is a writer, director, actor, and Standardized Patient Educator based in Augusta, GA.

Zachary Pareizs is a writer, director, actor, and Standardized Patient Educator based in Augusta, GA.

Scripts

Babble (Short Play Version)

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

A space expedition to find appropriate planets for a human colony goes wrong when one crewmember gets an alien infection that will fundamentally change the way humans communicate forever.

A space expedition to find appropriate planets for a human colony goes wrong when one crewmember gets an alien infection that will fundamentally change the way humans communicate forever.

Bring Wars To Our Land

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

In this decade spanning epic, a young gay man explores his Latvian roots while decades earlier, his great-grandfather struggles with his own sexuality while trying to survive 1940s Latvia amidst the constant back and forth between Soviet and Nazi occupation. Oh, yeah, there's also the godly embodiment of the Northern Lights.

In this decade spanning epic, a young gay man explores his Latvian roots while decades earlier, his great-grandfather struggles with his own sexuality while trying to survive 1940s Latvia amidst the constant back and forth between Soviet and Nazi occupation. Oh, yeah, there's also the godly embodiment of the Northern Lights.

Burrr

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

In this short play for young audiences, three scientists in Antarctica are trapped in their research lab because of a dangerous storm. To pass the time, they tell each other three stories: How Antarctica was found, the mysterious monster the Ningen, and why it's the daddy penguins who keep the eggs warm. Each story is told stylishly through physical acting, puppets, shadows, digital media, or whatever creativity...

In this short play for young audiences, three scientists in Antarctica are trapped in their research lab because of a dangerous storm. To pass the time, they tell each other three stories: How Antarctica was found, the mysterious monster the Ningen, and why it's the daddy penguins who keep the eggs warm. Each story is told stylishly through physical acting, puppets, shadows, digital media, or whatever creativity strikes the production team!

Equal Weight

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

Two gay men turn to self-harm to escape being drafted, but one chickens out. Years later, they deal with the weight of the missing parts of their bodies.

Two gay men turn to self-harm to escape being drafted, but one chickens out. Years later, they deal with the weight of the missing parts of their bodies.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING GRADUATE!

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

Four friends gather in a haunted house to pregame on the night before Halloween. Together they must exorcise their demons and face the oncoming doom that is college graduation.

Four friends gather in a haunted house to pregame on the night before Halloween. Together they must exorcise their demons and face the oncoming doom that is college graduation.

Meditations on a Fire

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

Kathleen's boyfriend, Mark, decides to run for office, forcing her to reckon with her beliefs, ambitions, and place in a world that increasingly makes less and less sense.

Kathleen's boyfriend, Mark, decides to run for office, forcing her to reckon with her beliefs, ambitions, and place in a world that increasingly makes less and less sense.

from now on

by Zachary Pareizs

Synopsis

Two friends meet up by chance, ten years after last being each other. They talk and discover the ways their lives have diverged from the paths they first set out on.

Two friends meet up by chance, ten years after last being each other. They talk and discover the ways their lives have diverged from the paths they first set out on.