Sean Patrick Nill

Sean Patrick Nill

Sean Patrick Nill is an actor and playwright working in Northern California and is currently an Artistic Associate at B Street Theatre. His plays have been produced by the Sacramento Theatre Company, B Street Theatre, Dramatist's Guild's San Francisco Footlight Series, Rover Dramawerks, Theatre InspiraTO festival, Watermelon One Act Festival, M.T. Pockets Theatre, Torent Theatre, and the Manhattan...
Sean Patrick Nill is an actor and playwright working in Northern California and is currently an Artistic Associate at B Street Theatre. His plays have been produced by the Sacramento Theatre Company, B Street Theatre, Dramatist's Guild's San Francisco Footlight Series, Rover Dramawerks, Theatre InspiraTO festival, Watermelon One Act Festival, M.T. Pockets Theatre, Torent Theatre, and the Manhattan Repertory Theatre. His play, "Kings of America was a finalist for the Davey Foundation Theatre Grant given by the Salt Lake Acting Company, and his play "An Ordinary Woman" was published in "Stage It! Ten Minute Plays: 2017 Edition" and is available now on Amazon. His play "Wandering the Abandoned Part III or Prayer" was Runner-Up for Best Script at the Watermelon One Act Festival, and "Brynlee & the Bull" won the Audience Choice Award at the InspiroTO 10 Minute Play Festival.

Plays

  • Winnie-the-Pooh by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: option for TYA, literature
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: option for TYA, literature
    Christopher Robin has just moved into a new neighborhood and he isn’t happy. Despite kids constantly knocking on his door and asking him to play, Christopher Robin would much prefer to stay inside and play with his favorite stuffed animals. To bring him out of his shell, his father A.A. Milne tells him wondrous tales of his beloved toys and their many adventures. Adapted from A.A. Milne’s original story, WINNIE...
    Christopher Robin has just moved into a new neighborhood and he isn’t happy. Despite kids constantly knocking on his door and asking him to play, Christopher Robin would much prefer to stay inside and play with his favorite stuffed animals. To bring him out of his shell, his father A.A. Milne tells him wondrous tales of his beloved toys and their many adventures. Adapted from A.A. Milne’s original story, WINNIE-THE-POOH brings your favorite characters to the stage and shows audiences of all ages the importance of friendship.
  • Kings of America by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: educational, American history
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, fantasy, political, tragedy
    Keyword: educational, American history
    Through the recurring dreams of a struggling teenage boy named Noah-dreams populated exclusively by former presidents-this timely new play explores presidential figures of American history, their flaws and the legacies they left behind. While watching Twilight with John Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, receiving an edict lesson from George Washington, and escaping a war zone with Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush,...
    Through the recurring dreams of a struggling teenage boy named Noah-dreams populated exclusively by former presidents-this timely new play explores presidential figures of American history, their flaws and the legacies they left behind. While watching Twilight with John Kennedy and Jimmy Carter, receiving an edict lesson from George Washington, and escaping a war zone with Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush, Noah argues with theses men and examines the certain ways in which the American memory is skewed. But these episodes might be more than just fantasy, they could be a means for forgiveness and personal healing in a life full of anger and disappointment.
  • Children of Yorick by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    6–12
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: clowns, allegory
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, mystery/thriller, political
    Keyword: clowns, allegory
    Two clowns, Buzz and Yo-Yo, wander around an economically crippled New York City, performing in illegal clown shows while running from the police. When they meet Maggie, a curious teenager living on the streets, they disclose the origins of prejudice that has turned them into the most hated individuals in America. The Children of Yorick examines genocide culture and political scapegoating while also dissecting...
    Two clowns, Buzz and Yo-Yo, wander around an economically crippled New York City, performing in illegal clown shows while running from the police. When they meet Maggie, a curious teenager living on the streets, they disclose the origins of prejudice that has turned them into the most hated individuals in America. The Children of Yorick examines genocide culture and political scapegoating while also dissecting the ways in which the clown archetype has transformed from being one of the most iconic comedians into a creature of fear.
  • The Adventures of Ms. Nunen's Class by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    6–17
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Comedy Adventure
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: Comedy Adventure
    A series of stories about Ms. Nunen's 2nd grade class and the crazy adventures they find themselves in. From taking on the class bully to becoming King of the Playground, this collection of 8 stories shows the growth a group of kids can go through when they're having a fun time.
  • Prayer or Wandering the Abandoned Part III by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, faith-based
    On the night before their adopted grandmother's funeral, Ulysses, Ruthie, James, and Abe sit around their grandmothers casket for shiva, struggling to 'properly' mourn and pray for the woman that gave them so much.
  • Blank Pages by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: family, American Literature + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: family, American Literature, Ashland Oregon
    Daniel Cantor is a respected novelist who has never been satisfied with the acclaim his work has received. He is desperate to write the great American novel, but he is currently going through severe writer's block. As he works through his writer's block, his son John and adult grandson Joseph come to visit him for the first time in 15 years. The tension in the first reunion is obvious, but when a...
    Daniel Cantor is a respected novelist who has never been satisfied with the acclaim his work has received. He is desperate to write the great American novel, but he is currently going through severe writer's block. As he works through his writer's block, his son John and adult grandson Joseph come to visit him for the first time in 15 years. The tension in the first reunion is obvious, but when a journalist comes to interview Daniel, the family is exposed in a much more vulnerable way and Daniel, John, and Joseph are forced to deal with the pain of the past and try to heal a broken family.
  • A Yippie's Day in Disneyland by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    1–4
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: History, America
    Genre: biography, comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period
    Keyword: History, America
    On August 6, 1970, the Youth International Party (YIPPIE for short), went to Anaheim, CA and invaded Disneyland. Their attempts to protest the corporation’s contribution to American society was easily squandered, and left the Yippie organization defeated and deflated. Two days later, after a day spent in an Anaheim jail, a member of the organization returns to her San Francisco apartment with an impossible task...
    On August 6, 1970, the Youth International Party (YIPPIE for short), went to Anaheim, CA and invaded Disneyland. Their attempts to protest the corporation’s contribution to American society was easily squandered, and left the Yippie organization defeated and deflated. Two days later, after a day spent in an Anaheim jail, a member of the organization returns to her San Francisco apartment with an impossible task: to record her knowledge about the Yippies and to deliver it to the FBI. With the future of her friends in her hands, Louise Sawyer conveys the reasoning behind the Yippie’s, their dream about creating a new America, and her doubts of that dream ever coming to fruition.
  • Politics of Chalk by Sean Patrick Nill
    Cast: 
    4–7
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political
    Three 20 year olds, a cartoonist, a You-Tuber, and a candidate for city council, find themselves tangled in the politics of the 21st century, the idealism, the hope, and the speed in which it all can crumble into chaos.