Amy Drake

Amy Drake

Amy Drake is a member of the League of Professional Theater Women, Kilroy's List 2020. Kennedy Center Playwrighting Intensive 2020, former Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild of America, former Board member of the International Centre for Women Playwrights, current member of The TheaterMakers Studio. Selected for an Off-Broadway residency of her play, Somewhere I Can Scream, at The Players Theater....
Amy Drake is a member of the League of Professional Theater Women, Kilroy's List 2020. Kennedy Center Playwrighting Intensive 2020, former Ambassador for the Dramatists Guild of America, former Board member of the International Centre for Women Playwrights, current member of The TheaterMakers Studio. Selected for an Off-Broadway residency of her play, Somewhere I Can Scream, at The Players Theater. Appeared in regional Emmy-winning episode of Columbus Neighborhoods. Her play Eyes Like Opaque Gems won Most Popular Play in the MITF Short Play Lab. Won Best Director award from Theatre Roundtable Columbus for Emlyn Williams play Night Must Fall. Education includes playwriting at Kenyon College Summer Program, Yale Writers’ Workshop, and creative writing in the Cambridge University International Programme. MA Liberal studies/English, MS Marketing and Communication

Plays

  • SOMEWHERE I CAN SCREAM by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    10–16
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: murder, Olympics + 1 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, mystery/thriller, period
    Keyword: murder, Olympics, Snook
    This play examines the investigation of middle-aged college professor and former Olympic gold medal winner James Snook accused of murdering Theora Hix, his medical-student lover. Evidence was tampered with; a confession was beaten out of the accused; mere months elapsed between the death of the co-ed and the execution of the condemned man. Was justice been served or was Snook unjustly put to death for acting in...
    This play examines the investigation of middle-aged college professor and former Olympic gold medal winner James Snook accused of murdering Theora Hix, his medical-student lover. Evidence was tampered with; a confession was beaten out of the accused; mere months elapsed between the death of the co-ed and the execution of the condemned man. Was justice been served or was Snook unjustly put to death for acting in self-defense? This controversial case altered the process of murder investigation forever.
  • SAINT UNDER GLASS by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    13–20
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: saint, miracles + 1 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, faith-based, period
    Keyword: saint, miracles, supernatural
    A 13th century Italian farm girl grows up to bear the son of a nobleman. After her lover is killed, Margaret arrives at a friary and experience religious visions. She, and a friar fall in love, she becomes a nun, and founds a hospital. Centuries after death, Margaret still lies in state, appearing as if she is just sleeping. Is she really a vessel for miracles?
  • RIFE'S REVOLUTION by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    16–20
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    Genre: drama, period
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    Keyword: morality, science
    Genre: drama, period
    Keyword: morality, science
    A scientist may have unlocked the secret to curing cancer, the establishment is trying to halt his research. His most ardent supporter is his Chinese-American wife, who is stricken with the disease. Will he prevail and be able to save his wife? Will he find something deeper within himself?
  • ALEXANDER THE GREAT: IN LOVE AND WAR by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    10
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 3 more
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    Keyword: Alexander the Great, History + 1 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, tragedy
    Keyword: Alexander the Great, History, Greek tragedy
    ALEXANDER THE GREAT is a One-Act Play about the personal relationships and challenges of a monarch in the Ancient Greek world, where lives were guided by the revelations of Oracles and sexuality was balanced against obligations to produce an heir.
  • PANDEMIC PASSION by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: romantic comedy
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    Keyword: pandemic, dating + 2 more
    Genre: romantic comedy
    Keyword: pandemic, dating, isolation, Sex
    Greg and Brooke have been Zoom dating for a month and they are frustrated by the isolation and separation the pandemic has caused. Will they take a chance and get closer?
  • SHOPPERS' PARADISE by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy
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    Keyword: food, market + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy
    Keyword: food, market, manipulation
    Three shoppers discover how far an upscale market will go to boost sales and win customer loyalty.
  • EYES LIKE OPAQUE GEMS by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: Gustav Mahler, New York dinner party
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, period
    Keyword: Gustav Mahler, New York dinner party
    Based upon a New York dinner party attended by composer/conductor Gustav Mahler and his wife, Alma, where they encounter a tragic figure from the art world.
  • SEANCE YOU LOVE ME by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: biography, comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Gustav Mahler, Eusapia Palladino + 1 more
    Genre: biography, comedy, period
    Keyword: Gustav Mahler, Eusapia Palladino, seance
    Composer/conductor Gustav Mahler and his wife, Alma, attend a New York séance led by famed medium Eusapia Palladino. What will be revealed?
  • ELIZABETHAN PROGRESS by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    17–26
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    Genre: comedy, period + 1 more
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    Keyword: English history
    Genre: comedy, period, satire
    Keyword: English history
    Queen Elizabeth I makes a tour of the countryside. What intrigue and discoveries will be made by her courtiers along the way?
  • GOD BLESS PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, political + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, political, satire
    Two career women engage in a lively debate about the women's movement in America. Will they need a referee? Phyllis Schlafly was a champion for the state-at-home mom, however, Schlafly herself was a constitutional attorney who studied at Radcliffe/Harvard. A delicious irony.
  • THAT'S A WRAP by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: art, sculpture + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: art, sculpture, museum
    An art museum docent and a patron come upon a new sculpture wrapped in cellophane in the museum lobby. Is it really a Christo?
  • MODEL BEHAVIOR by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
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    Keyword: women, fashion + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, satire
    Keyword: women, fashion, appearance
    MODEL BEHAVIOR is a 10 Minute Play about two mannequins, one size zero and her new partner, a “real” size 14, who debate their place in the modern retail clothing industry.
  • UBU ROI REDUX by Amy Drake
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    8–10
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, experimental, political, satire
    Keyword: LGBTQ
    A take-of on UBU ROI written for the Paula Vogel 2018 Bake-Off