Jeremy Geragotelis

Jeremy Geragotelis

Jeremy Geragotelis is a playwright, theater-artist, and composer. They grew up in Northeastern Connecticut and graduated from Bennington College in Vermont. Their work focuses mainly on the behavior of goodness, the reiterative function of bodies across time, and the interstitial space - inherently coded as queer - in theatrical form. They are currently in pursuing an MFA at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop....
Jeremy Geragotelis is a playwright, theater-artist, and composer. They grew up in Northeastern Connecticut and graduated from Bennington College in Vermont. Their work focuses mainly on the behavior of goodness, the reiterative function of bodies across time, and the interstitial space - inherently coded as queer - in theatrical form. They are currently in pursuing an MFA at the Iowa Playwrights Workshop. Their plays have been produced in Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Tokyo.

Plays

  • IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE by Jeremy Geragotelis
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: dementia, complex grief + 2 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, opera
    Keyword: dementia, complex grief, memory and forgetting, a role for an older actress
    Twins Pel and Eden ride Peloton to process, avoid, and reckon with their mother's forgetting. Every once in a while, they bring her flowers. And every once in a while, she remembers their names.
  • Pins and Needles, or the Circumstance of Falling Forever on Ash Wednesday, 1988 by Jeremy Geragotelis
    Cast: 
    1–5
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: coping with death and grief, Experimental format + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, fable/folktale, immersive, tragedy
    Keyword: coping with death and grief, Experimental format, digital grief
    As Billy falls forever from the attic window, Francine – his mother – copes with the loss by keeping the fridge open so long that the Coca-Cola Polar Bear moves in. And all on Ash Wednesday, when dad’s old suit is tailored to fit on son’s new, ever-falling body.
  • remember that the great dinosaurs all turned into pigeons by Jeremy Geragotelis
    Cast: 
    1–1000
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    Genre: adaptation, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: magical queeralism, chaos theory + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, docudrama/historic, experimental, fantasy, musical, zoom
    Keyword: magical queeralism, chaos theory, princess diana, desire, queer theory
    Bean releases Princess Diana from her internet prison, not expecting The People's Princess to spring anyone-who's-anybody from the web. One-part noir, one-part experimental performance, one-part Queer love story, and a dash of sexy theory, this performance piece explores desire and all it promises. And all it fails to deliver...
  • The Preparation to the Death of Mary Dyer by Jeremy Geragotelis
    Cast: 
    14–18
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, experimental + 1 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, experimental, musical
    After coming out as non-binary, Byron is forced by their father to attend The New ManKind Warrior Training Facility, a weeklong seminar about masculinity. Meanwhile, Mary Dyer becomes radicalized as the Puritan Churches of 17th century Boston clamp down on religious freedoms. Meanwhile, Lilacs tells the story of the play to an audience member that can’t quite decide what it wants to be: a dinner plate, a wine...
    After coming out as non-binary, Byron is forced by their father to attend The New ManKind Warrior Training Facility, a weeklong seminar about masculinity. Meanwhile, Mary Dyer becomes radicalized as the Puritan Churches of 17th century Boston clamp down on religious freedoms. Meanwhile, Lilacs tells the story of the play to an audience member that can’t quite decide what it wants to be: a dinner plate, a wine glass, a bottle opener…. The Preparation to the Death of Mary Dyer uses Queer mythologies and narrative forms to tell the story of people – past and present – becoming who they are.