T.J. Lewis

T.J. Lewis (T.J.L. shorthand)(he/him/his) is a queer, Southern, Blck, playwright, actor, producer, and administrator originally from the Carolinas based in NYC. He received his BA in performance theatre from ASU. Since graduating he has completed training programs with In/Visible Theatre in NC, Trinity Repertory Company in RI, Florida Studio Theatre in FL, and Ars Nova in NYC. He was selected as a 2018 ASTEP fellow for the Artist As Citizens Conference at Juilliard in NYC. T.J. was selected as a finalist for the 2022 BLCKSPACE residency at SPACE on Rydar's Farm and was a semifinalist for the 20/21 RADIANCE Residency at Bucharest Inside the Beltway along with the 21/22 PlayLab program at the Pipeline Theatre company. He was selected as a playwriting fellow for the inaugural 2021...

T.J. Lewis (T.J.L. shorthand)(he/him/his) is a queer, Southern, Blck, playwright, actor, producer, and administrator originally from the Carolinas based in NYC. He received his BA in performance theatre from ASU. Since graduating he has completed training programs with In/Visible Theatre in NC, Trinity Repertory Company in RI, Florida Studio Theatre in FL, and Ars Nova in NYC. He was selected as a 2018 ASTEP fellow for the Artist As Citizens Conference at Juilliard in NYC. T.J. was selected as a finalist for the 2022 BLCKSPACE residency at SPACE on Rydar's Farm and was a semifinalist for the 20/21 RADIANCE Residency at Bucharest Inside the Beltway along with the 21/22 PlayLab program at the Pipeline Theatre company. He was selected as a playwriting fellow for the inaugural 2021 Gatekeepers Collective Learning To Love Playwriting Fellowship, curated by Donja R. Love. So far T.J. has had his work developed and performed in the UK, New York, Los Angeles, and Massachusetts. T.J. recently launched his own production theatre company Wierd Theatre Productions which focuses on helping writers cultivate their newest ideas and finish that first draft they've always wanted to complete.

When he's not hunched over a laptop keyboard he's probably watching anime, playing video games, reading a book, taking long walks around the city, or drinking too much hot chocolate - no matter the season. Or honestly he's probably watching "HEARTSTOPPER," "Cobalt Blue," "BRIDGERTON," or "SPENCER" for the umpteenth time.

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Scripts

Are You My Last Stop?

by T.J. Lewis

6
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: The train to Coney Island runs like it always does, but how often do you see cute ass courtship gone good on the fucking MTA? Maybe Denali and Richie can show you a thing or two.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: The train to Coney Island runs like it always does, but how often do you see cute ass courtship gone good on the fucking MTA? Maybe Denali and Richie can show you a thing or two.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

When You Need Me?

by T.J. Lewis

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
melodrama,
romantic comedy,
tragedy

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: What would you do if you're whole world got turned upside down in college? Parker got sick and everything changed, for him and everyone around him. But at an end of the semester bash tucked deep in the forests of Boone, NC, Parker rediscovers a love he thought he had to give up.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: What would you do if you're whole world got turned upside down in college? Parker got sick and everything changed, for him and everyone around him. But at an end of the semester bash tucked deep in the forests of Boone, NC, Parker rediscovers a love he thought he had to give up.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

inna window

by T.J. Lewis

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
farce,
melodrama,
romantic comedy

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: During lockdown two friends goof around to bide the time all while making googly eyes at the friend duo that lives across the alleyway from them. A pandemic goof off that's more about havin fun in hard times than steeping in those bad times.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: During lockdown two friends goof around to bide the time all while making googly eyes at the friend duo that lives across the alleyway from them. A pandemic goof off that's more about havin fun in hard times than steeping in those bad times.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

Glasses

by T.J. Lewis

Cast Size
2
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
fantasy,
horror,
immersive,
melodrama,
romantic comedy,
science fiction,
tragedy

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: Addy and Ruby have been on the run since they can remember. So when they take refuge in an abandoned eye doctor's office they finally can breathe and escape the Hell that is swirling outside.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

TEN-MINUTE/ONE-ACT: Addy and Ruby have been on the run since they can remember. So when they take refuge in an abandoned eye doctor's office they finally can breathe and escape the Hell that is swirling outside.

-under construction with love
-part of the Chrysallis Collection (a queer scene anthology)

Can Your I Love You Hold Me

by T.J. Lewis

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
farce,
movement/physical,
period,
romantic comedy,
tragedy

ONE-ACT: Follow Laurie on the day of his sister’s wedding rehearsal through a maze of familial turmoil in the 1920s in the deep South, where a forbidden connection threatens to break the surface of Laurie’s well-crafted façade.

-under construction with love
-part of THE SOUTHERN BREACH CYCLE

ONE-ACT: Follow Laurie on the day of his sister’s wedding rehearsal through a maze of familial turmoil in the 1920s in the deep South, where a forbidden connection threatens to break the surface of Laurie’s well-crafted façade.

-under construction with love
-part of THE SOUTHERN BREACH CYCLE

BLK THOUGHTS (:you can redo?:)

by T.J. Lewis

Cast Size
1—2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
tragedy

ONE-MAN SHOW: Tarick always knew he was queer, but what happens when Alanzo causes a collision in his life that throws everything off balance?

-under construction with love

ONE-MAN SHOW: Tarick always knew he was queer, but what happens when Alanzo causes a collision in his life that throws everything off balance?

-under construction with love

my honeypots

by T.J. Lewis

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
drama,
melodrama

MONOLOGUE: Bacardy's mom broke the camel's back about something she has been jabbing him about since he was young. And in a fit of frustration Bacardy pours out that he loves his man-boobs (his honeypots) and how he doesn't want to be ashamed of them anymore.

MONOLOGUE: Bacardy's mom broke the camel's back about something she has been jabbing him about since he was young. And in a fit of frustration Bacardy pours out that he loves his man-boobs (his honeypots) and how he doesn't want to be ashamed of them anymore.

to jared phillips

by T.J. Lewis

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama,
melodrama,
tragedy

MONOLOGUE: Marquise finally gets up the courage to sit down and write an email to the one that got away.

MONOLOGUE: Marquise finally gets up the courage to sit down and write an email to the one that got away.

everything's fleeting when you gotta hide it

by T.J. Lewis

1
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama,
tragedy

MONOLOGUE: Tarick's shaken when his sister sneaks into his room to check up on him. As she cleans the cut on his foot Tarick reveals getting caught being queer is a beat down he wasn't ready for.

MONOLOGUE: Tarick's shaken when his sister sneaks into his room to check up on him. As she cleans the cut on his foot Tarick reveals getting caught being queer is a beat down he wasn't ready for.

i got my best friend pregnant/when a gay puts a sunflower seed in a beard

by T.J. Lewis

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

MONOLOGUE: Donté's not ready to be a young gay dad. And he wasn't expecting his best friend to be his babymama either.

MONOLOGUE: Donté's not ready to be a young gay dad. And he wasn't expecting his best friend to be his babymama either.

why would i admit to likin it like that/i can't stand being dick-matized/teen-age fever

by T.J. Lewis

1
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
drama,
tragedy

MONOLOGUE: Rayshaad is just tutoring Brandy in math when his mancrush-fever-dream-heart-throb-life-ruiner rolls up and asks for an assignment. And against his better sense Rayshaad melts like pudding, but why though, hell Rayshaad doesn't even know to be honest.

MONOLOGUE: Rayshaad is just tutoring Brandy in math when his mancrush-fever-dream-heart-throb-life-ruiner rolls up and asks for an assignment. And against his better sense Rayshaad melts like pudding, but why though, hell Rayshaad doesn't even know to be honest.