MV Kartoz

MV Kartoz

Maddie "Mad Dog" Kartoz got started on the hard stuff (fantasy) a little early by her Dad, and now here we all are. Steeped in the weird and the wild, a deep-seated love for the natural world and presentiment of the climate crisis guide their writing. She writes things that have happened and things that have not, but always things that are true.

Their work has been developed through...
Maddie "Mad Dog" Kartoz got started on the hard stuff (fantasy) a little early by her Dad, and now here we all are. Steeped in the weird and the wild, a deep-seated love for the natural world and presentiment of the climate crisis guide their writing. She writes things that have happened and things that have not, but always things that are true.

Their work has been developed through BU New Play development programming, Wet Paint Festival, and Playwrights Platform. Her writing has also been published in Flash Fiction Magazine and We/Us: Monologues for the Gender Minority (Smith & Kraus). BU School of Theater '22, Tidelines Institute '21.

Plays

  • MANEATER by MV Kartoz
    Cast: 
    2–5
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Alaska, climate crisis + 5 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama
    Keyword: Alaska, climate crisis, global warming, friendship, nature, wilderness, crisis.
    Equal parts love letter, oddball friend comedy, and prophecy, MANEATER manifests the eco-political realities of Southeast Alaska in the lives of Stevie and Robin, old friends reconnecting just as a crisis rips their world apart. On a weird and wild journey through the Tongass, they meet a talking fish, the devil, and a wolf out for blood. Everything changes in a crisis, but at least they have each other– unless...
    Equal parts love letter, oddball friend comedy, and prophecy, MANEATER manifests the eco-political realities of Southeast Alaska in the lives of Stevie and Robin, old friends reconnecting just as a crisis rips their world apart. On a weird and wild journey through the Tongass, they meet a talking fish, the devil, and a wolf out for blood. Everything changes in a crisis, but at least they have each other– unless they’re different, too.
  • The Snowmakers by MV Kartoz
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Snow, ski + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: Snow, ski, friends, work, comedy, horror, teeth, trade, Magic Realism
    Gina and Margot stake out their workplace to find out who's stealing ski boots. The truth is a little gruesome, and hits close to home. What would you put on the table to save your job?
  • The San Andreas Fault, to her Therapist by MV Kartoz
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: climate, comedy + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: climate, comedy, california, earthquake, global warming, confession, Therapy, monologue
    San Andreas feels some sort of way about everything that's expected of her.
  • Minor Gods of Paradise by MV Kartoz
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: coming of age, sugaring + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: coming of age, sugaring, myth, revenge, blood, friendship, college, sex life
    Nadia, Selena, and Erica are best friends and roommates. But graduation is on the horizon, and things are starting to get weird. Selena is sugaring to pay the bills, Nadia has finally decided she's finally taken enough shit from men, and Erica... well, Erica is starting to remember something. Or everything. What happens when you outgrow the world you love?
  • Nolan Jones Last Day as a Guidance Counselor by MV Kartoz
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: college admissions, common application + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: college admissions, common application, prophet, guidance counselor, prophecy, catholic school
    It's Counselor Jones's last day, but he doesn't know that... yet. A silly little play about teenage prophethood and the absurdity of college admissions.
  • Maybe the Bears Went Extinct by MV Kartoz
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: gay teenagers, bears + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: gay teenagers, bears, coming of age
    Mark and Beth are both running from something. But when they run into each other, they're forced to put a pause on their plans.