Caitlin Saylor Stephens

Caitlin Saylor Stephens

CAITLIN SAYLOR STEPHENS is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her recent full-length plays include: Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Sometimes I Disappear, Knives, A Picture of the Dog, Kill the Internet, Modern Swimwear, Woke Boy, Company Happy Hour, Black Escalade, When We Went Electronic, and many more. Her work has been presented at NYTW, The Tank, theFlea, The Lark Play Development Center, New Georges, LAByrinth...
CAITLIN SAYLOR STEPHENS is a Brooklyn-based playwright. Her recent full-length plays include: Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Sometimes I Disappear, Knives, A Picture of the Dog, Kill the Internet, Modern Swimwear, Woke Boy, Company Happy Hour, Black Escalade, When We Went Electronic, and many more. Her work has been presented at NYTW, The Tank, theFlea, The Lark Play Development Center, New Georges, LAByrinth Theater Company, the Amoralists, and internationally at festivals in Athens, Milan, and Rome. She's the recipient of an EST/Sloan Project Commission (Bunnies), a NYSCA Artist Grant, a NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre (Modern Swimwear), and has been nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award (Black Escalade). Notable residencies and fellowships include: Headlands Center for the Arts, UCross, New Georges Audrey Residency, and SPACE on Ryder Farm. Her work has received funding from the Jerome Foundation, the Whiting Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Andrew Mellon Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Knight Foundation, and others. Caitlin is currently under commission with Lincoln Center Theater where she is an artist-in-residence. BA, Sarah Lawrence College. Representation: WME. www.caitlinsaylorstephens.com

Plays

  • Modern Swimwear by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, horror, melodrama, mystery/thriller, pageant, political, satire, tragedy
    On the night of her death, an up-and-coming swimwear designer models her new collection for her loving and totally non-violent boyfriend.
  • Black Escalade by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: hip hop, rap + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: hip hop, rap, Escalade, luxury, bikini, extensions, silicone, SUV
    Two women reckon with their broken hearts in the back of a Cadillac Escalade.
  • A Picture of the Dog by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: sexting, family + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: sexting, family, pornography, gaytriarchy
    A woman faces a difficult decision after a male family member texts her a video of him masturbating.
  • Kill the Internet by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: technology, cyber-stalking + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: technology, cyber-stalking, Romantic obsession, love, addiction, The Internet
    When a heartbroken woman with an addiction to cyber-stalking hires a talented hacker to destroy
    the internet, two millennials experience the joy and beauty of a world without the internet.
  • WHEN WE WENT ELECTRONIC by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: crime, justice + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, musical
    Keyword: crime, justice, feminism, Sex, sexual violence, pop culture, electronic, electronique, Electronic music
    Two electricity-addicted American Apparel employees attempt to recall the traumatic events of the prior evening.
  • Knives by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: cutlery, abandonment + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: cutlery, abandonment, Williams Sonoma
    A woman cuts ties with her father after he refuses her Christmas wish.
  • Sometimes I Disappear by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    8–10
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    Genre: drama, satire
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    Keyword: Cindy Sherman, photography + 4 more
    Genre: drama, satire
    Keyword: Cindy Sherman, photography, post-modernism, Art world, capitalism, centerfolds
    After receiving a brutal critique from an art dealer, an up-and-coming photographer solicits a stranger through the personals to help her meet the art market’s new standards.
  • Woke Boy by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    3–101
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    Genre: political, romantic comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: woke, liberal + 6 more
    Genre: political, romantic comedy, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: woke, liberal, polyamory, ethics, feminism, SJW, love, loneliness
    When Liv meets Pete, a sex-positive, ethically non-monogamous, feminist union organizer, Liv falls head-over-chemically-attracted. But when Petes's violent behavior, misogynistic gospel, and angry social media posts begin contradicting his woke identifiers, Liv starts to question the meaning of language itself. Or if she's just imagining things. A new play about the ethics of love and the red flags we...
    When Liv meets Pete, a sex-positive, ethically non-monogamous, feminist union organizer, Liv falls head-over-chemically-attracted. But when Petes's violent behavior, misogynistic gospel, and angry social media posts begin contradicting his woke identifiers, Liv starts to question the meaning of language itself. Or if she's just imagining things. A new play about the ethics of love and the red flags we ignore when we're overcome by loneliness.
  • Joley by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: domestic violence, Freedom + 6 more
    Genre: drama, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: domestic violence, Freedom, love, affair, mountain men, country, Tennessee, bar
    A traumatized bar-maid seeks the assistance of her cowboy lover for the ultimate task: burying her husband.
  • Company Happy Hour by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    10
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    Genre: dark comedy, melodrama + 2 more
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    Keyword: health care, death + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, melodrama, political, satire
    Keyword: health care, death, dying, deductibles, health insurance, call center, addiction, Drugs, Alcohol, medical codes
    A group of employees at a health insurance company work the graveyard shift at a call center. It’s a quiet night and there’s nothing left to do except get lit and heal the wounds of the broken American Healthcare System.
  • The Unofficial Race Time of A. Pineda by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: horse racing, jockey + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: horse racing, jockey, sports, death, accident, horses, justice, trauma
    After a tragic accident in the starting gate, a world-class jockey meets the horse of his dreams in the ICU. A great love is born.
  • Two Men Missing In The Hudson River by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: water, death + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental
    Keyword: water, death, afterlife, trauma, crime, true story
    On the eve of his bachelor party, Mike and his best man Greg find themselves at the bottom of the Hudson River beneath an overturned canoe. The two men embark on an underwater adventure to find their friend Alex, an excellent swimmer.
  • 3 Hot Russian Teen Girls XXX by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: obsession, love + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: obsession, love, three sisters, Russia, Pussy Riot, nuclear disaster, weather, sisterhood, addiction
    After working as a webcam girl for over a decade, Rina finally purchases a basic economy ticket to Moscow. But on the eve of her journey, her town is hit by a snowstorm, and she and her two sisters must reckon with their truest loves and greatest obsessions in the snowy Siberian landscape. Maybe they'll eventually dig out the car.
  • From The Basement of My Heart by Caitlin Saylor Stephens
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: murder, crime + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, pageant
    Keyword: murder, crime, true story, feminism, victim, trauma
    After discovering a hidden television in the basement, Jonbenet Ramsey unearths the mystery of her murder, twenty years after her death.