Connor Wentworth

Connor Wentworth


Connor Wentworth (they/them/theirs) is a fun and flirty playwright, actor, and director currently based in San Francisco, California. Connor is a graduate of Boston Conservatory at Berklee, BFA Contemporary Theatre. Connor now attends San Francisco State University in the MFA Playwriting program. Connor’s play The Destination of This Train Is will see its world debut this August in Boston, MA through...

Connor Wentworth (they/them/theirs) is a fun and flirty playwright, actor, and director currently based in San Francisco, California. Connor is a graduate of Boston Conservatory at Berklee, BFA Contemporary Theatre. Connor now attends San Francisco State University in the MFA Playwriting program. Connor’s play The Destination of This Train Is will see its world debut this August in Boston, MA through Euphoria Theatre Company, where they are also the playwright in residence. Previous writing credits include Blue Neighbourhood, Resting Place, Cataclysm, SANCTUARY, Romeo in Lockdown, and Complications. Connor stands in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives and believes that you should, too. Connor is honored to share the earth with the likes of Harry Styles. In their free time, one may find Connor rewatching SURVIVOR. Instagram: @connor.wentworth, website: www.connorwentworth.com

Plays

  • SCREAMPLAY (work in progress) by Connor Wentworth
    Cast: 
    12
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, horror, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, political, satire
    Singers, Actors, and Dancers -- oh? And murders. A performing arts school, fittingly called THE SCHOOL, is being plagued by a murderous killing spree, creating their own version of a scary movie, live on stage. But don't worry, THE SCHOOL has got it under control. With every phone call the students receive, another one takes their final bow -- but who is behind the knife?
  • The Destination of This Train Is (a brief inquiry into online relationships) by Connor Wentworth
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Queer identity, online chat + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, melodrama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Queer identity, online chat, emojis, long distance friendship, two characters
    Some glasses of wine, a ball drop, and an intimate uh... sleep-over. For most people, that would be the end of that -- but not for Sean and Cody. Their one-night extravaganza is kept alive through social media, technology, and a shared mutual friend. Perhaps this time in their life is just a stepping stone, or perhaps it will lead them to something else.
  • Resting Place (part 2) by Connor Wentworth
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 4 more
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    Keyword: coming of age, coming to terms with loss + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, horror, immersive, movement/physical, tragedy
    Keyword: coming of age, coming to terms with loss, awkward sexuality
    Alex, Carson, and Katie have a friendship that can weather anything. But when tragedy washes up on the shore of their small coastal town in Maine, their friendship is tested by grief, love, and a touch of mystery. When the storm ends, who will be left standing out in the cold?
  • Blue Neighbourhood by Connor Wentworth
    Cast: 
    12
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: A Family issue, discussions of suicide + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, experimental, immersive, movement/physical, young audiences
    Keyword: A Family issue, discussions of suicide, sexual assault, LGBTQ, contemporary theater
    A theatrical response to Troye Sivan’s debut album by the same name, Blue Neighbourhood is the story of twelve people as they process a sudden and unexpected loss within their community. With each character representing a unique construct of the contemporary western world, we watch as the blue neighbourhood attempts to process love, loss, and loneliness.
  • Permanent Injury (in development) by Connor Wentworth
    Cast: 
    1–5
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: docu-theatre, sexploitation + 2 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, political
    Keyword: docu-theatre, sexploitation, child abuse, court response to rape
    Permanent Injury is a piece of documentative theatre, following the events of a recent three-year trial from Greenville, Alabama. The case involved Rocky Shay Franklin, a 36-year-old residing in Greenville, Alabama, and was sentenced to 480 months in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, advertising child pornography, and distribution of child pornography — all of which included his 12-year-old nephew.