Brian Rust

Brian Rust

Brian Rust is a writer and amateur historian who lives in Boston. His work has been performed at Improv Boston, the Nursery Theatre, Cast Iron Theatre, and online as part of the Red Shift: Interplanetary Do-Gooder writing team.

Plays

  • Reboot (Amy in Hell, Part 2) by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: afterlife, hell + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fable/folktale
    Keyword: afterlife, hell, devil, apocalypse
    A dead soul and her Devil have to figure out what to do at the end of the world.

    This play is designed as a companion piece to 'Penance (Amy in Hell, Part 1)', meant to happen at different points in a larger evening of short plays.
  • Penance (Amy in Hell, Part 1) by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: afterlife, hell + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy
    Keyword: afterlife, hell, telephone, devil
    A telemarketer discovers that in Hell it's very important to remember the Terms and Conditions.

    This is designed as a companion piece to 'Reboot (Amy in Hell, Part 2)'; ideally they occur at different points in a larger evening of short plays.
  • The Shadow in the Box by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: peter pan, Victorian + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, fantasy, horror
    Keyword: peter pan, Victorian, shadow, class conflict, awful children, poor decisions
    A darker look at the Peter Pan story, and why inviting strange flying supernatural creatures to come and take you off with them might not be wise.
  • Judge, Mental by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
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    Keyword: Barnum, marx brothers + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, young audiences
    Keyword: Barnum, marx brothers, penguin, Farce, courtroom, conman, comedy
    It's a tribute to the Marx Brothers. It's a farce. It's the tensest courtroom play involving a penguin and extremely bad puns that's ever been written.
  • Toast by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy
    Genre: comedy, fantasy
    A trio try to figure out why all their bread comes out of the toaster with mysterious words and images. Will their relationship survive? Will their sanity?
  • Spam Calls from Hell by Brian Rust
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror
    A loving couple discovers another reason *not* to answer calls from phone numbers you don't recognize.
  • Request Line by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    2–5
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    Genre: comedy, drama
    Genre: comedy, drama
    A late night radio DJ gets a blast from the past...and maybe a second chance.
  • I Wish by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy
    Genre: comedy, fantasy
    A magical genie. The world's strangest person. An octopus. Who will come out on top?
  • Snhowdown by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, holiday + 1 more
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    Keyword: Christmas parody, western parody + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, holiday, parody/spoof
    Keyword: Christmas parody, western parody, High Noon parody
    In this mashup of High Noon and Rankin-Bass Christmas stories, Nick faces the worst choice of his life: keep his promise to his new bride and step down as the Santa protecting Christmas Gulch, or save it one last time from the wickedness of Jumping Jack Frost.
  • The Cabbage Fairy (audio play version) by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, radio drama
    A less-fortunate relative of the Tooth Fairy tries to adapt to the modern world by seeking employment help.
  • Plan 8 From the Outer Ether: a Steampunk Adventure by Brian Rust
    Cast: 
    8–14
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: comedy, mystery + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, science fiction
    Keyword: comedy, mystery, Steampunk, live radio
    A dysfunctional theater troupe tries to stage a live radio show,'Plan 8 From the Outer Ether', your typical steampunk comedy about a hardboiled detective trying to thwart an alien invasion. Many, many things go wrong, to the point where audiences will not see the same show twice.

    Please note: this has been written to work equally well with any gender in any of the parts.