Brigid Amos

Brigid Amos

Brigid’s full length play Losing the Ring in the River (based on the book of poetry by Marjorie Saiser) was produced by Angels Theatre Company at the Carson Theater, Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska in March 2018. Her short plays have been produced by Angels Theatre Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, The Barn Players in Mission, Kansas, and the Secret...
Brigid’s full length play Losing the Ring in the River (based on the book of poetry by Marjorie Saiser) was produced by Angels Theatre Company at the Carson Theater, Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska in March 2018. Her short plays have been produced by Angels Theatre Company in Lincoln, Nebraska, Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, The Barn Players in Mission, Kansas, and the Secret Theatre in New York City. Staged Readings have been presented at CenterPieces Reading Series in Roanoke, Virginia and 5th Wall Productions in Charleston, South Carolina. Brigid serves on the board of Angels Theatre Company and co-founded Angels Playwriting Collective.

Plays

  • Losing the Ring in the River by Brigid Amos
    Recommendations: 1
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    3
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    Genre: adaptation, drama
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    Keyword: Nebraska, farm + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama
    Keyword: Nebraska, farm, Three Generations of Women, dysfunctional family, mother-daughter conflict, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, rural, kitchen, intergenerational healing
    FULL LENGTH: When Liz’s grandfather leaves her his old pickup truck in his will, she and her mother Emma pay a visit to Grandma Clara’s farm to collect the strange bequest. Over pie, coffee, and tomato canning, three generations of Nebraska women struggle with the dark secrets of their family history. Can they acknowledge their shared experience of abuse and begin to heal the bonds it has broken among them?
  • Listen by Brigid Amos
    Recommendations: 3
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    Genre: drama, faith-based
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    Keyword: art, creativity + 7 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based
    Keyword: art, creativity, Art Gallery, Brooklyn, sibling conflict, Art and Artists, mental illness, artist, Bob Ross
    FULL LENGTH: Brilliant but unstable artist Dale Digman escapes his sister Carson’s watchful eye to bring one of his Bob Ross-inspired paintings to a gallery in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Determined to protect her brother’s artistic reputation, Carson pursues him and struggles to retrieve the painting from gallery owner Kelly Anker, who is preparing a show of paintings by Jay Turnbull, a former...
    FULL LENGTH: Brilliant but unstable artist Dale Digman escapes his sister Carson’s watchful eye to bring one of his Bob Ross-inspired paintings to a gallery in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Determined to protect her brother’s artistic reputation, Carson pursues him and struggles to retrieve the painting from gallery owner Kelly Anker, who is preparing a show of paintings by Jay Turnbull, a former classmate of Dale and ex-boyfriend of Carson. Jay’s early arrival at the gallery forces a showdown between Dale and Carson. Will Dale finally free himself from his domineering sister to pursue his unorthodox artistic vision?

  • Dove (By the Wind Grieved) by Brigid Amos
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, faith-based
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    Keyword: grief, child death + 7 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based
    Keyword: grief, child death, afterlife, Holy Spirit, faith, Catholic, Nebraska, accepting death, magical realism
    FULL LENGTH IN DEVELOPMENT: Effie and Grant’s eight-year-old daughter Dove was killed when a chain on a carnival swing ride broke. Grant slips into a delusion, believing that his daughter was a bird that flew away when her chain broke. Effie, on the other hand, avoids saying Dove’s name and buries herself in household chores and church work. The parents confront each other over who was at fault in Dove’s death...
    FULL LENGTH IN DEVELOPMENT: Effie and Grant’s eight-year-old daughter Dove was killed when a chain on a carnival swing ride broke. Grant slips into a delusion, believing that his daughter was a bird that flew away when her chain broke. Effie, on the other hand, avoids saying Dove’s name and buries herself in household chores and church work. The parents confront each other over who was at fault in Dove’s death, who she really was, and how they should grieve for her. Dove returns as an adult to help her parents face the truth of her death and accept the gift of her life.
  • Heart of Gold by Brigid Amos
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: crushing debt, crime + 8 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: crushing debt, crime, Con Artists, Fathers and Daughters, fraud, small town, desperate measures, suspense, Family Secrets, Nebraska
    FULL LENGTH IN DEVELOPMENT: On an icy Christmas Eve, a nearly bankrupt jeweler is about to close his shop, go home, and await his daughter's arrival from Lincoln. A stranger enters the store and offers the jeweler a way out of his financial difficulties. Heart of Gold explores the potentially dire consequences of indulging a child beyond one's financial means.
  • Stairlift by Brigid Amos
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Nebraska, mother daughter relationship + 7 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Nebraska, mother daughter relationship, secrets, deception, elder care, Assisted Living, disability, aging, elderly
    ONE ACT: When a single, middle-aged woman takes in her elderly, disabled mother, the two women face off against each other in a house full of secrets. In their final showdown, they confront painful truths about the realities of aging and the shifting power structure in their family.
  • Our Daughter Katie by Brigid Amos
    Recommendations: 1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: parenthood, magical realism + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: parenthood, magical realism, teenage girls, family conflict, parent-child relationships, Rebellious Teens, moral dilemma, alternate reality, cookies, obedience
    FIFTEEN-MINUTE PLAY: Mom and Dad wish their teenaged daughter Katie were different. Or maybe they wish they had a different Katie…
  • The Suitcase by Brigid Amos
    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Family Secrets, dark secret + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Family Secrets, dark secret, fear of discovery, suitcase, fear, shame, child death, hiding
    TEN-MINUTE PLAY: For thirty-two years, Beth and Ron have carried their large leather suitcase from place to place, always keeping it closed. Now an unexpected visitor will force them to finally confront its contents.
  • Bernice's Birthday by Brigid Amos
    Recommendations: 1
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    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: New York City, marriage + 7 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: New York City, marriage, food, birthday, outdoor cafe, salad, generosity, street musicians, love
    TEN-MINUTE PLAY: On her birthday, Bernice just wants to enjoy a nice salad at an outdoor café in the city. When her husband Lloyd objects to giving money to a street musician, she may have to toss her birthday plans.
  • Kitchen Garden by Brigid Amos
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: Minnesota, revenge + 8 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: Minnesota, revenge, ice fishing, suspense, grieving death of spouse, interrogation, guilt, dark secret, confession, tea
    TEN-MINUTE PLAY: Ilsa’s husband Lester drowned last winter when his truck broke through a frozen Minnesota lake during an ice fishing trip with his buddy, George. Now George has come for tea, and Ilsa has some tough questions for him.
  • Shall We Dance? by Brigid Amos
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: dance, dancer + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: dance, dancer, competition, mentorship, passing the torch, professional conflict, choreography, female friendship, reconciliation, resentment
    THIRTEEN-MINUTE PLAY: When a scheduling error brings a dance teacher and her former student together in a studio, they engage in a power struggle that begins to redefine their long personal and professional relationship.