Sean Dunnington

Sean Dunnington is a queer/jewish playwright from Hawai’i Island. His work has been presented Off-Broadway, in regional theatres across the country, local libraries and galleries, state museums, old attics, public radio stations, film festivals, and LGBTQIA+ centers. He’s been in residence with the East-West Center, Waiwai Collective, Centre 42, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center. He’s been a fellow with the Dramatists Guild Foundation, Orchard Project, Magic Theatre, Creative Labs Hawai’i, California Arts Council, National Collaborative for Health Equity, and Henry Luce Foundation. Sean has led/facilitated over 100 free writing workshops and story circles for non-profits, public schools, and community centers across Hawai’i...

Sean Dunnington is a queer/jewish playwright from Hawai’i Island. His work has been presented Off-Broadway, in regional theatres across the country, local libraries and galleries, state museums, old attics, public radio stations, film festivals, and LGBTQIA+ centers. He’s been in residence with the East-West Center, Waiwai Collective, Centre 42, and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Campus Center. He’s been a fellow with the Dramatists Guild Foundation, Orchard Project, Magic Theatre, Creative Labs Hawai’i, California Arts Council, National Collaborative for Health Equity, and Henry Luce Foundation. Sean has led/facilitated over 100 free writing workshops and story circles for non-profits, public schools, and community centers across Hawai’i. He continues this work in Singapore. He is the Founding Director of Tree Moss, the first-ever collective for emerging and established playwrights in Hawai’i, which has recently been awarded the Dramatist Guild Foundation’s Catalyst Fellowship. Sean received his BA in Applied Playwriting from the University of Redlands’ Johnston Center for Integrative Studies and his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Sean is currently in Singapore as a 2024-2025 Henry Luce Scholar, with a placement at Centre 42 as a Visiting Resident Playwright.

Scripts

Jew Bash

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

Little Jew David is having a Bar Mitzvah destined to make Hawai'i the new Promised Land, but too bad because he doesn't want to be Jewish(!), so he runs away into a series of lava tubes instead. May the chase begin...

Little Jew David is having a Bar Mitzvah destined to make Hawai'i the new Promised Land, but too bad because he doesn't want to be Jewish(!), so he runs away into a series of lava tubes instead. May the chase begin...

Failed Artist

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

A rising theatre group wants to make it big with their Nazi play, but they'll need to re-enlist a disenfranchised former member of the group - their only Jewish one - to play Hitler if they want to satisfy the producer.

A rising theatre group wants to make it big with their Nazi play, but they'll need to re-enlist a disenfranchised former member of the group - their only Jewish one - to play Hitler if they want to satisfy the producer.

The Children's Farm

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

Three latchkey kids build a fantastical world filled with gay imaginary friends & parental sock puppets, but when reality creeps in and secrets are revealed, the bonds that once held them together might break them apart.

Three latchkey kids build a fantastical world filled with gay imaginary friends & parental sock puppets, but when reality creeps in and secrets are revealed, the bonds that once held them together might break them apart.

Flat Fish

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

After Willy goes missing, his big sister Jill quests to bring him home. Using clues from his left-behind journal, she pieces together a life much darker than she once understood. She needs to find Willy before it's too late!

After Willy goes missing, his big sister Jill quests to bring him home. Using clues from his left-behind journal, she pieces together a life much darker than she once understood. She needs to find Willy before it's too late!

Hawaiian Shake

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

The Robinsons want a new home in Hawai'i but can't help but blow it up (literally)! Faced with a Hawaiian girl hellbound on exposing their nuclear secrets and three unhinged spirits on a haunt, paradise seems far.

The Robinsons want a new home in Hawai'i but can't help but blow it up (literally)! Faced with a Hawaiian girl hellbound on exposing their nuclear secrets and three unhinged spirits on a haunt, paradise seems far.

Zap

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

Jessie really does want to come out to her family, but every time she tries, she either gets electrocuted or shoved into an improv exercise! How will she escape this mindfuck memoryscape improv sequence nightmare?

Jessie really does want to come out to her family, but every time she tries, she either gets electrocuted or shoved into an improv exercise! How will she escape this mindfuck memoryscape improv sequence nightmare?

Corporate Jedis

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

Stacey wishes for a promotion, and maybe today, God's Business Partner (an IBM Infoprint 2085) will finally grant it. The only thing in Stacey's way is her work bestie, Gregg, and his vision for a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force.

Stacey wishes for a promotion, and maybe today, God's Business Partner (an IBM Infoprint 2085) will finally grant it. The only thing in Stacey's way is her work bestie, Gregg, and his vision for a Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Task Force.

espresso martini

by Sean Dunnington

Synopsis

Dom (maybe) cheated on Boon, and Boon (maybe) looked through Dom's Grindr, and someone is lying to the other, but the only way to figure out the truth is with a knife. Fingers and lives may be lost in the process.

Dom (maybe) cheated on Boon, and Boon (maybe) looked through Dom's Grindr, and someone is lying to the other, but the only way to figure out the truth is with a knife. Fingers and lives may be lost in the process.