gnat frye

gnat frye is a twenty-seven-year-old transfem playwright and director (she/her) of increasingly weird and transgender theatre. she is the artistic director of shampoo research animal, an independent theatre company dedicated to producing and developing new work from emerging queer theatre creators.

gnat frye is a twenty-seven-year-old transfem playwright and director (she/her) of increasingly weird and transgender theatre. she is the artistic director of shampoo research animal, an independent theatre company dedicated to producing and developing new work from emerging queer theatre creators.

Scripts

meat shield

by gnat frye

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
melodrama

FULL-LENGTH - in the throes of her most personal downfall yet, mace explores patterns, boundaries, and the woes of t4t hookup culture. gets at the ugly bits of trans intimacy, and explores the patterns of who we fuck, how we fuck, why we fuck.

ft. an actor quadrupling, a gollum-smeagol dialogue scene, and vicious perverted intimacy. rated m for malicious.

FULL-LENGTH - in the throes of her most personal downfall yet, mace explores patterns, boundaries, and the woes of t4t hookup culture. gets at the ugly bits of trans intimacy, and explores the patterns of who we fuck, how we fuck, why we fuck.

ft. an actor quadrupling, a gollum-smeagol dialogue scene, and vicious perverted intimacy. rated m for malicious.

failures in girlyear

by gnat frye

7
Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
melodrama

FULL-LENGTH - puke girl returns to her college town with a burning desire to clear her name after a brush with viral notoriety causes her life to spiral out of control; can she turn it into something good?
tape girl is locked in a toxic situationship, leaving her miserable; can she grow a spine?
rabies girl needs a bit of help as she attempts to atone for mistakes of the past, present, and future; can she make...

FULL-LENGTH - puke girl returns to her college town with a burning desire to clear her name after a brush with viral notoriety causes her life to spiral out of control; can she turn it into something good?
tape girl is locked in a toxic situationship, leaving her miserable; can she grow a spine?
rabies girl needs a bit of help as she attempts to atone for mistakes of the past, present, and future; can she make it out alive?

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if heaven’s a junkyard, hell’s a giant detox

by gnat frye

4
Cast Size
8
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fable/folktale,
immersive

FULL LENGTH - peyton, a magical adept with a dark past, gathers a group of college girls for a master plan. she wants to use demonic sex rituals to send men to hell as sacrifices to bring about a new world. the girls all have their own struggles, and must come to terms with what their new roles in armageddon mean for each of them, individually and separately.

FULL LENGTH - peyton, a magical adept with a dark past, gathers a group of college girls for a master plan. she wants to use demonic sex rituals to send men to hell as sacrifices to bring about a new world. the girls all have their own struggles, and must come to terms with what their new roles in armageddon mean for each of them, individually and separately.

the meteor - a monologue

by gnat frye

4
Cast Size
1
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
political

TEN-MINUTE PLAY - after a car crash, a young student is reincarnated and searches for her lost lover.

a monologue and an adaptation of LOOK BACK by tatsuki fujimoto.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY - after a car crash, a young student is reincarnated and searches for her lost lover.

a monologue and an adaptation of LOOK BACK by tatsuki fujimoto.

A Brief Article Regarding Time Loops

by gnat frye

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
experimental,
tragedy

ONE-ACT - a troubled trans woman, currently living with her dad, finds herself reliving the day she finds out her twin brother is killed in a friendly fire incident.

inspired by "celebrity therapist" by the callous daoboys

ONE-ACT - a troubled trans woman, currently living with her dad, finds herself reliving the day she finds out her twin brother is killed in a friendly fire incident.

inspired by "celebrity therapist" by the callous daoboys

tgirl fuckfest - a tragedy

by gnat frye

Cast Size
9—10
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
melodrama,
tragedy

FULL-LENGTH - after the suicide of their mutual friend, 8 girls gather at a cabin in rural colorado to honor his memory and also to fuck nasty.

a reimagining of THE BIG CHILL by lawrence kasdan and barbara benedek.

FULL-LENGTH - after the suicide of their mutual friend, 8 girls gather at a cabin in rural colorado to honor his memory and also to fuck nasty.

a reimagining of THE BIG CHILL by lawrence kasdan and barbara benedek.

the webseries

by gnat frye

2
Cast Size
6—7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

ONE-ACT - five years after the creation of an unfinished webseries, a pair of superfans track down the creator(s) to find out how it all ends and also maybe ‘misery’ her

ONE-ACT - five years after the creation of an unfinished webseries, a pair of superfans track down the creator(s) to find out how it all ends and also maybe ‘misery’ her

grad school gaiden

by gnat frye

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

ONE-ACT - a dysfunctional ex-student-current-something looks her high-school drama/trauma straight in the eye. Will she flinch?
TO BE PERFORMED IN A LIVING ROOM

ONE-ACT - a dysfunctional ex-student-current-something looks her high-school drama/trauma straight in the eye. Will she flinch?
TO BE PERFORMED IN A LIVING ROOM

demiurge

by gnat frye

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
adaptation,
drama,
experimental

TEN-MINUTE PLAY - soap, a trans artist with a tumultuous past, becomes entangled in a series of harrowing encounters. from a violent predator known as The Chaser to a troubled network of acquaintances, soap's desperate quest for redemption and escape leads to intense confrontations. as soap navigates addiction, betrayal, and violence, the play explores themes of human suffering and unexpected rescue, culminating...

TEN-MINUTE PLAY - soap, a trans artist with a tumultuous past, becomes entangled in a series of harrowing encounters. from a violent predator known as The Chaser to a troubled network of acquaintances, soap's desperate quest for redemption and escape leads to intense confrontations. as soap navigates addiction, betrayal, and violence, the play explores themes of human suffering and unexpected rescue, culminating in a brutal yet redemptive climax.

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from here to utopia

by gnat frye

1
Cast Size
7—9
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
tragedy

FULL LENGTH - from here to utopia follows ayla as she reels from a botched suicide attempt and struggles with drug addiction, a relationship going nowhere, a dead-end job, and latent homicidal feelings. she faces a trio of exes and her own demons as she turns to murder to settle her conscience. rated m for morose.
tw: self-harm, suicide, abuse, drug use

FULL LENGTH - from here to utopia follows ayla as she reels from a botched suicide attempt and struggles with drug addiction, a relationship going nowhere, a dead-end job, and latent homicidal feelings. she faces a trio of exes and her own demons as she turns to murder to settle her conscience. rated m for morose.
tw: self-harm, suicide, abuse, drug use

book rush

by gnat frye

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

TEN-MINUTE PLAY - two employees at a college bookstore discuss their lives and identities.

TEN-MINUTE PLAY - two employees at a college bookstore discuss their lives and identities.