Greg Kalleres

Greg Kalleres is a playwright and screenwriter living and working in Brooklyn. Usually next to a large black Labrador with a B-12 deficiency named, Bruce.

His satire about race and advertising, HONKY, was an LA Times and NY Times Critics’ Pick, for which he received the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award. The play’s critically acclaimed San Diego Rep production aired nationally on PBS for the series OnStage in America. His two-character comedy, A BEAUTIFUL SPELL, was produced at the Royal George in Chicago and later adapted to Arabic and performed to sold-out audiences in Beirut. It was also adapted for podcast with Wondery Media, starring Jenna Elfman. In addition, his play, APROPOS OF NOTHING, recently won the 2018 Reva Shiner Comedy Award at The Bloomington Playwrights Project...

Greg Kalleres is a playwright and screenwriter living and working in Brooklyn. Usually next to a large black Labrador with a B-12 deficiency named, Bruce.

His satire about race and advertising, HONKY, was an LA Times and NY Times Critics’ Pick, for which he received the Urban Stages Emerging Playwright Award. The play’s critically acclaimed San Diego Rep production aired nationally on PBS for the series OnStage in America. His two-character comedy, A BEAUTIFUL SPELL, was produced at the Royal George in Chicago and later adapted to Arabic and performed to sold-out audiences in Beirut. It was also adapted for podcast with Wondery Media, starring Jenna Elfman. In addition, his play, APROPOS OF NOTHING, recently won the 2018 Reva Shiner Comedy Award at The Bloomington Playwrights Project.

Greg received the Certificate of Excellence from the Kennedy Center, is a two-time finalist for Playwrights Program at Juilliard and has won top honors at a number of one-act festivals including Samuel French.

Greg has also written and produced commercials for ESPN, Nike, CFDA, Brand Jordan, Budweiser, New York Magazine, Twitter and Google. He was a lead writer on the award-winning “This is SportsCenter” campaign and created ESPN’s Monday Night Football campaign: “Is it Monday Yet?”

Greg is currently in development with Fox on his original comedy pilot, DATE WITH DEATH, and Maven Pictures on his original screenplay, OUR CONDOLENCES. Or so he says.

Scripts

Wrecked

by Greg Kalleres

Synopsis

John and Victoria just hit a deer with their car and drove on. Or wait, maybe it was a dog? No, it was definitely a dog. Right? Or was it something much, much worse? The truth is, they’re not sure what it was, but as couple who is always “on the same page”, they both must agree on what they think it was in order to move on with their lives. But when guests arrive that night, unexpectedly, John and Vic have a...

John and Victoria just hit a deer with their car and drove on. Or wait, maybe it was a dog? No, it was definitely a dog. Right? Or was it something much, much worse? The truth is, they’re not sure what it was, but as couple who is always “on the same page”, they both must agree on what they think it was in order to move on with their lives. But when guests arrive that night, unexpectedly, John and Vic have a hard time remembering things the same way. And eventually they realize that the fear of a horrible truth is nothing compared to the fear of experiencing it alone.

Honky

by Greg Kalleres

Synopsis

When a young African American is shot for a pair of basketball shoes, sales triple among white teens. Meanwhile, a new pill guaranteed cure racism, advertises that if you don’t think you need it – you’re probably a racist. HONKY takes satiric look at the symbiotic relationship between racism and commercialism, while at the same time asking the question — is white guilt only for white people?

When a young African American is shot for a pair of basketball shoes, sales triple among white teens. Meanwhile, a new pill guaranteed cure racism, advertises that if you don’t think you need it – you’re probably a racist. HONKY takes satiric look at the symbiotic relationship between racism and commercialism, while at the same time asking the question — is white guilt only for white people?

Apropos of Nothing

by Greg Kalleres

Synopsis

Owen confesses, apropos of nothing, that he’s in love with his best friend’s wife. But it’s just “a passing phase,” he tells him. “Forget I even said it.” Unfortunately, no one can. And now that it’s out there, everyone’s lives are suddenly turned upside down. With the help of a precocious millennial all parties are soon forced to examine their lives and relationships for the first time. In a comedy about love...

Owen confesses, apropos of nothing, that he’s in love with his best friend’s wife. But it’s just “a passing phase,” he tells him. “Forget I even said it.” Unfortunately, no one can. And now that it’s out there, everyone’s lives are suddenly turned upside down. With the help of a precocious millennial all parties are soon forced to examine their lives and relationships for the first time. In a comedy about love, irony and cliche five friends struggle with…well…love, irony and cliche.

A Beautiful Spell

by Greg Kalleres

Synopsis

Jim and Franny have been married for 12 years and are “perfectly suited” to one another. Jim is the “pragmatic one”, Franny the “spontaneous one”. They are each other’s lives and identities. But when they wake up in the middle of the night having mysteriously fallen out of love, they panic. Terrified by the prospect of life outside of their marriage, they spend the rest of the night trying to fall back in love...

Jim and Franny have been married for 12 years and are “perfectly suited” to one another. Jim is the “pragmatic one”, Franny the “spontaneous one”. They are each other’s lives and identities. But when they wake up in the middle of the night having mysteriously fallen out of love, they panic. Terrified by the prospect of life outside of their marriage, they spend the rest of the night trying to fall back in love. Unfortunately, the more they try to remember who they are as a couple, the more lost they become as people. And in the end, they must figure out if what they have is love, need or just routine. And, ultimately, if there is even a difference.

Meanwhile, Back at the Super Lair...

by Greg Kalleres

Synopsis

A group of white, powerless superheroes struggle with the meaning of life, as they protect a city with no crime. While they spend their days seeing therapists, having relationship issues or watching “Cops”, the city is experiencing a recession that may threaten their cushy job security. But when the mayor sends, Darrel, a black efficiency expert to the Super Lair, he sees them for what they really are. Now it's...

A group of white, powerless superheroes struggle with the meaning of life, as they protect a city with no crime. While they spend their days seeing therapists, having relationship issues or watching “Cops”, the city is experiencing a recession that may threaten their cushy job security. But when the mayor sends, Darrel, a black efficiency expert to the Super Lair, he sees them for what they really are. Now it's up to the Human Fly to create an actual villain that will bring life back to their lethargic town and meaning to their own absurd lives. A comedy about love, death, sex, white privilege and the meaning of life. The fact that they wear tights is purely incidental.

Chained to the Moon

by Greg Kalleres

Synopsis

Gerald and Leni are tragically addicted to one another. But after two years of secrets and lies they discover that addiction might be stronger than love. A relationship in four scenes. Runs 60 mins.

Gerald and Leni are tragically addicted to one another. But after two years of secrets and lies they discover that addiction might be stronger than love. A relationship in four scenes. Runs 60 mins.