Devin Randall

Devin Randall

Devin Randall is a playwright, producer, and performer based in Philadelphia. His childhood love for gay media, fantasy, and theatre has led to an adulthood of sharing queer and black speculative fiction any way he can.

Devin has self-produced several projects such as a 2018 production of "Lionel Questions the Universe," several readings, a one-man show in Philly’s SoLow Fest 2018, a...
Devin Randall is a playwright, producer, and performer based in Philadelphia. His childhood love for gay media, fantasy, and theatre has led to an adulthood of sharing queer and black speculative fiction any way he can.

Devin has self-produced several projects such as a 2018 production of "Lionel Questions the Universe," several readings, a one-man show in Philly’s SoLow Fest 2018, a Philly Fringe Festival 2019 production of "Whine & Waffles," and his “Salon” series (in which he provides spaces for Philly writers to network and share their works).

In addition to his own work, Devin is a member of Philadelphia’s The Foundry, is a 2019/20 Resident with the Studios of Key West, and has worked with the New Freedom Theater, the Azuka Theatre, Theatre Exile, PlayPenn, and more.

Plays

  • Cookies & Creamed by Devin Randall
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: QPOC, black actors + 3 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: QPOC, black actors, Gay and LGBTQ, self-love, addiction
    Watch Damian run. From Grindr trade, scary dates, the gay "community," and his own right mind. He's a hamster on the wheel of addiction. But can a nostalgic trip with a haunting boy and a studio stuffed with queer men change his ways? Or, will he be lost forever?
  • Whine & Waffles by Devin Randall
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: black actors, asian + 7 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: black actors, asian, Asian American, Gay and LGBTQ, drug use, Club, best friends, breakup, friendship between men
    Ti likes Jo, Jo likes drugs, Lionel hates work, and Janelle hates Lionel. Watch these twenty-somethings tackle clubs, drugs, and insecurities in a city where dancing strangers become fast friends. But can their wine-induced whine sessions handle the gay crushes, foul language, failures to love … and ghosts?
  • Lionel Questions The Universe by Devin Randall
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, faith-based
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    Keyword: black actors, family + 5 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based
    Keyword: black actors, family, African-American family, boy's monologue, Black America, black mothers, Childhood
    Meet Lionel. He loves reading, space, and Arthur.

    On his birthday, Lionel’s witchy mother gives him a tarot deck, and he draws the death card. In his confusion, he asks questions.

    Lionel Questions the Universe follows a struggling mother, a foul-mouthed brother, and a precocious boy in a tired home.
  • Loose Strings by Devin Randall
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: black actors, black + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, musical
    Keyword: black actors, black, Fantasy, black love, Gay and LGBTQ, LGBTQ, color-blind casting
    In Quinta and Toderick’s world, red strings of fate act like compasses to everlasting love. Meaning, humans have become nesters instead of hunters. But what happens when these childhood friends hang at a bar, fight over love, and meet a not-so-prince-charming in the wings? Is a soulmate worth the wait?
  • Reflect by Devin Randall
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, fantasy
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    Keyword: QPOC, black actors + 2 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy
    Keyword: QPOC, black actors, self-love, Gay and LGBTQ
    When a boy is lost and tired of himself, he's greeted by three special fairies. One is nice, one is stern, and one can't help but curse. Will these three save his soul, save his sense, and possible help him reflect?