Zoe Nelms

zoe nelms is a new york city-based writer, theater artist, and fan of deviant women. her plays have been produced by harlot, vassar college’s experimental theatre, and idlewild theatre ensemble. you can find her on instagram @zoe.nelms!

zoe nelms is a new york city-based writer, theater artist, and fan of deviant women. her plays have been produced by harlot, vassar college’s experimental theatre, and idlewild theatre ensemble. you can find her on instagram @zoe.nelms!

Scripts

gate shut panic

by Zoe Nelms

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Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

It’s 2008. anna and claire, like all normal girls, love three things: j-14 magazine quizzes, the discography of britney spears, and mutually assured psychological destruction. when anna kidnaps her ex-boyfriend dave, the sisters’ twisted domesticity is thrown into a tailspin, as dave’s presence reveals the cracks in their relationship. a look at morbid thoughts and their gory consequences, gate shut panic is a...

It’s 2008. anna and claire, like all normal girls, love three things: j-14 magazine quizzes, the discography of britney spears, and mutually assured psychological destruction. when anna kidnaps her ex-boyfriend dave, the sisters’ twisted domesticity is thrown into a tailspin, as dave’s presence reveals the cracks in their relationship. a look at morbid thoughts and their gory consequences, gate shut panic is a pitch-black comedy about sisterly instinct gone terribly wrong.

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erase erase

by Zoe Nelms

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Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror,
mystery/thriller

Erase Erase follows Tess, a heartbroken young lesbian, who forms an unexpected and all-consuming bond with an older woman after being invited to her mansion in upstate NY. Erase Erase is a spiky, queer, darkly comedic spin on the gothic novel—think Gen-Z Jane Eyre or Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca by way of contemporary sugar baby culture.

Erase Erase follows Tess, a heartbroken young lesbian, who forms an unexpected and all-consuming bond with an older woman after being invited to her mansion in upstate NY. Erase Erase is a spiky, queer, darkly comedic spin on the gothic novel—think Gen-Z Jane Eyre or Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca by way of contemporary sugar baby culture.

dead bitch

by Zoe Nelms

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Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

abigail was dead. now she’s not. a dark comedy about teen girls, ghosts, and Anna Nicole Smith.

abigail was dead. now she’s not. a dark comedy about teen girls, ghosts, and Anna Nicole Smith.

gaia, florida

by Zoe Nelms

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller

after closing, come by Gaia Diner for the weekly book club! it's got everything--mermaids, lesbians, and the best key lime pie in all of florida. it also might be a cult. but that's a problem for later!

(a dyke dark comedy about the nature of belief.)

after closing, come by Gaia Diner for the weekly book club! it's got everything--mermaids, lesbians, and the best key lime pie in all of florida. it also might be a cult. but that's a problem for later!

(a dyke dark comedy about the nature of belief.)