Finley Silas Brisko

Finley is a playwright and composer based in Chicago, IL.

Finley is a playwright and composer based in Chicago, IL.

Scripts

Rabbits

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Kerry's student does not want to have a baby. Conveniently, Kerry and her husband do.

Kerry's student does not want to have a baby. Conveniently, Kerry and her husband do.

Dream Role

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
11—12
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
musical,
tragedy

Laney writes Hamlet fanfiction and tries to keep her best friend/worst enemy/crush alive.

Everybody is in the choir. Nobody is in love.

(a play with music!)

Laney writes Hamlet fanfiction and tries to keep her best friend/worst enemy/crush alive.

Everybody is in the choir. Nobody is in love.

(a play with music!)

Pulp

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
verse

The world is ending tonight, but on a cruise ship, there is no time to be scared.

The world is ending tonight, but on a cruise ship, there is no time to be scared.

Still Days

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
period

There's a solar eclipse coming soon. The church is empty and Bando misses his son.

There's a solar eclipse coming soon. The church is empty and Bando misses his son.

Invulnerable

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
movement/physical,
tragedy

Dev is going to work at In-N-Out.
Scrap is deciding if success is worth staying in the closet.
Amber is pursuing his dreams and everything else is irrelevant.

Dev is going to work at In-N-Out.
Scrap is deciding if success is worth staying in the closet.
Amber is pursuing his dreams and everything else is irrelevant.

The Tower

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
experimental,
horror,
movement/physical,
tragedy

Ruthie almost died from an ectopic pregnancy, but now she's pregnant again. Nobody is taking the news very well.

Ruthie almost died from an ectopic pregnancy, but now she's pregnant again. Nobody is taking the news very well.

Shoot the Duck

by Finley Silas Brisko

Cast Size
6
Genre
drama,
movement/physical

Samantha is fifteen. She’s madly in love with her new classmate, Esme. She spends half her time roller skating and the other half gushing to her best friend Joan about Esme.

Samantha is twenty-two. Esme won't leave her life. Joan has a lot of words. She can't say any of them.

Samantha is twenty-nine. She almost feels like a person when Joan looks at her right. Joan is in far too deep.

Samantha is fifteen. She’s madly in love with her new classmate, Esme. She spends half her time roller skating and the other half gushing to her best friend Joan about Esme.

Samantha is twenty-two. Esme won't leave her life. Joan has a lot of words. She can't say any of them.

Samantha is twenty-nine. She almost feels like a person when Joan looks at her right. Joan is in far too deep.