Dakota Pariset

Dakota Pariset(he/him) is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist and collaborator, living in Chicago by way of Nebraska. He currently serves as artistic director for Bring Your Own Theatre(BYOT) Productions where he's been a company member since September 2018, and is the founding artistic director of The Lightbulb Factory.
He has written and co-written live and digital short plays for a number of BYOT's monthly 24 hour shows, and in 2020 created the Workshop Reading Series to offer opportunities to read and discuss original plays by BYOT company members and it’s extended family of artists.
As artistic director of The Lightbulb Factory, he curated a collection of his own monologues, culminating in Cycle 2: “Love Songs(EP)” which rolled out weekly monologues digitally from January-February...

Dakota Pariset(he/him) is a multi-disciplinary theatre artist and collaborator, living in Chicago by way of Nebraska. He currently serves as artistic director for Bring Your Own Theatre(BYOT) Productions where he's been a company member since September 2018, and is the founding artistic director of The Lightbulb Factory.
He has written and co-written live and digital short plays for a number of BYOT's monthly 24 hour shows, and in 2020 created the Workshop Reading Series to offer opportunities to read and discuss original plays by BYOT company members and it’s extended family of artists.
As artistic director of The Lightbulb Factory, he curated a collection of his own monologues, culminating in Cycle 2: “Love Songs(EP)” which rolled out weekly monologues digitally from January-February 2021 . “LS(EP)” received a subsequent read through by the Chicago Parks District’s Berger Park Reading Series, curated by Eileen Tull.
His play “Roxy” was most recently featured as a part of Fuck Zoom 2: The Beachquel, at Loyola Beach.
He's currently trying to get his life together(aren't we all?), and when not lost in daydreams, he's probably unproductively rewatching Succession or New Girl for the X-teenth time, looking through family history, or wandering(or attempting to wander) around any of the many neighborhoods that make up the city of Chicago.

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Scripts

The Microplays 1

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
2—12
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
immersive,
political,
romantic comedy,
satire,
tragedy,
zoom

Album 1 of an an ongoing collection of microplays by Dakota Pariset, with pieces ranging in length from 15 seconds to one minute in length, Including:

1. Lights Up
2. Begin…
3. That Moment
4. Waiting
5. On Being…
6. Instagram Post
7. Work Song
8. Voicemail
9. Pale Blue Dot
10. Letter or, Hope
11. A Blank Piece of Paper

Album 1 of an an ongoing collection of microplays by Dakota Pariset, with pieces ranging in length from 15 seconds to one minute in length, Including:

1. Lights Up
2. Begin…
3. That Moment
4. Waiting
5. On Being…
6. Instagram Post
7. Work Song
8. Voicemail
9. Pale Blue Dot
10. Letter or, Hope
11. A Blank Piece of Paper

Love Stories

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
2—15
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
farce,
romantic comedy,
tragedy,
zoom

A collection of monologues and short plays exploring love, heartbreak, and everything in between. Included are:
~Waiting, a microplay about waiting together
~App, a duologue about online dating
~Saying It, about the anxiety of taking the jump
~Three Love Stories, a romantic triptych
~Wreckage, a break up
~A Moment
~Elevator, a weeks worth of short episodes in the orbiting of two strangers
~Love Songs(EP), a...

A collection of monologues and short plays exploring love, heartbreak, and everything in between. Included are:
~Waiting, a microplay about waiting together
~App, a duologue about online dating
~Saying It, about the anxiety of taking the jump
~Three Love Stories, a romantic triptych
~Wreckage, a break up
~A Moment
~Elevator, a weeks worth of short episodes in the orbiting of two strangers
~Love Songs(EP), a monologue cycle of the lifecycle of a relationship

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Collection 2023

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
2—12
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
romantic comedy,
tragedy

A collection of short form written over the course of 2023, ranging from a reimagining of Peter Pan and Wendy Darling in a modern space to a painful longing to hold on and let go in the wreckage of a relationship. Included are also a variety of monologues inspired by the heartbreaking beauty of everyday life, as well as some exploration into the microplay form and utilizing even smaller spaces to find the...

A collection of short form written over the course of 2023, ranging from a reimagining of Peter Pan and Wendy Darling in a modern space to a painful longing to hold on and let go in the wreckage of a relationship. Included are also a variety of monologues inspired by the heartbreaking beauty of everyday life, as well as some exploration into the microplay form and utilizing even smaller spaces to find the heaviest heart.

Short Plays:
Okay, Saying It, Smoke, Wreckage and When Peter Met Wendy.

Monologues:
Jack, Getting Older, Caught, Everything, Another Kind of Love Letter, Peter, Extraordinary, Us, and a monologue from "Magnolia".

Microplays:
Work Song, On Being..., Waiting, Voicemail, Instagram Post, Pale Blue Dot and Letter or, Hope.

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Wreckage

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
experimental,
tragedy,
young audiences

Two people, in the wreckage of a relationship, attempting to communicate through the heartbreak.

Two people, in the wreckage of a relationship, attempting to communicate through the heartbreak.

Collected Monologues: 2022

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
1—18
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
farce,
romantic comedy,
satire,
zoom

A collection of 11 original monologues ranging from struggles in connecting, making sense of love and the journey of living. Also including “7 Voicemails,” a short collection of various messages you might find(or prefer to miss) on your answering machine.

A collection of 11 original monologues ranging from struggles in connecting, making sense of love and the journey of living. Also including “7 Voicemails,” a short collection of various messages you might find(or prefer to miss) on your answering machine.

Elevator

by Dakota Pariset

5
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
experimental,
pantomime,
romantic comedy

A series of brief encounters over the course of a week, between two people waiting to get on an elevator.

A series of brief encounters over the course of a week, between two people waiting to get on an elevator.

Collected Monologues: 2021

by Dakota Pariset

1
Cast Size
1—14
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
political,
romantic comedy,
satire,
zoom

A collection of fourteen original monologues ranging from the search for love, thoughts on dating, the struggles of being an artist working survival jobs, the end of the world as we know it, and hope.

A collection of fourteen original monologues ranging from the search for love, thoughts on dating, the struggles of being an artist working survival jobs, the end of the world as we know it, and hope.

Three Love Stories

by Dakota Pariset

2
Cast Size
1—3
Genre
comedy,
radio drama,
romantic comedy,
zoom

i. Dating, a brutally honest let down; ii. Dear You, a letter to a somebody; iii. Love Story, an inner monologue traversing a life shared with a would-be love. "Three Love Stories" is a short, sweet rumination on the beautiful struggle and dreams of finding love.

i. Dating, a brutally honest let down; ii. Dear You, a letter to a somebody; iii. Love Story, an inner monologue traversing a life shared with a would-be love. "Three Love Stories" is a short, sweet rumination on the beautiful struggle and dreams of finding love.

Good Guys

by Dakota Pariset

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Bob may've just sold his soul ... or made the deal of a life time. Either way, he can't leave.

Bob may've just sold his soul ... or made the deal of a life time. Either way, he can't leave.

The New Testament

by Dakota Pariset

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

A quirky reimagining of how The New Testament came to be.

A quirky reimagining of how The New Testament came to be.

End of the World Party(A BYOT Play)

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
political,
zoom

Three friends jump on a Zoom call to celebrate another week in the end of the world while digging into the still very present everyday struggles that have followed into the new norm, from relationships to strange weather phenomena ... and tacos.

Three friends jump on a Zoom call to celebrate another week in the end of the world while digging into the still very present everyday struggles that have followed into the new norm, from relationships to strange weather phenomena ... and tacos.

Go For the Head(A BYOT Play)

by Dakota Pariset

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
science fiction,
zoom

A mysterious outside force threatens humanity as a young couple join a Zoom call that could very well be their last, in more ways than one.

A mysterious outside force threatens humanity as a young couple join a Zoom call that could very well be their last, in more ways than one.

Everything I Learned from Being in a 24 Hour Play Festival(A BYOT Play)

by Dakota Pariset

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
movement/physical,
romantic comedy

Two actor begin an unexpected relationship that spans a series of monthly 24 hour play festivals, in this love letter to Chicago's Bring Your Own Theatre Productions.

Two actor begin an unexpected relationship that spans a series of monthly 24 hour play festivals, in this love letter to Chicago's Bring Your Own Theatre Productions.

Salt

by Dakota Pariset

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

Alex and Ryan are two friends living together just out of college. Alex has started to figure things out while Ryan just can't seem to get their life started. An argument explodes over dinner, and what ensues is an all-to-familiar laundry list of grievances, passive aggressions, and a friendship hanging in the balance.

Alex and Ryan are two friends living together just out of college. Alex has started to figure things out while Ryan just can't seem to get their life started. An argument explodes over dinner, and what ensues is an all-to-familiar laundry list of grievances, passive aggressions, and a friendship hanging in the balance.

A Hopeful Transmission

by Dakota Pariset

3
Cast Size
2—4
Genre
comedy,
drama,
radio drama,
romantic comedy,
zoom

After a chance romantic encounter, a lone caller tries to find the person who took their breath away, one call at a time.

After a chance romantic encounter, a lone caller tries to find the person who took their breath away, one call at a time.