Tristen Moseley

Tristen Moseley

Tristen Moseley is a playwright & librettist who hates reality. He loves puppets. Currently in Brooklyn with a yappy pup & the brilliant Kathy Ng. He is working on pieces about Mary Toft & Mary Shelley. Accepting suggestions for any other interesting Marys to write about.

Plays

  • Mary, Mother of Monsters
    Mary Toft was a woman in 1700’s England who became infamous for birthing rabbits. Doctors believed her, midwives believed her, townsfolk believed her. Physicians throughout the country came to see for themselves. And many supported her claims. But not everyone did. She was persecuted and ridiculed. But she held true to her story: While toiling in the field, she became mesmorized by a rabbit & went on to...
    Mary Toft was a woman in 1700’s England who became infamous for birthing rabbits. Doctors believed her, midwives believed her, townsfolk believed her. Physicians throughout the country came to see for themselves. And many supported her claims. But not everyone did. She was persecuted and ridiculed. But she held true to her story: While toiling in the field, she became mesmorized by a rabbit & went on to become pregnant, but come delivery, she produced various bits of rabbit.

    Jackalopes are a taxidermy trick - stitching antlers onto the head of a dead rabbit. A couple pranksters invented a cryptid, a new mythology. But all dead creatures were once living.

    This is a play about love & medical abuse & shaky realities & carrotcake.

Recommended by Tristen Moseley

  • bread and daddies
    6 Sep. 2020
    This play oozes joy while capturing the fundamental weirdness that is love.