D.A. Mindell

D.A. Mindell

D.A. Mindell is an MFA candidate in playwriting at Columbia University. His work has been featured at the 48th Annual Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Plays Festival, the 2024 Next Stage Festival at Second Stage, and the Fair Play Initiative at Florida Atlantic University, for which he was commissioned.

Plays

  • Harold and Babs by D.A. Mindell
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    Genre: comedy, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: Transgender actors, Non-binary characters + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, political, satire
    Keyword: Transgender actors, Non-binary characters, period piece, Dance/Movement
    Harold and Babs are unhappy. Specifically, they are unhappy because they are both transgender, and in 1954 Maryland, that's a dreadful thing to be. Their solution? If Harold becomes Babs, and Babs becomes Harold, they can live their authentic lives without anyone catching wise. Perfect, right? After all, the grass is always greener...
  • On the Evolutionary Function of Shame by D.A. Mindell
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: trans man lead, gay pregnancy + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, faith-based, political
    Keyword: trans man lead, gay pregnancy, Eugenics, genetic engineering, autism, twins, sibling relationships, adam and eve, theology, transphobia
    Adam is a transgender man, expecting a baby with his partner. After complications with their first pregnancy, his formerly identical twin sister Eve volunteers her services as a neonatal geneticist to provide his prenatal care. This arrangement, and their relationship as a whole, is sent into turmoil when Adam discovers the nefarious nature of her research - the isolation and elimination of the genetic cause of gender dysphoria.
  • Kill The Beast by D.A. Mindell
    Cast: 
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Fantasy, dragons + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, satire
    Keyword: Fantasy, dragons, Trans Lead, transgender character, theater, meta
    A transgender storyteller attempts to rehearse a simple tale about a dragon wyrmling. Their director has other ideas. In a world hungry for trans misery, where is the market share for trans joy?
  • Jews in Space by D.A. Mindell
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Jewish life, judaism + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, faith-based, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: Jewish life, judaism, Jewish culture, queer representation, antisemitism, science fiction, spaceships, lasers, Antizionism
    Centuries after the Jewish people were exiled from the Earth, they receive a missive exiling them from space. The Arc is send into a frenzy, but Eden thinks she has the answer - a defense system, that is absolutely Not a laser. How far is going too far to secure a future for your family?
  • "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (or at least our best approximation) by D.A. Mindell
    Recommendations: 1
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    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: Holocaust, autism + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, faith-based, period, tragedy
    Keyword: Holocaust, autism, Theresienstadt, judaism, theater, Shakespeare, art in dark times
    Thirty years after the fact, Isadore Altshuler recounts his imprisonment in the Theresienstadt camp-ghetto, the people he met, and the art they managed to create within the oppressive circumstances.