Barrett Nightingale

Barrett Nightingale

Barrett Nightingale graduated with a BA from Susquehanna University. Audiences have seen her shorter works, "Bad News and Bird Shit" and "Death Walks Into a Bar" in festivals around the nation. Her longer piece, "Songs of Suffering: A Torture Play", was produced in 2018 by The Upstage Players in Littleton, NH.

Plays

  • Crime and Punishment by Barrett Nightingale
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, period
    An adaptation of Dostoevsky's groundbreaking novel, this play follows Raskolnikov as he tries to get away with ax murder. Mounting pressure is added by a clever detective, family drama, and a blackmail scheme against him. Will Raskolnikov get away with his crimes? Is it possible for him to still be a good person?
  • Songs of Suffering: A Torture Play by Barrett Nightingale
    Cast: 
    5–7
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Waterboarding, dark
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, political, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: Waterboarding, dark
    A series of related vignettes exploring how a society processes fascism and government-mandated torture.
  • Bad News and Bird Shit by Barrett Nightingale
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Angry, comedy
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Angry, comedy
    A man unravels talking to a customer service representative, revealing a little too much about himself.
  • Death Walks Into A Bar by Barrett Nightingale
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: coronavirus
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: coronavirus
    As Tim drinks alone in a bar during a city riot, he gets an unexpected drinking partner; Death herself. Knowing that he's about to die, Tim has a conversation with Death to try and figure out what all of this dying stuff is really about.
  • Cop To by Barrett Nightingale
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: riots, black lives matter + 2 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: riots, black lives matter, anti-fascist, protest
    An officer in custody pleads his case to co-workers.
  • The Unwanted Statue of Horace P. Fuzz by Barrett Nightingale
    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: period
    Genre: period
    What does it mean to memorialize? That is exactly what this play explores as we see what a statue means to different townsfolk over a century in a small New Hampshire town.
  • Paris at the Styx by Barrett Nightingale
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Ancient Greek Myth, funny monologue + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, movement/physical, period, tragedy
    Keyword: Ancient Greek Myth, funny monologue, competition monologue, dark comedy, improv
    Paris (y'know, from mythology) sits at the River Styx and pleads his case.
  • A Stupid, Broken Leg by Barrett Nightingale
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: abuse, hospitals
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: abuse, hospitals
    Jack just brought his son to the ER. Tensions mount between him, his wife, and the doctor when people start poking holes in his story about how his son got hurt.