Nick Grosso

Nick Grosso

Pittsburgh-based new play dramaturg, writer, lyricist, composer, actor, and director always on the lookout for new stories told in innovative ways. Always looking for new friends, collaborators, and plays to work with!

Recommended by Nick Grosso

  • Cross Flights by Irene Povlish
    23 Mar. 2024
    “ A lighthearted, absurd, and crushingly relatable romp that touches on twisted family dynamics, the enduring pain of losing a partner, and of course, the hair-splitting frustration of trying to navigate through an airport. It's silly, sweet, and impossibly hopeful - I imagine it will be a hit among audience members who have lost (or are in the process of losing) someone. Directors and producers who serve an aging or senior audience, this is the comedy for you! ”
  • Sherlock Holmes and The Raven's Curse by R. Hamilton Wright
    31 May. 2022
    “ A fantastic and faithful addition to the ever-expansive Holmes canon. Not only is it just as thrilling, cheeky, and clever as one would expect a Sherlock Holmes adventure to be, but it manages to add new depth to these characters with a story that looks poignantly at themes of family and the inescapability of identity. There are some great Sherlock Holmes stories for the modern age, and this undoubtedly ranks highly among them. ”
  • A Murder of Crows by Franziska Beck
    31 May. 2022
    “ Short, bizarre, and more than a little unsettling, Beck's play paints a world that continues to haunt the reader beyond its ending. The world is just nonspecific yet strikingly familiar enough to allow for a great amount of creativity on any designer or director's end. Could easily be executed on any kind of budget in any kind of space, as it is this fundamentally human story about the attempt to exist in a hostile world that drives the piece home. ”
  • A Very Very Short Play by Jacquelyn Reingold
    26 Mar. 2021
    “ I tend to shed a tear when experiencing art that manages to capture the tiniest most beautiful things. By the end of A Very Very Short Play, I was full on weeping. Thank you for this. ”
  • MLM is for Murder (Or, Your Side Hustle is Killing Us) by John Bavoso
    26 Mar. 2021
    “ A strikingly original, poignant, and morbidly hilarious story told through an infectiously charming cast of characters (each of whom is an absolute GOLDMINE for any actors lucky enough to portray them), MLM is for Murder provides an entirely new perspective on "women in the workplace" that is as madcap and absurd as it is gut-wrenchingly real and necessary. This is easily one of the best plays I've read in a long while, and is a an absolute must-experience for all fans of comedy and enemies of capitalism alike. ”