Austin Dowling

Austin Dowling

Austin Dowling is a Texas-raised poet, playwright, and writer that believes even the most elaborate of worlds are made of simple well-placed words. With a voice that is somewhere between spoken word & punk rock, they possess a uniquely humorous & vulnerable take while talking about anything from broken teeth to their ‘love’ of sports. Their work has been seen/heard in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, Spokane,...
Austin Dowling is a Texas-raised poet, playwright, and writer that believes even the most elaborate of worlds are made of simple well-placed words. With a voice that is somewhere between spoken word & punk rock, they possess a uniquely humorous & vulnerable take while talking about anything from broken teeth to their ‘love’ of sports. Their work has been seen/heard in Austin, Dallas, Chicago, Spokane, Cincinnati, & New York. Friends have been kind enough to say, “This isn’t garbage,’ when (re)reading Austin’s work, and they hope you’ll agree. Austin currently resides in Dallas, TX with their wife, and household zoo of pets.

Plays

  • take care by Austin Dowling
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: austin, Texas + 7 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: austin, Texas, TX, Hospital, healing, forgiveness, Scars, Scar, unconventional love story
    After an accident leaves Eden in the hospital, a childhood friend reappears for the first time in years. Divided by distance, memories, and an 80" hospital bed - Elijah & Eden have a single night to reconnect or remember why they stopped talking 3+ years ago.

    Through scars, old games, and new stories they determine whether they can help each other heal now or if they will simply reopen...
    After an accident leaves Eden in the hospital, a childhood friend reappears for the first time in years. Divided by distance, memories, and an 80" hospital bed - Elijah & Eden have a single night to reconnect or remember why they stopped talking 3+ years ago.

    Through scars, old games, and new stories they determine whether they can help each other heal now or if they will simply reopen old wounds. take care is a darkly funny semi-love story about healing, forgiveness, and love in all forms that reminds us: mental & physical illnesses exist together, and scars are formed whether you leave or stay.
  • i hope this comes back to haunt u by Austin Dowling
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: funeral, demons + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror
    Keyword: funeral, demons, haunting, death, witchcraft, dark, Transylvania
    A group of teenagers does something bad. Really bad, and made worse by the fact their friend is found dead the next day.

    Afraid it will be traced back to them, they panic, and turn to witchcraft. However, in an attempt to discover whats in the discovered suicide note, they're forced to come face to face with their deceased friend, the consequences of their actions, and even perhaps a demon that snuck through.
  • IMPACT by Austin Dowling
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: school, shooting + 8 more
    Genre: drama, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: school, shooting, teacher, student, Kingwood, Texas, TX, Gun, love, school shooting
    Trapped in a classroom in Lloyd B. Jones High School, students and their teacher try to wait out a disaster. Interlaced with monologues, each person recalls what they remember of the incident, and how it's changed their lives since.

    Exploring the controversial topic of a school shooting, IMPACT asks how big one person from the small town of Kingston can be.
  • The Runaway Project by Austin Dowling
    Cast: 
    7–10
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, movement/physical, romantic comedy
    A 17 year old girl, Mallory embarks on a cross-country trip to attend her girlfriend's Homecoming Dance. Along the way, she encounters Trevor, who is hoping to leave behind his problems with his boyfriend. As their lives quickly become intertwined they’re forced to depend on each other to survive in this unstable state of perpetual motion.

    Set to the tune of songs like - Carly Rae Jepson’s...
    A 17 year old girl, Mallory embarks on a cross-country trip to attend her girlfriend's Homecoming Dance. Along the way, she encounters Trevor, who is hoping to leave behind his problems with his boyfriend. As their lives quickly become intertwined they’re forced to depend on each other to survive in this unstable state of perpetual motion.

    Set to the tune of songs like - Carly Rae Jepson’s Runaway with Me, BØRNS’ Electric Love, Troye Sivan's Youth, Bleacher’s Rollercoaster, and Kanye West’s Runaway - The Runaway Project is a play that explores the feelings of wanderlust, and embellished the unbounded feelings of youth.