Dustin Sullivan

Dustin Sullivan is a writer/performer living in NYC. His acting credits include Heathers: the Musical (New World Stages), Little House on the Prairie (National Tour) and Shakespeare’s R&J (London’s West End). As a member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, he has toured the US and Ireland extensively. For the past five years, he has participated as a lyricist with the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. His current musical collaboration (with composer Jonathan Reid Gealt) is an adaptation of the award-winning novel Dust and Shadow, which tells the tale of Sherlock Holmes in his quest to hunt down Jack the Ripper. His play Parched was an O’Neill semifinalist.

Dustin Sullivan is a writer/performer living in NYC. His acting credits include Heathers: the Musical (New World Stages), Little House on the Prairie (National Tour) and Shakespeare’s R&J (London’s West End). As a member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, he has toured the US and Ireland extensively. For the past five years, he has participated as a lyricist with the BMI Musical Theatre Workshop. His current musical collaboration (with composer Jonathan Reid Gealt) is an adaptation of the award-winning novel Dust and Shadow, which tells the tale of Sherlock Holmes in his quest to hunt down Jack the Ripper. His play Parched was an O’Neill semifinalist.

Scripts

A Pinch of Gravity

by Dustin Sullivan

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Brim is miserable. After an accident several years ago, wherein he saved a boy's life but was hit by a car, the once-star athlete is now confined to a wheelchair. After his best friend Hank discovers him in the midst of a half-hearted suicide attempt, Brim decides that the key to his happiness is to reconnect with the boy he saved. Enlisting the help of his former girlfriend, Jamie, he discovers that the (now...

Brim is miserable. After an accident several years ago, wherein he saved a boy's life but was hit by a car, the once-star athlete is now confined to a wheelchair. After his best friend Hank discovers him in the midst of a half-hearted suicide attempt, Brim decides that the key to his happiness is to reconnect with the boy he saved. Enlisting the help of his former girlfriend, Jamie, he discovers that the (now teenaged) boy, Ernie, is in jail for murder. Despite his friends urging him to let it go, Brim remains determined to find out exactly how Ernie's life, as well as his own, could have gone so wrong.

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Parched

by Dustin Sullivan

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale

Parched begins soon after Daniel’s father has passed away, leaving him in charge of the farmhouse and land. Daniel has immediately put them up for sale; he wants to leave the town, despite his close friendship with Cassie. Then a series of thunderstorms pass through, and his land stays mysteriously dry. The local Pastor doesn’t help when he delivers a sermon questioning whether Daniel’s actions and faith are to...

Parched begins soon after Daniel’s father has passed away, leaving him in charge of the farmhouse and land. Daniel has immediately put them up for sale; he wants to leave the town, despite his close friendship with Cassie. Then a series of thunderstorms pass through, and his land stays mysteriously dry. The local Pastor doesn’t help when he delivers a sermon questioning whether Daniel’s actions and faith are to blame. Meanwhile, Mastiff, a grumpy neighbor intent on buying the land, sees an opportunity to purchase it for pennies on the dollar, but Daniel is intent on setting things right before he leaves.

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Collision

by Dustin Sullivan

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

Mel is a scientist working on the large Hadron Collider. Chip is a protestor with end-of-world fears. When they start falling for each other, they discover that love may be far more catastrophic than any supercollider.

Mel is a scientist working on the large Hadron Collider. Chip is a protestor with end-of-world fears. When they start falling for each other, they discover that love may be far more catastrophic than any supercollider.