Brooke Bethel

Brooke Bethel is an emerging playwright and 2022 graduate of the MFA Dramatic Writing program at Tisch School of the Arts. She is a recipient of the Theatre Artist Award for Excellence from Lipscomb University, finalist for Southwest Theatre Productions Play Competition, finalist for the Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, semi-finalist for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, semi-finalist for the Terrance McNally Playwriting Incubator, and a finalist for the Goldberg Playwriting Award. Her plays have been workshopped at the NYU 29 Hour Project and The Table Read Company.

Brooke Bethel is an emerging playwright and 2022 graduate of the MFA Dramatic Writing program at Tisch School of the Arts. She is a recipient of the Theatre Artist Award for Excellence from Lipscomb University, finalist for Southwest Theatre Productions Play Competition, finalist for the Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, semi-finalist for the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, semi-finalist for the Terrance McNally Playwriting Incubator, and a finalist for the Goldberg Playwriting Award. Her plays have been workshopped at the NYU 29 Hour Project and The Table Read Company.

Scripts

Prodigies

by Brooke Bethel

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama

When a new talented competitor appears at an annual youth piano competition, Isla, Benji, Kinsleigh, and Eden question their own competency and ability to keep up with the growing demands of being a prodigy. After Isla gets her period while practicing, she takes it as a sign that she should quit playing piano forever, and attempts to rally the other prodigies to question their own devotion to Bach. "Prodigies"...

When a new talented competitor appears at an annual youth piano competition, Isla, Benji, Kinsleigh, and Eden question their own competency and ability to keep up with the growing demands of being a prodigy. After Isla gets her period while practicing, she takes it as a sign that she should quit playing piano forever, and attempts to rally the other prodigies to question their own devotion to Bach. "Prodigies" is a play about labor, duty, and living on the excruciating precipice of being a teenager

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The Baby Maker

by Brooke Bethel

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
holiday

When Molly becomes pregnant, she learns that her boyfriend, Andrew, has different plans for her life than she does. As she advances in her pregnancy, and becomes sick, she becomes terrified of losing her agency and becoming a mom instead of a person. "The Baby Maker" is a commentary on modern relationships, and the impulse to define women by the people they create, instead of the people that they are.

When Molly becomes pregnant, she learns that her boyfriend, Andrew, has different plans for her life than she does. As she advances in her pregnancy, and becomes sick, she becomes terrified of losing her agency and becoming a mom instead of a person. "The Baby Maker" is a commentary on modern relationships, and the impulse to define women by the people they create, instead of the people that they are.

Good Christian Girls

by Brooke Bethel

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
faith-based,
satire

When Eleanor, Josie, and Meg embark on their freshman year of college, they are stunned to find out that being good Christian girls is not as easy or fun as it once was. When Eleanor pursues a romance with a boy from work, Josie and Meg make it their mission to stop her from having sex (and therefore falling into a life of sin) at all costs. This play is an exploration of who God is and what the church is. It is...

When Eleanor, Josie, and Meg embark on their freshman year of college, they are stunned to find out that being good Christian girls is not as easy or fun as it once was. When Eleanor pursues a romance with a boy from work, Josie and Meg make it their mission to stop her from having sex (and therefore falling into a life of sin) at all costs. This play is an exploration of who God is and what the church is. It is a conversation about being raised in your parents’ church, and what it means when you find God for yourself...or don’t.

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