Tess Berger

Tess Berger is a Seattle-based playwright, dramaturg, and multidisciplinary artist. Her plays examine the mythicality of humanity through peeks into intimate conversations and quiet alone moments. Tess studied directing and dramaturgy, graduating in 2020 with a Theatre degree from the University of Puget Sound. She is a practicing visual artist, graphic designer, and musician, and recently founded the new works festival We Need New Plays.
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Tess Berger is a Seattle-based playwright, dramaturg, and multidisciplinary artist. Her plays examine the mythicality of humanity through peeks into intimate conversations and quiet alone moments. Tess studied directing and dramaturgy, graduating in 2020 with a Theatre degree from the University of Puget Sound. She is a practicing visual artist, graphic designer, and musician, and recently founded the new works festival We Need New Plays.
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Scripts

the trail to dry creek

by Tess Berger

4
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

a young woman rents a cabin in the mountains for a tense couples retreat, talks to the kid from pizza train about the universe, and doesn't totally know what's real.

a young woman rents a cabin in the mountains for a tense couples retreat, talks to the kid from pizza train about the universe, and doesn't totally know what's real.

Forest Fire – a monologue

by Tess Berger

4
Cast Size
1
Genre
drama,
tragedy

A young woman grieves the loss of her partner while working as a fire lookout.

A young woman grieves the loss of her partner while working as a fire lookout.

she once again unfurls

by Tess Berger

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
romantic comedy,
young audiences

two people used to be dating each other and now they're not, but they are hanging out right now. it's one scene

two people used to be dating each other and now they're not, but they are hanging out right now. it's one scene

i am coming home

by Tess Berger

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

two women sit near the ocean. one has been here forever and one has been gone for a long time but is back now. a little girl went missing a long time ago. one thinks she knows what happened.

two women sit near the ocean. one has been here forever and one has been gone for a long time but is back now. a little girl went missing a long time ago. one thinks she knows what happened.

CHARM/CHASM

by Tess Berger

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Two women, young and old, connect intimately while practicing figure drawing.

Two women, young and old, connect intimately while practicing figure drawing.

Full

by Tess Berger

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

A woman moves in with her younger sister and sister's boyfriend after inpatient treatment for an eating disorder. She tries to re-find normal and realizes it doesn't exist.

A woman moves in with her younger sister and sister's boyfriend after inpatient treatment for an eating disorder. She tries to re-find normal and realizes it doesn't exist.

Permeate

by Tess Berger

Cast Size
6
Genre
drama

Something bad happened to Sabine. This is her dream world.

Something bad happened to Sabine. This is her dream world.

This is Not Here (3 monologues)

by Tess Berger

Cast Size
1
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

a young woman navigates the transition from college to the real world, but the real world is in shambles and she is just completely isolated

cw: depression & suicide

a young woman navigates the transition from college to the real world, but the real world is in shambles and she is just completely isolated

cw: depression & suicide

the water grey, reflecting the sky

by Tess Berger

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

a teenage girl wants to be a painter. her sister is worried about the older man mentoring her. it's deeper than that though

a teenage girl wants to be a painter. her sister is worried about the older man mentoring her. it's deeper than that though

"poems" a play

by Tess Berger

Cast Size
4—8
Genre
drama,
experimental,
tragedy,
verse

a collage of poetry, storytelling, and catharsis. an intimate surrealist conversation between 3 actors.

a collage of poetry, storytelling, and catharsis. an intimate surrealist conversation between 3 actors.