Bailey C Elis

Bailey C Elis

They/he/fae

Born in East Meadow, NY, Bailey grew up with a love for theatre and performing, as well as writing. They began writing stories at age six, and began acting in community theatre at age eight.

They truly got into playwriting once shutdowns hit, and they crafted their first short play, "First Date", for a writing contest. Though his play didn't get selected...
They/he/fae

Born in East Meadow, NY, Bailey grew up with a love for theatre and performing, as well as writing. They began writing stories at age six, and began acting in community theatre at age eight.

They truly got into playwriting once shutdowns hit, and they crafted their first short play, "First Date", for a writing contest. Though his play didn't get selected, he got a re-ignited passion for writing, and a new interest in playwriting.

Plays

  • No Good Reason by Bailey C Elis
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Childhood, memories + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Childhood, memories, conversations with self, autistic child, parental trauma, semi-autobiographical
    A child takes their confiscated toy back when their mom leaves the house, and pours their frustrations about being a "bad kid" out to it.

    A semi-autobiographical piece inside the mind of an undiagnosed neurodivergent child made to feel that they are a problem because they don't know why they get so upset and angry.
  • Hey Mr Dunne, It's Not About My Jockeys by Bailey C Elis
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Transgender, transphobia + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Transgender, transphobia, murder, Brandon Teena, misgendering, transgender man
    CONTENT WARNING- based on real people and real events; deals with murder, rape, anti-transgender hate crimes, deadnaming, misgendering.

    Brandon Teena was murdered on New Years Eve of 1993. But three years later, all journalist John Greggory Dunne cared about was the outfit he was wearing at the time of his death, and his life as "a girl pretending to be a boy."
    Almost three...
    CONTENT WARNING- based on real people and real events; deals with murder, rape, anti-transgender hate crimes, deadnaming, misgendering.

    Brandon Teena was murdered on New Years Eve of 1993. But three years later, all journalist John Greggory Dunne cared about was the outfit he was wearing at the time of his death, and his life as "a girl pretending to be a boy."
    Almost three decades after his death, it's time for Brandon's rebuttal to that horrendous New Yorker expose entitled, "The Humboldt Murders."
  • First Date by Bailey C Elis
    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Transgender, transgender love + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Transgender, transgender love, queer, LGBTQ, dating, relationship
    Roderick and Maxine, two transgender people, meet for their (awkward) first date. They may already know they're both trans, but they soon discover they know more about each other than they thought- things that go back to their childhoods- and that this may not in fact be the first time they've met.
  • Club House by Bailey C Elis
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: metaphor, hypocrisy + 1 more
    Genre: drama, political, satire
    Keyword: metaphor, hypocrisy, political hypocrisy
    A ten minute play mirroring the political world we live where "do as we say, not as we do" is a constant.
    A group of boys meet after school at their friend's house to form a club. That friend however seems to want to control everything, from the purpose of the club, to who's allowed in, and his own rules don't seem to apply to him...