Randall Huskinson

Randall Huskinson

Playwright & Producer based in San Diego, California, with regular presence in London, UK.

Triple-award winner at the 2022 Marsh Int’l Solo Festival for his show Out of the Mormon Closet, playwright Randall Huskinson embodies the playwright’s mantra to “write what you know,” and often looks to inspiration from his history growing up as a gay, Mormon potato farmer.

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Playwright & Producer based in San Diego, California, with regular presence in London, UK.

Triple-award winner at the 2022 Marsh Int’l Solo Festival for his show Out of the Mormon Closet, playwright Randall Huskinson embodies the playwright’s mantra to “write what you know,” and often looks to inspiration from his history growing up as a gay, Mormon potato farmer.

Huskinson’s play War Bride of Mormon County will receive two public staged readings under Hart Theatre Co. in Salt Lake City in April prior to a planned full production there in 2025, as well as a planned 2025 UK premiere in Manchester. The piece was a recent semi-finalist in the NYC TRU Voices festival.
In addition to adult-focused work, Huskinson also writes TYA—Theatre for Young Audiences.

Knowing that the fastest way to get produced is to produce your own work, Huskinson has studied commercial production under Tony Award-winning producer Jane Dubin and UK producing expert Chris Grady.
While he’s been involved in just about every aspect of the theatre from acting to producing and front of house,

Huskinson comes to play writing following a distinguished career as a journalist and copywriter. He lives on Bankers Hill in San Diego with his husband, the artist Denni Danieli-Polloni.

When not writing, you'll find Randall cycling, traveling, cooking, cuddling with the cat, or playing his beloved grand piano, a Yamaha G5.

Plays

  • War Bride of Mormon County by Randall Huskinson
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama, faith-based + 2 more
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    Keyword: Mormon, religion + 8 more
    Genre: drama, faith-based, period, tragedy
    Keyword: Mormon, religion, immigration, patriarchy, women’s rights, forgiveness, family fight, delusion, child abuse, passes Bechdel test
    Think DOUBT + HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE + HANDMAID'S TALE

    An underdog, outsider mom’s fight to save her daughter, and ultimately herself, from an abusive patriarchy and community where alternate facts are a way of life.

    Trudy Thompson, a British convert to the Mormon Church, lives with her husband Ammon their daughter Eliza among Ammon’s loyal-to-a-fault family—all of them ultra-...
    Think DOUBT + HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE + HANDMAID'S TALE

    An underdog, outsider mom’s fight to save her daughter, and ultimately herself, from an abusive patriarchy and community where alternate facts are a way of life.

    Trudy Thompson, a British convert to the Mormon Church, lives with her husband Ammon their daughter Eliza among Ammon’s loyal-to-a-fault family—all of them ultra-devout Mormons. When young Eliza reveals an explosive secret about the family’s revered patriarch, chaos ensues and Trudy is forced to make decisions that will shake their family—and herself— to the core.

    This piece, set within a religious sect that continually intrigues the curious public, hits on topics that are as urgent and challenging in 2023 as they have ever been.

    2020-21: Initial writing, private development reading, invited audience reading (Zoom)
    2022: Dramaturgy work under Dominick LaRuffa, Jr., NYC actor developmental reading.
    British/character-specific development under Manchester dramaturg Rob Ward.
    2023: Table Read, Hart Theatre Company, Salt Lake City
    2024: Semi-finalist TRU Voices, NYC
    2024: Public Staged Reading: Hart Theatre Co., Salt Lake City, Slated for production on their 2025 season

  • Under the Family Bus by Randall Huskinson
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: absurdist, Family Dramedy + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, satire
    Keyword: absurdist, Family Dramedy, LGBT, zoom, vaccine, pornography, addiction, Bechdel Test, SCIENCE DENIAL
    Sequins. Vaccines. Theme parks. Porn. You know…just another Covid family chat.

    Think THE HUMANS + EUREKA DAY.

    It’s Covid quarantine time in January 2021, and the Pierce family has weekly online video chats. Inspired by the absurdist-reality of family video calls during Covid lockdowns, UNDER THE FAMLY BUS brings out the best and worst between a mother and her three adult children—...
    Sequins. Vaccines. Theme parks. Porn. You know…just another Covid family chat.

    Think THE HUMANS + EUREKA DAY.

    It’s Covid quarantine time in January 2021, and the Pierce family has weekly online video chats. Inspired by the absurdist-reality of family video calls during Covid lockdowns, UNDER THE FAMLY BUS brings out the best and worst between a mother and her three adult children—all of whom hide secrets that could derail a post-vaccination family gathering. Mom announces she’s secured a coveted vaccination appointment and is planning her 70th birthday party. The oldest son announces he’s not “getting chipped….” then a virus on his computer starts feeding porn into the family chat. Secrets are revealed, bouncing between laugh-out-loud comedy and grab-a-tissue drama, climaxing with a gathering that reveals even bigger shocks and surprises.
    This piece is blazingly important right now: unpacking some of the craziness of our immediate past and learning to laugh at the bonkers period we’ve survived can help us all heal. UNDER THE FAMILY BUS is powerful, important, funny and entertaining theatre.

    NOTE: renamed from "The Variants."
  • Down the Road from Yakima by Randall Huskinson
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: drama, movement/physical + 1 more
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    Keyword: Drugs, addiction + 6 more
    Genre: drama, movement/physical, tragedy
    Keyword: Drugs, addiction, gay, LGBT, elder abuse, anger management, senior citizen, family fight
    An intense family drama without a sofa! It’s 1997 in small-town Spokane, Washington, and middle-aged, closeted drug addict Mick blames all his problems on his stepfather, Keith, who lives with Mick’s Alzheimer’s-ridden mom in a seniors’ residence. Mick faces multiple crises, the worst of which is a pile of debt, and hatches a plan to force Keith to fix it all. Mick’s brother Ben (openly gay) is forced to play...
    An intense family drama without a sofa! It’s 1997 in small-town Spokane, Washington, and middle-aged, closeted drug addict Mick blames all his problems on his stepfather, Keith, who lives with Mick’s Alzheimer’s-ridden mom in a seniors’ residence. Mick faces multiple crises, the worst of which is a pile of debt, and hatches a plan to force Keith to fix it all. Mick’s brother Ben (openly gay) is forced to play defense as Mick lobs endless chaos into the family mix, culminating in an explosive finale.
  • Chill Out Yeti! by Randall Huskinson
    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: tya, children's theatre + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, immersive
    Keyword: tya, children's theatre, climate change, Yeti, sasquatch, monsters, friendship, intercultural, building bridges, Any Gender
    Abo is a young yeti who is too hot and wants to go back home where life is more chill! Abo has traveled (by tunnel!!) with their parents from their home in YetMalaya to Sasquatchia, on the other side of the world, for the 30-year convention of the SoFoSnoMoSwaFo, which includes yeti, sasquatch, swamp creatures, etc. The focus of the conference is whether or not the SoFoSnoMoSwaFo should finally make contact...
    Abo is a young yeti who is too hot and wants to go back home where life is more chill! Abo has traveled (by tunnel!!) with their parents from their home in YetMalaya to Sasquatchia, on the other side of the world, for the 30-year convention of the SoFoSnoMoSwaFo, which includes yeti, sasquatch, swamp creatures, etc. The focus of the conference is whether or not the SoFoSnoMoSwaFo should finally make contact with the H.H....the horrible humans...who are doing things to cause the yeti's glacier homeland to melt, and causing heat that affects every part of all SoFoSnoMoSwaFo beings' existence. While the adults debate things, Abo wanders off and meets (gasp) a young human...inside an ice cream truck. What could go wrong? What could go right? Can a young yeti and a young human conspire to find even a tiny way to combat the too-hot planet so everyone can get back to chilling out?