Cal Walker

Cal Walker (they/them) is based in Chicago, IL, and is a proud alum of Columbia College Chicago.
They write queer plays. In their spare time, they go thrift shopping and watch really, really bad TV.

Cal Walker (they/them) is based in Chicago, IL, and is a proud alum of Columbia College Chicago.
They write queer plays. In their spare time, they go thrift shopping and watch really, really bad TV.

Scripts

Mary Godwin

by Cal Walker

Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
biography,
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period

During the “wet, ungenial summer,” of 1816 Mary Shelley was an 18 year old unwed mother. On holiday in Switzerland with Percy Shelley and her step-sister Claire, she meets Lord Byron and his Doctor, John William Polidori. Confined indoors by thunderstorms, the group embarks in a not-so-friendly competition to write the scariest story. Surrounded by scandal and unbridled egos, what unfolds next is a meditation on...

During the “wet, ungenial summer,” of 1816 Mary Shelley was an 18 year old unwed mother. On holiday in Switzerland with Percy Shelley and her step-sister Claire, she meets Lord Byron and his Doctor, John William Polidori. Confined indoors by thunderstorms, the group embarks in a not-so-friendly competition to write the scariest story. Surrounded by scandal and unbridled egos, what unfolds next is a meditation on love, on impostor syndrome, and the conflict between obligation and desire.

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That Thing in the Bathroom

by Cal Walker

4
Cast Size
5—7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
horror,
political,
satire,
science fiction

When a they find a flesh-eating blob in the customer bathroom, troubles at a local coffee shop threaten to literally eat the employees alive.

A fusion of "Clerks" and "The Blob," That Thing In The Bathroom is a fast-paced workplace comedy-horror that explores capitalism's shortcomings and the things that eat at us.

When a they find a flesh-eating blob in the customer bathroom, troubles at a local coffee shop threaten to literally eat the employees alive.

A fusion of "Clerks" and "The Blob," That Thing In The Bathroom is a fast-paced workplace comedy-horror that explores capitalism's shortcomings and the things that eat at us.

The Girl With The Sword

by Cal Walker

Cast Size
2
Genre
adventure,
dark comedy,
fantasy,
parody/spoof,
satire,
young audiences

We all know the story. A boy named Arthur gets a sword from the Lady of the Lake, and Arthur becomes king. Small problem-- the Lady of the Lake wants to keep the sword. The Girl With The Sword is a twist on the story of Camelot that explores what stories matter to us and why.

We all know the story. A boy named Arthur gets a sword from the Lady of the Lake, and Arthur becomes king. Small problem-- the Lady of the Lake wants to keep the sword. The Girl With The Sword is a twist on the story of Camelot that explores what stories matter to us and why.

Together

by Cal Walker

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

A one-minute play about a queer couple beginning to cope with the pandemic.

A one-minute play about a queer couple beginning to cope with the pandemic.