Tom Nieboer

Tom Nieboer is a playwright and performer from Mora, Minnesota. His stage work has been developed by UglyRhino, IRT Theater, Hearth Gods, Lesser Mortals, Umbrella Theater Project, Fuller Road Artist Residency, Artilliers, Last Match Theatre Company, The Tavern Rakes, The Ume Group, Brief Palava and the Skylight Theater Company. As an actor he has performed with Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Northern Spark Arts Festival, Intermedia Arts, and the Dorset Theatre Festival. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin, and has lectured at St. John’s University in Queens. He currently teaches creative writing classes for The Acting Gym in Westport, Connecticut.

Tom Nieboer is a playwright and performer from Mora, Minnesota. His stage work has been developed by UglyRhino, IRT Theater, Hearth Gods, Lesser Mortals, Umbrella Theater Project, Fuller Road Artist Residency, Artilliers, Last Match Theatre Company, The Tavern Rakes, The Ume Group, Brief Palava and the Skylight Theater Company. As an actor he has performed with Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Northern Spark Arts Festival, Intermedia Arts, and the Dorset Theatre Festival. He holds an MFA in Playwriting from The Lir Academy at Trinity College Dublin, and has lectured at St. John’s University in Queens. He currently teaches creative writing classes for The Acting Gym in Westport, Connecticut.

Scripts

The Pale Stranger

by Tom Nieboer

Cast Size
17
Genre
drama,
experimental,
fable/folktale

An insatiably hungry spirit traverses the continental United States in search of its next meal. Over the course of its ravenous quest it disrupts a funeral, a college study session, and an evening of haute cuisine. But you already know that. You already know all about this malevolent spirit. You've seen it on tv. You've seen it on the silver screen. You see it at night when you close your eyes. In fact, it's...

An insatiably hungry spirit traverses the continental United States in search of its next meal. Over the course of its ravenous quest it disrupts a funeral, a college study session, and an evening of haute cuisine. But you already know that. You already know all about this malevolent spirit. You've seen it on tv. You've seen it on the silver screen. You see it at night when you close your eyes. In fact, it's right behind you. It is the Pale Stranger, and it is always watching.

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Minnesota

by Tom Nieboer

3
Cast Size
15
Genre
drama

A combat veteran returns home for the holidays, only to be pursued by a forbidding specter of her time overseas.
A junk trader haggles over a chair weighted with history.
A custody battle grows in acrimony as each parent grows more desperate.
A terrible secret, long withheld, comes to light.
An earth-worshipping family struggles to reconcile their spirituality with the toll the earth has taken on them.
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A combat veteran returns home for the holidays, only to be pursued by a forbidding specter of her time overseas.
A junk trader haggles over a chair weighted with history.
A custody battle grows in acrimony as each parent grows more desperate.
A terrible secret, long withheld, comes to light.
An earth-worshipping family struggles to reconcile their spirituality with the toll the earth has taken on them.
A Lutheran pastor loses her faith and her spouse, and struggles in vain to win both back.
Six stories. One state. Magic intertwines with mundanity in the Land of Ten Thousand Lakes.

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The Good Brother

by Tom Nieboer

1
Cast Size
9
Genre
drama

When Olivia's older brother unexpectedly dies, she takes it upon herself to guide her family and his friends through the depths of their grief. The only trouble is - none of them seem to want her guidance. As her brother's memorial celebration fast approaches, Olivia must come to terms with the enormity of her own loss and her powerlessness to understand everyone else's.

When Olivia's older brother unexpectedly dies, she takes it upon herself to guide her family and his friends through the depths of their grief. The only trouble is - none of them seem to want her guidance. As her brother's memorial celebration fast approaches, Olivia must come to terms with the enormity of her own loss and her powerlessness to understand everyone else's.

LOSER

by Tom Nieboer

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama

Broke and out of options, feckless musician Ian Budke returns to his childhood home to live with his ailing father. Reconnecting with old friends and making amends with old enemies, Ian seeks to do good by those in his life for the very first time, and forever shed the title of "loser".

Broke and out of options, feckless musician Ian Budke returns to his childhood home to live with his ailing father. Reconnecting with old friends and making amends with old enemies, Ian seeks to do good by those in his life for the very first time, and forever shed the title of "loser".

The Young Folk

by Tom Nieboer

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

"Track one...hit ‘em hard. Track two...chill ‘em out. Track three...get 'em stoked. Track four...hit ‘em hard. Track five...hit ‘em REALLY HARD. Track six...mid-album palate-cleansing roots romp. Look at any record. Any classic folk record. And you will see this pattern."

"Track one...hit ‘em hard. Track two...chill ‘em out. Track three...get 'em stoked. Track four...hit ‘em hard. Track five...hit ‘em REALLY HARD. Track six...mid-album palate-cleansing roots romp. Look at any record. Any classic folk record. And you will see this pattern."