Eric Reyes Loo

Eric Reyes Loo is a playwright and TV writer based in his hometown, Los Angeles. He has produced and developed work with local theatres such as Pacific Resident Theatre, Rogue Machine, The Blank, Moving Arts and Chalk Rep and other places around the country like The Inkwell, Lark Play Development Center, Manhattan Theatre Source, George Street Playhouse and Rattlestick. He's an alumnus of the Playwrights Union and was the Artistic Producing Director of Chalk Repertory Theatre where he also oversaw the company's new play development initiatives.

Eric's most recent play, SIMPLE MEXICAN PLEASURES, opens at New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco in April 2025. His play about active shooter drills was produced by Broken Nose Theatre in Chicago in February 2022. And his play, DEATH...

Eric Reyes Loo is a playwright and TV writer based in his hometown, Los Angeles. He has produced and developed work with local theatres such as Pacific Resident Theatre, Rogue Machine, The Blank, Moving Arts and Chalk Rep and other places around the country like The Inkwell, Lark Play Development Center, Manhattan Theatre Source, George Street Playhouse and Rattlestick. He's an alumnus of the Playwrights Union and was the Artistic Producing Director of Chalk Repertory Theatre where he also oversaw the company's new play development initiatives.

Eric's most recent play, SIMPLE MEXICAN PLEASURES, opens at New Conservatory Theatre Center in San Francisco in April 2025. His play about active shooter drills was produced by Broken Nose Theatre in Chicago in February 2022. And his play, DEATH AND COCKROACHES, was produced by Chalk Rep in LA in November 2018.

Eric developed two plays, REPLACED and THE SHIFT, in the East West Writers Group in 2019-2020. REPLACED was further developed through UCSB's Launch Pad/Amplify program in January 2023.

Eric has participated in Moving Arts' MADLab Development series twice, writing his play, LIKE A BOY, in 2019. In 2015, he developed THIS IS ONLY A TEST.

In addition, Eric has an MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, which he attended on a full-scholarship and was awarded a scholarship from the National Hispanic Coalition for the Arts. He has been a lecturer in playwriting, screenwriting and TV writing at San Diego State University and wrote for two years on the teen melodrama GUIDANCE from Awesomeness TV and Verizon's Go90. Seasons Two and Three can be found on Hulu. Most recently, Eric was an Executive Story Editor on the series, A.J. AND THE QUEEN, currently on Netflix.

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Scripts

Simple Mexican Pleasures

by Eric Reyes Loo

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy

Heartbroken from a breakup, Eric does what many do – deny the pain and skip town. But he finds it’s hard to enjoy a bowl of pozole in peace when the spirits of your ancestors are squabbling in both ears. Through raucous conversation with his ghostly guides and a surreally hot hookup, Eric’s impulsive trip to Mexico City awakens his need for identity, familial ties, and a deeper connection to his roots.

Heartbroken from a breakup, Eric does what many do – deny the pain and skip town. But he finds it’s hard to enjoy a bowl of pozole in peace when the spirits of your ancestors are squabbling in both ears. Through raucous conversation with his ghostly guides and a surreally hot hookup, Eric’s impulsive trip to Mexico City awakens his need for identity, familial ties, and a deeper connection to his roots.

Replaced

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
7—10
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
satire

When a mixed race novelist comes to LA with big dreams of having her novel adapted into a TV show, she soon discovers what happens when Hollywood punishes you for speaking up - they make your TV show without you and without telling you. And then you have to take what’s stolen and steal it back. (Comedy).

When a mixed race novelist comes to LA with big dreams of having her novel adapted into a TV show, she soon discovers what happens when Hollywood punishes you for speaking up - they make your TV show without you and without telling you. And then you have to take what’s stolen and steal it back. (Comedy).

This is Only a Test

by Eric Reyes Loo

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

In the wake of school shootings everywhere, Washington High is training its students to fight back through a series of Active Shooter Drills. However, the more prepared these students are, the less safe they feel (drama).

In the wake of school shootings everywhere, Washington High is training its students to fight back through a series of Active Shooter Drills. However, the more prepared these students are, the less safe they feel (drama).

Death and Cockroaches

by Eric Reyes Loo

6
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

When Eric moves home to take care of his dying father, he runs from his sadness right into a Wall of Dicks. An irreverently honest story, told from the POV of a playwright in his own play.
Finalist - Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2017
Semi-Finalist - Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival - 2017

When Eric moves home to take care of his dying father, he runs from his sadness right into a Wall of Dicks. An irreverently honest story, told from the POV of a playwright in his own play.
Finalist - Bay Area Playwrights Festival 2017
Semi-Finalist - Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival - 2017

Like a Boy

by Eric Reyes Loo

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

When Frank, an openly gay man, thinks his effeminate son needs to change his voice, he returns to the vocal teacher who solved his problem when was fourteen. However, thirty years of social progress means that Quinn doesn’t think he’s the one with the problem, forcing Frank to confront his 14-year-old self through memory, magic and Madonna songs.

When Frank, an openly gay man, thinks his effeminate son needs to change his voice, he returns to the vocal teacher who solved his problem when was fourteen. However, thirty years of social progress means that Quinn doesn’t think he’s the one with the problem, forcing Frank to confront his 14-year-old self through memory, magic and Madonna songs.

After and Before

by Eric Reyes Loo

4
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

The story of a man who decides to leave the priesthood when the metaphysical loses its charm, told from his last homily to the very first time he steps to the pulpit as a priest.

Staged Reading: The Blank Theatre's Living Room Series - 2016
Semi-Finalist: Princess Grace Award - 2015
Semi-Finalist: Bay Area Playwrights Festival - 2015

The story of a man who decides to leave the priesthood when the metaphysical loses its charm, told from his last homily to the very first time he steps to the pulpit as a priest.

Staged Reading: The Blank Theatre's Living Room Series - 2016
Semi-Finalist: Princess Grace Award - 2015
Semi-Finalist: Bay Area Playwrights Festival - 2015

The Snake Charmer

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
period

In three different eras, three very different people--obsessed with "The Snake Charmer" by Jean-Leon Gerome--discover how dangerous it is to project their own hopes and dreams onto an unsuspecting young man.

In three different eras, three very different people--obsessed with "The Snake Charmer" by Jean-Leon Gerome--discover how dangerous it is to project their own hopes and dreams onto an unsuspecting young man.

On the Subject of Lilla

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
7
Genre
drama,
period,
tragedy

A woman gives up her family to pursue love and photography in Venice in the 1960s, which has repercussions for her son and future granddaughter in the present day.

Finalist for O'Neill National Playwrights Conference - 2011
Semi-Finalist for Princess Grace Award - 2011

A woman gives up her family to pursue love and photography in Venice in the 1960s, which has repercussions for her son and future granddaughter in the present day.

Finalist for O'Neill National Playwrights Conference - 2011
Semi-Finalist for Princess Grace Award - 2011

Chexicans Can: A Cross Cultural Fantasia

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
political,
satire

An actress desperate to become famous shelves her Chinese ways when a chance at Mexican superstardom falls into her lap.

An actress desperate to become famous shelves her Chinese ways when a chance at Mexican superstardom falls into her lap.

The Future

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy

Four teenagers, representing "the best and the brightest" the Earth has to offer, are in a Space Shuttle on their way to colonize Mars and find out the real reason they've been chosen for this particular mission.

Four teenagers, representing "the best and the brightest" the Earth has to offer, are in a Space Shuttle on their way to colonize Mars and find out the real reason they've been chosen for this particular mission.

Party Favors

by Eric Reyes Loo

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

During her firm's holiday party, Kate pimps out her brother to her boss in the hopes that she'll get that promotion she deserves.

During her firm's holiday party, Kate pimps out her brother to her boss in the hopes that she'll get that promotion she deserves.

Here We Are

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
faith-based,
romantic comedy

Bob brings Maddie to a church for the perfect first date - a good sign until he brings a picnic of stinky food, talks about his family history of erectile dysfunction and threatens to expose her as a fraud. Her only option is to retaliate.

Bob brings Maddie to a church for the perfect first date - a good sign until he brings a picnic of stinky food, talks about his family history of erectile dysfunction and threatens to expose her as a fraud. Her only option is to retaliate.

Tasting

by Eric Reyes Loo

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Malcolm's presentation of a new tasting menu leads to a personal - and very public - debate about cultural appropriation and stolen family recipes when his ex Paul shows up to call him out.

Malcolm's presentation of a new tasting menu leads to a personal - and very public - debate about cultural appropriation and stolen family recipes when his ex Paul shows up to call him out.