Jake Shore

Jake Shore's plays have been presented at The Flea Theater, Theaterlab, The Chain Theatre, The Connelly Theater and others. His plays, including Down the Mountain and Across the Stream (2013), Holy Moly (2016), The Devil Is on the Loose With an Axe in Marshalltown (2017), Adjust the Procedure (2021), Hit the Wall (2022), A Groundbreaking Achievement of Outrageous Importance That People Scroll By, Barely Impacted (2024), CON (2024), and The Slide Is the Negative (2025) have been described by critics as "memorable" (BroadwayWorld), "not to miss" (Playbill), “engrossing and compelling” (TheaterScene), “extraordinary” (Stage and Cinema) and “striking” (Theatre Is Easy). His short stories have been published in Denver Quarterly, Hobart, New Contrast, Litro Magazine, The Summerset Review and...

Jake Shore's plays have been presented at The Flea Theater, Theaterlab, The Chain Theatre, The Connelly Theater and others. His plays, including Down the Mountain and Across the Stream (2013), Holy Moly (2016), The Devil Is on the Loose With an Axe in Marshalltown (2017), Adjust the Procedure (2021), Hit the Wall (2022), A Groundbreaking Achievement of Outrageous Importance That People Scroll By, Barely Impacted (2024), CON (2024), and The Slide Is the Negative (2025) have been described by critics as "memorable" (BroadwayWorld), "not to miss" (Playbill), “engrossing and compelling” (TheaterScene), “extraordinary” (Stage and Cinema) and “striking” (Theatre Is Easy). His short stories have been published in Denver Quarterly, Hobart, New Contrast, Litro Magazine, The Summerset Review and others.

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Scripts

The Slide Is the Negative

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

When a photographer betrays her closest friend by displaying an intimate, revealing photograph in a prestigious Chelsea gallery, the fallout spirals into a deadly web of infidelity and violence.

When a photographer betrays her closest friend by displaying an intimate, revealing photograph in a prestigious Chelsea gallery, the fallout spirals into a deadly web of infidelity and violence.

CON

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

Aiden lost his father on 9/11. Because no remains were ever identified, Aiden refuses to believe that his dad is dead. When Aiden turns to conspiracy theories in search of truth, his discoveries push him to the brink.

Aiden lost his father on 9/11. Because no remains were ever identified, Aiden refuses to believe that his dad is dead. When Aiden turns to conspiracy theories in search of truth, his discoveries push him to the brink.

A Groundbreaking Achievement of Outrageous Importance That People Scroll By, Barely Impacted

by Jake Shore

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
dark comedy

Artificial intelligence has arrived, and Brooklyn University students are using it to cheat in confounding and futuristically troubling ways. The Assistant Dean is begging the Executive Dean to provide guidance, but how can direction be given for a technology that evolves every 0.5 seconds? Is higher education any match for AI? Or is Brooklyn University on a one-way trip into madness?

Artificial intelligence has arrived, and Brooklyn University students are using it to cheat in confounding and futuristically troubling ways. The Assistant Dean is begging the Executive Dean to provide guidance, but how can direction be given for a technology that evolves every 0.5 seconds? Is higher education any match for AI? Or is Brooklyn University on a one-way trip into madness?

Try for the Kingdom

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

Three junkies living in an abandoned apartment in Brooklyn try to form a family to combat madness and violence. What ensues is a stylized romp through imaginations and dreams.

Three junkies living in an abandoned apartment in Brooklyn try to form a family to combat madness and violence. What ensues is a stylized romp through imaginations and dreams.

Hit the Wall

by Jake Shore

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Amir is the most famous graffiti artist in the world, but to stay out of jail, he must remain anonymous. His protégé, Rae, has great talent and is progressing, inching ever closer to tagging the perfect wall with her graffiti. Despite this, when the student threatens the teacher, things turn dire. Amir's sanity wanes. He begins wondering whether he's the central character in a play. Will Rae follow?

Amir is the most famous graffiti artist in the world, but to stay out of jail, he must remain anonymous. His protégé, Rae, has great talent and is progressing, inching ever closer to tagging the perfect wall with her graffiti. Despite this, when the student threatens the teacher, things turn dire. Amir's sanity wanes. He begins wondering whether he's the central character in a play. Will Rae follow?

Adjust The Procedure (a Zoom play)

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
zoom

It's early Fall 2020 and the pandemic consumes a Manhattan university. In addition to tracking rising cases of COVID on campus, the school's administrators face immigration problems, suicide threats, and professors losing their minds. But in the midst of all the madness, it's the internal bureaucratic battles that threaten the school's preservation. Over the course of two conflict-ridden Zoom meetings, Adjust...

It's early Fall 2020 and the pandemic consumes a Manhattan university. In addition to tracking rising cases of COVID on campus, the school's administrators face immigration problems, suicide threats, and professors losing their minds. But in the midst of all the madness, it's the internal bureaucratic battles that threaten the school's preservation. Over the course of two conflict-ridden Zoom meetings, Adjust The Procedure gives audiences a rare peek into the business of higher education at a moment of multiple reckonings.

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The Devil Is On The Loose With An Axe In Marshalltown

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
6—16
Genre
drama

16 characters. 2 murders. 1 chair.

16 characters. 2 murders. 1 chair.

Holy Moly

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

The Flea Theater
2016

The Flea Theater
2016

The Sun Hangs There Between the Buildings and the Trees

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

Nora, a college professor, takes matters into her own hands to protect her students.

Nora, a college professor, takes matters into her own hands to protect her students.

Sick City Blues

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

Vinny decides to doctor the bill of a prominent mobster.

Vinny decides to doctor the bill of a prominent mobster.

Down the Mountain and Across the Stream

by Jake Shore

Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

Your child is at war. Is he safe? Turner claims to know. He sells the information, but if he has the truth, why does he hire Eric to deliver it? Alice and Gerald are about to find out.

Your child is at war. Is he safe? Turner claims to know. He sells the information, but if he has the truth, why does he hire Eric to deliver it? Alice and Gerald are about to find out.