Max Moline

Max Moline (he/they) is a director/writer/educator/actor hailing from the nostril of the United States Davenport, Iowa. Max has improvised as a member of ComedySportz for multiple years, and has performed for venues such as Circa 21' Playhouse, Quad City Theatre Workshop, and in schools with the Urban Improv program. As a teacher, Max has worked as an actor and improv instructor for over ten years at various schools and theatre companies.

A graduate of St. Ambrose University, Max has worked as a director and playwright in programs in the Midwest and Northeast such as the Quad City Theatre Workshop, Fayerweather Summer Arts, Arlington Children’s Theatre, and his artistic home, Davenport Junior Theatre. Favorite theatre credits include An Oak Tree (Mockingbird on Main),Polly and Esther...

Max Moline (he/they) is a director/writer/educator/actor hailing from the nostril of the United States Davenport, Iowa. Max has improvised as a member of ComedySportz for multiple years, and has performed for venues such as Circa 21' Playhouse, Quad City Theatre Workshop, and in schools with the Urban Improv program. As a teacher, Max has worked as an actor and improv instructor for over ten years at various schools and theatre companies.

A graduate of St. Ambrose University, Max has worked as a director and playwright in programs in the Midwest and Northeast such as the Quad City Theatre Workshop, Fayerweather Summer Arts, Arlington Children’s Theatre, and his artistic home, Davenport Junior Theatre. Favorite theatre credits include An Oak Tree (Mockingbird on Main),Polly and Esther: Sock Detectives (Fayerweather Summer Arts) The Vanishing (QC Theatre Workshop), A Midsummer Night's Dream (Arlington Children's Theatre) and James and The Giant Peach (Davenport Junior Theatre).

While not working in the arts in some way, Max can be found watching wrestling, coordinating his table top role playing groups, working out, reading by his cats Percy and Seymour, finding the best pint of Guinness in the continental United States or spending a lazy day at the aquarium with the love of his life Shannon.

Scripts

Magnet Hands

by Max Moline

Synopsis

Last Updated 2/23/2026

Marcus “Yorick” Galloway is the Greatest of All Time in Toybox Tussle, a fighting
game series that’s been around since the mid 1990’s. He has been a world champion seven
times and has been at the top of the game for almost two decades. As Marcus makes the
decision to retire after one last run at the Toybox Tussle World Championship, he begins to
unravel as he cannot separate who he is and...

Last Updated 2/23/2026

Marcus “Yorick” Galloway is the Greatest of All Time in Toybox Tussle, a fighting
game series that’s been around since the mid 1990’s. He has been a world champion seven
times and has been at the top of the game for almost two decades. As Marcus makes the
decision to retire after one last run at the Toybox Tussle World Championship, he begins to
unravel as he cannot separate who he is and what he can be after spending his entire adult life
being defined by a video game for children. A play about legacy, addiction, and the impact of personas bigger than yourself.

Beggar's Night

by Max Moline

Synopsis

Ten Minute Play:
A Midwest tradition! Join Victor and Elizabeth during their Trick or Treating on Beggar's Night while something spooky slowly starts happening in their town after sundown.

Ten Minute Play:
A Midwest tradition! Join Victor and Elizabeth during their Trick or Treating on Beggar's Night while something spooky slowly starts happening in their town after sundown.

Polly and Esther: Sock Detectives

Book and Lyrics by Max Moline

Synopsis

(In Development)
A cult of socks with nightmarish goals are starting to infect the beautiful tapestry of New Yarn City. When a sacred relic is stolen from the city museum, two young socks, Polly and Esther, accidentally stumble into a mystery that will put not just their elastic on danger, but everyone they know. A 45 minute (for now) musical about sock puppets, being able to admit you're wrong, and the burdens...

(In Development)
A cult of socks with nightmarish goals are starting to infect the beautiful tapestry of New Yarn City. When a sacred relic is stolen from the city museum, two young socks, Polly and Esther, accidentally stumble into a mystery that will put not just their elastic on danger, but everyone they know. A 45 minute (for now) musical about sock puppets, being able to admit you're wrong, and the burdens and expectations of family.

Music Samples available on request.