Susan Faust

Susan Faust is an Oregon-based playwright and director whose background is in devised theatre. Her play, CONFABULOUS, was a finalist for the 2020 Portland Civic Theatre Guild New Play Award, and her one act, STRANGEST YELLOW, was published in the Silk Road Review. Susan was a founding member of the San Francisco-based Paducah Mining Company, and has collaborated with Anne Bogart’s internationally renowned SITI Company and with Portland’s Hand2Mouth Theatre. She has been an artist-in-residence with Portland Public Schools and a playwriting mentor for at-risk youth with Haven Project. Susan is co-founder of LineStorm Playwrights and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Susan Faust is an Oregon-based playwright and director whose background is in devised theatre. Her play, CONFABULOUS, was a finalist for the 2020 Portland Civic Theatre Guild New Play Award, and her one act, STRANGEST YELLOW, was published in the Silk Road Review. Susan was a founding member of the San Francisco-based Paducah Mining Company, and has collaborated with Anne Bogart’s internationally renowned SITI Company and with Portland’s Hand2Mouth Theatre. She has been an artist-in-residence with Portland Public Schools and a playwriting mentor for at-risk youth with Haven Project. Susan is co-founder of LineStorm Playwrights and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Scripts

Cloud Illusions

by Susan Faust

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Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

When two strangers meet on Hampstead Heath during a gathering of the Cloud Appreciation Society, unusual sightings are made, personal stories are shared, and the rain comes down.

When two strangers meet on Hampstead Heath during a gathering of the Cloud Appreciation Society, unusual sightings are made, personal stories are shared, and the rain comes down.

Building Women

by Susan Faust

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Cast Size
3
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period

World War II is over. On their last day of work at the Oregon Shipyard, two women from very different backgrounds forge a bond that's stronger than the Victory Ships they built.

World War II is over. On their last day of work at the Oregon Shipyard, two women from very different backgrounds forge a bond that's stronger than the Victory Ships they built.

Round Trip

by Susan Faust

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

A woman taking her elderly mother to a doctor's appointment on the aerial tram encounters some bumps along the way.

A woman taking her elderly mother to a doctor's appointment on the aerial tram encounters some bumps along the way.

Exposure

by Susan Faust

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Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

A teenager struggling with anxiety tries to ride it out.

A teenager struggling with anxiety tries to ride it out.

Confabulous

by Susan Faust

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Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental

When two feuding sisters are challenged to provide round-the-clock care for their aging mother with dementia, they recruit the stoner kid who mows the lawn to help out. A comedy-drama where sibling rivalry is bloodsport, romance is found in unexpected places, and losing one's mind is more than it's cracked up to be.

When two feuding sisters are challenged to provide round-the-clock care for their aging mother with dementia, they recruit the stoner kid who mows the lawn to help out. A comedy-drama where sibling rivalry is bloodsport, romance is found in unexpected places, and losing one's mind is more than it's cracked up to be.

Persistent World

by Susan Faust

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
drama,
fantasy,
movement/physical

Fifteen-year-old Oscar spends his time immersed in online role-playing games, hoping his new virtual identity will obliterate his adopted, misfit self. LeeAnne overcompensates for Oscar’s missing father but can’t figure out how to text her own son. Isaac keeps getting his phone privileges taken away, and Tish just doesn’t give a crap—unless you're talking about her avatar, that is. With the power to both connect...

Fifteen-year-old Oscar spends his time immersed in online role-playing games, hoping his new virtual identity will obliterate his adopted, misfit self. LeeAnne overcompensates for Oscar’s missing father but can’t figure out how to text her own son. Isaac keeps getting his phone privileges taken away, and Tish just doesn’t give a crap—unless you're talking about her avatar, that is. With the power to both connect and alienate, the digital universe seems to be taking over...but is anything in the real world compelling enough to compete with it?

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