Nancy Kissam

Nancy Kissam has written and directed several plays and musicals in New York and Los Angeles as well as received a Master's degree in Educational Theatre from NYU. Her first feature film script, Stone was included in the Outfest Screenwriter’s Lab and her second script, Drool, won the Slamdance Screenwriting Competition. Nancy directed Drool, which can be found on Amazon Prime Video. She won a short screenwriting competition with her short, Shave, which was then produced by Christine Vachon and Killer Films. Her TV pilot, "Georgie Girl" was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival’s sitcom competition. Nancy is a high school theatre teacher at Eagle Rock H.S. where she directed her original musical, "Mick & Beth Rule the School," an adaptation of Macbeth set to an 80s soundtrack. She...

Nancy Kissam has written and directed several plays and musicals in New York and Los Angeles as well as received a Master's degree in Educational Theatre from NYU. Her first feature film script, Stone was included in the Outfest Screenwriter’s Lab and her second script, Drool, won the Slamdance Screenwriting Competition. Nancy directed Drool, which can be found on Amazon Prime Video. She won a short screenwriting competition with her short, Shave, which was then produced by Christine Vachon and Killer Films. Her TV pilot, "Georgie Girl" was a finalist at the Austin Film Festival’s sitcom competition. Nancy is a high school theatre teacher at Eagle Rock H.S. where she directed her original musical, "Mick & Beth Rule the School," an adaptation of Macbeth set to an 80s soundtrack. She is also a writer of short stories and personal essays. Nancy lives in Los Angeles with her wife and two pugs.

Scripts

Vigil

by Nancy Kissam

Cast Size

6—8

Genre

dark comedy

Vigil is a dark comedy about a family sitting vigil for the patriarch who is on his death bed. Guests and family members stream in an out of the Enderly home while Raymond Enderly lay dying in the dining room. Issues arise with each visitor and offspring of Ray and Celeste’s. No one is safe as Celeste’s clandestine drinking becomes less secret, her son Russell becomes more abusive and daughter, Robin brings...

Vigil is a dark comedy about a family sitting vigil for the patriarch who is on his death bed. Guests and family members stream in an out of the Enderly home while Raymond Enderly lay dying in the dining room. Issues arise with each visitor and offspring of Ray and Celeste’s. No one is safe as Celeste’s clandestine drinking becomes less secret, her son Russell becomes more abusive and daughter, Robin brings home, for the first time, her black girlfriend. There is nothing like death to bring out the best and worst in us all. And the Enderlys are no different.

Mick & Beth Rule the School

by Nancy Kissam

Cast Size

22

Genre

dark comedy

Based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Mick and Beth Rule the School" is a dark comedy about teenage twins who seek revenge against their high school bullies, to the tune of 1980’s new wave. Geek, Mick gets told by his Wiccan friend, Izzie, that he’ll soon become ASB vice-president and he's dumbfounded. When it actually happens, his twin sister Beth doesn't believe his achievements should end there. Together they...

Based on Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Mick and Beth Rule the School" is a dark comedy about teenage twins who seek revenge against their high school bullies, to the tune of 1980’s new wave. Geek, Mick gets told by his Wiccan friend, Izzie, that he’ll soon become ASB vice-president and he's dumbfounded. When it actually happens, his twin sister Beth doesn't believe his achievements should end there. Together they hatch a plan to get rid of anyone who stands in their way to power.