Kelly Lin Hayes

TRADITIONAL THEATRE

Desperate to fit in with her white TikTok famous evangelical Christian friends, transracial Chinese adoptee Kim is set to throw a Chinese themed bachelorette party for her best friend. “ “ is full with themes of tokenism, belonging, loneliness and fabulous shore houses.

TRADITIONAL THEATRE

Emory Young an aspiring journalist has just won the biggest catch of his life, the chance to interview and have dinner with his dinner with his favorite celebrity. This is no climb to the top, Emory is a superfan, the biggest fan, but what will his favorite actor have to say back.

TRADITIONAL THEATRE

She was never a genius and she was never especially creative, but she did have a dream. To win every Tony award you could possibly get. Its too bad everyone is out to get her. A hilarious tale about an overachiever and the motivations that get us our dreams.

TRADITIONAL THEATRE

“Banana in the Fruit Salad” is about two girls road tripping to lose their virginity. Julia and Amber, both in their late 20’s have always been told they weren’t thin enough, not white enough and not pretty enough to ever have sex, so with the help of a new sex work app called “Banana” the two girls are determined to lose their virginity one way or another.

WARNING: Just want to be clear that this show both graphically discusses sex as well as contains physical intimacy! If you choose to do this show I HIGHLY recommend hiring an intimacy coordinator, as it is the CENTER of this story.

TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL THEATRE

Three Chinese transracial adoptees Helen, Mary and Li Miller are left in charge of planning their Aunt’s Funeral. Through familial racism and late night spa nights, there’s not a topic these three siblings won’t dig their heels into. Well, everything but the funeral.

2v1 is a show about the dynamics of family, the dynamics of white supremacy, and the dynamics of siblings. 2v1 could allude to any one of the many conflicts that arise when two people speak against one, and how the beliefs of each side can serve to hurt or enable each side. However, make no mistake. There are no two sides to white supremacy, even if you have to fight your sister to prove it.

TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL THEATRE

Bao is about 3 immigrant college students. One is a transracial adoptee, one is a 1st- generation immigrant and one is an international student. Bao is what happens when all three are under one roof, and how dysphoria can both separate and unite them.

Tech
This is a radio play. Because the show centers food, there is a lot of food-related foley and sound design.

Four roommates throw a party.

When Sophia's parents pass and she gets the house, she invites her 4 friends to stay over with her. Together they bond over sudden life changes, difficult parents and gay representation.

You. the regular customer of the "coffee nest", just want to eat your scone, drink your coffee and listen to hot gossip in piece. What will you overhear in this coffee shop, where no one seems to be doing their job and instead are brewing up some love.

Mason is in the summer of their last year in college wondering what to do. Currently they work at the flower shop as a last resort. Little does Mason realize, this little town has advice pulling them in every direction. Listen closely, you might even be able to help Mason make their final choice.

Tech:
The form is based off of the form of a Japanese Dating Novel Game.
There are live captions, The characters all have speech bubbles.
At the end of the show the audience decides Mason's future, by choosing a breakout room.

Inspirations:
Dream Daddy
Tokimeki Memorial
Doki Doki Literature Club (TW)
Trail to Oregon (musical)

Script on Request.

A heist play centered around a collective of gay BIPOC hackers on their biggest mission yet. This Zoom-exclusive show makes ground-breaking use of technology and digital design to tell the story of diverse characters without the need to focus on the trauma of their identities.

Tech:
This show is intertwined with the tech of Zoom and OBS. Featuring video design, animation, and live hacking into swiss banks (jk)

Nick and Cory are on a blind date. All is going well until....

Tech:
This is a radio play.

The story revolves around a large family of 6, chatting about updates and catching up in quarantine.

Tech:
This show is the control show. It features tech that already exists in zoom. Filters, backgrounds, and sharing screen functions all happen.

Carla was just having a peaceful night, but then Lily, her girlfriend, her high school friend, Kat, had to come in and lose one of the most powerful witch artifacts. And together with Lily's ex, Sierra, they have to go and save the entire magical world.

The first 10-15 minutes of a larger play. This can be a stand alone.

Tech:
Each witch possesses a secret power. And through OBS each actor can use OBS to control different transparent PNG GIFs as an overlay on their camera. Sound effects can also be controlled in this manner.

Wes and Will are playing a chess game. It is an intimate look at their complicated relationship, highs and lows. ITS A METAPHOR.

Tech:
The chess game is a recorded match, devised and creates specifically for the conversation. The moves and the tech, inform was is happening. The engineer is controlling the video on a separate zoom screen that is under the two actors playing Wes and Will.

This show is about four white suburban moms let loose in a online "Paint and Sip". Lots of wine, and even more gossip.

Tech:
This show is meant to be an immersive experience. Everyone including the audience, enter the zoom call and argue amongst a very uncomfortable audience.

I used this prompt list! Because the one my friend used is not active.
31 Plays in 31 Days
https://31plays31days.com/

There were 2 prompts per day, and I just chose one. Each prompt is laid out with the play, not in the table of contents. Prompt 1. was a written prompt and Prompt 2 was a visual prompt. I just wrote with whichever struck my fancy day of.

From romance, to "spec scripts" to my own plays, to comedy, to horror.

I hope i can expand on some of these, a few that already have their own plays planned out, and post them.

Do you have one you want to see more of? Let me know!