Bee Scott

Bee Scott

I am a queer science fiction writer and researcher. I also act, sing and voice internationally.

I began performing professionally at the age of 13 in my hometown Sacramento, California. In 2015, I moved to London to complete my MA in Music Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since graduating, I have written, performed, directed and otherwise aided in the development of new...
I am a queer science fiction writer and researcher. I also act, sing and voice internationally.

I began performing professionally at the age of 13 in my hometown Sacramento, California. In 2015, I moved to London to complete my MA in Music Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Since graduating, I have written, performed, directed and otherwise aided in the development of new scripts, working across audio drama, musicals and fringe theatre. I found my focus in queer science fiction theatre through the writing and development process of my award-winning play MISSION CREEP. I'm now working on a creative practice PhD at the University of York exploring how we imagine the futures of queer people through science fiction theatre.

Plays

  • If You Find This
    Earth is trashed, but space is vast! And you’ve stumbled on a bunch of messages from the first human intergalactic hitchhiker telling you exactly how to chart your way to safety. (All the messages seem to be addressed to her girlfriend and kind of private, but it’s probably fine? This is for survival.)

    The messages are a little jumbled up. But you’re smart and you’ve played those make-a-choice...
    Earth is trashed, but space is vast! And you’ve stumbled on a bunch of messages from the first human intergalactic hitchhiker telling you exactly how to chart your way to safety. (All the messages seem to be addressed to her girlfriend and kind of private, but it’s probably fine? This is for survival.)

    The messages are a little jumbled up. But you’re smart and you’ve played those make-a-choice Netflix episodes before. Finding your way through the cosmos along with the other remnants of humanity should be easy. If she could make it, you can too, right?

    If You Find This is a queer interactive travelogue in space. The story changes every night depending on the choices the audience makes, ultimately leading to one of three endings.
  • The Trial of Margaret Clitherow
    *I served as the head writer of a team of writers, researchers, and consultants on this project with Four Wheel Drive Theatre exploring the actions and manipulations of legal process that lead to the failed trial and eventual execution of Margaret Clitherow.*

    Fueled by personal grudges, political ambitions, and alleged concern for the defendant's wellbeing, the council chambers of York...
    *I served as the head writer of a team of writers, researchers, and consultants on this project with Four Wheel Drive Theatre exploring the actions and manipulations of legal process that lead to the failed trial and eventual execution of Margaret Clitherow.*

    Fueled by personal grudges, political ambitions, and alleged concern for the defendant's wellbeing, the council chambers of York prosecute infamous Catholic Margaret Clitherow in a trial designed to humiliate her into submission to their authority. But Margaret refuses to comply; the penalty for this is death. Scrambling to regain control, the council tries to drag her into a public fight by creating new charges targeting her family, faith, and pride.
  • MISSION CREEP
    mission creep: noun. A gradual shift in objectives, often resulting in an
    unplanned long-term commitment

    Tess and Liam are determined to get off the planet at any cost. On paper, they're the perfect applicants for Britain's intergalactic relocation project: they’re young, fertile, and their queerplatonic relationship might even pass for heterosexual bliss. All that’s left is to...
    mission creep: noun. A gradual shift in objectives, often resulting in an
    unplanned long-term commitment

    Tess and Liam are determined to get off the planet at any cost. On paper, they're the perfect applicants for Britain's intergalactic relocation project: they’re young, fertile, and their queerplatonic relationship might even pass for heterosexual bliss. All that’s left is to get past Mary and the interview…and if they have to do one or two extra things
    to impress the panel, isn’t it worth it to avoid the apocalypse?

    Mission Creep began as a short play in early 2018, making the rounds at scratch nights hosted by Cuckoo Bang Productions, Controlled Chaos UK, and Unmasked Theatre. With their support, it was developed into a full-length play.

    “The piece achieves a balance between comedy and an undercurrent of horror, discussing being bi, being asexual – and being watched, filmed and trapped into something you never signed up for.” Sussex Playwrights, http://www.sussexplaywrights.co.uk/the-brighton-scratch-night/

    Content warnings: this play contains swearing, a nuclear war setting, onstage intimacy (fully clothed), mentions of homophobia and biphobia, and discussions of death, pregnancy, consent, and peril. Suitable for ages 16+
  • The Book Show
    The local library is shutting down, and a team of volunteers is at a loss for how to save the books. Enter a passing Alien with a cheap and cheerful solution: the rest of the galactic community will gladly help the humans! Provided, however, that these other alien societies approve of the books Earth has on offer. Armed with new technology and the knowledge that they are under-funded, under-prepared, and under...
    The local library is shutting down, and a team of volunteers is at a loss for how to save the books. Enter a passing Alien with a cheap and cheerful solution: the rest of the galactic community will gladly help the humans! Provided, however, that these other alien societies approve of the books Earth has on offer. Armed with new technology and the knowledge that they are under-funded, under-prepared, and under inspection, the humans struggle to put together a pitch that will showcase human literature at its absolute finest…if they can just agree on what the finest is.

    The Alien, meanwhile, decides to take a quick look around to find out if humans have always been this bad at books…

    Preservation, paywalls, and porn take centre stage in this time-travelling epic that asks how society developed its book-hoarding problem, and how we’re going to move forward.