Asher de Forest

Asher de Forest is an early career playwright. He holds a BA in English (Creative Writing) and Theater and Dance from Macalester College. In 2021, he received honors in directing and the Ruth Easton Leadership Award from Macalester's Theater and Dance Department. His plays have been recognized by Global Playwright Series (2022 semifinalist), Epiphanies New Works Festival (2024 shortlist), National Playwrights Conference (2024 semifinalist), the Stage Spirit: Dini Ostrov Award in Playwriting (2026 recipient), and the George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship and Fellowship in Comedy (2026 recipient). In August of 2023, Asher began a yearlong apprenticeship at the Playwrights’ Center. Asher's work has been fully produced at Macalester and Theatre Du Mississippi and performed in staged...

Asher de Forest is an early career playwright. He holds a BA in English (Creative Writing) and Theater and Dance from Macalester College. In 2021, he received honors in directing and the Ruth Easton Leadership Award from Macalester's Theater and Dance Department. His plays have been recognized by Global Playwright Series (2022 semifinalist), Epiphanies New Works Festival (2024 shortlist), National Playwrights Conference (2024 semifinalist), the Stage Spirit: Dini Ostrov Award in Playwriting (2026 recipient), and the George Burns and Gracie Allen Scholarship and Fellowship in Comedy (2026 recipient). In August of 2023, Asher began a yearlong apprenticeship at the Playwrights’ Center. Asher's work has been fully produced at Macalester and Theatre Du Mississippi and performed in staged readings by Melancholics Anonymous, Live Arts, and UCLA, among others. Asher is currently pursuing an MFA in Playwriting at UCLA.

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Scripts

I'm Going to Go Back There Someday

by Asher de Forest

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
drama,
fable/folktale,
faith-based

Garry, a young man mourning his father’s recent passing, embarks on a road trip to meet his sperm donor. Garry is accompanied by his younger sister Rachel, his girlfriend Joni, and his best friend and ex-boyfriend Mohammed, each navigating relationships, grief, and the road. Meanwhile, in Mohammed’s in-progress graphic novel, a puppet, a prophet, and a shipwrecked mariner kibitz inside the belly of a whale.

Garry, a young man mourning his father’s recent passing, embarks on a road trip to meet his sperm donor. Garry is accompanied by his younger sister Rachel, his girlfriend Joni, and his best friend and ex-boyfriend Mohammed, each navigating relationships, grief, and the road. Meanwhile, in Mohammed’s in-progress graphic novel, a puppet, a prophet, and a shipwrecked mariner kibitz inside the belly of a whale.

Nephesh

by Asher de Forest

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
drama,
experimental,
faith-based,
science fiction

After crash landing in the Pacific Ocean, Madison finds himself an eager extraterrestrial without a clear path home. Soon, he's keeping conflicting secrets from his new human crush—Elijah, a recent rabbinical school dropout—and his native planet’s flamboyant queen who intends to conquer the Earth. NEPHESH is a queer fantasia on terrestrial themes full of monologues, movement, music, and soul.

After crash landing in the Pacific Ocean, Madison finds himself an eager extraterrestrial without a clear path home. Soon, he's keeping conflicting secrets from his new human crush—Elijah, a recent rabbinical school dropout—and his native planet’s flamboyant queen who intends to conquer the Earth. NEPHESH is a queer fantasia on terrestrial themes full of monologues, movement, music, and soul.

Father Abraham

by Asher de Forest

Cast Size
5
Genre
drama

[FIRST DRAFT]

From 1990 to 1996, Abe donates sperm, Una meets Abe, Kurt Cobain dies, and Simon is born. In 2019, Simon comes to a liquor store looking for the mother he never met.

[FIRST DRAFT]

From 1990 to 1996, Abe donates sperm, Una meets Abe, Kurt Cobain dies, and Simon is born. In 2019, Simon comes to a liquor store looking for the mother he never met.

Slash

by Asher de Forest

6
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
horror

In a parked car on a dark and stormy night, teens Freddy and Jason fool around and chat about slasher movies. When the boys hear some frightening noises nearby, they wonder if their night is about to take a horrific turn.

In a parked car on a dark and stormy night, teens Freddy and Jason fool around and chat about slasher movies. When the boys hear some frightening noises nearby, they wonder if their night is about to take a horrific turn.

Lilith and Eve

by Asher de Forest

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
fable/folktale,
satire

In the beginning, there is nothing. A week later, there's a woman, a man, a fallen angel, an archangel, a wild garden, and a new world. That new world starts to change when a second woman arrives. The first woman's place in it changes too.

Originally written for Quarantine Bake-Off Round Three.

In the beginning, there is nothing. A week later, there's a woman, a man, a fallen angel, an archangel, a wild garden, and a new world. That new world starts to change when a second woman arrives. The first woman's place in it changes too.

Originally written for Quarantine Bake-Off Round Three.

Flood Times

by Asher de Forest

Cast Size
3
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
fable/folktale

These are The Flood Times! This is The Ark! These are the animals! And this is Chance Sr. and Noah, husband and wife. But where is their son, Chance Jr.?

Originally written for Quarantine Bake-Off Round Two.

These are The Flood Times! This is The Ark! These are the animals! And this is Chance Sr. and Noah, husband and wife. But where is their son, Chance Jr.?

Originally written for Quarantine Bake-Off Round Two.

The Virgin Tony

by Asher de Forest

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
science fiction

A year or so into a worldwide pandemic, Tony runs off with a mysterious infant.

Originally written for Quarantine Bake-Off Round One.

A year or so into a worldwide pandemic, Tony runs off with a mysterious infant.

Originally written for Quarantine Bake-Off Round One.