Christopher Shultz

Christopher Shultz is a playwright and screenwriter based in Oklahoma City. He received a Bachelors in Film Studies with a Minor in Theatre from Oklahoma State University in 2005. Two of his short screenplays, The Grey Channel and Spitting Image, were featured in a staged reading hosted by Whatever Works in 2025. His works have been performed in numerous Theatre Crude events, including their annual fringe festival in Oklahoma City, where his plays My Mind is a Smile with Blood-Slicked Teeth (2023) and Biggest Little Fiend (2025) made their debuts. When not writing for the stage or screen, Christopher enjoys watching strange, unconventional films - especially in the horror genre - listening to a wide range of music, and feeding stray cats. More info at www.christophershultz.com

Scripts

My Mind Is A Smile With Blood-Slicked Teeth

by Christopher Shultz

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Genre

dark comedy,

drama,

experimental,

horror

Amber has a problem. Her therapist has concerns. Hyena is hungry

The Sounds They Make On Their Way Down

by Christopher Shultz

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Genre

drama

Beth fires up her guitar, pedals, and amp, and goes live with her final video. She has news about the note, the nodule, and “them.”

Website: https://www.christophershultz.com

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howling: a fairy tale

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As much a long poem as a play, Jordan Elizabeth Henry's dark fairytale is something to be appreciated and absorbed on a literary level. But it's also pulsing with drama and theatrical potential, its evocative sparseness allowing directors and designers to dream up their own, unique interpretations of the text. It's a brilliant depiction of the Autistic experience, particularly for Autistic women, whose sensations and needs are so often diminished, and who are all too frequently survivors of abuse. An excellent and moving piece all around.

As much a long poem as a play, Jordan Elizabeth Henry's dark fairytale is something to be appreciated and absorbed on a literary level. But it's also pulsing with drama and theatrical potential, its evocative sparseness allowing directors and designers to dream up their own, unique interpretations of the text. It's a brilliant depiction of the Autistic experience, particularly for Autistic women, whose sensations and needs are so often diminished, and who are all too frequently survivors of abuse. An excellent and moving piece all around.
Tipping

by Jillian Blevins

A wonderful, relatively simple premise conveyed with a complexity of emotion and insight into human interaction. This play contains one of the best descriptions of depression I’ve ever come across (the “waves” metaphor expressed by the “Sadsack”). The flexibility of Blevins’s characters concerning race and gender is a welcome aspect of the script as well, allowing any actors to take on these terrific roles.

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down cellar

by Jordan Bird

There’s a story somewhere about the making of ‘Halloween’ (1978), how the plot is akin to someone slowly stretching a rubber band until it becomes so tense it pops. Jordan Elizabeth Henry achieved this same effect wonderfully with ‘Down Cellar.’ The suspense in this piece is sometimes too much to bear, but it culminates in a satisfying and macabre conclusion that, without giving too much away, would make the old horror masters smile.

There’s a story somewhere about the making of ‘Halloween’ (1978), how the plot is akin to someone slowly stretching a rubber band until it becomes so tense it pops. Jordan Elizabeth Henry achieved this same effect wonderfully with ‘Down Cellar.’ The suspense in this piece is sometimes too much to bear, but it culminates in a satisfying and macabre conclusion that, without giving too much away, would make the old horror masters smile.

Christopher Shultz

Scripts

My Mind Is A Smile With Blood-Slicked Teeth

by Christopher Shultz

The Sounds They Make On Their Way Down

by Christopher Shultz

Monologues

howling: a fairy tale

Tipping

down cellar