Parker Davis Gray

Parker Davis Gray is a Dallas based Actor, Teaching Artist, and Playwright. His premiere play, Incarnate, received a reading at Undermain Theatre for their Whither Goest Thou America Festival in 2022, and he was chosen as one of the inaugural playwrights for the Digital Development Project in 2023 for his play How to Lose a Sleep Paralysis Demon in 10 Days. Parker’s stage acting credits include work at Dallas Theater Center, Casa Mañana, Amphibian Stage, Theatre Three, Second Thought Theatre, Circle Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theater, Stage West, Undermain Theatre, Shakespeare Dallas, WaterTower Theatre, Lyric Stage, and Shakespeare in the Bar. Parker’s voice can be heard in various shows with Crunchyroll, and can be seen in several films, including the Dallas-made horror film The Finale. BFA in...

Parker Davis Gray is a Dallas based Actor, Teaching Artist, and Playwright. His premiere play, Incarnate, received a reading at Undermain Theatre for their Whither Goest Thou America Festival in 2022, and he was chosen as one of the inaugural playwrights for the Digital Development Project in 2023 for his play How to Lose a Sleep Paralysis Demon in 10 Days. Parker’s stage acting credits include work at Dallas Theater Center, Casa Mañana, Amphibian Stage, Theatre Three, Second Thought Theatre, Circle Theatre, Kitchen Dog Theater, Stage West, Undermain Theatre, Shakespeare Dallas, WaterTower Theatre, Lyric Stage, and Shakespeare in the Bar. Parker’s voice can be heard in various shows with Crunchyroll, and can be seen in several films, including the Dallas-made horror film The Finale. BFA in Acting from SMU. Represented by the Kim Dawson Agency.

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Scripts

Incarnate

by Parker Davis Gray

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
tragedy

A horror/thriller that follows two artists over the course of a year in their seemingly pointless pursuit of creation while suffering under great grief. Trapped in her cell, Rosamund is hellbent on escaping her fate while the Man who kidnapped her struggles with the consequences of what grief can do, and how far one will go to escape it. Can they live with themselves? Or, more importantly, who else is living...

A horror/thriller that follows two artists over the course of a year in their seemingly pointless pursuit of creation while suffering under great grief. Trapped in her cell, Rosamund is hellbent on escaping her fate while the Man who kidnapped her struggles with the consequences of what grief can do, and how far one will go to escape it. Can they live with themselves? Or, more importantly, who else is living with them?

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How to Lose a Sleep Paralysis Demon in 10 Days

by Parker Davis Gray

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
romantic comedy,
tragedy

Host suffers from Sleep Paralysis. Demon's purpose is to haunt Host. They are not meant to fall in love. In this Horror-Rom/Com, these two beings intertwine and discover their fears, their hopes, and the elusiveness of self-love over the course of 10 sleepless nights.

Host suffers from Sleep Paralysis. Demon's purpose is to haunt Host. They are not meant to fall in love. In this Horror-Rom/Com, these two beings intertwine and discover their fears, their hopes, and the elusiveness of self-love over the course of 10 sleepless nights.

The Destruction

by Parker Davis Gray

1
Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
tragedy

Theo is getting married so his friends from home rent out a secluded cabin in the woods in Oklahoma to celebrate, and as Theo’s college best friend will soon find out, they are all varying degrees of terribly problematic while somehow maintaining a sense of endearing lovability - but are they alone in these woods? This slasher for the stage contemplates the questions: “What do we do with these people? Do they...

Theo is getting married so his friends from home rent out a secluded cabin in the woods in Oklahoma to celebrate, and as Theo’s college best friend will soon find out, they are all varying degrees of terribly problematic while somehow maintaining a sense of endearing lovability - but are they alone in these woods? This slasher for the stage contemplates the questions: “What do we do with these people? Do they deserve any redemption? And if so, what would that look like - what would it cost?

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We Once Were Men But Now Are Trees

by Parker Davis Gray

Cast Size
10—14
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
fable/folktale,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
tragedy

An Infernal Odyssey. After accepting a bargain from an unknown demon, two brothers journey through the nine circles of Hell for the promise of retrieving their older brother who unexpectedly committed suicide.

An Infernal Odyssey. After accepting a bargain from an unknown demon, two brothers journey through the nine circles of Hell for the promise of retrieving their older brother who unexpectedly committed suicide.

Voyage of the Axiom IV

by Parker Davis Gray

Cast Size
6
Genre
adventure,
drama,
faith-based,
fantasy,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
science fiction,
tragedy

The crew of the Axiom IV have left their Homeworld of Saerin and are hurdling across space to find a suitable host planet for the replanting of their species. Their ship is stopped. An unknown entity boards. Were they invited? This Sci-Fi Thriller explores the dangers of lies, love, and action in the name of Greater Powers.

The crew of the Axiom IV have left their Homeworld of Saerin and are hurdling across space to find a suitable host planet for the replanting of their species. Their ship is stopped. An unknown entity boards. Were they invited? This Sci-Fi Thriller explores the dangers of lies, love, and action in the name of Greater Powers.

Apocrypha America: The Gospels & II Revelations

by Parker Davis Gray

Cast Size
10—15
Genre
drama,
faith-based,
horror,
mystery/thriller,
tragedy

-The Gospels: Four teens bring about the Second Coming while at church camp. An indictment through parables found exclusively in each of The Gospels.
-II Revelations: Seven years later on the live series finale of the reality show Apocrypha: All Stars. Who will be the last human voted into Heaven?

-The Gospels: Four teens bring about the Second Coming while at church camp. An indictment through parables found exclusively in each of The Gospels.
-II Revelations: Seven years later on the live series finale of the reality show Apocrypha: All Stars. Who will be the last human voted into Heaven?

Dead Parents Club

by Parker Davis Gray

Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
horror,
mystery/thriller

"Hi, my name is Storm, and my father died when I was young." "HI STORM." "I think."
Welcome to the Dead Parents Club.
Join us every month as we meet to role-play (?) conversations you never got to resolve with your parents before they passed on. We're here to help you heal, move on, or just say "Hi!"
And don't worry, it's definitely just role-play. Nothing else.
Just role-play.
...
See you there!

"Hi, my name is Storm, and my father died when I was young." "HI STORM." "I think."
Welcome to the Dead Parents Club.
Join us every month as we meet to role-play (?) conversations you never got to resolve with your parents before they passed on. We're here to help you heal, move on, or just say "Hi!"
And don't worry, it's definitely just role-play. Nothing else.
Just role-play.
...
See you there!