Christian Flynn

Christian Flynn

Christian Flynn (they) is a mixed Puerto Rican playwright in NYC. Their full length works include Everyone in New York is Beautiful (2024 O'Neill NPC Semi-Finalist), Gamepiece (The Center at West Park), and Crisis (Fresh Binder Production's Trans and Nonbinary Playwright's Cohort). They are the artistic director of The Spade Collective. They’ve been seen onstage at The Wilma Theatre and with The...
Christian Flynn (they) is a mixed Puerto Rican playwright in NYC. Their full length works include Everyone in New York is Beautiful (2024 O'Neill NPC Semi-Finalist), Gamepiece (The Center at West Park), and Crisis (Fresh Binder Production's Trans and Nonbinary Playwright's Cohort). They are the artistic director of The Spade Collective. They’ve been seen onstage at The Wilma Theatre and with The Berserker Residents. They’ve directed plays for The Tank and First Kiss Theatre.

Plays

  • everyone in new york is beautiful by Christian Flynn
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: polyamory, Sex + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: polyamory, Sex, Brooklyn, 2020s, dirtbag left, Politics, Leftism, leftist infighting, bisexuals
    [O'Neill 2024 Semifinalist] Two couples navigate polyamory in a fictional town called Brooklyn in the 2020s. The dirtbag left clashes and makes love with the progressive left. No one is safe <3.
  • crisis by Christian Flynn
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: T4T, Transgender actors + 5 more
    Genre: mystery/thriller
    Keyword: T4T, Transgender actors, addiction and recovery, fragile masculinity, frank discussion of Lesbian sexual activity, dark thriller, Latino actors
    [T4T thriller] Clarence, transmasc, an addict, bursts through the door. He tries to get Floyd out of the room without telling him he just stole 10,000 dollars from his ex-girlfriend. She hates him — but that's because he's a toxin who ruins lives, not the money thing. A gunshot just blew out his window but if he can get out alive then maybe... just maybe...
  • gotta get me some strange by Christian Flynn
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: farce
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    Keyword: Sex, comedy + 4 more
    Genre: farce
    Keyword: Sex, comedy, old-school farce, gay, Bushwick, Brooklyn
    [10 minute] New themes on an old-school farce form. Doors slamming. Threesomes. Sex. Gay. Bushwick. Have fun!
  • correspondents by Christian Flynn
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Victorian, interactive + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental
    Keyword: Victorian, interactive, meta
    A woman in the 19th century — maybe the protagonist of a Victorian novel — juggles various suitors. Whenever she gets a letter from the suitor, the playwright comes out on stage and writes it with the audience.
  • world is a fuck by Christian Flynn
    Recommendations: 14
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: nonbinary characters, coping with grief + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: nonbinary characters, coping with grief, hate, Anger at the dinner table. No calmness here., American suburbs
    Two queer friends smoke and rage outside their hometown church where their best friend — after renouncing her queerness and accepting Jesus into her heart — just got married.
  • nailbat by Christian Flynn
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: horror
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    Keyword: revenge, thriller + 2 more
    Genre: horror
    Keyword: revenge, thriller, trauma, disaster
    A boy who got his face cheese-grated off by bullies seeks revenge in a town destroyed by a gas fire.