Wyn Alyse Thomas

Wyn Alyse Thomas

Wyn Alyse Thomas (she/her) is a writer, actor, director, and producer from Buffalo Grove, IL. In 2022, her play WRITE THEIR WRONGS was performed around the country as one of the eight plays in #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence. Her play SCARED (Winner of the IHRAF Young Playwrights Festival, 2nd Place Nuevas Voces Festival) was honored as a finalist for #ENOUGH in 2021, and she served on the project’s teen...
Wyn Alyse Thomas (she/her) is a writer, actor, director, and producer from Buffalo Grove, IL. In 2022, her play WRITE THEIR WRONGS was performed around the country as one of the eight plays in #ENOUGH: Plays to End Gun Violence. Her play SCARED (Winner of the IHRAF Young Playwrights Festival, 2nd Place Nuevas Voces Festival) was honored as a finalist for #ENOUGH in 2021, and she served on the project’s teen advisory council in 2022. Her other playwriting credits include STAND. UP. HIT! (Winner: the Blank’s 30th Annual Young Playwrights Festival), HOW TO WRITE A MUSICAL: THE MUSICAL, (Semifinalist: the Blank's 28th Annual Young Playwrights Festival), BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, (1st Place Drama: UWW Creative Writing Festival), NAOMI AND RUTH: A NEW MUSICAL, (Semifinalist, The Growing Stage’s YPF), and MORE THAN 21 (Finalist: the Light Youth Festival). She is currently studying theatre arts, nonprofit management, and film and media scoring at the University of Georgia. Instagram: @wynstagram03

Plays

  • First Semester: A Musical by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Cast: 
    15–25
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: college, Mental Health + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, musical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: college, Mental Health, girlhood, dating, Young woman coming-of-age, anxiety, gifted, women in STEM, college freshman, college roommates
    First Semester: A Musical follows Alicia, an anxious overachiever whose fervor for scholastic excellence is undone by the rigors of the first semester of college. Between her plummeting grades, an ill-advised relationship, and her long-time friend taking collegiate excess to its extremes, Alicia must find a way to navigate her uncertain new reality. This musical is an exploration of identity, dating, friendship...
    First Semester: A Musical follows Alicia, an anxious overachiever whose fervor for scholastic excellence is undone by the rigors of the first semester of college. Between her plummeting grades, an ill-advised relationship, and her long-time friend taking collegiate excess to its extremes, Alicia must find a way to navigate her uncertain new reality. This musical is an exploration of identity, dating, friendship, girlhood, and mental health at one of the most vulnerable stages in one’s life.
  • stand. Up. HIT! by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    8–13
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Me Too Movement, sexual assault + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: Me Too Movement, sexual assault, feminism, high school, theatre, Blank Theatre
    "A self-defense class and the mantras they share helps guide a young woman through the questions faced when trying to discern when an unwanted contact crosses the line and deserves a response." -The Blank Theatre
  • Write Their Wrongs by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: gun violence, school shooting + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: gun violence, school shooting, writers, high school, gun control, gun violence in America, survivors
    After surviving a shooting in their high school, four writers get together to try to write a piece that will inspire change in the nation's gun legislation.
  • Commitment Issues: A Musical by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Cast: 
    7–15
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    Genre: comedy, musical
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    Keyword: college admissions, high school age actors + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, musical
    Keyword: college admissions, high school age actors, high school, senior year, competition
    This one-act musical comedy follows Catherine, Amy, and Hailey as they navigate the stress of the college admissions process in different ways– Catherine trying to get into her dream school, Amy trying to choose the best option for track and field, and Hailey applying to a whopping sixteen schools to hopefully commit to the Ivy League. The senior class faces pressure on social media, the feeling of falling...
    This one-act musical comedy follows Catherine, Amy, and Hailey as they navigate the stress of the college admissions process in different ways– Catherine trying to get into her dream school, Amy trying to choose the best option for track and field, and Hailey applying to a whopping sixteen schools to hopefully commit to the Ivy League. The senior class faces pressure on social media, the feeling of falling behind your friends, financial burdens, and the scariest application question there is– who are you?
  • Scared by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: Gun violence against children, gun control + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: Gun violence against children, gun control, children and guns, gun violence, lockdown drills, children, 2nd amendment
    While babysitting a young child, Morgan is faced with difficult questions about lockdown drills and the reality of school shootings in America.
  • Prior Engagement by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: grief, coping with grief + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: grief, coping with grief, Sisters, marriage, coping with death and grief
    On the morning of Talia's wedding, her sister Lily shows up in her apartment and starts cutting a bag of her own clothing to shreds.
  • Fireworks or Gunshots by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    8–10
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: gun violence in America, gun violence prevention + 3 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, holiday
    Keyword: gun violence in America, gun violence prevention, gun violence, mass shooting, Fourth of July
    Underscored by the national anthem, a group of teenagers searches for answers as they hear about the Fourth of July shooting in Highland Park, minutes from where they live. View on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ixxAiVew9_E
  • Beautiful Daughter by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: fractured mother daughter relationship, feminism + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: fractured mother daughter relationship, feminism, generations of women, argument with mother, a mother's love, debate tournament, clothing, women's ambition, Ambition
    Leah, an up-and-coming member of her high school's debate team, struggles to connect with her mother, who seems to care more about her appearance than her ambition.
  • Circumstantial by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: murder mystery, high school age actors + 1 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: murder mystery, high school age actors, high school
    A young high school journalist sets out to find the person who murdered the quarterback.
  • Stole My Heart by Wyn Alyse Thomas
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: female friendship, Crime comedy
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: female friendship, Crime comedy
    The girls are celebrating their college graduation with a trip. The trip? To rob the house of one of their ex girlfriends.