Sophia Naylor

Sophia Naylor

Sophia Naylor was born and raised in snowy Minneapolis, and now resides happily in the sunny California Bay Area. Her works have been produced and/or developed by the Pear Theatre, Broad Horizons, Women in SOLOdarity, Playwrights Center of San Francisco, Minnesota Fringe Festival, and Local Color. Sophia co-founded the murder mystery theater company The Clue Collective, serving as CEO for six years, as well as...
Sophia Naylor was born and raised in snowy Minneapolis, and now resides happily in the sunny California Bay Area. Her works have been produced and/or developed by the Pear Theatre, Broad Horizons, Women in SOLOdarity, Playwrights Center of San Francisco, Minnesota Fringe Festival, and Local Color. Sophia co-founded the murder mystery theater company The Clue Collective, serving as CEO for six years, as well as writing and customizing shows. She is a member of the Pear Playwrights Guild (attached to the Pear Theatre). Her work has also been published in literary journals, including Qu, Literature Today, and Fresh Words. She earned an Honors Theater degree from Swarthmore College, specializing in playwriting, dramaturgy, acting, and Shakespeare.

Plays

  • For A Brighter Tomorrow by Sophia Naylor
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4–6
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    Genre: dark comedy, period + 2 more
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    Keyword: war, Soviet Union + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, period, political, satire
    Keyword: war, Soviet Union, nuclear weapons, Cosmonauts, space, Russia, Cold War
    It’s 1974. Cosmonauts Dmitri and Yuri are onboard a secret Soviet space station, a tiny capsule miles above Earth. As the cosmonauts argue the mundane intricacies of life—particularly the best way to woo Pat Nixon—they're interrupted by an urgent radio message. Suddenly the fate of the planet rests in the hands of these two unlikely heroes, who must work together to determine the right thing to do in a...
    It’s 1974. Cosmonauts Dmitri and Yuri are onboard a secret Soviet space station, a tiny capsule miles above Earth. As the cosmonauts argue the mundane intricacies of life—particularly the best way to woo Pat Nixon—they're interrupted by an urgent radio message. Suddenly the fate of the planet rests in the hands of these two unlikely heroes, who must work together to determine the right thing to do in a world gripped by secrets, suspicions, and lies.
  • Blood and Dolly by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    11–15
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, Macbeth + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, period, political, tragedy, verse
    Keyword: Shakespeare, Macbeth, adaptation
    In this freaky-deaky reimagining of Macbeth, Scotland is replaced by a 1960s cult. Written in verse, this adaptation follows the titular character as he plots to kill leader Guru Duncan. But Macbeth doesn’t only want the title guru, he wants to dominate his flock. Set in the shadow of the Vietnam War, is everyone forced to follow fate, or is destiny just politics?
  • Nirvandraw by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof + 1 more
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    Keyword: MLM
    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof, satire
    Keyword: MLM
    Today is the opening of Nirvandraw’s weeklong seminar, which focuses on spirituality, fellowship, and how to make money teaching other people how to doodle. Nirvandraw co-founder Bethany will share the foundations of the method, which was built upon the strength of her now ended marriage. By the end of the week, all seminar attendees will become Certified Nirvandraw Instructors, joining a company that’s...
    Today is the opening of Nirvandraw’s weeklong seminar, which focuses on spirituality, fellowship, and how to make money teaching other people how to doodle. Nirvandraw co-founder Bethany will share the foundations of the method, which was built upon the strength of her now ended marriage. By the end of the week, all seminar attendees will become Certified Nirvandraw Instructors, joining a company that’s definitely not a multi-level marketing pyramid scheme.
  • Accidental Immortal by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: magic, immortality + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: magic, immortality, death
    When Aubrey drinks her siblings immortality potion by accident, Death arrives and gives the solution no one wants to bring to fruition, not even Death.
  • The Tarot Reading by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, melodrama + 1 more
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    Keyword: tarot, magic + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, melodrama, movement/physical
    Keyword: tarot, magic, fortune telling, physicality, theatrical
    Four Tarot cards give us a physic reading about our recent breakup: some have good advice, some bad, and one wants to steal our soul.
  • Delayed by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: suicide
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: suicide
    After his sister’s death, Arthur attempts suicide by jumping onto train tracks, only for the train to be delayed. He is discovered by Felicity, who has ten minutes to convince him that life is worth living.
  • The Witching Hour by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: experimental, movement/physical + 1 more
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    Keyword: dance
    Genre: experimental, movement/physical, verse
    Keyword: dance
    Each night for the past millennia, four spirits gather to welcome the sun. They never wait to see if the sun actually rises, as seeing the sunrise is not part of their sacred duty. But this evening one of the timeless spirits is struck with the question: does the sun even exist?
  • The Sermon by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof + 2 more
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    Keyword: religion, christianity + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof, political, satire
    Keyword: religion, christianity, Jesus
    Jesus just finished his Sermon on the Mount, and his disciple Matthew has some “constructive criticism.” Faith and finances collide as the two argue about the future of the messiah business: idealism threatens to turn to greed, and authenticity teeters on the edge of cynicism. Funny and irreverent, this play shows the fallout when money mixes with religion. And maybe all along, the real miracle was Capitalism.
  • Play-Bot by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Shakespeare, ai + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, parody/spoof, political, satire, science fiction, verse
    Keyword: Shakespeare, ai, writing
    What counts as original? Play-Bot, a Natural Language Processor, assisted playwright Stephanie on her Shakespeare adaptation—until the machine became unhappy with her ideas and finished the play alone. After Play-Bot received rave reviews on Broadway, Stephanie is out for revenge. And she’s got a pair of scissors, ready to cut the cord.
  • Boxed by Sophia Naylor
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: epilepsy, mannequin + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: epilepsy, mannequin, Relationships
    Phoebe and Minny have spent the last ten years searching for the name of a bizarre French film starring a man and a mannequin, so Minny buys Phoebe a mannequin as a joke. Although the two still can’t remember the name of the movie, aided by their new plastic friend, they start to remember the night that they watched it—a warm evening in Paris full of trysts and heartbreak. Phoebe, diagnosed with epilepsy two...
    Phoebe and Minny have spent the last ten years searching for the name of a bizarre French film starring a man and a mannequin, so Minny buys Phoebe a mannequin as a joke. Although the two still can’t remember the name of the movie, aided by their new plastic friend, they start to remember the night that they watched it—a warm evening in Paris full of trysts and heartbreak. Phoebe, diagnosed with epilepsy two years ago, is afraid to love so freely again. Minny, on the other hand, only loves the world more. But Phoebe is the one with the boyfriend, so can Minny heal their relationship?