Brandon Monokian

Brandon Monokian

Brandon Monokian wrote and starred in the musical theatre mockumentary "Happy Yummy Chicken" which features cast members from "Encanto", "Orange is the New Black", "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and more. The film is available on NBC’s Peacock Network, iTunes, Amazon and more. Other writing credits include the short film "Tree Time", two seasons as a writer...
Brandon Monokian wrote and starred in the musical theatre mockumentary "Happy Yummy Chicken" which features cast members from "Encanto", "Orange is the New Black", "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and more. The film is available on NBC’s Peacock Network, iTunes, Amazon and more. Other writing credits include the short film "Tree Time", two seasons as a writer for John Wascavage’s "SMASH’d" and the play "amethyst." which was written for EveryLibrary’s 2019 Artist in Residence. Brandon’s infamous and once popular twitter character Theatre Critic Trump, which imagined Donald Trump as a theatre critic, spawned the books "Theatre Critic Trump’s Bigly Yuge Guide to Booking Broadway & Beyond: Volume 1" and "Call Me By Your Stage Name". Brandon co-created the NEH Grant funded Page to Stage program with librarian Janie Hermann for the Princeton Public Library which presented free readings of plays adapted from literature. He co-founded the company Love Drunk Life with Katie Frazer and together they have produced plays, films, books and a product line for theatre artists. Favorite acting credits include Katie Pearl and Lisa D’Amour’s 8 hour piece "How to Build a Forest" and Charlotte Lang’s "That Feeling When You’re The County Sheriff". Brandon is also an ordained minister and one time Joan Rivers saw a play he was in and really enjoyed it despite dying shortly after she saw it. Follow Brandon on instagram @brandonmonokian and @lovedrunklife. All his work in the arts is dedicated to Suzzanne Douglas.

Plays

  • Echo & Narcissus Blast Third Eye Blind Outside a Diner in New Jersey at 2AM by Brandon Monokian
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    4–9
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Echo, narcissus + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Echo, narcissus, 90s, 90's, LGBTQ+
    In 1999 two teenage boys deal with their closeted sexuality and a violent incident that will change them both forever. In 2012 and beyond, we see how the scars of their past define their present and future.
  • Quiche by Brandon Monokian
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    5–13
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, horror, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, satire
    Teenage serial killer Danica is on a quest to sacrifice 75 hearts to Aphrodite, Goddess of Love by Valentine's Day. Can she manage that and still find time to study for the big math test?

Recommended by Brandon Monokian

  • Rocket Yourself to the Moon by Charlotte Lang
    24 Jun. 2023
    “ Dark, hilarious, and inventive, "Rocket Yourself to the Moon" is a thrill ride from start to finish. It is unapologetic, brutal and wildly theatrical, all while giving the audience a message without hitting them over the head with it. I love this play so so much. ”