Noah T. Parnes

Noah T. Parnes is a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter, and drag artist, interested in
exploring queerness onstage and experimenting with conventional structure. Noah’s plays have
been commissioned and produced at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Trinity-Pawling
School, and by the Yale Dramatic Association. His musical collaborations with Jerome Walker
have been performed at Yale University and Phillips Exeter Academy. His play Edith was
performed at the Yale Repertory Theater in March 2022, was a finalist in the 2023 Bay Street
Theater New Works Festival and the 2023 Jewish Plays Project, and was produced by the Loft
Ensemble in Los Angeles in 2025. His short play Rubato was published in Smith and Kraus'
2023 Anthology of Ten-Minute Plays, and was selected for the 2025 Queens...

Noah T. Parnes is a Brooklyn-based playwright, screenwriter, and drag artist, interested in
exploring queerness onstage and experimenting with conventional structure. Noah’s plays have
been commissioned and produced at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Trinity-Pawling
School, and by the Yale Dramatic Association. His musical collaborations with Jerome Walker
have been performed at Yale University and Phillips Exeter Academy. His play Edith was
performed at the Yale Repertory Theater in March 2022, was a finalist in the 2023 Bay Street
Theater New Works Festival and the 2023 Jewish Plays Project, and was produced by the Loft
Ensemble in Los Angeles in 2025. His short play Rubato was published in Smith and Kraus'
2023 Anthology of Ten-Minute Plays, and was selected for the 2025 Queens Short Play Festival
and 2025 William Inge New Play Lab. His short play Hot was a finalist in the 2025 Fresh Fruit
10-Minute Play Festival and the 2025 OUT/PLAY Festival, and will be published in the Smith
and Kraus 2026 Anthology of Ten-Minute Plays. His short film Live Crickets will be released in
2026. He is a graduate of Yale University.

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Scripts

It'll Come Together

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
young audiences

After their fall musical is canceled by their school due to its content, seven students decide to put up the show in secret, all while (literally) worshipping at the altar of their theater department's most famous alumnus, Maximilian LaCombe. Through crushes, broken arms, fallen lights, and secrets galore, these kids hope to overcome... the Curse.

After their fall musical is canceled by their school due to its content, seven students decide to put up the show in secret, all while (literally) worshipping at the altar of their theater department's most famous alumnus, Maximilian LaCombe. Through crushes, broken arms, fallen lights, and secrets galore, these kids hope to overcome... the Curse.

Hot

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

Three gay men in a sauna.

Three gay men in a sauna.

Rubato

by Noah T. Parnes

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

A father visits his old piano teacher, planning to quit piano lessons on behalf of his child.

A father visits his old piano teacher, planning to quit piano lessons on behalf of his child.

Edith

by Noah T. Parnes

2
Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
farce

When a giant pillar of salt crashes into the kitchen, a family is thrown into a chaotic, campy, Biblical fantasy that forces them to reckon with their relationship to disobedience, suffering, and deviant sex. From her vantage point as the witness to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Pillar of Salt wishes to upend the traditional center of our current order and force God to turn around—and see the joy in...

When a giant pillar of salt crashes into the kitchen, a family is thrown into a chaotic, campy, Biblical fantasy that forces them to reckon with their relationship to disobedience, suffering, and deviant sex. From her vantage point as the witness to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, the Pillar of Salt wishes to upend the traditional center of our current order and force God to turn around—and see the joy in the carnage.

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Cabin 7

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
10
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
young audiences

Kids at summer camp are about to spark a collectivist revolution and there's nothing you can do to stop them. They're armed with embroidery thread and moths.

Kids at summer camp are about to spark a collectivist revolution and there's nothing you can do to stop them. They're armed with embroidery thread and moths.

The Samovar

by Noah T. Parnes

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

Sheryl’s cousins pay a visit to convince her to repatriate a valuable family heirloom to their side of the family.

Sheryl’s cousins pay a visit to convince her to repatriate a valuable family heirloom to their side of the family.

Pangaea

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
15—16
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
political,
satire,
science fiction

World leaders have decided to push all the land masses on earth back together to recreate the ancient supercontinent Pangaea—and force coexistence. Across the newly "unified" world, we discover that borders are strained, movement is dangerous, and truth is malleable.
And what happened to the Atlantic Ocean?

World leaders have decided to push all the land masses on earth back together to recreate the ancient supercontinent Pangaea—and force coexistence. Across the newly "unified" world, we discover that borders are strained, movement is dangerous, and truth is malleable.
And what happened to the Atlantic Ocean?

What Comes Next

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
7
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
musical

Told out of chronological order, a family works to recover from the unexpected death of their son, learning to lean into the unpredictable nature of the future.
Music and lyrics by Jerome Walker.

Told out of chronological order, a family works to recover from the unexpected death of their son, learning to lean into the unpredictable nature of the future.
Music and lyrics by Jerome Walker.

Microcosm

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
11
Genre
comedy,
drama,
science fiction,
young audiences,
zoom

Welcome to Microcosm, a society reinvention tool brought to you by Organic Industry Pro Collaborative Junction. Microcosm runs thousands of simulations, each determining the most efficient modes of societal rejuvenation. The goal? Reconstructing our civilization in a new image—in a new way.

Welcome to Microcosm, a society reinvention tool brought to you by Organic Industry Pro Collaborative Junction. Microcosm runs thousands of simulations, each determining the most efficient modes of societal rejuvenation. The goal? Reconstructing our civilization in a new image—in a new way.

Going Under

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Two lifeguards discuss relationships as they watch the pool.

Two lifeguards discuss relationships as they watch the pool.

I Should Have Written This Down

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
1
Genre
dark comedy

An elderly woman gives a eulogy for her husband.

An elderly woman gives a eulogy for her husband.

Buzz

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

A couple finds solace in their respective electronic devices.

A couple finds solace in their respective electronic devices.

ROADKILL

by Noah T. Parnes

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Two siblings are about to run away from summer camp.

Two siblings are about to run away from summer camp.