Erin Proctor

Erin Proctor is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist based in NYC. She strives to create new plays that represent the grotesque, vulnerable, and often uncomfortable facets of the human experience. She’s had plays produced across the East Coast. Recent Work: Alternative Canon (Round the Bend/Bridge Street Theatre, LakehoueRanchDotPng), Time Hole (Fresh Fruits Festival/All Out Arts), and Overlap (The Clamour Theatre). She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and an Equity Membership Candidate. erincproctor.com Instragram: @erinproctorrr Twitter: @postproctorism

Erin Proctor is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist based in NYC. She strives to create new plays that represent the grotesque, vulnerable, and often uncomfortable facets of the human experience. She’s had plays produced across the East Coast. Recent Work: Alternative Canon (Round the Bend/Bridge Street Theatre, LakehoueRanchDotPng), Time Hole (Fresh Fruits Festival/All Out Arts), and Overlap (The Clamour Theatre). She is a member of the Dramatists Guild and an Equity Membership Candidate. erincproctor.com Instragram: @erinproctorrr Twitter: @postproctorism

Scripts

Plague Play

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Does violence simply beget more violence? Aaron discovers his body is simply a vessel to destroy a civilization. Supernatural disasters ravage his oppressors, as well as his own body, mind, and soul. His little brother Moses is able to see what is to come...and it's not very pretty. They are frightened, they are emboldened, and they have no idea what they're actually doing. An adaptation of the Book of Exodus...

Does violence simply beget more violence? Aaron discovers his body is simply a vessel to destroy a civilization. Supernatural disasters ravage his oppressors, as well as his own body, mind, and soul. His little brother Moses is able to see what is to come...and it's not very pretty. They are frightened, they are emboldened, and they have no idea what they're actually doing. An adaptation of the Book of Exodus: Chapters 7-11.

Time Hole

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Dr. Lior Cohen, a time traveler, is tasked with reviving a decimated ecosystem in a not too distant future. While in the 7th century researching horticulture, they meet Clothilde: a Frankish peasant girl. Emotions too often get in the way of ethics.

Dr. Lior Cohen, a time traveler, is tasked with reviving a decimated ecosystem in a not too distant future. While in the 7th century researching horticulture, they meet Clothilde: a Frankish peasant girl. Emotions too often get in the way of ethics.

Alternative Canon: A Sacrilegious Romp

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

*2023 O'Neill Semifinalist

Serving Ancient City Style. Alternative Canon takes the Book of Genesis and flips it on its head by asking: What if God made contact with Sarah first instead of Abraham? Complete with tiny girlbosses, deities that transcend gender, and pillars of salt; this campy comedy will show you what really goes into the nitty gritty of Intelligent Design.

*2023 O'Neill Semifinalist

Serving Ancient City Style. Alternative Canon takes the Book of Genesis and flips it on its head by asking: What if God made contact with Sarah first instead of Abraham? Complete with tiny girlbosses, deities that transcend gender, and pillars of salt; this campy comedy will show you what really goes into the nitty gritty of Intelligent Design.

overlap

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

A tragic rom-com about theatre-makers thwarted by the infrastructure of the MTA, we follow two twenty-somethings as they navigate minimum wage jobs, blowjobs, mommy issues, grief, and producing theatre from beyond the grave.

A tragic rom-com about theatre-makers thwarted by the infrastructure of the MTA, we follow two twenty-somethings as they navigate minimum wage jobs, blowjobs, mommy issues, grief, and producing theatre from beyond the grave.

But Aren't We All Monsters?

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

a loose deconstruction of the Golem of Prague and Pygmalion and Galatea, 'But Aren't We All Monsters' follows Mazel Vayseblum, a young Jewish woman from a shtetl in the Pale. Mazel is a gifted artist and a bit of a self-taught mystic trying to get out of an arranged marriage, so she steals her father’s rabbinical texts and creates the perfect woman: a Golem named Shayna, to be her lover and protector. We follow...

a loose deconstruction of the Golem of Prague and Pygmalion and Galatea, 'But Aren't We All Monsters' follows Mazel Vayseblum, a young Jewish woman from a shtetl in the Pale. Mazel is a gifted artist and a bit of a self-taught mystic trying to get out of an arranged marriage, so she steals her father’s rabbinical texts and creates the perfect woman: a Golem named Shayna, to be her lover and protector. We follow Shayna from the year 1880 until the end of human life itself; as the Golem herself examines her existence between four generations of a Jewish family.

Erosion

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Sisyphus ran out of rock, so Hermes is sent to deliver a new one. Only thing is, it's gonna take five to seven business days.

Sisyphus ran out of rock, so Hermes is sent to deliver a new one. Only thing is, it's gonna take five to seven business days.

The Ballad of Cassie and Joe: A Dream Play

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Cassandra is cursed. Joseph is blessed. Both held against their will for their prophetic gifts; they find that they can meet each other through their dreams. A tale of star-crossed lovers from strikingly different mythologies, they find comfort in each other, if only for a fleeting moment. A riff on Aeschylus's Agamemnon and Chapter 39 of the Book of Genesis.

Cassandra is cursed. Joseph is blessed. Both held against their will for their prophetic gifts; they find that they can meet each other through their dreams. A tale of star-crossed lovers from strikingly different mythologies, they find comfort in each other, if only for a fleeting moment. A riff on Aeschylus's Agamemnon and Chapter 39 of the Book of Genesis.

Doomscrolled.

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

We've all fallen down the Reddit rabbit hole in some form or another, haven't we?

We've all fallen down the Reddit rabbit hole in some form or another, haven't we?

Oedipus Rekt

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

*co-written with Dante Piro

Apollo, god of many things, goes to visit the son of a king he cursed years ago, just to rag on him one last time before he ends it all.

*co-written with Dante Piro

Apollo, god of many things, goes to visit the son of a king he cursed years ago, just to rag on him one last time before he ends it all.

2 Philosophers 1 Stone

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Mary the Jewess, famed alchemist of Old, and her faithful research partner Aros, examine their latest research in the pursuit of gold and eternal life.

Based on the “The Dialogue of Mary and Aros on the Magistery of Hermes: The practise of Mary the Prophetess in the Alchymicall Art” by an anonymous Christian Philosopher

Mary the Jewess, famed alchemist of Old, and her faithful research partner Aros, examine their latest research in the pursuit of gold and eternal life.

Based on the “The Dialogue of Mary and Aros on the Magistery of Hermes: The practise of Mary the Prophetess in the Alchymicall Art” by an anonymous Christian Philosopher

Di Feye Kind

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

A fairy tale with a Yiddish twist, the Kaufmanns, a young Jewish couple fleeing the Crusade in Mainz, are given a Changeling child by a fairy to raise to maturity; long the way they are met with both blessings and curses from the liminal world and our own. Di Feye Kind follows a young family and their quest to live a peaceful life, despite outside forces trying to constantly destroy that peace.

A fairy tale with a Yiddish twist, the Kaufmanns, a young Jewish couple fleeing the Crusade in Mainz, are given a Changeling child by a fairy to raise to maturity; long the way they are met with both blessings and curses from the liminal world and our own. Di Feye Kind follows a young family and their quest to live a peaceful life, despite outside forces trying to constantly destroy that peace.

Horny Bedroom Ghost

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Rivka has lived at 88 Clemence Street for two years. Silas has lived there for one hundred and fifty five years. Rivka is very much alive and Silas is very much a ghost haunting her apartment. One night he accidentally sets off her vibrator, and Rivka and her roommates are determined to make contact with the Astral Plane. Maybe that involves dark magic learned from the internet.

Rivka has lived at 88 Clemence Street for two years. Silas has lived there for one hundred and fifty five years. Rivka is very much alive and Silas is very much a ghost haunting her apartment. One night he accidentally sets off her vibrator, and Rivka and her roommates are determined to make contact with the Astral Plane. Maybe that involves dark magic learned from the internet.

Please Unring the Bell.

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

How can you prevent a predetermined event? You can't. Joshua knows you can't. And Joshua knows that he's going to die, but his friends and family will stop at nothing to keep that from happening. Even if that does involve hurting him in the process.

How can you prevent a predetermined event? You can't. Joshua knows you can't. And Joshua knows that he's going to die, but his friends and family will stop at nothing to keep that from happening. Even if that does involve hurting him in the process.

The Witches of Endor

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Chava and Ari'el live a quiet life in the countryside, away from the terrible bloodshed between the Israelites and Philistines. Their lives change forever when a haggard King shows up at their door, looking for their late mother. Based on 1 Samuel 28.

Chava and Ari'el live a quiet life in the countryside, away from the terrible bloodshed between the Israelites and Philistines. Their lives change forever when a haggard King shows up at their door, looking for their late mother. Based on 1 Samuel 28.

Roller Stakes

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

Erika is filming a self tape in Central Park for the German Production of Starlight Express

Erika is filming a self tape in Central Park for the German Production of Starlight Express

Husk

by Erin Proctor

Synopsis

What happens when you accidentally invent murder? This is probably what happens. A farmer and his mother, together, learn about death. Based on Genesis 4:1-16.

What happens when you accidentally invent murder? This is probably what happens. A farmer and his mother, together, learn about death. Based on Genesis 4:1-16.