Noah Good

Noah Good

Noah Good (they/them) is a Boston-based playwright and actor. Their work has received staged readings from Actors' Shakespeare Project’s youth ensemble, Central Square Theater, and the Smith College Student Theatre Committee. Their work appeared at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s New Noises festival in 2018 and 2019.
BA: Smith College (2023)

Plays

  • BUTCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING by Noah Good
    Cast: 
    9–13
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Much Ado About Nothing, butch + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Much Ado About Nothing, butch, femme, Butch/Femme, lesbians, nonbinary lesbians, nonbinary, nonbinary lead, college, based on Shakespearean characters
    [Full-Length Comedy]
    When a group of students return back to Smith College campus from a semester abroad, old flames (and feuds) are rekindled and schemes are put in motion. "Butch Ado About Nothing" is a queer and trans+ adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing" that explores what it means to find love, understand your identity, and do right by your friends, all while being constantly...
    [Full-Length Comedy]
    When a group of students return back to Smith College campus from a semester abroad, old flames (and feuds) are rekindled and schemes are put in motion. "Butch Ado About Nothing" is a queer and trans+ adaptation of "Much Ado About Nothing" that explores what it means to find love, understand your identity, and do right by your friends, all while being constantly watched by an omnipotent online forum—the Smith College Confessional.
  • NINETEEN LIGHTS AT BREEZE KNOLL by Noah Good
    Cast: 
    8–12
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: grief, true crime + 3 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: grief, true crime, teenage friendship, theatre, Play within a play
    [Full-Length Tragedy]
    *In Development*
    After a tragedy from their past is finally solved, Jill reconnects with her high school theater teacher, Mr. Illiano. As they talk over coffee, they resurrect the past, along with their guilt over what happened in 1971 to Jill’s best friend Patty. A play about teenage friendship, what happens behind closed doors, and surviving the unimaginable. Inspired by the story of the List family.
  • HAYDN'S HEAD by Noah Good
    Cast: 
    7–13
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, period
    [One-Act Historical Farce]
    Famed composer Frantz Joseph Haydn has died, and that means one thing: his friend Joseph Carl Rosenbaum can finally get his hands on that sweet, sweet skull. This ten-minute play is based on the bizarre true story of how two men stole and hid Haydn’s real actual head (and the reason why Haydn’s tomb now contains two skulls).
  • DETECTIVE STEELE AND THE CASE OF THE GAL PALS by Noah Good
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: farce, parody/spoof
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    Keyword: sketch comedy, Lesbian + 2 more
    Genre: farce, parody/spoof
    Keyword: sketch comedy, Lesbian, queer, Film noir Parody
    [Comedic Sketch]
    Bunson Hogie has a problem: his wife Ingrid is acting odd. Queer, you might say. And Detective Steele is the man for the case.
  • COMPRESSION by Noah Good
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Lesbian, nonbinary + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Lesbian, nonbinary, Transition, transmasculine, unhealthy relationships, high school, transitioning, friendship
    [Ten-Minute Play]
    High schooler Emma gives her friend Ray a hand-me-down chest binder. Tensions surface around their mutual friend (and Emma’s ex-girlfriend) Jamie. A short play about high school, queer friendship, and the limits of language.