Noah Good

Noah Good (they/them) is a Boston-based playwright and actor. Their work has been developed through Actors' Shakespeare Project’s youth ensemble, Central Square Theater, the Smith College Student Theatre Committee, TC Squared Theatre, the Boston Theatre Marathon, and the King's Chapel History Program. Their work appeared at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s New Noises festival in 2018 and 2019 and in Fresh Ink Theatre's 2024 Mad Dash.
BA: Smith College (2023)

Noah Good (they/them) is a Boston-based playwright and actor. Their work has been developed through Actors' Shakespeare Project’s youth ensemble, Central Square Theater, the Smith College Student Theatre Committee, TC Squared Theatre, the Boston Theatre Marathon, and the King's Chapel History Program. Their work appeared at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre’s New Noises festival in 2018 and 2019 and in Fresh Ink Theatre's 2024 Mad Dash.
BA: Smith College (2023)

Scripts

ACT WORTHY OF YOURSELVES: A REIMAGINING OF JOSEPH WARREN'S FUNERAL

Co-written by Noah Good

Synopsis

[Full-length historical drama]

After revolutionary war figure Dr. Joseph Warren dies, the people who knew him, loved him, and challenged him gather to mourn his loss and to make sense of what revolution and freedom could mean for all Bostonians. A play about loss, legacy, and liberty for all.

[Full-length historical drama]

After revolutionary war figure Dr. Joseph Warren dies, the people who knew him, loved him, and challenged him gather to mourn his loss and to make sense of what revolution and freedom could mean for all Bostonians. A play about loss, legacy, and liberty for all.

WHAT YOU MAKE OF ME

by Noah Good

Synopsis

[Full-length comedy]

After taking time off school to grieve their twin’s suicide, all V wants is to keep their head down, keep their grades up, and avoid even thinking about their gender identity. But after a series of misunderstandings with two attractive people who have wildly different perceptions of them (Olivia, who sees them as a butch lesbian, and Owen, who thinks they’re a transgender man), V might...

[Full-length comedy]

After taking time off school to grieve their twin’s suicide, all V wants is to keep their head down, keep their grades up, and avoid even thinking about their gender identity. But after a series of misunderstandings with two attractive people who have wildly different perceptions of them (Olivia, who sees them as a butch lesbian, and Owen, who thinks they’re a transgender man), V might finally have to face their impending gender crisis—and how holding on to their guilt about their brother’s death is keeping them from fully becoming themself.

A trans-focused reimagining of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this play explores grief, identity, and un/requited love.

WEREWOLF TRANSGENDERISM

by Noah Good

Synopsis

[Ten-minute comedy]
Ezra and three of his trans guy friends get together for brunch. They all want to hear how Ezra's first months on testosterone are going--he has some interesting symptoms to share.

Inspired by a Tumblr post by user peach-pot: “trans guy who doesn’t realize he’s turning into a werewolf because he assumes it’s all just normal side effects of starting testosterone.”

[Ten-minute comedy]
Ezra and three of his trans guy friends get together for brunch. They all want to hear how Ezra's first months on testosterone are going--he has some interesting symptoms to share.

Inspired by a Tumblr post by user peach-pot: “trans guy who doesn’t realize he’s turning into a werewolf because he assumes it’s all just normal side effects of starting testosterone.”

BUTCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

by Noah Good

Synopsis

[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...

[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

Synopsis

[Full-Length Drama]
After a tragedy from their past is finally solved, Jill reconnects with her high school theater teacher, Mr. Bianchi. 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.

[Full-Length Drama]
After a tragedy from their past is finally solved, Jill reconnects with her high school theater teacher, Mr. Bianchi. 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

Synopsis

[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).

[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

Synopsis

[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.

[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

Synopsis

[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.

[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.