Rory O'Neill

Rory O'Neill is a playwright and artist originally from Los Angeles, California, currently living in Boston, Massachusetts. Descended from a long line of native Californians, Rory dedicates her work to her home as she explores themes of queerness, identity, and belonging within space. Production credits include: You Should Talk to Someone (Boston Theatre Marathon 2024); Garlic Sounds, You Should Talk to Someone, 4 Genres in Search of a Plot, Art Imitates (Silver Masque Theatre Company, Northeastern University); They Don't Need Bombs In Cleveland written with Fig Lefevre (Fresh Ink Theatre Company, 8th Annual Mad Dash). Outside of writing, Rory can be found sewing or knitting something new and weird, or hopefully reading a good book.

Rory O'Neill is a playwright and artist originally from Los Angeles, California, currently living in Boston, Massachusetts. Descended from a long line of native Californians, Rory dedicates her work to her home as she explores themes of queerness, identity, and belonging within space. Production credits include: You Should Talk to Someone (Boston Theatre Marathon 2024); Garlic Sounds, You Should Talk to Someone, 4 Genres in Search of a Plot, Art Imitates (Silver Masque Theatre Company, Northeastern University); They Don't Need Bombs In Cleveland written with Fig Lefevre (Fresh Ink Theatre Company, 8th Annual Mad Dash). Outside of writing, Rory can be found sewing or knitting something new and weird, or hopefully reading a good book.

Scripts

Coolwater

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
6—9
Genre
drama,
period

Spanning from the 1930s to today, four generations of women come together at pivotal moments in their young adulthood to give each other the love, wisdom, and (sometimes unwanted) advice that only a mother can give. Winona mourns a loss of family while struggling through a loss of culture, Ann must balance what is best for her family with what’s best for herself, Jeanie is trying to keep her head above water as...

Spanning from the 1930s to today, four generations of women come together at pivotal moments in their young adulthood to give each other the love, wisdom, and (sometimes unwanted) advice that only a mother can give. Winona mourns a loss of family while struggling through a loss of culture, Ann must balance what is best for her family with what’s best for herself, Jeanie is trying to keep her head above water as everyone around her is trying to push her under, and Maeve just has to live in the aftermath.

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Meeting Notes, April 10th

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

A meeting of 6 farm animals as they grapple with the effect that electricity has had on their lives.

A meeting of 6 farm animals as they grapple with the effect that electricity has had on their lives.

Art Imitates

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

A first date at the museum is getting so awkward that two paintings have no choice but to step in.

A first date at the museum is getting so awkward that two paintings have no choice but to step in.

4 Genres in Search of a Plot

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
experimental,
satire

Four characters (who are they?) walk into a room (what room?) and don't know what to do with themselves. A one-man show devolves into madness. A private eye confronts a criminal. A love triangle becomes all tangled up. A mime is there too.

Four characters (who are they?) walk into a room (what room?) and don't know what to do with themselves. A one-man show devolves into madness. A private eye confronts a criminal. A love triangle becomes all tangled up. A mime is there too.

Hot & Heavy

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
3—5
Genre
comedy,
drama

Over the course of about a decade, Margot and Sal experience the highs and lows of their first queer love. It's never been as simple as being best friends and doesn't end as complicated as being enemies -- this reverse chronology examines the recurring cycles and structures in a relationship full of love and doomed to fail, from their final reconciliation to their first explorations of queerness. Think The Last...

Over the course of about a decade, Margot and Sal experience the highs and lows of their first queer love. It's never been as simple as being best friends and doesn't end as complicated as being enemies -- this reverse chronology examines the recurring cycles and structures in a relationship full of love and doomed to fail, from their final reconciliation to their first explorations of queerness. Think The Last Five Years, but make it gay, and nobody is getting sued for telling this story.

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Garlic Sounds

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
science fiction

College student Charlie is finding themself impossibly distracted from their midterms, namely by the fact that the host of their college radio station is completely, 100% a vampire. No question about it. As Charlie gets more and more wrapped up in this notion, their friends Mona and Kit begin to worry about the behavior they're exhibiting, causing past conflicts to bubble to the surface as this undead threat...

College student Charlie is finding themself impossibly distracted from their midterms, namely by the fact that the host of their college radio station is completely, 100% a vampire. No question about it. As Charlie gets more and more wrapped up in this notion, their friends Mona and Kit begin to worry about the behavior they're exhibiting, causing past conflicts to bubble to the surface as this undead threat begins to feel more and more real. And by the way, has anyone else noticed how the guy on the radio has been getting really… ominous recently?

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You Should Talk To Someone

by Rory O'Neill

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

When Ellie goes in for a psychic reading, she’s surprised to meet Dean, a
teenage psychic who draws on the spirits of his ancestors to deliver some
brutal truths. Over the course of the reading, the two are each able to
provide the other with some surprising wisdom as they form an unexpected and
fleeting connection.

When Ellie goes in for a psychic reading, she’s surprised to meet Dean, a
teenage psychic who draws on the spirits of his ancestors to deliver some
brutal truths. Over the course of the reading, the two are each able to
provide the other with some surprising wisdom as they form an unexpected and
fleeting connection.