Jen Browne

Jen Browne is a Pennsylvania based playwright and actor with a major affinity for big magical ideas, collaborative and devised work, and finding the joy in every project. She is a two-time Bay Area Playwright Festival semi-finalist (Standing in the River While the World Falls Down (2023); Wadada and the Whale (2019). Her work has been presented by Pipeline Theatre Company, New York Fringe Festival, Dixon Place, Caps Lock Theatre, Irish Arts Center, Houston Fringe Festival, ESPA/Primary Stages and others. She studied collaborative and creative theatre at Queens University in Belfast, NI and received a BA in Theatre Arts from Rowan University in New Jersey. She is a founding member of playwright collective Lather Rinse Repeat.

Jen Browne is a Pennsylvania based playwright and actor with a major affinity for big magical ideas, collaborative and devised work, and finding the joy in every project. She is a two-time Bay Area Playwright Festival semi-finalist (Standing in the River While the World Falls Down (2023); Wadada and the Whale (2019). Her work has been presented by Pipeline Theatre Company, New York Fringe Festival, Dixon Place, Caps Lock Theatre, Irish Arts Center, Houston Fringe Festival, ESPA/Primary Stages and others. She studied collaborative and creative theatre at Queens University in Belfast, NI and received a BA in Theatre Arts from Rowan University in New Jersey. She is a founding member of playwright collective Lather Rinse Repeat.

Scripts

Standing in the River While the World Falls Down

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Willow Blind conjures the dead women and mothers of her family tree to help her find her daughter Sweetheart. Believing Sweetheart’s husband Astro had something to do with her disappearance, the women seek to exact magical revenge on him. Flowing in and out of time the threads of Astro and Sweetheart’s relationship are slowly pulled apart and intertwined with Willow’s search. Along the way Willow re-discovers...

Willow Blind conjures the dead women and mothers of her family tree to help her find her daughter Sweetheart. Believing Sweetheart’s husband Astro had something to do with her disappearance, the women seek to exact magical revenge on him. Flowing in and out of time the threads of Astro and Sweetheart’s relationship are slowly pulled apart and intertwined with Willow’s search. Along the way Willow re-discovers the strength hidden in her family tree and herself but will justice be served or not?

This play is ready for a reading, a workshop, or other development opportunity.

A True Story

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Alba, Lissa, and Mimsy have been on the hunt for their father since they were young girls. When the phone rings out of the blue it is of course time for a press conference, a wrestling match, and some time in the spotlight. A True Story is an absurdist play about an absent father and his three daughters. It explores memory and how time and desire can change the way we remember the past.

Let's workshop this!...

Alba, Lissa, and Mimsy have been on the hunt for their father since they were young girls. When the phone rings out of the blue it is of course time for a press conference, a wrestling match, and some time in the spotlight. A True Story is an absurdist play about an absent father and his three daughters. It explores memory and how time and desire can change the way we remember the past.

Let's workshop this!

Wadada and the Whale

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Following two brothers after the death of their parents Wadada and the Whale explores grief, faith, and what happens when you're trapped in your own mythology.

Still in development this early draft is ready for the next phase of growth and adventure.

Following two brothers after the death of their parents Wadada and the Whale explores grief, faith, and what happens when you're trapped in your own mythology.

Still in development this early draft is ready for the next phase of growth and adventure.

Hags, Mopes, and the End of All Existence

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Hags and Mopes have been married for as long as they can remember and they've had just about enough of each other so maybe it's not such a bad thing there's a comet making its way straight towards them, the blizzard of the century isn't letting up, or that the cow and the goat have moved to Florida because the end is near and they can barely remember the beginning.

Hags, Mopes, and the End of All Existence...

Hags and Mopes have been married for as long as they can remember and they've had just about enough of each other so maybe it's not such a bad thing there's a comet making its way straight towards them, the blizzard of the century isn't letting up, or that the cow and the goat have moved to Florida because the end is near and they can barely remember the beginning.

Hags, Mopes, and the End of All Existence is an absurd tale exploring age, love, and the race against time nobody can elude, not even chickens.

The Diabolical Starfish

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

A solo work for person and puppet, explores the isolated but predictably contented life of Charlie. Distrust of the outside world binds Charlie and shower cap compandre, Charley, to their New York apartment. All is well until their routine filled reality is shattered and the outside world demands their attention.

A solo work for person and puppet, explores the isolated but predictably contented life of Charlie. Distrust of the outside world binds Charlie and shower cap compandre, Charley, to their New York apartment. All is well until their routine filled reality is shattered and the outside world demands their attention.

A Llama Stole My Heart

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Sisters, Marielle and Cynthia, live on opposite ends of the spectrum. Cynthia is practical and grounded and Marielle is breezy and brash. Planning a funeral for their eccentric Aunt Junie the two sisters have to work together to convince the funeral home to fulfill their Aunt's last wish.

Originally written for a radio environment it can easily be adapted to zoom or the stage.

Sisters, Marielle and Cynthia, live on opposite ends of the spectrum. Cynthia is practical and grounded and Marielle is breezy and brash. Planning a funeral for their eccentric Aunt Junie the two sisters have to work together to convince the funeral home to fulfill their Aunt's last wish.

Originally written for a radio environment it can easily be adapted to zoom or the stage.

This Is Your Prez!

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

It's Kindergarten Art Week on This is Your Prez! where candidates compete in a talent show style competition for a spot on the campaign trail for President of the United States of America! Who's going to win the hearts of the American people and who's gonna hear "BYE-BYE"?

It's Kindergarten Art Week on This is Your Prez! where candidates compete in a talent show style competition for a spot on the campaign trail for President of the United States of America! Who's going to win the hearts of the American people and who's gonna hear "BYE-BYE"?

I Will Do the Best I Can

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

It's just another day for The International Environmental Council for Keeping Things the Same so of course they're up to their usual no good interrogation antics until prisoner 2050D aka Greta Thurnberg walks in on counts of anti-
democratic behavior, sowing panic, out of balance
priorities, and for being a witch and puts wrench in the works.

It's just another day for The International Environmental Council for Keeping Things the Same so of course they're up to their usual no good interrogation antics until prisoner 2050D aka Greta Thurnberg walks in on counts of anti-
democratic behavior, sowing panic, out of balance
priorities, and for being a witch and puts wrench in the works.

More Parties, More Fun

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Kitten has an invite to Elephant, Donkey AND Penguin's parties but which will she choose? All of them seem fun but are they really? Why does picking a party have to be so hard?

Kitten has an invite to Elephant, Donkey AND Penguin's parties but which will she choose? All of them seem fun but are they really? Why does picking a party have to be so hard?

Little Sacrifices

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Arlene and her children celebrate her birthday in a root cellar while her husband Michael prepares to defend their isolated cabin in the woods. Stories of family the children have never met pepper an anxiety ridden room as it slowly becomes clear that perhaps what threatens them most is already there.

Arlene and her children celebrate her birthday in a root cellar while her husband Michael prepares to defend their isolated cabin in the woods. Stories of family the children have never met pepper an anxiety ridden room as it slowly becomes clear that perhaps what threatens them most is already there.

The Cake

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

A giant birthday cake meets with a therapist as it deals with a personal crisis.

A giant birthday cake meets with a therapist as it deals with a personal crisis.

The Win-ners

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Adwin, Hadwin, and Lindwin scientists extraordinaire, are a little down on their luck and currently are hopelessly lost in strange a wood. Nothing goes right until they start to work together, because when you work together everybody's a winner!

Adwin, Hadwin, and Lindwin scientists extraordinaire, are a little down on their luck and currently are hopelessly lost in strange a wood. Nothing goes right until they start to work together, because when you work together everybody's a winner!

Love is a Blind Squirrel

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Wendy is her own unique little bird looking for love, which as we all know can be tough. So like any other determined gal she enlists the help of investigative cupid Ethel E. Eros to help her track down her one true love.

Wendy is her own unique little bird looking for love, which as we all know can be tough. So like any other determined gal she enlists the help of investigative cupid Ethel E. Eros to help her track down her one true love.

The Nudist and Her Son

by Jen Browne

Synopsis

Alison is going through a divorce, a not entirely unexpected divorce but still a divorce. She and her son Tim escape to the beach but there's no escaping reality, not really.

Alison is going through a divorce, a not entirely unexpected divorce but still a divorce. She and her son Tim escape to the beach but there's no escaping reality, not really.