Charlie Probus

Charlie Probus (they/them) is a playwright and multi-hyphenate artist. They don’t always write about vampires but they do usually write about religion. Their first play, Brothers in Arms, premiered at the Raleigh Fringe Festival in 2024. Guilty Pleasure was performed at the Valdez Theatre Festival in 2025, and a staged reading was performed at the Arts Club of Washington where it won the Austin Hays One Act Playwriting Award. An audio play version of the piece was produced by the Cary Playwrights Forum. Guilty Pleasure was selected for publication by 1319 Press and will be available in late 2026. Their work has also been recognized by the Be Bold NYC Short Play Festival in New York, and QuickScripts at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. They were selected for the 2025 New Voices Program...

Charlie Probus (they/them) is a playwright and multi-hyphenate artist. They don’t always write about vampires but they do usually write about religion. Their first play, Brothers in Arms, premiered at the Raleigh Fringe Festival in 2024. Guilty Pleasure was performed at the Valdez Theatre Festival in 2025, and a staged reading was performed at the Arts Club of Washington where it won the Austin Hays One Act Playwriting Award. An audio play version of the piece was produced by the Cary Playwrights Forum. Guilty Pleasure was selected for publication by 1319 Press and will be available in late 2026. Their work has also been recognized by the Be Bold NYC Short Play Festival in New York, and QuickScripts at NC State University in Raleigh, NC. They were selected for the 2025 New Voices Program at Raleigh Little Theatre. Charlie’s poetry has appeared in Rat’s Ass Review, Phonebook Lit Mag, Opal Age, and onstage at Brooklyn Poets.

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Scripts

Coming Home (10-minute)

by Charlie Probus

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
fable/folktale,
fantasy,
horror

Marty goes home to their parents house only to find that the mezuzah on the door is doing an effective job keeping things out.

Marty goes home to their parents house only to find that the mezuzah on the door is doing an effective job keeping things out.

Mama's Boy

by Charlie Probus

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

The Denton Family has always been cursed. Jesse, a trans man, returns home after the death of his grandfather as the family potentially loses everything, but a chance encounter with a local teen runaway threatens to destroy everything the family knows about themselves.

The Denton Family has always been cursed. Jesse, a trans man, returns home after the death of his grandfather as the family potentially loses everything, but a chance encounter with a local teen runaway threatens to destroy everything the family knows about themselves.

Guilty Pleasure

by Charlie Probus

5
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
horror

Gabriel, a youthful-looking vampire, encounters Father Noah Harris, a priest with a troubled past of his own. As Gabriel struggles with his monstrous nature and his calling from God, Harris attempts to offer spiritual guidance, only to have his own secrets exposed.

Gabriel, a youthful-looking vampire, encounters Father Noah Harris, a priest with a troubled past of his own. As Gabriel struggles with his monstrous nature and his calling from God, Harris attempts to offer spiritual guidance, only to have his own secrets exposed.

Brothers in Arms

by Charlie Probus

Cast Size
2
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period

Eli and Sam disguised themselves as men to serve in the American Civil War. This epistolary play unravels their first meeting and their struggles returning to their disparate lives after the war.

Eli and Sam disguised themselves as men to serve in the American Civil War. This epistolary play unravels their first meeting and their struggles returning to their disparate lives after the war.

The Portrait (10-minute)

by Charlie Probus

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

A librarian creates portraits of patrons from their reading habits, leading to an intense conversation with a patron who finds themself as the subject of one of these portraits.

A librarian creates portraits of patrons from their reading habits, leading to an intense conversation with a patron who finds themself as the subject of one of these portraits.

A Successful Seance (10-minute)

by Charlie Probus

Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

A queer bachelorette party goes wrong when a goofy seance reveals unsavory information about the bridesmaids.

A queer bachelorette party goes wrong when a goofy seance reveals unsavory information about the bridesmaids.