M.J. Floyd

Growing up in a small farming community in rural Georgia, my access to the arts was limited. My introduction to dramaturgy was in the historic, partially renovated volunteer theatre nearby. For 15+ years I learned design, tech, directing, and discovered a deep appreciation for the art of live, immersive storytelling.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the University of Georgia and have recently completed the University of Cambridge MicroMasters in Writing for Performance and Entertainment Industries Program. Prior to that, I completed a certificate in On-Set Film Production from the Georgia Film Academy in association with Columbus State University.

Growing up in a small farming community in rural Georgia, my access to the arts was limited. My introduction to dramaturgy was in the historic, partially renovated volunteer theatre nearby. For 15+ years I learned design, tech, directing, and discovered a deep appreciation for the art of live, immersive storytelling.

I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Linguistics from the University of Georgia and have recently completed the University of Cambridge MicroMasters in Writing for Performance and Entertainment Industries Program. Prior to that, I completed a certificate in On-Set Film Production from the Georgia Film Academy in association with Columbus State University.

Scripts

Leave -- in One Act -- adapted from"All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Marie Remarque (1928)

Adapted by M.J. Floyd

Cast Size
3—5
Genre
adaptation,
period,
tragedy

'Leave' is a stage adaptation of a chapter from Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1928). This short One-Act centers the struggles of the young soldier returned from war as he tries to reconcile his present self with the past; the soldier and the child.

**Two Scenes only, if you'd like to read the full play, please don't hesitate to reach out :)

'Leave' is a stage adaptation of a chapter from Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' (1928). This short One-Act centers the struggles of the young soldier returned from war as he tries to reconcile his present self with the past; the soldier and the child.

**Two Scenes only, if you'd like to read the full play, please don't hesitate to reach out :)

The Double -- in Three Acts -- adapted from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel (1846)

by M.J. Floyd

Cast Size
14—25
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fantasy,
horror,
immersive,
melodrama,
mystery/thriller,
period,
political,
science fiction,
tragedy,
translation

Yakov Petrovich Goliadkin, an utterly unremarkable middle-aged bureaucrat in mid 19th c. Russia, finds his life devolving into a nightmarish series of increasingly hallucinatory encounters. Is this destruction his own doing? are his enemies plotting against him? or does it all stem from the sudden appearance of the cunning doppelgänger that seems to haunt his every step?

**Act One only, if you'd like to read...

Yakov Petrovich Goliadkin, an utterly unremarkable middle-aged bureaucrat in mid 19th c. Russia, finds his life devolving into a nightmarish series of increasingly hallucinatory encounters. Is this destruction his own doing? are his enemies plotting against him? or does it all stem from the sudden appearance of the cunning doppelgänger that seems to haunt his every step?

**Act One only, if you'd like to read the full play, please don't hesitate to reach out :)

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The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar -- Radio Play in One Act -- adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's short story (1845)

by M.J. Floyd

1
Cast Size
3—5
Genre
adaptation,
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
horror,
immersive,
radio drama

What happens to a person who is hypnotized moments before death? In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe answered this in his uniquely grotesque style. 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar' is a radio play adaptation of Poe's work. Set in the 1980s, the play utilizes semi-modern language, themes, and technology. Don't let the modernity comfort you, the core of this story is as rotten, putrid, and detestable as it was in 1845...

What happens to a person who is hypnotized moments before death? In 1845, Edgar Allan Poe answered this in his uniquely grotesque style. 'The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar' is a radio play adaptation of Poe's work. Set in the 1980s, the play utilizes semi-modern language, themes, and technology. Don't let the modernity comfort you, the core of this story is as rotten, putrid, and detestable as it was in 1845.

CW: medical body horror

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The Mystery of the Yellow Room -- in Three Acts -- adapted from Gaston Leroux's novel (1908)

by M.J. Floyd

Cast Size
10—20
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
immersive,
mystery/thriller,
period,
tragedy

Considered a pioneer of the locked room mystery, Gaston Leroux's 1908 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' presents a simple yet confounding puzzle to its audience. While its characters are locked in a mortal race to solve its mystery, they are forced to navigate their own complicated relationships, a prejudiced judicial system, and are forced to question the true nature of justice.

**Act One only, if you'd like...

Considered a pioneer of the locked room mystery, Gaston Leroux's 1908 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' presents a simple yet confounding puzzle to its audience. While its characters are locked in a mortal race to solve its mystery, they are forced to navigate their own complicated relationships, a prejudiced judicial system, and are forced to question the true nature of justice.

**Act One only, if you'd like to read the full script for interest or development, please don't hesitate to reach out :)

CW: stage violence, gunfire, blood

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