David Valdes

David Valdes is a writer outside Boston. He has been a Company One PlayLab Fellow, Huntington Theatre Company Playwriting Fellow, Cimientos Fellow, and Brother Thomas Artist Fellow. His plays have been fully staged and presented in public readings across the US and UK. He has worked with Orlando Shakes, Fresh Ink, Rochester Rep, Company One, Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, Mixed Blood, Borderlands, Milagros, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Stage Left, Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Theater Offensive, and others. His plays have appeared at the Humana Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, Portland Stage Little Festival of the Unexpected, and New York Theatre Workshop Thursday Studio. His plays have published and anthologized by Samuel French. His plays have appeared twice in the...

Website: https://www.davidvaldeswrites.com

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Loneliness Was A Pandemic

by Olivia Haller

In this quietly devastating play, Haller raises a number of existential questions (about human connection, art, the tech-heavy moment we live in), through the conundrum faced by its protagonist. The play also is designed to be impacted by casting, so that gender and ethnicity informs how the dilemma plays out, making it a work in which form (not just text) can serve its ideas about the nature of the human condition.

In this quietly devastating play, Haller raises a number of existential questions (about human connection, art, the tech-heavy moment we live in), through the conundrum faced by its protagonist. The play also is designed to be impacted by casting, so that gender and ethnicity informs how the dilemma plays out, making it a work in which form (not just text) can serve its ideas about the nature of the human condition.
The Rendering Cycle

by Genevieve Jessee

I love the breadth of this play, the way it starts with the familiar and the present, and then crosses time and miles to encompass a long legacy. I return in mind to the early characters, thinking of all that follows in the text, and they are enriched by it--just as the playwright intends.

I love the breadth of this play, the way it starts with the familiar and the present, and then crosses time and miles to encompass a long legacy. I return in mind to the early characters, thinking of all that follows in the text, and they are enriched by it--just as the playwright intends.
Refuge

by Andrew Rosendorf

The poetics, the theatricality, the impossible complexity of everyone's situations--I thought about the play well after I finished reading.

The poetics, the theatricality, the impossible complexity of everyone's situations--I thought about the play well after I finished reading.
Jeune Terre

by Gab Reisman

Having spent a lot of time in rural communities outside N.O., I find this play incredibly truthful about local life and culture, and the voices are distinct. I think it’s a theatrical, fresh way to take on climate change (as one topic) while tapping into universal notions of individual vs society, home/place, what art does or doesn't do, and the struggle of choosing between evils.

Having spent a lot of time in rural communities outside N.O., I find this play incredibly truthful about local life and culture, and the voices are distinct. I think it’s a theatrical, fresh way to take on climate change (as one topic) while tapping into universal notions of individual vs society, home/place, what art does or doesn't do, and the struggle of choosing between evils.
Last Ship to Proxima Centauri

by Greg Lam

Even in this early draft, it's clear Greg Lam has created something special. The premise is killer, the conflicts fascinating, and the questions raised are sharp. I can't wait to see this up on its feet.

Even in this early draft, it's clear Greg Lam has created something special. The premise is killer, the conflicts fascinating, and the questions raised are sharp. I can't wait to see this up on its feet.

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David Valdes

Scripts

Loneliness Was A Pandemic

The Rendering Cycle

Refuge

Jeune Terre

Last Ship to Proxima Centauri