Seth Bockley

Seth Bockley is a writer and theater director specializing in literary adaptation, design-driven production, and new work development. His adaptations for the stage range from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, Rip Van Winkle and stories by George Saunders. In Chicago, he served as Writer in Residence for the Goodman Theater, and his plays have been staged in New York at The Public Theater, La MaMa and En Garde Arts, as well as in Toronto, Mexico City, and all over the world.

Seth Bockley is a writer and theater director specializing in literary adaptation, design-driven production, and new work development. His adaptations for the stage range from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Roberto Bolaño’s 2666, Rip Van Winkle and stories by George Saunders. In Chicago, he served as Writer in Residence for the Goodman Theater, and his plays have been staged in New York at The Public Theater, La MaMa and En Garde Arts, as well as in Toronto, Mexico City, and all over the world.

Scripts

Wilderness

Written by Seth Bockley

Cast Size
7—20
Genre
dark comedy,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
movement/physical

WILDERNESS is a pulsating documentary theatre piece that speaks to our collective search for connection and hope, as families survive the extraordinary pressures and complexities that accompany coming of age in 21st-century America. It is anchored by six real families’ stories—narratives that explore issues of mental health, addiction, and gender and sexual identity. In WILDERNESS, adolescents stand at the brink...

WILDERNESS is a pulsating documentary theatre piece that speaks to our collective search for connection and hope, as families survive the extraordinary pressures and complexities that accompany coming of age in 21st-century America. It is anchored by six real families’ stories—narratives that explore issues of mental health, addiction, and gender and sexual identity. In WILDERNESS, adolescents stand at the brink of emotional chaos, lost in social stigma, insecurity, aggression, and anger. Parents risk losing their children forever. Thoughts race. Emotions fire. Isolation intensifies. One question emerges: How do we persevere when we feel most alone in the world?

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