Elissa Marks

Elissa Marks is a playwright, poet, actress, vocalist, and novelist from Oklahoma. She has been writing since she was very young and is currently studying creative writing and theatre at the collegiate level. You can find her and her non-theatrical work on Instagram @miss.elissa.marks

Elissa Marks is a playwright, poet, actress, vocalist, and novelist from Oklahoma. She has been writing since she was very young and is currently studying creative writing and theatre at the collegiate level. You can find her and her non-theatrical work on Instagram @miss.elissa.marks

Scripts

I AM NOT WRITING A ROM-COM

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

Jamie, a young playwright, is determined to abandon her obsession with all things love story to pursue something — anything — more serious. There’s a problem, though: her characters seem to have a mind of their own, and make her scenes romantic at every turn. What’s worse, Jamie has to dodge romance in her real life, too, as feelings grow between her and her roommate Piper. The play follows Jamie’s journey with...

Jamie, a young playwright, is determined to abandon her obsession with all things love story to pursue something — anything — more serious. There’s a problem, though: her characters seem to have a mind of their own, and make her scenes romantic at every turn. What’s worse, Jamie has to dodge romance in her real life, too, as feelings grow between her and her roommate Piper. The play follows Jamie’s journey with self-worth and creativity, and her path back to believing in love and in herself.

This piece is still being workshopped and will update as changes are made.

Tits or Ass

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

Four great philosophers (a group of queer twenty-somethings) hotly debate the world's most important question: tits or ass?

Four great philosophers (a group of queer twenty-somethings) hotly debate the world's most important question: tits or ass?

BLACK FRIDAY

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

An overworked retail employee on the busiest workday of the year meets her worst nightmare - a chatty customer with no sense of urgency, a tendency toward oversharing, and no regard for human life.

An overworked retail employee on the busiest workday of the year meets her worst nightmare - a chatty customer with no sense of urgency, a tendency toward oversharing, and no regard for human life.

Welcome to Camp Krazikiller!

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

Two tween girls arrive at summer camp prepared for the best two weeks of their lives, entirely and hilariously unaware that they are the first round of cannon fodder in a classic summer camp slasher flick complete with all the expected tropes.

Two tween girls arrive at summer camp prepared for the best two weeks of their lives, entirely and hilariously unaware that they are the first round of cannon fodder in a classic summer camp slasher flick complete with all the expected tropes.

The View from Out Here

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

Two "astronauts" aboard a commercial voyage funded by a notorious billionaire witness the explosion of the earth and grapple with its consequences.

Two "astronauts" aboard a commercial voyage funded by a notorious billionaire witness the explosion of the earth and grapple with its consequences.

The Amazing Adventures of Superego

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

Two men, renowned screenwriting partners and lifelong best friends, come remarkably close to recognizing their own toxic masculinity with the help of Sigmund Freud.

Two men, renowned screenwriting partners and lifelong best friends, come remarkably close to recognizing their own toxic masculinity with the help of Sigmund Freud.

I'm Bumble Boy

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

A teenage superhero reveals their secret identity to their friends and receives an unexpected response.

A teenage superhero reveals their secret identity to their friends and receives an unexpected response.

The Graveyard Shift

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

In a fantastical world where the monsters you know and love from scary stories of Halloween roam free and run a society of their very own, a werewolf is forced to work their retail job on the night of a full moon.

In a fantastical world where the monsters you know and love from scary stories of Halloween roam free and run a society of their very own, a werewolf is forced to work their retail job on the night of a full moon.

You're On My List

by Elissa Marks

Synopsis

Two good friends with very different personalities get stuck at a table together during a speed-dating event. Through the course of their seven-minute "date", the two realize that perhaps the romance they seek may be closer than they expected.

Two good friends with very different personalities get stuck at a table together during a speed-dating event. Through the course of their seven-minute "date", the two realize that perhaps the romance they seek may be closer than they expected.