Hole Gazers (Upcoming)
Dynasty Handbag’s Weirdo Night at Zebulon, 2025. Photography by Nina Sarnelle.
A depressed gay porn-star forms a tenuous relationship with an anonymous fan who animates his likeness into her workplace accident prevention videos. An uneasy sense of intimacy develops through their online communications, which disrupts Man’s real-life, starting with a disastrous night of karaoke, set to the old disco duet “Come to Me” by France Joli.
A Live-Action Adaptation of an Episode of Tom & Jerry (2023)
Pageant, 2023. Photography by Reza Mirjalili.
This full-length play is set in a rehearsal room, in real time. FEMALE leads MALE through a series of impossible tasks: translating an episode of Tom & Jerry for the stage. As the source material becomes less accessible (due to the laws of gravity), the two must negotiate the tenuous access to each other’s bodies, as well as a newfound awareness of their own bodies. As questions of gender, consent, and trust invade their rehearsal, real danger is discovered—not in the smack of a frying pan, but rather in the unknown gaps of understanding between collaborators.
2024: Reading at Theatre Rhinoceros (San Francisco, CA), directed by Adin Walker.
2023: Premiere at Pageant (Brooklyn, NY).
Written by Scottie Harvey
Directed by Zakk Ottmers
Featuring Matt Albani and Scottie Harvey
Choreography by Cole Stapleton
Dramaturgy by Sophia Parker
Stage Managed by Helen Brown
Something’s in the Water at Abortion Beach (2022)
When a song from a poorly aged anti-abortion beach musical awakens memories of a faraway life, beatnik Sissy (Ryeder) questions her current sense of agency. As time passes and culture shifts, how do we make sense of the past? And do we even care anymore?
Premiered at Ars Nova’s ANT FEST (2022).
Written and Directed by Scottie Harvey
Original music by Henry Ryeder
Featuring Henry Ryder, Hannah Kallenbach, and Scottie Harvey
Produced by Carl Holder
Assistant Directed by Zakk Ottmers
I Will Be Your Feet When You Need Them (2020)
My first full-length play! A speck of dust from a diabetic woman’s amputated foot is carried by the wind into the lives of deceitful rocket engineers, lonely poisonous spiders, and inanimate object love stories. Despite the absurd premise, this work is about reimagining what a meaningful life can look like after one’s original purpose is lost.
2020: Recipient of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival’s Paula Vogel Award.