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Playwright Resume

This document provides biographical information about playwright Ryan Sprague and summaries of their plays. It lists seven of Sprague's plays, providing the title, length, character breakdown, brief synopsis, and production history for each. The plays cover topics like post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, a soldier's daughter grappling with family secrets, and a modern-day Jack the Ripper in New York City. Several of Sprague's plays have received nominations and awards. They have been produced in theaters across the United States.

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Playwright Resume

This document provides biographical information about playwright Ryan Sprague and summaries of their plays. It lists seven of Sprague's plays, providing the title, length, character breakdown, brief synopsis, and production history for each. The plays cover topics like post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, a soldier's daughter grappling with family secrets, and a modern-day Jack the Ripper in New York City. Several of Sprague's plays have received nominations and awards. They have been produced in theaters across the United States.

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Ryan Sprague

Playwright Screenwriter
[email protected]
315.506.0158
Reach
Length: 90 minutes
Characters: 1M. 1F
Synopsis: New Orleans 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina. In this quirky sweet story of hope, we learn what
happens after the media has gone. In rationalizing great tragedy, Leila and Jordan find themselves stagnant and
detached. And as secrets slowly rise to the surface, they soon discover that they are each other's only hope from
their own self-destruction.
History:
Staged reading for the Northern Writes 2nd Annual New Play Festival, 2008. Bangor, ME
Staged reading for At Hand Theatre Company, 2010, NYC
Full production for Encore Presentations, 2011, Syracuse, NY
Full production for Loaf Theatre Company, 2012, NYC
Full production for Estrana Theatre Company, 2013, NYC
Full production for Ivy Theatre Company, 2015, NYC
Full production for Misfits Theater, Boulder Fringe, 2016, Boulder, CO
The Soldiers Daughter
Length: 90 minutes
Characters: 2M. 3F
Synopsis: A year after Carlys father is killed in the line of duty, she befriends her older brothers former
roommate, Jasper. With her brother following in the father's footsteps and shipping off to the Middle East, Carly
and Jasper begin to connect, sharing more than they ever intended. And the war hero her father was once
perceived as, slowly starts to crumble in the wake of a startling truth.
History:
Staged reading for Dreamcatcher Entertainment, 2012, NYC
Workshop reading with The Glass Eye Theatre Co, 2013, NYC
Workshop reading for DreamCatcher Entertainment, 2013, NYC
Staged reading for Random Access Theatre Co, 2013, NYC
Staged reading for The Nuance Theater, 2014, NYC
Staged reading for ABOUTFACE IRELAND/Tangent Theatre Company, 2014, Tivoli, NY
Staged reading for Voyage Theatre Company, 2015 NYC
East in Red
Length: 90 minutes
Characters: 2M. 2F.
Synopsis: The grisly murders of Jack the Ripper take on a whole new level of brutality in modern day New York
City where the predator soon becomes the prey in this morality tale where gender roles and politics are
challenged, revealing through noir, horror, and dark humor, that the true victims lay somewhere deep down in
the misogyny festering all around us.
History:
Workshop production for Dreamcatcher Entertainment, 2011, NYC
Best Full Length, Best Production, and Best Blood work Nominations for NYIT Awards, 2011
Workshop production for Estrana Theatre Company, 2014, NYC
Workshop reading for John Desotelle Studio, 2014, NYC
Staged reading for Eager Risk Theater, 2015, NYC
Production for Dark House Theater, 2017, NYC

Some Just Do It Naturally


Published by: Black Box Theatre Publishing, 2013
Length: One Act (55-60 mins) Characters: 3M. 1F
Synopsis: Brent and Deirdre continue a clandestine affair with their significant others only a hallway away. A
circus of accusations, judgements, love, and sexuality play out with drastic intrigue.
History:
Workshop production, Tyler Lab Theatre, 2006, Oswego, NY
Winner of the 2006 Norma Jean Yembreck Playwriting Award
Top 10 of 60 plays in the Wonderland One Act Festival, 2007. Theatre Row, NYC
Best Playwright Nomination of the above Festival
Workshop production, Outworks LGBTQ Play Festival, 2014, Louisiana
In a Forest
Length: 10 minutes
Characters: 1M, 1F
Synopsis: Considered to be one of the most well-documented cases in Britain, more than 80 Air Force and
enlisted personnel lay witness to a three night event of unexplained phenomena. Larry Warren, one of those
witnesses, comes forward for the first time ever to recount his experience.
History:
Staged reading for the Terror Tales Reading Series, 2012, NYC
Film adaptation in pre-production by DreamCatcher Films, 2013, NYC
Placed 2nd for Best Science Fiction Short Script, Nashville Film Festival, 2014, TN
Full production for Nuance Theater, 2014, NYC
Full production for Otherworld Theater, 2015, Chicago, IL

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