Drew Morrison – Writer and Educator

Wildlife

Two Fish and Wildlife inspectors at JFK Airport try to catch a prolific animal trader in the act, and with each thwarted attempt, increasingly wonder if the effort is futile.

Cast: 2M, 1W 

Staged reading: Pete’s Candy Store; Brooklyn, 2024.

Goner

Ten years after a cult leader died deep in the mountains, her three sisters reunite to bury her ashes in the remote retreat where tragedy shattered their family. 

Cast: 3W

Staged reading: Playwrights Horizons; NYC, 2019.

Semifinalist: The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwright’s Conference, 2020

Decontrol

In an unnamed totalitarian state, two roommates on the verge of losing their apartment invent an affordable care company, in order to con a wealthy upstairs neighbor into hiring them to take care of her elderly mother.

Cast: 3W

Staged reading: Pete’s Candy Store; Brooklyn, 2020.

Welcome to Retroland

For reasons known only to herself, a loner buys a cabin in a toxic, dried-out lakebed and starts to build a roller coaster. Her only company is the property’s super, drawn to the project for his own reasons.

Cast: 1W, 1M

Production: Tricklock Company; Albuquerque, 2018.

Semifinalist: The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center National Playwright’s Conference, 2017

The Break

Over the course of thirty years, a disgraced tennis pro coaches a mercurial local through fame, tragedy, and recovery.

Cast: 2W

Production: University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, 2017.

Second Place: Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival: The Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards, 2016