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bell a writer of plays
and screenplays!!!
[i also have pilots.)
Plays
SCOUTS
five unsupervised teens gather in a spooky cabin in the woods to perform Frankenstein-inspired witchcraft-revenge, something they discovered in an abandoned 2008 TeenVogue magazine. scouts is a coming-of-rage teen folktale for the zillennial generation.
National Playwrights Conference, Semi-Finalist, 2025
Austin Film Festival Script Competition, Semi-Finalist, 2025
Stanley Drama Award, Semi-Finalist, 2025
University of Denver, Staged Reading, Jan 2026
SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series, May & July 2026
follow @scoutstheplay on Instagram for updates about the future of scouts ...
DARK ROOM
when an esteemed bridal photographer begins to lose her eyesight, she coordinates a photoshoot with her estranged daughter. DARK ROOM is a theatrical portrait of the pain of forgiveness through a decade-long moment in time.
National Playwrights Conference, Semi-Finalist, 2026
Goldberg Award, Winner, 2026
IN DEVELOPMENT ...
THE RISE & FALL & FALL AGAIN OF PHAEDRA
an up-and-coming feminist filmmaker, Phoebe, believes her take-down Woody Allen biopic will land her an Oscar nom. but while working on the cursed script, she begins to develop confusing, lustful desires for her own step-son, a men's rights activist. this loose adaptation of Euripides' Hippolytus examines how terribly you can fall as a woman in the spotlight and includes a chorus of cancelled artists.
THE BATTLE FOR THE BATTLE OF THE BANSHEE
the ride op position at The Battle of the Banshee in America's prestige European themed amusement park, Queen's Point, is the most coveted minimum wage job in all of Ohio. too bad the park has decided the Irish Realm will be absorbed into the British Realm and the roller-coaster will be totally repainted and renamed to be (gasp!) British! The ride ops must stand together to stop the conquest of their beloved coaster.
a play about Disney adults & thoosies [theme park enthusiasts], pretending to be European during the fall of the American Empire, and yeah it might be a metaphor for the Irish troubles ...
WET GIRLS
three vapid rich girls argue about daddy's will while the largest hurricane in the history of the world rages around them
King Lear meets The Kardashians meets a never-ending hurricane. a play for a kiddie pool.
UNTITLED GHOST TOUR PLAY
Thomas, a ghost tour guide in Manhattan, has stopped believing in ghosts. but you should still sign up for his ghost tour! his past is more haunted than greenwich village is anyway ...
an interactive solo play that is part history tour with a touch of magic
co-created with Katie Walker
LITTLE SWEET TREATS
Everything changes when the viral pink Swedish candy store, Sweetish Treats, hires their first male employees. a play about women's spaces, girl bossing, and immigration with many, many TikTok dances.