Marcus Gorman writer / performer
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ONE-ACTS / SHORTS

Wheels of a Dream

A children's theatre troupe recounts the violent history of the American transcontinental railroad
Picture[photo by Tommy Calderon]
Funhouse V
September 2019
Annex Theatre
​Seattle, WA

Director: Alex Garramone
Cast: Gabriel Joseph Adams, Sara Geiger, Elex Hill, Keller O'Malley, Zoe Schwartz

Semifinalist at the 2020 Gaslight-Baker Theatre One-Act Play Competition (Lockhart, TX)

Irreconcilable Differences

A newly married couple breaks up...on the dance floor
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[photo by Joe Iano]
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival
July 2024
​Center House Theater
​Seattle, WA

Director: Aidyn Stevens
Cast: Terri Weagant, Faith Vanchu, Mandy Rose Nichols

Expedition Mars

A sci-fi horror based on NASA's CHAPEA project
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[photo by Joe Iano]
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival
July 2024
​Center House Theater
​Seattle, WA

Director: Zandi Carlson
Cast: Van Lang Pham, Sophia Franzella, Lisa Viertel, Jerik Fernandez, Benjamin McFadden

Diamonds

What are they really talking about on the pitcher's mound?
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[photo by Joe Iano]
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival
July 2023
​Raisbeck Hall @ Cornish College of the Arts
​Seattle, WA

Director: Kiki Abba
Cast: S. Franco, Aarti Kumari, Archana Srikanta

Doctor Guts

A body horror infomercial for an organ-harvesting company
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[photo by Joe Iano]
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival
July 2023
​Raisbeck Hall @ Cornish College of the Arts
​Seattle, WA

Director: Pamala Mijatov
Cast: Alysha Curry, Perdita Jane Lawton, Caitlin Macy-Beckwith, Sarah Russell 

Saddle Up!

A U.S. Cavalry horse becomes a conscientious objector to settler colonialism​
Picture[photo by Joe Iano]
14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival
January 2019
​ACT Theatre
​Seattle, WA

Director: Ryan Higgins
Cast: Libby Barnard, Imogen Love, Lori Lynner, Julia Prud'homme

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Outside the Box Play Festival
June 2020
​Askew Theatre Company
Ashland, OR

Director: Obed Medina
Cast: Todd Lowenberg, Chiara Russi McCarty, Mozart Pierson, James Coleman


I Swear This is a Happy Play

Anxiety, Depression, and Irritation in the day of one woman's life
Picture[photo by Joe Iano]
​14/48: The World's Quickest Theatre Festival
January 2019
ACT Theatre
​Seattle, WA

Director: Troy Lund
Cast: Libby Barnard, Kelly Johnson, Imogen Love, Bob Williams


Laying Down Roots

Searching for a cure for her wife's illness, a scientist accidentally turns her into a rhubarb
Picture[photo by Joe Iano]
14/48: Nordo Food Theater Thunderdome V
May 2019
Cafe Nordo
​Seattle, WA

Director: Anastasia Higham
Actors: Corinne Magin, Marty Krouse, Madi Cooper, JP Hamilton
Chef: Christian Rosso


The Perfect Family

A nightmarish look at modern suburbia as a teenage girl desperately looks for an escape
Picture[art by Eddie DeHais]
The Ugly Radio podcast
Episode: "All Watched Over By Machines (of loving grace)"
Aired September 2020

Producer: Andrew Shanks
Cast: Skyler Gahley, Mike Gilson, Sky Stephenson, Andrew Shanks

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE HERE

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Play on Words: A Theatrical Podcast
Aired October 2021

Director: Mackenzie L. Martin
Producer: Soren de-Niz
Cast: Ella Mizera, James Maher, Mackenzie L. Martin, Max Kasperek

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The Guardsmen

A Pacific Northwest ghost story set on a golf course late one night in 1949
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​Kenmore Quickies
July 2019
As If Theatre
Kenmore, WA
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Director: Elizabeth Hershly
Cast: Dawn Cornell, Laura Crouch

Because

A teenage woman standing outside a dive bar talks of music and her uneasy family life
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Seattle Play Series: Capitol Hill
July 2015
Knights of Columbus Hall
Seattle, WA

Director: Tina Polzin
Cast: Amanda Keogh

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​Talking It Out Festival
March 2021
New York City, NY

Director: Anthony J. Piccione
Cast: Haley L.R. Anderson


Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

In a college town late one Halloween night, a student has a run-in with the Devil
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​Seattle Theatre Readers
January 2012
Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre
Seattle, WA

Cast: Chip Flory, Brian Sutherland

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