Chris Barlow writes plays about frivolous millennial things like crippling student debt and global catastrophe. He received his MFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and his BA in Theater from Fordham Lincoln Center. His work has been performed at Ars Nova, HERE Arts Center, Ensemble Studio Theater, Dixon Place, the Dramatists Guild, T. Schreiber Studios, Fordham University, NYU, UCB Chelsea, and the PIT Loft.
Plays for Young Artists
Stage Partners publishes and licenses my original plays written specifically for young actors in middle school and high school. Best of all: You can read them in their entirety for free at the Stage Partners website.
iFeel: A Sci-Fi Rom-Com
Relationships are hard, but thankfully technology has made them easier than ever before: Just sync your feelings through the cloud with iFeel! But when Sam and Tyler decide to take their relationship to the next level––and start syncing their feelings––the result is a zany sci-fi rom-com that asks just how much sharing is too much sharing…
School of Sharks: A Shark Tank Parody
Does your school have what it takes to come up with the next million dollar idea? Find out when everyone’s favorite startup competition comes to town, and students, teachers, and parents all gather to pitch their wildest and weirdest business ideas to a panel of eccentric investors. With wacky pitches, hilarious sharks, flexible casting, and bonus scenes to customize the runtime, School of Sharks is the perfect play to take a bite out of boredom in your school.
Stranded: Views from Quarantine
Monologue: “20,000 Steps”
In response to the school closings and canceled spring productions, Stage Partners recruited myself and over a dozen other playwrights to contribute free quarantine-themed monologues that schools and students can produce online for free.
Plays for “Old” Artists
I guarantee they’re all young at heart, though!
Equity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Student Loans)
Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist (2020)
• Workshop with The Public Theater Collaboration Reloaded @ NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Dirs. Stella Powell-Jones, Melissa Crespo, and Logan Vaughn
• Read it at the New Play Exchange
How To Die Alone (A Guide for Beginners)
• Read it at the New Play Exchange
Friends Don’t Let Friends (Or: Television Lied to Us)
• Workshop with West of 10th Theater @ The Dramatist’s Guild (2017), Dir. Molly Rose Clifford
• Reading at the Fresh Fruit Festival @ The Wild Project (2018)
• Read it at the New Play Exchange
Post-Apocalyptic La Ronde (Set in the McDonald’s on 170th and Broadway)
• Workshop with Play by Play, Dir. Tyler Kent (2017)
• Read it at the New Play Exchange
Condolences from the Future!
• World Premier at Ars Nova ANT Fest
Life of Leisure (Based on Uncle Vanya)
• Workshop with the Fordham Alumni Company
The Heart is a Lonely Arsonist
• Workshop with the Fordham Alumni Company @ The Veronica Lalley Kehoe Theater, Dir. Morgan Gould
The Big Country
Winner of the T. Schreiber New Works Project
• World Premier at T. Schreiber Studios, Dir. Morgan Gould
This is Chris Barlow (.com)
Chris is a creative writer and editor with a background in consumer tech and audio design. He enjoys a solid Cabernet in any weather and has an extensive collection of fall sweaters (not pictured).