Molly Beach Murphy

MOLLY BEACH MURPHY is a writer of plays and musicals originally from Galveston, Texas. Her plays has been developed in New York City with New York Theater Workshop (where she is a NYTW ‘Usual Suspect’), Ars Nova, Page 73 Productions, The Civilian’s, New York Stage & Film, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Orchard Project, Rockefeller Brothers’ Fund, Yale Institute for Music Theater, NYMF, Pipeline Theater Company. Regionally, Molly’s work has been developed with The Alley Theatre, UCROSS, The Wilma, Two River Theatre, The Village Theatre among many others. Molly was The Drama League’s Beatrice Terry Resident, a member of Page 73’s I-73 writing group, a New Georges Audrey Resident and a semi-finalist for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship. Her essays and personal writings have been published in American Theatre Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The Hairpin, & The Santa Ana River Review. She is a Guest Lecturer of Playwrighting at the University of Birmingham.

Molly began her theatre career in NYC as a director’s assistant. Working On and Off-Broadway for directors such as Tina Landau, Jo Bonney, Patricia McGregor, Bill Irwin, Regina Taylor among others. She then worked as an assistant to the playwrights John Guare and Suzan-Lori Parks. It was under their stewardship that Molly began to create her own plays and musicals.

Contact: Derek Zasky, William Morris Endeavor: dsz@wmeagency.com

Plays

at Arles

Alley Theatre All New Festival | New Georges Audrey Residency

IKE

New York Stage & Film | Drama League Beatrice Terry Residency | Page 73 Interstate 73 Writer’s Group

THE AIR GOT THICK

The Alley at Ucross Foundation

MUSICALS

COWBOY BOB

Word Premiere, The Alley Theatre March 2023

Houston Chronicle Review | “a unique and boisterous show that smoothly shifts gears into something more haunting, an ode to and elegy for the American dream.”

Texas Monthly Review | “a helluva soundtrack, mixing the euphoric rage of a few Riot grrrl–inspired numbers with country tunes that could be at home in a smoky honky-tonk”

Developed at: New York Theater Workshop’s Adelphi Residency | Ars Nova | Yale Institute for Music Theater | UArts Polyphone | New York Stage & Film | The Village Theater

BOYS STATE

Adaptation of the award winning documentary, in development with Bad Robot/ATG.

CREDIT

Developed at: Mercury Store Residency | Civilians’ R&D Group | The Orchard Project

essays

“Where Are You Going” The Where Project

“Two Victors” The Hairpin