​​​Production History

​Suburban Redux

Gadfly Theatre Production, Lowry Lab Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2011 

Unwashed Grape Productions, Théâtre Ste-Catherine, (Produced under the title “Cuthbert's Last Stand - Uncut!”), Montréal, Qc, Canada, 2006

First Annual ARTSport New Works Playwriting Contest, Finalist, 2005

Reviews

“A witty drawing-room comedy à la Oscar Wilde” “Shocking admissions, tearful recriminations and several jolly good laughs” “Highly entertaining”

The Montreal Mirror

“A stylish Wildean comedy” “The writing is finely tuned” “Consistently entertaining”

The Soho Theatre & Writers' Centre, London

The End of the World

Capital Stage Company, Playwrights’ Revolution Festival of New Works, E. Claire Raley Studios for the Performing Arts, Sacramento, California, 2018

hotINK International Festival of Play Readings, New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2009

The Treachery of Images

Dean Productions Theatre Company, 'Premiere the Play' series audio drama production, Los Angeles, California, 2023 season

Heiress Productions, Simple Studios, Playwriting Competition Winner, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2010

Lost in Fairyland

Emerald Theatre Company, TheatreWorks, Memphis Tennessee, 2012

Lavender Footlights Festival, Directed by Bailiwick Repertory’s David Zak, Miami, Florida (Staged Reading), 2005

A Portada Theatre Group, Paderne Theatre, Portugal, 2004

Chashama Theatre, The Chip Deffaa Invitational: A Theatre Festival, New York, New York, 2002

Pulse Ensemble Theatre, Winner, Chamber Theatre Festival, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2001

Reviews

“Passionate…intriguing...unpredictable” “The play recalls Larry Kramer’s infamous 1978 novel, ‘Faggots’” “The idea of the gay antihero, so prevalent in the pre-Stonewall dramas of playwrights such as Tennessee Williams, Robert Anderson and Mart Crowley, has diminished considerably in modern drama, which is what makes Andrew Biss’ latest contribution to gay theater, 'Lost in Fairyland,' so refreshing” “The notions raised by Biss about gay culture and identity resonate heavily, suggesting that Kramer’s concerns about letting sexuality define our lives are as relevant today as they were decades ago.”

Washington Square News

“Lost in Fairyland reminds us that gay (and straight, and in between) comes in all varieties, and that sexual preference need not be the only, or main, way that a person defines himself.” “Biss’ perspectives on gay life are interesting and worth hearing, though they may not prove popular with the Gay Pride crowd.” nytheatre.com

The Craft

Bitesize Drama, Platt Memorial Hall, St. Mary's Platt, Kent, UK, 2022

Pentacle Theatre, Variety Show, Salem, Oregon, 2021

Third Annual Festival of Shorts, B3 Theater, Phoenix, Arizona, 2020

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

Hong Kong Players, ‘From Page to Stage: An Evening of Short Plays,’ McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2019

Granite State Arts Academy, Performing Arts Center, X - A Series of 10-Minute Plays, Salem, New Hampshire, 2019

Ashland University Theatre, Ashland, 10-Minute Play Festival, Ohio, 2018

Bucksbaum Center for the Arts at Grinnell College, One-Act Festival, Grinnell, Iowa, 2018

The Merely Players Theatre Company, Minnesota Shorts 10th Anniversary Show, Mankato, Minnesota (Winner ‘Best of the Decade’ Award), 2018

Bigger Fish Theatre, ShortStuff2, Theatre503 and The White Bear Theatre, London, 2017

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The Parish Players, 11th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, Thetford Hill, Vermont, 2017

​University of Pennsylvania, Theatre Arts Council One Acts Festival, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2017

The Merely Players Theatre Company, Minnesota Shorts Festival, Mankato, Minnesota, 2016

​iDiOM Theater, Spring Rep, Best of Brass Monkey, Bellingham, Washington, 2015

Fractured Lines Theatre & Film, Blaggards New Writing Festival, COG ARTSpace, London, 2014

Studio Players, 2014 10-Minute Play Festival, Lexington, Kentucky, 2014

Pink Banana Theatre Co., Next Act Theatre, 'The Honeymoon is Over' One-Acts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2014

MadLab Theatre, Theatre Roulette Festival, Columbus, Ohio, 2014

​Dartmouth Players, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2013

Playhouse Creatures Theatre Company, West Chelsea Arts Building, Spring New Play Reading series, New York, New York, 2013

Woy Woy Little Theatre, Inc., Peninsula Theatre Woy Woy, NSW, Australia, 2013

The Playhouse Theatre, OneFest One Act Play Festival Hobart, Australia, 2012

In Company Theatre, Off Cut Festival at Riverside Studios, London (Finalist), 2011

FirstStage, Finalist 14th Annual National One-Act Play Competition, Missing Piece Theatre, Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2010 

Reviews

“The Craft by Andrew Biss had the entire audience in fits of giggles as two actors delivered their real thoughts whilst being on stage. Actors of any age can relate to Biss’ hilarious quips about moody, handsome facial expressions when delivering monologues, the stunned look of forgetting lines and not giving a damn or even the awkward stage kiss with your behind the scenes enemy.”

The New Current, London

“The Craft - a hysterical two-hander about two mutually loathing actors playing a scene with their every inner thought being spoken out loud. I loved it, it was immediate, punchy writing and crucially extremely witty.”
There Ought To Be Clowns, London

“The marvelous ‘The Craft’…A hilarious insight into the inner dialogue these characters are having on stage as they are acting in a play.”
The Public Reviews, London

“The highlight was The Craft by Andrew Biss…I laughed so heartily that my sides ached and now just thinking about pandas brings back a chuckle…Working with people you don't really like that much is unpleasant and Biss really captures the vitriol of that reality in this short play. There's a certain realism to both works that suggests Biss has spent a great deal of time either treading the boards or lurking in the wings, and it makes his writing so engaging. If ever there was a poster boy for "write what you know", it's Biss, because what he knows really does entertain us.”

Views from the Gods, London

“Change can't come soon enough for the two characters mired in Andrew Biss' "The Craft" — the night's last and funniest piece — which features two actors (played by Jonathon Weisse and Amanda Eaton) enacting a love scene on stage, even though they actually hate each other.

The disconnect between the roles they must play and their toxic interior monologues is the perfect nightcap for a collection in which we're continually reminded that in both theater and life, we play best when we passionately believe in the scripts we perform.”
The Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

The Butcher

Hong Kong Players, ‘From Page to Stage: An Evening of Short Plays,’ McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2019

Indigenous Peoples

Union Theatre, Union of Shorts - Best of the Bunch, London, England, 2007/2008

Wonderland One-Act Festival, The Studio Theatre, Theatre Row Studios New York, New York, (Winner, Best Play), 2007

Moving Arts, Premiere One-Act Festival, Los Angeles Theater Center Los Angeles, California, 2004

Riant Theatre at the Producers Club II, Strawberry One-Act Festival, New York, New York, 2004

Eastbound Theatre, Eastbound Summer Play Festival Milford, Connecticut, 2004

Triangle Theatre, New Play Reading Series, New York, New York, 2004

Creative Acting Company, Part of 'Indigenous Peoples and Other Short Plays,' New York, New York, 2004

The Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival, New York, New York, 2003

Union Theatre, Union of Shorts - Camp!, London, 2002

FirstStage, 6th Annual National One-Act Play Competition (First Place Winner), Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2002

Reviews

“My favourite [play of the evening] is Andrew Biss’ ‘Indigenous Peoples’…Hilarious”

The Stage

“Andrew Biss proves that simplicity can be far more engaging with ‘Indigenous Peoples’…Biss’ writing is warm and funny” "Amusing and likeably daft"

Time Out

“An extremely funny masterpiece of Cowardesque dialogue” "A hilarious play"

Theatreworld Internet Magazine

“There is one charming exception in Andrew Biss’ Indigenous Peoples…The dialogue is so chirpily surreal…Succeeds on its own daft level…Brings a moment of erotic comedy which almost justifies the cost of a ticket.”

What’s On

“Amusingly clever and eruditely absurd”

Extra! Extra!

Cuthbert's Last Stand

The Warner Theatre, 2014 Warner International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, Connecticut, 2014

Théâtre Ste-Catherine, Village Scene/Unwashed Grape Productions The Montreal G.L.B.T. International Theatre Festival, Montréal, Qc. Canada, 2005

American Theatre of Actors, The Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival, New York, New York, 2002

The Storm Theatre, Conspiracy Theatre Company, New York, New York, 2002

Brick Playhouse, Albert Benzwei Award (Finalist), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2002

FirstStage, 5th Annual National One-Act Play Competition (First Place Winner), Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2001

Reviews

“Clever…Endearing and funny”

Off-Off-Broadway Review

What's the Meta?

Fine and Performing Arts Chair of Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts, 2022

The New School, Advanced Drama Studies Performance, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2021

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

The Encore Players Community Theatre, Encore Shorts, One-Act Plays,  Interlaken, New York, 2018 

Tempest Theatre at Elizabethtown College, E-town Shorts Fest VII, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, 2017

SUNY Jefferson, 8 Ten-Minute Plays, Watertown, New York, 2017

Barrington Community Theatre, Short Takes in the Gallery: Three Express(ive) One-Acts, Barrington, Illinois, 2010

The Hunger Artists Theatre Company, Beyond Convention II, Fullerton, California, 2008

Mind The Gap Theatre, BritBits 4, New York, New York, 2008

The East Haddam Stage Company, Plays and Poetry, East Haddam, Connecticut, 2008

The Lost Playwrights of Western North Carolina, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 2008

Reviews

“Theatrical crack… One hell of a good time…In a truly esoteric stint, What’s the Meta? offers up a conversation between the words that make up two different characters in a play…making me speechless.” OC Weekly

Cocktail Conversation

The Rabbit’s Riot Theatre Company, The Nest Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland, 2017

Blackburn College Department of Performing Arts, Carlinville, Illinois, 2017

Unwashed Grape Productions, Théâtre Ste-Catherine 'Biss-Ous: Four One-Acts by Andrew Biss' Montréal, Canada, 2006

Union Theatre, Union of Shorts: PUB!, London, 2005

Riant Theatre, First Annual International Lesbian and Gay Theatre Festival, Producers Club, New York, New York, 2002

Reviews

“Wickedly funny” “Well written and brilliantly acted” Theatreworld Internet Magazine

“Deliciously camp” “An absolute riot”

IndieLondon

“Eavesdrops on a gay couple with humour and warmth.”

The Stage

Foreign Bodies

Mind The Gap Theatre, Part of 'An Evening of Short Plays by Andrew Biss,' New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2006

Emerging Artists Theatre, Spring EATFest New York, New York, 2005

Reviews

“Foreign Bodies is a gleefully dire, tongue-in-cheek look at how we lose our perceptiveness the more we try to smooth out the edges of our lives and relationships.” “Delightful…touching and unique.”

Offoffonline

“Absurd comedy with strange, witty twists.” nytheatre.com

Filler

Manhattan’s Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, New York., New York, 2022 

​Fine and Performing Arts Chair of Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts, 2022

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

Ghost Dog Productions, Playground New Writing Showcase, The Horse & Stables, Waterloo, London, 2014

City Theatre of Independence, 5th Annual Original Playwrights Festival, Powerhouse Theatre, Independence, Missouri, 2013

Reviews

Andrew Biss's script is a really fun idea, which sees Shane (Liam McGrane) and Tatyana (Irina Jida) suspect they aren't the most important people on stage. When Tatyana points out, "this scene is completely unnecessary to the arc of the overall story" it all starts to get a bit meta, drawing inspiration from Beckett.

Views from the Gods, London

A Rebel Among the Wretched

South Dakota State University Department of Theatre & Dance, Brookings, South Dakota, 2022 

Bitesize Drama, Platt Memorial Hall, St. Mary's Platt, Kent, UK, 2022

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

ALCS Drama Department, Madison, Wisconsin, 2019

The Phillips Academy, Theatre and Dance Department, Andover, Massachusetts, 2019

CGHS Arts Department One-Act Festival, Mainstage Theater, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2018

Phoenix Stage Company, 3rd Annual One-Act Festival, Naugatuck, Connecticut, 2015

The Actors Workout Studio, Spring Fest!, Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2014

Heideman Award (Finalist), The National Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, 2011

The Skewed Picture

Niagara University’s Department of Theatre & Fine Arts Short Play Festival at the Leary Theatre, Lewiston, New York, 2023

The Kirk Players, Play Festival, Mundelein, Illinois, 2022 

The Department of Theatre, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, Minnesota, 2022

Troy University’s Department of Theatre and Dance, Trojan Center Theater, Troy, Alabama, 2021 

Department of Drama, Eastchester HS, Eastchester, New York, 2021

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

ALCS Drama Department, Madison, Wisconsin, 2019

Abilene Community Theatre, A Night of One Acts, ACT II Black Box Theatre, Abilene, Texas, 2018

Metropolitan State University of Denver, One Act Plays Project, Studio Theatre, Denver, Colorado, 2018

​Stage Left Theater, Hit & Run IX, Spokane, Washington (Staged Reading), 2015

The Hovey Players, Summer Shorts Festival, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2011

The Vortex Theatre Don’t Blink! International Play Festival, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2011

A Small Act of Vandalism

The Royal Court Theatre, GRIT Project , London (Staged Reading) 2015

The Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, Write Now Festival: ‘Speak Up, Speak Out’, London, 2014

Carbon-Based Life Form Seeks Similar

The Kirk Players, Livestream Play Festival, Mundelein, Illinois, 2022 

​The Léman Manhattan Preparatory School, One Act Play Festival, New York, New York, 2021

Tortilla Entertainment Company, Tortilla Twister Short Play Festival, Bangalore, India, 2017

The Curan Repertory Company, American Theatre of Actors Notes From The Underground Festival, New York, New York, 2011

The Independent Theatre Collective, StoFest One-Act Play Festival, Wheeling, West Virginia, 2010

A Flawed Character

Fine and Performing Arts Chair of Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts, 2022

Bitesize Drama, Platt Memorial Hall, St. Mary's Platt, Kent, UK, 2022

The Kirk Players, Livestreamed Play Festival, Mundelein, Illinois, 2022 

Ashland University Department of Theatre, Ten-Minute Play Festival at the Hugo Young Theatre, Ashland, Ohio, 2021

Savannah College of Art and Design Department of Performing Arts, 10-Minute Play Festival, Savannah, Georgia, 2021

Sarasota Area Playwrights Society (SAPS), Sarasota, Florida, 2020 

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

Directors’ Showcase of One-Act Plays, Truman State University Ophelia Parrish Fine Arts Center in the James G. Severns Theatre, Kirksville, Missouri, 2019

ALCS Drama Department, Madison, Wisconsin, 2019

Hong Kong Players, ‘From Page to Stage: An Evening of Short Plays,’ McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2019

Granite State Arts Academy, Performing Arts Center, X - A Series of 10-Minute Plays, Salem, New Hampshire, 2019

Kean University, Directors Showcase, Union, New Jersey, 2019

SLATE Theatre, Comedic Short Play Festival, East Hawai’i Cultural Center-Kahua ʻElua, Hilo, Hawai’i, 2018
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The Curious Art of Critique

The Oast Theatre, Ten Minute Play Festival, Tonbridge, England, 2021

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

ALCS Drama Department, Madison, Wisconsin, 2019

Hong Kong Players, ‘From Page to Stage: An Evening of Short Plays,’ McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2019

California Lutheran University, Theatre Arts Department, 10-Minute Play Festival, Thousand Oaks, California, 2019

Ashland University Theatre, 10-Minute Play Festival, Ashland, Ohio, 2018

SLATE Theatre, Comedic Short Play Festival, East Hawai’i Cultural Center-Kahua ʻElua, Hilo, Hawai’i, 2018

Studio One Acts, CHS, Carmel, Indiana, 2016 

Tacked-On Ending

Western Illinois University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Simpkins Theatre, Macomb, Illinois, 2020

Troy University, Department of Theatre and Dance, Troy, Alabama, 2019

Hong Kong Players, ‘From Page to Stage: An Evening of Short Plays,’ McAulay Studio, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 2019

Granite State Arts Academy, Performing Arts Center, X - A Series of 10-Minute Plays, Salem, New Hampshire, 2019

Dedication

Birchvale Players, Birchvale Theatre, Dalbeattie, Scotland, 2018 

Turtle Shell Productions, Times Square Arts Center, New York, New York, 2008

Reviews

“Smart…Compelling...The dialog hits with an open palm…The subtlety of Biss' script comes into focus and the two characters shift positions”

nytheatre.com

Café Grotesquerie

University of Notre Dame, Drama Studio, Perth, Western Australia, 2018

EndTimes Productions, The Red Room Theatre, Vignettes for the Apocalypse, New York, New York, 2010

Big Girl

3Graces Theater Company, Spring Shorts 2, Turtle Shell Theater, New York, New York, 2008

Mind The Gap Theatre, Part of 'An Evening of Short Plays by Andrew Biss,' New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2006

Public Relations

Black Cat Theatre Company, Millennials: #Disconnected, Pleasance Theatre, London, 2018

Curan Repertory Company, Notes From The Underground Festival, New York, New York, 2009 

FirstStage, Playwrights Express Festival, Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2005 

Kitchen Sink Drama

Bitesize Drama, Platt Memorial Hall, St. Mary's Platt, Kent, UK, 2022

​Naatak Theatre, An Evening of Short Plays, San Francisco, California, 2022

Mind The Gap Theatre, BritBits 5, New York, New York (One-Act Version), 2009

The Man Who Liked Dick

Unwashed Grape Productions, Théâtre Ste-Catherine 'Biss-Ous: Four One-Acts by Andrew Biss' Montréal, Canada, 2006

Reviews

“Flirtatious and fun… refreshing, very well written… check it out”

The Concordian

WYWH

FirstStage, Playwrights Express Festival, Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2006

FirstStage, 9th Annual National One-Act Play Competition (Semi-Finalist), Los Angeles, California, 2005

Ciao, Aleppo

New Moon Monologues, Queen of Cups Productions, London, United Kingdom, 2020

One Night Only

A Night of One Acts, Janice B. Streeter Theater, Nashua, New Hampshire, 2020

The Replica

Unwashed Grape Productions, Théâtre Ste-Catherine ‘Biss-Ous: Four One-Acts by Andrew Biss,’ Montréal, Canada, 2006

10th Annual National One-Act Play Competition, FirstStage, Hollywood (Semi-Finalist), 2006

Reviews

“Haunting…intense…totally engaging”

The Concordian

Organ Failure

Dark Work Monologues, Troubadour Theatre, Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom, 2020 

The One-Eyed Guru

McEvoy Theater, New Hampton School Theatre Arts Program, New Hampton, New Hampshire, 2006

Youngstown State University College of Fine and Performing Arts, Youngstown, Ohio, 2005

The Joneses

11th Annual National One-Act Play Competition, FirstStage, Hollywood (Semi-Finalist), 2007

An Honest Mistake

NextStage Productions, Santa Cruz, California, 2020

ArtWork Enterprises Rogue Valley Festival, Ashland, Oregon, 2008

Heartlande Theatre Company, Play by Play Festival, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2002

American Globe Theatre, 7th Annual Fifteen Minute Play Festival, New York, New York, 2001 

Long Island City Arts Project, SpringFest, New York, New York, 2001

A Familiar Face

NextStage Productions, Santa Cruz, California, 2020

Kirkton Players, Glasgow District Festival of One Act Plays, The Denny Civic Theatre, Dumbarton, Scotland, 2011

Tobermory Drama Festival, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland, 2011

Kirkton Players, Kirkton Church Hall, Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 2011

Dunvegan Players SCDA One Act Play Festival, Aros Centre, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 2010

Killin Drama Club Scottish Community Drama Association Festival of One Act Plays, Killin, Scotland, 2006

SCDA Scott Salver Playwriting Competition Third Place Winner, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2006

Einstein's Bastards Theater Company, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2003

A Slip of the Tongue

Einstein's Bastards Theater Company, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2003

Einstein's Bastards Theatre Company, Cornelia Street Cafe Artists Salon, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2003

An Embarrassing Odour

NextStage Productions, Santa Cruz, California, 2020

Tobermory Drama Festival, Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland, 2013

Einstein's Bastards Theater Company, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2003

Hudson Theatre, Women's Theatre Company Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 2002

Optioned as a short film by Creations Pictures Los Angeles, California, 2002

A Stunning Confession

Flagler College Theatre Arts Department Senior One-Act Conservatory Show, Saint Augustine, Florida, 2006

Einstein's Bastards Theater Company, Cornelia Street Cafe, New York, New York (Staged Reading), 2003

Degraded

Emerging Artists Theatre, Intar Theatre, New York, New York, (Developmental Reading), 2003

'Tis Pity He's a Whore

Unwashed Grape Productions, Théâtre Ste-Catherine, ‘Biss-Ous: Four One-Acts by Andrew Biss,’ Montréal, Canada, 2006

FirstStage, Playwrights Express Festival, Los Angeles, California (Staged Reading), 2001