Sean Coe
Baltimore, Maryland
Sean Coe is a Baltimore, Maryland based actor/writer. His first play, Hand Through The Veil, had its world premiere in Baltimore, October 29, 2021.

Plays

by Sean Coe

Renowned author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has spent years in pursuit of contact with the other side. Famed magician Harry Houdini has been on a parallel journey--to debunk the very notion. With the help of the brash and unpredictable medium Mina Crandon, the two come to the table for one final seance. The baggage all three bring with them results in a chaotic and strange experience that none will ever forget. In an era when society’s relationship to truth and evidence was rapidly evolving, what does it mean to ask for one--or receive one?

Cast:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Author: Male, 60s Harry Houdini: Magician/Escape Artist: Any gender, 40s-early 50s Mina Crandon: Purported Medium-Female, 30s
by Sean Coe

Two young African Americans have a fateful encounter with one of history's most notorious men, while traveling the West with a theatre company.

In the year 1878, siblings Alice and Samuel work with a traveling theatre company. One day during a performance of King Lear, the lead actor falls ill and a mysterious stranger offers to replace him. This leads to a tragic turn of events, leaving Samuel in search of justice and nature itself planning its own retribution.

Cast:
Samuel- African American, twenties Boston Corbett- White, forties Alice- African American, late twenties- early thirties Arthur Sunday (AKA J.W. B.) White, late thirties-forties Ensemble- Our heroes as they will play every other role in this piece. It would be really cool if they switched parts every night, but up to the director so I’ll shut up now. 5 actors, ideally 4 women, 1 man. Doubling as follows a suggestion: Actor 1- Actor/Manager, Ghost Actor 2- Character Actress, Bible Scholar and Dance Hall Girl Actor 3-Character Actor, Sheriff Actor 4- Juvenile and Rapt Actor 5-Leading Lady, Bored, Blonde and Dance Hall Girl
by Sean Coe

A playwright helps a once famed author remember the circumstances of his death; in doing so they explore vanishing as a society and person, and the myths that often replace them.

Cast:
A.B. : a half forgotten author. Male, 60s-70s. Playwright: Inventor of worlds. Female, late 20s-late 30s. Production Assistant /Mitchell Hedges/ Daniel/Antoine de Saint Exupéry-Male, late 30s-early 40s Stage Manager/Pancho Villa/ Scorpion/Annie Oakley-Female, mid 30s-mid40s Soldier 1/Butch Cassidy-Male, late 20s-late 30s Soldier 2/Sundance Kid-Male, late 20s-late 30s. Soldier3/Scorpion/Kid Curry-Male, late 20s-late30s
by Sean Coe

Tsar Paul of Russia is facing an inevitable overthrow and his friends and family must choose sides. A play about betrayal, power and friendship. When is it right to betray a friend?

Cast:
Count Peter Alexeivitch Pahlen: Male,40s. Military Governor Sapan: A castrati bodyguard of Tsar Paul. Female, 20s-mid 30s. Paul I: Tsar of Russia. Male,40s- 50s Baroness Anna Ostermann: Female, mid 30s early 40s. Count Panin: The Chamberlain. Male, mid 40s Grand Duke Alexander: Heir to the throne. Any gender, 20s. Prince Palatin: Reluctant member of Conpiracy. Male, 20s Count Zuloff: Member of the military conspiracy. Male, 50s. General Talyzin: Member of the military conspiracy. Male 40s Ivan: A servant of the Tsar. Any gender, any age. Film Geek: 25-40, any gender. Ensemble of Soldiers and Servants: At least 5-6. Various ages, any gender.
by Sean Coe

At the height of the Depression, Raggedy Ann and Andy are on the lam from a failed bank robbery and take refuge in the home of a young girl and her grandmother. Little do they know, they have arrived at the crossroads of Magic and Science.

Cast:
Edison- Male, Old as Dirt Doll 1- Female, 20s-30s Doll 2- Male, 20s-30s Sarah- 10-12 Granny- 50s-60s
by Sean Coe

A therapist tries to help a patient remember what's important before it's too late.

Cast:
Dez:Female or female identifying. Late 20s-early 40s Tim: Male or male identifying. Late 20s-early 40s

Successes

The Day We Killed J.W.B.  will have it's world premiere in Baltimore, November 1-17, 2024. It is being produced by Sisters Freehold(ww.sistersfreehold.org) and will be staged at The Voxel.

"The Day We Killed J.W.B." advanced to the 2nd round of the Austin Film Festival Playwrighting Competition