​Matthew Ethan Davis
Playwright.Screenwriter.Actor
Vagabond
Vagabond is a drama set in 1853 America, as the Industrial Revolution reshapes the world and threatens the destruction of individuality, Vagabond tells the story of Paul, a free-spirited gay wanderer, who arrives in a small mountain town and falls in love with Joey, a shoemaker clinging to the vanishing art of hand-crafted shoemaking. Their romance unsettles Joey’s coworkers and ripples through the community, forcing each character to confront the end of tradition, identity, or even life itself in a search for meaning and renewal. Against the backdrop of a dying craft, Vagabond is a poignant exploration of love, transformation, and the courage to defy convention in a world on the brink of change.
Envelope in the Wind
Envelope in the Wind is a hauntingly comedic ghost story about estranged sisters Diane and Julie, reunited by the inheritance of a crumbling, secluded house shrouded in mystery. Diane, grappling with total amnesia, begins experiencing inexplicable events and questioning Julie’s identity and motives. As tensions rise, the sisters confront their fractured relationship, buried family traumas, and the house’s eerie history. Is the danger external or internal? This darkly humorous tale blurs the line between the supernatural and psychological, exploring memory, trust, and the ghosts that linger within us all.
Husbands
Husbands is a comedy about three married men, each clinging to the same coffee bar table as if it could save them from their out-of-control marriages, accidentally converge on it one day at the same time—sparking an enormous fight. Despite their differences, their shared struggles forge a bond that keeps them meeting weekly. As their personal lives grow wildly unpredictable, they find support, laughter, and an unexpected friendship, forming the most unusual of bonds.
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Moonlight Takes the Stand
Moonlight Takes the Stand begins as a romantic comedy but dives into dark and frightening places, exploring the fragile line between love and harm. Dylan, a magnetic, emotionally vulnerable CEO, and Jeremy, an irresistible, hyper, chaotic kindergarten teacher, fall into a whirlwind romance that erupts into violence as their abusive childhoods reach out from the past to strangle the present. Charged with “strangulation with the intent to stop breathing,” the two actors inhabit multiple roles—accuser, defendant, lawyers, and jury—presenting contradictory narratives that fracture like light through a prism. What will be the outcome, and is there any hope left for them amidst the chaos?
Walker
Walker is an absurdist comedy set in London, where Walker, a banker nicking fake loot to boost his self-esteem, navigates life with Ryan, his lover who’s all over the shop with contradictory memories of how they met, and Paige, a cabaret singer who only knows one bloody song. From battling a proper gale while someone right next to them enjoys a bit of sunshine, to pondering the daft rituals of modern love, the trio stumbles through life’s absurdities, revealing deeper truths about connection and the shared delusions that keep their worlds almost sorted.
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Sleep With Me at Your Own Risk
Sleep With Me at Your Own Risk is a one-man comedy chronicling the chaotic and often disastrous adventures of a man at the mercy of his sleepwalking. From walking into walls to leaping out of bed and smashing his head into a window, nearly wandering out of his apartment naked, and even dancing West Side Story on his husband, his nocturnal escapades are wildly unpredictable. When his sleepwalking turns violent, he’s driven to the edge of insanity, embarking on a desperate quest for help. Along the way, he’s forced to confront old wounds and hard truths, but even in his darkest moments, he struggles to wield humor as his sharpest tool for survival.
Lost Ticket Stubs On the Carnival Grounds
Lost Ticket Stubs On the Carnival Grounds is an absurdist and surreal journey set in a romantic, colorful amusement park on its last legs, where fading grandeur reveals deeper struggles. Jude, a fragmented man who cannot remember his past but hears the future knocking; Ivy, his devoted partner longing to have a child with him; and Ruby and Olivia, whose instant and passionate love repeatedly leads them to plan a wedding they always forget to attend, navigate a world of impermanence and connection. Blending vivid imagery, chaotic humor, and poignant themes, the play weaves a tapestry of fleeting beauty and resilience, where reality blurs, emotions swell, and absurdity reigns supreme.
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Loving Diamond
Loving Diamond is a romantic comedy about Gideon, a recovering addict, who sets out to reconnect with his ex, Diamond—a man who believes he’s a conduit to God. With the help of Star, a homeless girl, Gideon dreams of forming a makeshift family with Diamond. Just as their fragile reunion rekindles old passions, Diamond’s unsuspecting fiancé, Chester, walks in. Fireworks.
​An Abnormality of the Mind
An Abnormality of the Mind is an absurdist courtroom drama that interrogates justice, identity, and the fragile line between perception and reality. Dean Brady, a juror, wrestles with his own traumatic past as he evaluates the case of Lucas Silver, a man who has just finished a very long prison sentence for the crime of a horrifying child sexual abuse and is now on trial to determine if he has a mental condition that makes him a threat to society or if he should remain in jail for life. Through surreal and often darkly comedic interactions, the boundaries blur between the characters' roles, revealing that Dean's internal struggle with guilt and repressed memories mirrors the trial he is tasked with adjudicating.
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Ticket to Eternity
Ticket to Eternity is an absurdist comedy about Dan Daniels driven to be a of famous actor by his parents when all he really wants to do is be a waiter. The absurdity thrives in such locations as Café Fame and The Denial Bar and Grill, with his mother jumping out of characters to stop Dan from succumbing to his desire to be a waiter before flying to heaven to complain to God, causing his father’s soul to fly out of his mouth. An Ensemble of four actors play all the extravagant characters, with heightened language and the exploration of theatricality by how the actors use the space. Fame, lust, identity, family ghosts, reality turning inside out, we are all traveling through the perilous space of Dan’s mind.
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Falling Awake
Falling Awake is a romantic comedy about the afterlife. In the eccentric newsroom of Downtown Village News—“The Left of What’s Left of What’s Left”—two women search for the men they loved in a supernatural realm. One man breaks through the barrier of death to visit, while the other transforms into a star cluster, hurtling through outer space—right there in the office. As the boundaries between life and death dissolve, uncanny encounters with charismatic characters who seem to carry the men’s souls challenge their grief and offer a chance to rediscover meaning, love, and connection in the most unexpected ways.
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Riptide
Riptide is a drama that delves into the raw complexities of addiction, trauma, and the quest for love and redemption. Adrian Bradley, a charismatic yet deeply troubled man, embarks on a fragile path to recovery from a harrowing sex addiction that threatens his relationship with his life partner—and his own life. Determined to heal, he confronts the ghosts of his past, including a fractured relationship with his mother and a haunting childhood encounter with a sadistic stranger. But his search for closure backfires, plunging him into an emotional spiral that jeopardizes everything he holds dear. Oscillating between moments of searing conflict and tender vulnerability, the play examines the cycles of abuse and the tenuous hope for redemption.
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