BRysen Boyd
writer

Plays • TV • Essays

BIO

Brysen Boyd is TV writer, essayist and playwright originally from Tacoma, WA. He served on the writing staff for HBO’s SUCCESSION, in a position created for him, is the inaugural Playwright-in-Residence at Reverie Theater Company, a proud member of Youngblood/ Ensemble Studio Theater and was an Artist-in-Residence at Williamstown Theater Festival.

His plays include: FAMILY SIDESHOW (World Premiere, Kansas City Melting Pot Theatre, Playwrights’ Center Venturous Prize Nomination, Juilliard Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program Finalist; O’Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist), A NAKED MAN IN HIS EARLY 80S (2025 Valdez Theatre Conference; Semi-Finalist, Princess Grace Award, Finalist, Ojai Playwrights’ Festival, Downtown Urban Arts Festival Finalist), RD/SUITE MEETING (World Premiere, Reverie Theater Group, Page 73 Finalist), LE GIRLS (Semi-Finalist, Ojai Playwrights’ Festival). and others. His work has been recognized or received support from The Orchard Project, National Black Theatre, Tin House, The Kennedy Center, Sewanee Writers Conference, Columbia University, Napa Valley Writers Conference, Seattle Playwrights’ Saloon, Playwrights Studio Scotland, Citizens Theatre (Scotland) and others. His nonfiction has appeared or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review, The Florida Review, Orca: A Literary Journal, and he is currently at work on a book-length nonfiction project.

Having come to playwriting and creative nonfiction in undergrad by way of his first love, TV, his goal in life is to write stories that make others feel as excited as 9-year-old him felt when watching David and Keith on SIX FEET UNDER. Writing means everything to him—second only to his miniature wiener dogs, Simon and Alvin.

B.A., Boston College MFA., Columbia University

He is a gay Black, Mexican man. Quite proudly, also.

RECENT

(2026) LE GIRLS - SEMI FINALIST FOR OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE (PENDING)
(2025) WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF FAMILY SIDESHOW
(2025) WORLD PREMIERE PRODUCTION OF SUITE MEETING
(2025) READING OF MESSAGES TO: 20 Y/O, 5’8”, 145 LBS, 8” CUT, BI
(2025) READING OF LE GIRLS IN EST/YOUNGBLOOD BLOODWORKS SERIES
(2025) A NAKED MAN STANDS IN THE CENTER OF THE STAGE. PRESENTED AT VALDEZ THEATER CONFERENCE
(2025) A NAKED MAN STANDS IN THE CENTER OF THE STAGE. - FINALIST OF OJAI PLAYWRIGHTS CONFERENCE
(2025) SELECTED FOR 2025 ORCHARD PROJECT GREENHOUSE LAB
(2025) A NAKED MAN STANDS IN THE CENTER OF THE STAGE. - SEMI FINALIST FOR PRINCESS GRACE FELLOWSHIP

RESUME

DOWNLOAD MY full CREATIVE cV HERE.

Also, if you want to read anything of mine, I'm always one to share a script or essay in a heartbeat. Just ask. If you want to work together, I’ll say that I have been known to make tamales for people I care about—as a thank you for being kind.

I LIVE IN GRANDMA’S KITCHEN
Publication in The Florida Review

I am now lucky enough to have a number of plays, essays, and TV projects that I am proud of—but here is a link to a flash Nonfiction piece I wrote a while back about my wonderfully strict Grandma, whom I love dearly.