JASONS art by Ashley Ramos
Allison has written everything from plays, sketches, commercials, short fiction, and even an awards show script. More specifically, she has written these things:
SCREENWRITING:
BEWARE THE JABBERWOCK - One-hour pilot. A lone librarian fights to save America’s oldest library, but in the process uncovers a monumental centuries-old secret. (Currently a semifinalist in the Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition.)
HIMBO - Half-hour pilot. Two friends who run a failing flower shop accidentally grow a hot man in their greenhouse.
TEMPERANCE - One-hour pilot. In 1901 Colorado, a hatchet-wielding woman on a bloody mission from God to rid the world of drinkers meets her match when a saloon singer hunts her down to avenge her father’s death.
PLAYWRITING:
TERMS & CONDITIONS - Tech wunderkind Kent Loring’s runaway success gaming app has landed him in a senate hearing due to user privacy concerns – while the senators are all seeking reelection at any cost. When everybody's out for themselves, who's left to think of the public?
THE PYRAMID - One act dramedy about a group of teenage girls caught up in a wellness pyramid scheme of their own making. Commissioned for performance by Prior Lake High School, 2022. (Won second place in the 2AA Subsection)
THE JERSEY DEVIL PLAY - One act (60 minutes) play about a couple trying to start a new life while grappling with unseen forces and hordes of dead raccoons. Commissioned for full production by Awesome Theatre, 2021.
VAMPIRE CHRISTMAS - Co-written with Stuart Bousel. A full length exploration of the undead’s ennui in the face of annual holiday celebrations. Commissioned for full production by EXIT Theatre, San Francisco, 2018.
ORANGE JULIUS - A modern day one act play about Julius Caesar…if he was the miserable manager of a smoothie stand. Commissioned for a public reading by the San Francisco Olympians Festival, October 2018.
KILGALLEN/JONES - Full length thriller/comedy about the state of murder obsession in 21st century America, centered around the real life mysterious death of journalist and game show panelist Dorothy Kilgalln. Commissioned for production by EXIT Theatre, San Francisco, March 2017.
JASONS ---- Full length pop culture meta existential crisis play based on the myth of Jason & the Argonauts. Commissioned for a public reading by the San Francisco Olympians Festival, Nov. 2015.
HELLHOUND ---- 60 minute one act based on the myth of Cerberus the three headed dog. Commissioned for a public reading by The San Francisco Olympians Festival, Nov. 2014. (2021 production by Prior Lake High School advanced to state level competition in the MSHSL one act competition.)
FLOOD OF '97 --- 30 minute one act about two frenemies thrown together in the aftermath of a midwestern flood. Commissioned by a high school in Minnesota for its one act play competition.
OUT OF INDIANA ---- 30 minute one act about sandwich shop employees moments from adulthood, commissioned by a high school in Minnesota for its one act play competition.
THE GOLDEN APPLE OF DISCORD ---- Short play about the start of the Trojan War, spun as an unfortunate game show. Commissioned for a public reading by The San Francisco Olympians Festival in Nov. 2013.
BLACK TAR HEROIN ---- Monologue about a guy who has a pretty good idea of what to buy with all his cash. See title for clues.
SHORT FICTION:
DEAR PHILOSOPHER ---- Letter written and read as part of the world tour of Women of Letters. Also appears in the Penguin Australia book Airmail: Women of Letters.
APPLE PIE ---- Written and read as part of Write Club SF, competitive literary event. (It won. Because pie.)
THE SWALLOWER ---- Short story about a girl whose super power is swallowing things. Written and performed for Give Me Fiction.
MISCELLANEOUS:
CAZY MAPLE STUDIO — Narrative Designer / Chapters
THEATRE BAY AREA AWARDS SCRIPT 2015 ---- The entirety of a 2+ hour awards show script. 116 pages. Creating the format/structure, writing presenter bits, host material, so many jokes, and an opening musical parody number.
SKETCH COMEDY ---- Hundreds of sketches. I've lost count.
EVERYTHING IS ALREADY SOMETHING ---- Twice monthly contributions to the San Francisco Theater Pub Blog, commenting on various issues in Bay Area theater. 65+ entries.
THRED ---- Managing Editor at a social media platform.
ZYNGA ---- Game writer.