scot west

THIS YEAR:

Scot will be attending Boston University's MFA Playwriting Program in the fall!

His play MA GOTTA GUN was named a SemiFinalist for the 2026 O'Neill National Playwrights Conference!

He will also be developing a new play this summer at the 2026 Sewanee Writers' Conference!

RECENTLY:

Scot attended the Sewanee Writers' Conference two years in a row, most recently as a Tennessee Williams Scholar in Playwriting, and also appeared as Ryan in Riverside Theatre's production of Samuel D. Hunter's A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

BIO

Scot West has appeared in over twenty productions in Chicago, including work with Victory Gardens, Griffin Theatre, Jackalope Theatre, Teatro Vista, Sideshow Theatre, Chicago Dramatists, Red Tape Theatre, the Artistic Home, and many others. He appeared as John Morrison in MEN SHOULD WEEP, which was named one of the top ten shows of the year by the Chicago Tribune and won the Jeff Award for Best Play.

He has appeared in numerous world and regional premieres and has helped develop countless new works in readings and workshops in Chicago, Minneapolis, and at Ohio University and the University of Iowa.

He has also appeared at theatres in Minneapolis, Iowa City, and Cape Cod, playing such roles as Father Flynn, Nathan Detroit, Trigorin, Mercutio, Benedick, Happy Loman, Chris Keller, Donald Rumsfeld and Bernard Nightingale.

His work has been called ‘fascinatingly funny’, ‘ludicrously watchable’, ‘likeable’, ‘memorable’ and ‘one for the ages’; in addition, the Quad City Times called him ‘impressively rubberistic’ and the Barnstable Patriot once declared him ‘still handsome’.

He has an MFA in Acting from the Ohio University Professional Actor Training Program and currently an MFA Playwriting candidate at Boston University. His plays have been supported and recognized by the Sewanee Writers Conference (Tennessee Williams Scholar) and the O'Neill National Playwrights Conference (NPC Semifinalist).

You can learn about his plays at: https://www.unproduceable.org/