scot west
playwright and Actor in Chicago, Illinois
NEWS
Scot spent two weeks this summer at the Sewanee Writers Conference working on his play BUBBLE in workshop w David Adjmi & Talene Monahon
He recently appeared as Ryan in Riverside Theatre's production of Samuel D. Hunter's A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (Jan-Feb 2024)
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 studies playwriting at Primary Stages. You can learn about his plays at: https://www.unproduceable.org/