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The Script Drive
New writing.
A live audience.
Original plays, brought to life by Antagonist Productions.
From the page to the stage
A home for
new plays.
The Script Drive is Antagonist Productions’ annual program for original plays. Through a submission and review process, a panel of theatre artists selects a play for development and a fully produced performance.
The selected playwright collaborates with a creative team through development, casting, and rehearsals, connecting the written page with live theatre.
Rooted in Central Kentucky’s theatre community, the program gives new work a stage and an audience.
Recent selections
Meet the plays.
From selection to performance. Each card lists the Script Drive selection year and the dates the production reached the stage.
2025 selection
Angels
Through a grueling year at a county hospital, young doctors fight to care for their patients as bureaucracy and political pressure challenge their idealism.
Written by Mike Oppenheim
Director: Ian Scott
On stageApril 2–4, 2026
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2024 selection
Skater Girls
Skating lessons for a community-theatre audition for Xanadu become a funny, sharp-edged look at ambition, friendship, and making art.
Written by Matt Morse
Director: Treyton Blackburn
On stageMay 9–11, 2025
View production archive →Earlier Script Drive productions
A history of
original work.
Earlier plays from the program, with production dates and creative credits from the Antagonist archive.
The Reset
Written by Ed Clark
Director: Ian Scott
On stageMarch 2022
Last Call: The Musical
Written by Margo Buchanon, John Kito & Soni Cantrell-Smith
Director: Trent Stephens
Musical Director: Lisa Stephens
On stageSeptember 2019
Shame Bomb
Written by Ed Clark
Director: Eric Seale
On stageMay 2019
Little Bites
Written by Caitlyn Waltermire
Director: Tay Schultz
On stageMarch 2018
Don't Tell Me Who Done It
Written by Ross Carter
Director: Trent Stephens
On stageFebruary 2018
Love, Lust, and the Middle Ground
Playwright: Carl Trammel
Director: Carl Trammel
On stageJune 2017
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