Phil Darg is the author of many
plays and musicals, including dramatic works
that have been produced on stage in New York
City (Signature Theatre, American Theatre of
Actors, etc.). He is also the composer and
producer of more than 400 musical works (some
broadcast on MTV and The History
Channel). Many of his dramatic works have
been published and licensed, and they have been
performed across the United States. He has also
performed as a guest artist at
54 Below
in New York City, and is a music arranger,
scorer, sound designer, and producer. He is also
a co-executive producer of the 2025 feature film
Westhampton (starring Finn Wittrock).
Film
The production team of Westhampton is very
pleased to announce that our work has been accepted as a
featured narrative film at the 2025 Tribeca Festival! I am honored to
have served as a co-executive producer on this film.
Westhampton features Finn Wittrock, RJ Mitte,
Jake Weary, Amy Forsyth, Tovah Feldshuh, and Dan Lauria. More information about the premiere of
Westhampton at:
https://tribecafilm.com/films/westhampton-2025
Works
Musicals and Full Length Plays
Al Gore Rhythm (2 M, 2F)
[drama] In the future, AI will do everything for us .
. . except make us happy. Selection of the Herbert Berghof Studio Director's New Play Lab, New York, 2023). The Melungeons (4 M, 4 F + ensemble) [musical, drama]
A mixed race Appalachian community faces a dilemma of
loyalties at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Diary of Anya Drozdova
(5 F, 3 M) [drama; "a play with music"] A
dramatic depiction of women in the Soviet gulag
on the eve of World War II. Semi-finalist, O'Neill
Playwrights Conference, 2023; finalist, Judith Royer
Excellence in Playwriting Award, 2022. The ABC's of LGBT at the
Rainbow Valley B 'n' B (3 M, 3 F) [comedy] A
quiet pastor and his
uptight wife unintentionally spend a weekend at a gay
B 'n' B. Winner of the Robert J. Pickering
Award for Playwriting Excellence, 2020. AOC! Musical for the People
(8 F, 8 M) [musical, drama/comedy] The true story of the
rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her journey to
winning the District 14 congressional primary election
in June 2018. Liberators (2 M, 3F) [drama]
An Iraq War veteran is encouraged by an empathetic VA
counselor to overcome the struggles of his battlefield
injuries and move on with his life. Selection,
Alternative Theatre Company, New York, Altered Minds
Series, 2019. Hyard Ed (4 M, 3 F, 1 N +
ensemble) [musical, comedy] College History lecturer
Edward Hyard laments his powerless non-tenured position
and heavy workload - until he encourages his students to
actually make history by pursuing social change at the
college. Staged reading [Act I], Chameleon
Theatre Circle, 2018. The Pound: A Musical for the
Dogs (6 F, 3 M, 3 N) [musical, comedy] It's
Laura's first day working at the animal shelter - and
discovers that she can talk to the dogs! She then
strives to find a way out of the shelter for all of
them. Selection, Sound Bites 4.0, Signature
Theatre, New York, 2017. Sasquatched! The Musical
(8 M, 4 F + ensemble) [musical, comedy]
Available from Broadway Licensing Global
Bigfoot is real - but he's a lot different than you
think! Arthur the Sasquatch is an intelligent, gentle,
articulate, dignified creature. Chaos ensues when he attempts to
elude a TV crew investigating Bigfoot as the
stage erupts into hilarious high jinx. NYMF [New York Musical Theatre
Festival] Next Link selection, 2013. All pieces are production-ready (complete
scripts and scored music).
One-Act, Short Plays,
and monologues
A number of short [mostly
ten-minute] and one-act plays authored by Phil Darg have
been performed at a number of theatres across the United
States. Many of these works have been published in one
of two collections: 25 Ten-Minute Plays: A
Collection of Comedies and Dramas for Performance and
Study - this collection includes 25 short plays that
were authored/performed in recent years, and includes
such titles as: #OregonTrail, We Need to Talk,
Cookie Monster, Habeas Non-Corpus,
Drowning in Piles of Stuff, 'Til
Death, The Quick Start Guide to Booting
Your Man-Bot, Confessions of a Successful Playwright,
Socially Distant, Sit Down!,
The Ten Minutes After, and more.
Available here! Four One-Act Plays: A
Collection of Contemporary Dramatic Pieces - this
collection contains four extended one-act plays [with
running times of about 45-55 minutes], and
includes: Thespis, Facility,Evolution, and My Name is Jane.
Available here! Some specific productions of
short and one-act works include: My Name is Jane [one-act] performed by
Hendersonville Theatre, 2024. Thespis [one-act] first
place, Vermont Regional Drama Festival, 2019. Facility [one-act] performed
at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, 2017.
Quarantined! Musical COVID-19
[a 15-minute musical] appears in: Drama in the Time
of Covid: 50 Plays of Love, Loss and Hope (Flower
Song Press, 2024).
Available here! Field of Screams
[monologue] appears in:
The Best Women's Stage Monologues 2023 (Smith and
Kraus, 2023). Available here!
Hijab at First Sight [a ten-minute musical] performed by the Alternative Theatre Company
(New York), 2020. Liberators
[monologue] appears in Best Women's Stage Monologues
of 2022 (Smith and Kraus, 2022).
Available here! Hyard Ed
[monologue] appears in Best Men's Monologues of 2019
(Smith and Kraus, 2019).
Available here!
Music
"I Can't Hold On" from Hyard Ed
[excerpt]
"Shores of Galway"[Irish instrumental]
"Love Ain't S'posed to Be Sorry" from The Melungeons
"Surface Up" ['60s surf instrumental]
"Dared to Hope" from AOC! Musical for the People
"Lost in the Woods" from Sasquatched! The Musical [excerpt]
"Deep in My Heart" from The Melungeons
"This is the Life (for a Dog)" from The Pound: A Musical for the Dogs
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