tori king rice

Tori King Rice is a California-based playwright, teaching artist (Playwrights Project and CoTA) actress, and co-host of the podcast Hey Playwright. She has enjoyed collaborations/productions/readings with Dragon Productions/Dragon Eggs; The Magnetic Theatre; Rainy Day Collective; Scripps Ranch Theatre, New Play Café; San Diego Fringe Festival; SMoCA's Lit Lounge; Spark! Powerhouse Theatre; New Perspective Festival, as well as site-specific and immersive theatre in cafes and courtrooms. Contests: New Village Arts Final Draft New Play Festival (BOX OF TEETH); Scripteaser's Script Tease of Short Plays 2021 (BOX OF TEETH, Honorable Mention), 2019 (DEVIL-IN-A-BOX, First Place) and 2018 (LIKE IVY, First Place); SRT's Out on a Limb 2019 (THE HUNT(s), 2nd place audience favorite) and 2014 (TINY); New Perspective Play Festival  (BOTTLED IN, BABY). SISTERS IN THE SYSTEM, her interactive play of two young women in foster care, was commissioned by Playwrights Project and has been performed at the California Western School of Law courtroom, SDSU, Cal-State San Marcos, San Diego Mesa College, and Palomar College. She is a founding member of the San Francisco-based Club Solo, as well as a former ensemble member of the groups New American Theatre (Los Angeles, CA) and Aurora Mime Theatre (Tempe, AZ). Favorite acting roles include her critically acclaimed one-person show, THE MORE MEN WEIGH (Edmonton Fringe); STRAIGHT TALK (LA, Odyssey Theatre); THE HAMLETMACHINE (ASU and Emporia State University); and STEEL MAGNOLIAS (Winterstock Regional Theatre, AZ, Best Supporting Actress). She has appeared in dozens of commercials and films.

WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Website: http://www.toriking.com
FB: https://www.facebook.com/tori.rice.543 and https://www.facebook.com/heyplaywright
TW: @toririce and @heyplaywright
IG: @kibosh94 and @heyplaywright 

MORE ABOUT ME
My theatre-making explores the connection of the individual to the community, inviting audience and fellow collaborators to challenge beliefs/biases, and seek understanding through the lens of identity, mental health, addiction, social injustice, resilience and hope. Some of my most gratifying moments have been in the classroom. As a teaching artist, I primarily work with individuals impacted by the justice system and seeing them make discoveries about characters and realize their power as playwrights is magic! Other standout moments have come in the rehearsal room, sharing space with other people, creating the community that only theatre can. My heart project is the podcast I co-host with Mabelle Reynoso, Hey Playwright. I love to talk story and process. Having the opportunity for conversations with fantastic theatre-makers, all of those who make the magic happen, is truly a dream come true. 

WHAT I'M WORKING ON
I am currently expanding my 10-minute play, "Box of Teeth," into a full length. 

KEYWORDS
​Thriller, dark comedy, fantasy, satire, family dynamics, addiction, foster care, incarceration, mental health, social injustice, ambiguous loss, immersive/site-specific, neurodiversity, desperation, Bigfoot, mother/daughter, supernatural