
PRINCE GOMOLVILAS
reality is optional.
The New Yorker on
THE BROTHERS PARANORMAL
"Prince Gomolvilas's clever, multilayered play is gratifyingly subtle in its inquiry into migration—the pain of crossing over for the living and the dead alike."
Back Stage on
MYSTERIOUS SKIN
"Haunting and unforgettable. Startlingly brilliant theater. Sure to stay in your thoughts—and perhaps your own nightmares—for a long time to come."
Los Angeles Times on
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
"A play titled The Theory of Everything should think big and mess with a lot of ideas. In its easygoing way, Prince Gomolvilas's comedy is pleased to comply."
The New York Times on
PRINCE GOMOLVILAS
"A new breed of independent playwright has been changing [Los Angeles'] small-theater scene from the often bland to the frequently stimulating."
NOW PLAYING
Max, a Thai-American father-to-be, believes his body is being possessed by an evil entity. So he seeks the help of a long lost friend: Delia, a Black businesswoman who’s tried hard to repress her psychic gifts. Together, they form an unlikely alliance to face dangers unknown, and both of them must confront a past that demands to be remembered. From the creative team behind the acclaimed play, The Brothers Paranormal, comes a new supernatural thriller full of sharp humor, bone-chilling terror, and unbridled emotion. Running in Los Angeles at East West Players through November 2, 2025. Coming to Juneau at Perseverance Theatre and Minneapolis at Theater Mu in 2027.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Prince Gomolvilas (กมลพัฒน์ โกมลวิลาศ) is an internationally produced Thai-American playwright and winner of a PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama. His critically acclaimed ghost story, The Brothers Paranormal, debuted Off-Broadway at the Beckett Theatre, in a production by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. It has since been published by Dramatic Publishing and performed across the United States and Canada. He received an unprecedented co-commission from East West Players, Perseverance Theatre, and Theatre Mu to write a standalone sequel to The Brothers Paranormal titled Paranormal Inside, a cross-cultural drama about possessions and exorcisms which is in the middle of a three-city rolling world premiere (Los Angeles, Juneau, Minneapolis). He is currently working on Artificial, a comedy about AI technology, which was commissioned by SPARC Theater’s Science@Play program and further developed by the BIPOC Playwrights Festival at Boise Contemporary Theater and the Vanguard Arts Fund program at Olney Theatre Center. Other plays include Big Hunk o' Burnin' Love, Seat Belts and Big Fat Buddhas, The Theory of Everything, Debunking Love, Boyz of All Nationz: The Rise and Fall of a Multi-Ethnic Boy Band, Bee, the stage adaptation of Mysterious Skin, The Fabulous Adventures of Captain Queer, and Jukebox Stories. He is a former Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Southern California.
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