Scott Choate

About Scott Choate

Scott Choate is a Santa Monica, CA based playwright, author, producer and songwriter.

Sometimes seriously, sometimes with humor, but always provocatively, Scott draws upon his inspirations: a sense of social justice honed during the turbulent sixties in Ohio, marriage to the love of his life, his awe at the miracle of his son’s premature birth and growth into an accomplished adult.

Scott’s plays tackle such subjects as life’s absurdities, guilt, gun violence, small town life and a dystopian future. They include Letters From Sister Miriam, Harley Devers’ Texaco Station, Confessions-To-Go, Special Air Lines, Zoomerang and How Many More? Scott’s plays have received public readings at Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco (PCSF) and Orange Coast Playwrights Studio (OCPS) in Santa Ana. His short play, Happy Lives Sold Here, placed third in the Tallahassee Writers Association’s Seven Hills Literary Competition and was published in the 2020 Seven Hills Literary Review. Another short, Self-Checkout: A Love Story was published in the on-line literary journal Fleas On The Dog Issue #6 and was performed at PCSF’s Best of 2020 showcase. Scott’s short play series MAPS, about two feisty women who take the law into their own hands against a mutually hated ex, appears regularly on-line and has been expanded into a full-length play. His one-minute radio play, How Many More, about the senselessness of gun violence, was presented by the Mendocino Theatre Company on KZYX - Mendocino County Public Radio (as was a one-minute radio version of Self-Checkout).

Scott’s humor book, Your Guide To Corporate Survival, is available on Amazon.

Scott’s songs span the genres of country, folk, pop and rock. They include Trying To Be Different, Without Your Love I’m Nothing, Fathers Sons & Demons and How Many More? (recorded by The Scott Choate Project, available on Apple Music, YouTube and other streaming services).

Scott has studied playwriting at the Mendocino Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory Theatre in Costa Mesa and the City Garage Theatre’s playwriting workshop in Santa Monica. He is a member of The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (ALAP), The Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco (PCSF), Orange Coast Playwrights Studio (OCPS) and ASCAP. When he is not engaged in creative pursuits, Scott volunteers as a non-profit consultant in Southern California.