Andrew Moorhead

Playwright. Writer. Performer

This Purple Fucking Pot (CAM Studio 10) – November 2025

About

Read Andrew's writing resume here.

Andrew Moorhead is a polymathic writer and performer from Piedmont, California, now based in New York City. He writes across a multitude of mediums and genres, with his roots firmly in the theater. His work has been seen by millions all over the world, and featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal

His work for theater includes This Purple F***ing Pot ( Site-specific production at CAM Studio 10, November 2025, produced by LDK and Goolay Productions; Off Broadway: The Tank, Sunlight Studios –Industry Reading), My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover (Rhinebeck Writers Retreat), Bravo (Spotify; Azusa Pacific University; Ball State University; Winner: NMI’s Search For New Musicals), On Ice (Claire Trevor School of the Arts), The Colonialists (play/ground theatre; NYU), Loaded Questions (The Sherry Theater), and Nothing Happens… (Berkeley Repertory Teen One Act Festival).

Andrew was recently seen on stage in This Purple Fucking Pot at CAM Studio 10 and as Robot 1 in Loneliness Was A Pandemic at TheaterLab. He writes and produces science-based comedy through the creative agency, Hello SciCom. He has written for Paris Fashion Week, the United Nations, Sphere Las Vegas, The Can't Win Victory Fund, Savvas Publishing, Honda Research Institute, Nautilus Magazine, Hanson Robotics, and Honda Research Institute.

Andrew is the co-founder of Goolay Productions, a theatrical production company. He was previously co-artistic director of play/ground theatre.

As a TV writer, Andrew is the co-creator of Fantasy Slut League, a teen drama currently being shopped by Black Bear Pictures.

He received his BFA from Chapman University, where he just finished his first semester teaching playwriting, and his MFA from New York University, where he is currently an admissions advisor. Once upon a time, he performed bird calls on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Andrew is the co-editor of the The Unconquerable Game, the posthumous memoir of Ely Callaway – the prolific entrepreneur and founder of Callaway Golf – which was featured in The New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He is a staff writer for the Signal Award winning podcast, Roxx Populi.

In case it wasn’t clear, Andrew would like to announce that he really needs a nap.

Recent News and Events:

2026

Andrew is currently a guest artist at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, where he is writing/directing On Ice, a one-woman figure skating play, co-developed and starring Zoe Rose Davidson (who is also his fiance!). The play will be performed in April.

My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover will receive a table reading in New York City starring Larkin Reilly, presented thanks to a generous grant from the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.

This Purple Fucking Pot will receive an off Broadway production in the fall of 2026. Stay tuned for the official announcement!

2025

This Purple Fucking Pot received an acclaimed site-specific pop-up production in Midtown Manhattan, Executive Produced by Lisa Dozier Shackett (Cellino v. Barnes, Be More Chill) and co-produced by Goolay Productions, Light the Light Productions, and Travis Leland (November, 2026)

Songs from My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover were featured in composer Steven James Schmidt's cabaret show at Green Room 42 on October 4th and at the Annual Rhinebeck Gala on November 5th.

Andrew completed a successful crowdfunding campaign for the world premiere of This Purple Fucking Pot for the fall of 2025. Produced by Travis Leland and Directed by Jordan Goodsell, this site-specific production will be staged in an actual office building in New York City, creating a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience. The campaign raised over $15k.

My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover was developed at the Rhinebeck Musical Theater Writers Residency. Music & Lyrics by Steven Schmidt. Book by Andrew Moorhead. (August, 2025).

Bravo was showcased for the Broadway Producers Alliance at the Laurie Beechman Theater in New York City. Bravo was brought to the event by Lead Producer Annaleise Loxton (2x Tony nominee – Gypsy, John Proctor is the Villain). Music by Steven Schmidt. Book & Lyrics by Cristian Guerrero and Andrew Moorhead. See below for Spotify album. (June 6, 2025)

On Ice recently received two workshops at UC Irvine's Claire Trevor School of the Arts MFA Acting Program. This one-woman show, staged entirely on an ice skating rink, stars actor, former start of Disney On Ice, and Andrew's fiance Zoe Rose Davidson. Moorhead and Davidson co-directed the workshop. (May 28, 2025).