Andrew Moorhead

Playwright. Writer. Performer

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

About

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

In November 2025, Andrew acted in and co-produced his site-specific comedy of This Purple F***ing Pot, a satire about corporate America. Executive produced by Lisa Dozier Shackett, This Purple F***ing Pot transformed an old midtown Manhattan studio into the office of an LA start up, employing audiences directly into his comedic corporate nightmare. After the success of that run, This Purple F***ing Pot will receive its Off-Broadway premiere in the spring of 2027.

Other theater works include My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover (Rhinebeck Writers Retreat; Drama Club Camp), 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's Broke Play Festival), Loaded Questions (The Sherry Theater), and Nothing Happens… (Berkeley Repertory Teen One Act Festival).

Andrew writes and produces science-based comedy through the creative agency, Hello SciCom. He has written for Google, 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 the co-artistic director of play/ground theatre, a theatrical production company in LA.

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, and is developing a pilot with Black Bear Pictures.

In case it wasn’t clear, Andrew really needs a nap. Writing resume: here.

Recent News and Events:

2026

Next up: My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover will receive further development this summer at Drama Club Camp, a fellowship that centers queer musicals and writers.

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.

Andrew recently a week on development on My Husband, My Robot, My Lover & My Husband's Robot Lover, thanks to a generous grant from the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat.

This Purple Fucking Pot will receive an off Broadway production in the spring of 2027. 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).