Playwright
All of William's plays are available to read through New Play Exhange
Radio Plays
Dracula: A Radio Play
Based on the classic novel by Bram Stoker, Count Dracula begins a bloody crusade when he leaves his homeland of Transylvania in search of fresh blood. It is up to a small band of unlikely heroes to track down and exterminate the Count before he can spread his vampiric plague across England. In this new radio adaptation written for The Public Domain Players, listeners can look forward to a fresh take on the world's most famous vampire story.
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Now available on all podcasting platforms.
Cover art for Dracula By Bad Otter Designs
Full Length Plays
Lizzie Borden: Life After Death
In 1892, Lizzie Borden gained worldwide notoriety after being acquitted for the brutal axe murders of her father and stepmother. Thirteen years later she and her sister, Emma, are still unable to escape public scorn for the crimes, as they hide away in their mansion on the hill. Lizzie still remains hopeful of breaking through with the upper crust, especially when she becomes friends with the renowned stage actress, Nance O’Neil, but just as things begin looking up, the unexpected arrival of an all to familiar face forces Lizzie to confront her demons, or else risk losing everything she holds dear.
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Picture of William with the cast and creative team of Lizzie Borden: Life After Death at Live Arts in Charlottesville, VA
Soft Love
Sam just wants to live his life like any other queer person. However, when his Long Island home is defaced in a vicious hate crime, his life is suddenly thrust into the public spotlight. The attack prompts his extended family to rush in and do their best at damage control, However, their ideas of how to best “protect” Sam may do him more harm than good.
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Poster for the Adelphi Alumni Playwrights Group
Virtual reading in 2021
One Acts
The Many Gay Adventures of Nicholas Laurenstein
Nicholas Laurenstein is an adventurer in every sense of the word. When he isn’t teaching archeology to his students at Cambridge University, Nick is exchanging blows with the seemingly endless assortment of cartoony villains who come in search of the rare and unusual items in his collection of artifacts. Full to the brim with swashbuckling heroes, grandiose adventures, and British etiquette, this wonderfully gay farce will sure to have you rolling in your seats laughing.
Hunter Clarke and David Magnani in a concert reading of "The Many Gay Adventures of Nicholas Laurenstein" at Montclair University.
Ten Minute Plays
In a Tiger's Eye
In the hall of Asian mammals at the New York Museum of Natural History, the souls of the two taxidermied Bengal tigers on display begin to contemplate the nature of their existence, and what will happen to them when that existence comes to an end.
A Hundred Years
A handsome prince hears tell of a princess whose been sleeping for a hundred years and immediately believes her to be the victim of a terrible curse. However, things take a turn when he finds the princess is struggling, not with enchantment, but depression.​
Samuel Kang and Mahi Singh in the SOOP to NUTS production of "In a Tiger's Eye"
Pride & Prejudice: Or A Queer Person's Guide to Surviving the Regency Era
Anna is a hardcore Austenite. So much so that she attends an immersive regency ball every year in the heart of NYC…or she did until she transitioned. For her first year back as an eligible young lady, she ropes in her best friend Kate to come as moral support. However, will the two of them be able to power through the restrictive etiquette, and low key savagery needed to survive a night in the regency era?
William Meurer with the cast and creative team of the Fresh Fruit Festival production of "Pride & Prejudice: Or A Queer Person's Guide to Surviving the Regency Era"
Monolouges
The Writer's Lament
In the wake of a worldwide pandemic, a young writer struggles with the pressure of trying to create art when the world feels like its falling apart around them.
"The Writer's Lament" was produced by One House Productions as part of the Long Island Pause Monologues Project, and was performed by Alex Kaouris.