Jeanette Farr

Jeanette Farr's plays have been produced around the world including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland and Singapore. Her work has been recognized by the Nevada Arts Council, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Jeanette's plays have been recognized as Semi-Finalists for The Playwright's Foundation, Bay Area Playwright's Festival, Florida Repertory Theatre Reading Series, Antaeus Playwright's Lab Reading Series and others.

Jeanette has been commissioned by Sierra Repertory Theatre to adapt Yoshiko Uchida’s children’s story, Journey to Topaz for touring; her play, Blue Roses, based on the life of Rose Williams won the international playwriting competition for Prospect Theatre Project, and her play, Pitchin’...

Jeanette Farr's plays have been produced around the world including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland and Singapore. Her work has been recognized by the Nevada Arts Council, The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, and the Association for Theatre in Higher Education. Jeanette's plays have been recognized as Semi-Finalists for The Playwright's Foundation, Bay Area Playwright's Festival, Florida Repertory Theatre Reading Series, Antaeus Playwright's Lab Reading Series and others.

Jeanette has been commissioned by Sierra Repertory Theatre to adapt Yoshiko Uchida’s children’s story, Journey to Topaz for touring; her play, Blue Roses, based on the life of Rose Williams won the international playwriting competition for Prospect Theatre Project, and her play, Pitchin’ Pennies At the Stars was a finalist in the Mildred and Albert Pinowski Playwriting Competition. In Los Angeles, Jeanette has worked with Moving Arts (Car Play's Series, and Mosaic Wonderland) as well as The Secret Rose Theatre and SkyPilot Theatre Company. She is a proud member of The Playwright's Union, Los Angeles and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Her plays and monologues are published through Original works publishing (IceSPEAK), Smith & Kraus, Dramatic Publishing, and 10-minute-plays.com. Her play, My Life As a Circus Baby is a 2014 Heideman Award Finalist (Actor's Theatre of Louisville) and her play Gray Matter has receive over 1000 productions to date. An alumnus of the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive, a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writer's Conference, and the former National Playwriting Program Chair for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.

Scripts

Invisible

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

Two burned-out caregivers escape to the silence of Joshua Tree National Park where they share the ache of being unseen. Through an unexpected discovery, uncover a long-buried sense of purpose that transforms how they understand themselves and the emotional weight they and all women carry.

Two burned-out caregivers escape to the silence of Joshua Tree National Park where they share the ache of being unseen. Through an unexpected discovery, uncover a long-buried sense of purpose that transforms how they understand themselves and the emotional weight they and all women carry.

HEDDA on FIRE - A Play Inspired by Ibsen and Climate Grief

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

The climate crisis is past it's tipping point, and scientists are nearly extinct. Hedda, a bacteriologist may have the answer, but her relationship, misophonia, and eco-terrorism are preventing key answers to solving the problem. Will talking bacteria, mysterious women, or a Norwegian Viking Ship hold the answers to how we will survive?

The climate crisis is past it's tipping point, and scientists are nearly extinct. Hedda, a bacteriologist may have the answer, but her relationship, misophonia, and eco-terrorism are preventing key answers to solving the problem. Will talking bacteria, mysterious women, or a Norwegian Viking Ship hold the answers to how we will survive?

TABLESCAPE

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

SYNOPSIS: Joe and Pratt are world travelers who love a great adventure, but it is time to settle down and think about a family. Pratt prepares a lavish tablescape for what is supposed to be a site visit, but only the “baby mama” shows up unraveling the details of the potential adoption. Jane, Joe’s tornado of a sister, who agreed to give her body to carry the baby for her brother and husband, tells the truth...

SYNOPSIS: Joe and Pratt are world travelers who love a great adventure, but it is time to settle down and think about a family. Pratt prepares a lavish tablescape for what is supposed to be a site visit, but only the “baby mama” shows up unraveling the details of the potential adoption. Jane, Joe’s tornado of a sister, who agreed to give her body to carry the baby for her brother and husband, tells the truth about their underage surrogate, and we find the circumstances of how the baby was conceived could add to their problems. What was meant to be a perfect brunch quickly unravels – plates get broken, babaganoush flies, and despite an ancient Tibetan singing bowl, not everything can be fixed. Each find that there is beauty in broken things and the cracks in the foundation might be what makes a person whole.

TURNING OVER

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

Martina has always been the best at video games since "turning over" Defender in 1984. The skills she learned with the games she played got her through many battles and out of a small agricultural town and helping her father work in the fields.
Visited in an unmanned aerial vehicle bunker by a ghost who gives her a gift, she returns home. After a fight with her husband about the purchase of a video game console...

Martina has always been the best at video games since "turning over" Defender in 1984. The skills she learned with the games she played got her through many battles and out of a small agricultural town and helping her father work in the fields.
Visited in an unmanned aerial vehicle bunker by a ghost who gives her a gift, she returns home. After a fight with her husband about the purchase of a video game console, Martina is propelled in a world of past traumas video-game style. As she battles levels and the "monsters" from her past, guided by a mysterious warrior, can she achieve the decision to move forward with her career despite a moral dilemma that she is responsible for events beyond her control? Can she make the decision to be a better human, wife, and mother by turning over the game and succeed, or have the rules changed since her days in a small town?

The Artemis Cult

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

Kieran and Mona, a non-binary couple, celebrate Kieran's birthday. As they play a game of "guess my life" with the patrons and Neanderthals, secrets emerge of their evolving relationship, touching on self-discovery, acceptance, and a thoughtful birthday gift—a trip to Tokyo Disney!

Kieran and Mona, a non-binary couple, celebrate Kieran's birthday. As they play a game of "guess my life" with the patrons and Neanderthals, secrets emerge of their evolving relationship, touching on self-discovery, acceptance, and a thoughtful birthday gift—a trip to Tokyo Disney!

DREAM 2.0 - A Virtual Adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

This 90-minute adaptation is set in a virtual world and with Puck in control of The Players through gaming and VR and The Lovers trying to obtain a sponsor for their online role-playing game - while Oberon and Titania are at odds over their argument driven climate crisis. Great fun and happy endings with folks dealing with isolation the best way they know how.

This 90-minute adaptation is set in a virtual world and with Puck in control of The Players through gaming and VR and The Lovers trying to obtain a sponsor for their online role-playing game - while Oberon and Titania are at odds over their argument driven climate crisis. Great fun and happy endings with folks dealing with isolation the best way they know how.

One Bite at a Time

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

When an intern at a zoo is asked to dispose of a dead elephant, she isn't sure she is up for the job, or leadership's motives.

When an intern at a zoo is asked to dispose of a dead elephant, she isn't sure she is up for the job, or leadership's motives.

The Human Connection

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

Parents grapple with a fresh loss of their daughter, while the only one who knows
the answer is in their control

Parents grapple with a fresh loss of their daughter, while the only one who knows
the answer is in their control

Fulfillment Center

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

It's Christmas Eve morning and two fulfillment center workers need to meet their goals so that all the little girls and boys can have their holiday wishes fulfilled. Mimi would rather climb mountains instead of shelves but Alex, fueled by energy drinks has different ideas.

It's Christmas Eve morning and two fulfillment center workers need to meet their goals so that all the little girls and boys can have their holiday wishes fulfilled. Mimi would rather climb mountains instead of shelves but Alex, fueled by energy drinks has different ideas.

SHREDDED

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

Dangerous times call for drastic measures when two co-workers must shred documents while the world is ending for their political corporation.

Dangerous times call for drastic measures when two co-workers must shred documents while the world is ending for their political corporation.

Zombie Rainbow Unicorn Poo Pillow Emoji Party

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

A teacher’s best laid plans to engage students turns into a lesson for her.

A teacher’s best laid plans to engage students turns into a lesson for her.

A Good Catch

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

A fisherman meets what he thinks is a "good catch" and after a long time at sea wants more than his date is willing to give. She wants to see the stars and talk poetry. If he only listened.

A fisherman meets what he thinks is a "good catch" and after a long time at sea wants more than his date is willing to give. She wants to see the stars and talk poetry. If he only listened.

In Observance of Lorraine Black

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

After pulling her out of traffic, Jack meets Lorraine, a quirky housewife with real problems. He comes to find that she only has thirteen weeks to live, and convinces Jack to bring her to his pitch session to pitch a 13-week reality television program. He obliges, only to have it greenlit by his ex-girlfriend and successful producer, Bridgette. The next few weeks propels them all into a journey where reality isn...

After pulling her out of traffic, Jack meets Lorraine, a quirky housewife with real problems. He comes to find that she only has thirteen weeks to live, and convinces Jack to bring her to his pitch session to pitch a 13-week reality television program. He obliges, only to have it greenlit by his ex-girlfriend and successful producer, Bridgette. The next few weeks propels them all into a journey where reality isn't what it seems. Jack is assigned a camera and a crew of one and filming continues, episodes air, bloggers blog about the world's rapidly changing landscape, and fan pages are created through Lorraine's cult following, things don't seem right. Lorraine isn't looking any sicker (much to the disappointment of corporate) and there are talks of selling Lorraine's possessions to the highest bidder at auction. Jack does his part in making reality as real as possible and managing the family in the best way he knows how.

Happy Birthday, L.A.

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

Mom and son have differences. While on a "stake out" of a celebrity who mom thinks is the boy's father, they discover how important family is in the grand schemes of the world.

Mom and son have differences. While on a "stake out" of a celebrity who mom thinks is the boy's father, they discover how important family is in the grand schemes of the world.

My Life As a Circus Baby

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

In rural Virginia within a landscape of a circus, two workers try to figure out what to do with another mouth to feed in troubling times and discover that family comes in many forms.

In rural Virginia within a landscape of a circus, two workers try to figure out what to do with another mouth to feed in troubling times and discover that family comes in many forms.

BAGGAGE

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

A chance meeting at an airport causes two people to question whether fate really happens or will their baggage stand in the way of a budding relationship.

A chance meeting at an airport causes two people to question whether fate really happens or will their baggage stand in the way of a budding relationship.

Stuffed

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

A young girl brings a bundle to a garage-bound recluse in hopes to take advantage of his taxidermy skills.

A young girl brings a bundle to a garage-bound recluse in hopes to take advantage of his taxidermy skills.

A Growing Problem

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

A widow and her date, a retired police officer, venture into new territory when a marijuana plant is a chaperone.

A widow and her date, a retired police officer, venture into new territory when a marijuana plant is a chaperone.

High Octane

by Jeanette Farr

Synopsis

A couple on their way to Las Vegas to get married take a detour in the desert where they are enlightened on the rules of love and marriage by the twisted proprietors of a gas station.

A couple on their way to Las Vegas to get married take a detour in the desert where they are enlightened on the rules of love and marriage by the twisted proprietors of a gas station.