Anikka Lekven

Anikka Lekven is an award-winning Texas-based playwright and theatre producer. Her writing has been supported by the Mid America Theatre Conference, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Scriptworks, and Ground Floor Theatre Writes. Her full-length plays include HUNGRY TEENAGE TRACK STARS (Winner of Best Original Script from Austin Theatre Critics), A DOCTOR’S VISIT (GFT Writes), and A TEXAS JESUS ABORTION PLAY (O’Neill Theatre Conference Semifinalist, Lanford Wilson Festival Finalist, Distillery New Works Festival Short List, Mid America Theatre Conference). In 2024, her play, HUNGRY TEENAGE TRACK STARS, became the inaugural full-scale production for Broad Theatre, the nonprofit theatre company she co-founded with her frequent artistic collaborator, Molly Fonseca. Anikka will begin her MFA in...

Anikka Lekven is an award-winning Texas-based playwright and theatre producer. Her writing has been supported by the Mid America Theatre Conference, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Scriptworks, and Ground Floor Theatre Writes. Her full-length plays include HUNGRY TEENAGE TRACK STARS (Winner of Best Original Script from Austin Theatre Critics), A DOCTOR’S VISIT (GFT Writes), and A TEXAS JESUS ABORTION PLAY (O’Neill Theatre Conference Semifinalist, Lanford Wilson Festival Finalist, Distillery New Works Festival Short List, Mid America Theatre Conference). In 2024, her play, HUNGRY TEENAGE TRACK STARS, became the inaugural full-scale production for Broad Theatre, the nonprofit theatre company she co-founded with her frequent artistic collaborator, Molly Fonseca. Anikka will begin her MFA in Playwriting at UCSD in the Fall of 2026.

Scripts

Birds of Prey

by Anikka Lekven

Synopsis

College acquaintances, Sean and Lucy, reunite at the Texas Ren Faire after being estranged for several years. Lucy is shy and unsure of herself, as most twenty-five-year-olds are. Sean, on the other hand, is confident and charming. He encourages Lucy to break out of her shell and be brave and fearless. Meanwhile, the falcons begin to exhibit strange behaviors during the Birds of Prey show. The Aplomado Falcon...

College acquaintances, Sean and Lucy, reunite at the Texas Ren Faire after being estranged for several years. Lucy is shy and unsure of herself, as most twenty-five-year-olds are. Sean, on the other hand, is confident and charming. He encourages Lucy to break out of her shell and be brave and fearless. Meanwhile, the falcons begin to exhibit strange behaviors during the Birds of Prey show. The Aplomado Falcon will not stop screaming. The Vulture pecks its beak bloody. Are you sure you are safe? Part haunting, part love story, Birds of Prey explores what it means for someone you trust to violate your autonomy.

The Surrogate

by Anikka Lekven

Synopsis

Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve prepares dinner so Tanner can eat a delicious meal when he comes home. She cleans, he relaxes, and they go to bed.
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve prepares dinner so Tanner can eat a delicious meal when he comes home.
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve prepares dinner so Tanner can eat
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life...

Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve prepares dinner so Tanner can eat a delicious meal when he comes home. She cleans, he relaxes, and they go to bed.
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve prepares dinner so Tanner can eat a delicious meal when he comes home.
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve prepares dinner so Tanner can eat
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life. Every day Eve
Tanner and Eve live an idyllic life.

A Texas Jesus Abortion Play

by Anikka Lekven

Synopsis

Adah missed her period.
Maeve thinks the new girl is so freaking awesome. It’s definitely not a crush.
Set in 2010, A Texas Jesus Abortion Play follows two best friends as they navigate their final year of high school in a small Texas town. Life is pretty normal here - the teachers are creepy, boys are gross, and Glee is the best thing on television. But when Adah finds out she is pregnant, the news turns their...

Adah missed her period.
Maeve thinks the new girl is so freaking awesome. It’s definitely not a crush.
Set in 2010, A Texas Jesus Abortion Play follows two best friends as they navigate their final year of high school in a small Texas town. Life is pretty normal here - the teachers are creepy, boys are gross, and Glee is the best thing on television. But when Adah finds out she is pregnant, the news turns their world upside down. Not to mention, Jesus Christ might be haunting her. Will Adah get the abortion she desperately wants? Will the two make it to homecoming with their friendship intact? A Texas Jesus Abortion Play is a story of friendship, resilience, and the true spirit of Jesus Christ. Oh, and Glee.

A Doctor's Visit

by Anikka Lekven

Synopsis

Hi everyone! Phew, you thought you were about to see a very ~clinical~ and ~serious~ check up. Unh unh. This is a theatre performance and I do not really want to spread cooch and show vag while a bunch of random people are in attendance. Plus, I don’t think it’s the best way to get you to actually see what happens during a pap smear at an OBGYN appointment. So, instead, my cast mates and I have put together a...

Hi everyone! Phew, you thought you were about to see a very ~clinical~ and ~serious~ check up. Unh unh. This is a theatre performance and I do not really want to spread cooch and show vag while a bunch of random people are in attendance. Plus, I don’t think it’s the best way to get you to actually see what happens during a pap smear at an OBGYN appointment. So, instead, my cast mates and I have put together a creative demonstration for your enjoyment.
BRING FORTH THE VAGINA.

Hungry Teenage Track Stars

by Anikka Lekven

Synopsis

It is the day before the race of our lives and all we can think about is how hungry we are. Hungry to win, hungry to race, and hungry, so hungry, to eat that slice of cake, devour that slice of pizza, consume that scoop of ice cream. But we will not let anything, I repeat, ANYTHING, get in the way of us winning. Not a broken nose, not the fat on our bodies, not the ruminations of our desperate anxieties. We will...

It is the day before the race of our lives and all we can think about is how hungry we are. Hungry to win, hungry to race, and hungry, so hungry, to eat that slice of cake, devour that slice of pizza, consume that scoop of ice cream. But we will not let anything, I repeat, ANYTHING, get in the way of us winning. Not a broken nose, not the fat on our bodies, not the ruminations of our desperate anxieties. We will win. We will win.
Hungry Teenage Track Stars tells the story of five young teenage girls the night of, and day after, the biggest high school race of their lives.

A Woman Manages Her Anxiety

by Anikka Lekven

Synopsis

A Woman Manages Her Anxiety is a three person theatrical experience that incorporates dance to explore the life of an anxious woman. It tells the story of how her anxiety begins, and the methods she uses to manage it. It’s a show about how we deal with our inconvenient feelings and how shame and cultural pressures can lead to us internalizing harmful messages. And how, in order to escape the spiral of anxiety...

A Woman Manages Her Anxiety is a three person theatrical experience that incorporates dance to explore the life of an anxious woman. It tells the story of how her anxiety begins, and the methods she uses to manage it. It’s a show about how we deal with our inconvenient feelings and how shame and cultural pressures can lead to us internalizing harmful messages. And how, in order to escape the spiral of anxiety, we must face our fear and make it our friend.