Samantha Hurley

Samantha Hurley is a Maine-raised, Chicago based playwright and comedy writer. Her first play, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire premiered off-Broadway at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre to critical acclaim and a sold out run. The play had its international debut in London at the Southwark Playhouse. I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is published by Concord Theatricals and has been featured in Teen Vogue, Interview, and Pleaser magazine. Hurley’s original sketches have been performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Characters Welcome, and the People’s Improv Theatre. Her plays have been developed at the cell theatre, Pocket VR/Theatre L’acadie, Imposter’s Theater, Two Chairs Theatre Company, and Avalanche Theatre.

Samantha Hurley is a Maine-raised, Chicago based playwright and comedy writer. Her first play, I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire premiered off-Broadway at Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theatre to critical acclaim and a sold out run. The play had its international debut in London at the Southwark Playhouse. I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire is published by Concord Theatricals and has been featured in Teen Vogue, Interview, and Pleaser magazine. Hurley’s original sketches have been performed at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre, Brooklyn Comedy Collective, Characters Welcome, and the People’s Improv Theatre. Her plays have been developed at the cell theatre, Pocket VR/Theatre L’acadie, Imposter’s Theater, Two Chairs Theatre Company, and Avalanche Theatre.

Scripts

RE(VULVA)

by Samantha Hurley

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night with an old man pointing a revolver at her. Btw, this old man is her Pussy and if she doesn’t have sex in a week- her Pussy will pull the trigger. Part Groundhog day, part Charli xcx music video, part play you should definitely not bring your parents to, RE(VULVA) is an exploration of “yeah it really do feel like my pussy wants to kill me sometimes.”

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night with an old man pointing a revolver at her. Btw, this old man is her Pussy and if she doesn’t have sex in a week- her Pussy will pull the trigger. Part Groundhog day, part Charli xcx music video, part play you should definitely not bring your parents to, RE(VULVA) is an exploration of “yeah it really do feel like my pussy wants to kill me sometimes.”

LINCOLN LINCOLN LINCOLN LINCOLN

by Samantha Hurley

2
Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy

A love triangle unfolds at the annual Abraham Lincoln Impersonator's Weekend.

A love triangle unfolds at the annual Abraham Lincoln Impersonator's Weekend.

I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire

by Samantha Hurley

3
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce

To cope with the absence of her father, neglect of her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth-grader and president of the Tobey Maguire Fan Club, Shelby Hinkley decides to risk it all for love, kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire and marry him in her basement. Her fantasies of happily ever after start to crumble as she realizes Tobey may not be the charismatic, heartthrob actor she thinks she knows. While...

To cope with the absence of her father, neglect of her mother, and ridicule by her classmates, eighth-grader and president of the Tobey Maguire Fan Club, Shelby Hinkley decides to risk it all for love, kidnap famous actor Tobey Maguire and marry him in her basement. Her fantasies of happily ever after start to crumble as she realizes Tobey may not be the charismatic, heartthrob actor she thinks she knows. While Tobey does everything he can to escape the clutches of his number one fan. A Y2K farce, I’M GONNA MARRY YOU TOBEY MAGUIRE is a full-throttle explosion of our para-social relationships and the obsessions that detonate them.

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