DJ Hills

DJ Hills (they/them) is a cross-genre writer for the page, stage, and screen. DJ’s plays include HORSEGIRL & COWDADDY (the Wilma/Soho Rep), COME STRAIGHT HOME (Great Plains Theatre Commons), TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG (The Queer Ensemble), ADULT THINGS (Carnegie Mellon University), and I SWEAR TO GOD (University of California Los Angeles). DJ's plays have additionally been developed with The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, Boston Court Pasadena, and Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Their short plays ...IN DAYLIGHT and BIG AND SMALL were part of Theater Masters TAKE TEN 2022 and 2023, respectively, and subsequently published by Concord Theatricals. TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG was shortlisted for the 2023 Yale Drama Series. Fellowships and residencies include the...

DJ Hills (they/them) is a cross-genre writer for the page, stage, and screen. DJ’s plays include HORSEGIRL & COWDADDY (the Wilma/Soho Rep), COME STRAIGHT HOME (Great Plains Theatre Commons), TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG (The Queer Ensemble), ADULT THINGS (Carnegie Mellon University), and I SWEAR TO GOD (University of California Los Angeles). DJ's plays have additionally been developed with The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, Boston Court Pasadena, and Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Their short plays ...IN DAYLIGHT and BIG AND SMALL were part of Theater Masters TAKE TEN 2022 and 2023, respectively, and subsequently published by Concord Theatricals. TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG was shortlisted for the 2023 Yale Drama Series. Fellowships and residencies include the Substratum writing residency and Tofte Lake Center's National Emerging Artist Residency.

Proudly born and raised in Northern Appalachia, DJ currently divides their time between home and other Mid-Atlantic cities.

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Scripts

Adult Things

by DJ Hills

Cast Size
4—100
Genre
dark comedy,
political

Set in the near future, in a Hamptons "more Mad Max than Maxi Dress," ADULT THINGS follows three vapid young adults, a newly drafted soldier, and a baby that happens to be a butternut squash in the midst of an international war. When the traumas of war begin to spill over the walls of their beach compound, the characters' apathy is pushed to a breaking point as they confront the violence and terror they have...

Set in the near future, in a Hamptons "more Mad Max than Maxi Dress," ADULT THINGS follows three vapid young adults, a newly drafted soldier, and a baby that happens to be a butternut squash in the midst of an international war. When the traumas of war begin to spill over the walls of their beach compound, the characters' apathy is pushed to a breaking point as they confront the violence and terror they have been sheltered from for so long.

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The Caelumids

by DJ Hills

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Blythe and Thora sit on Blythe's porch and talk about the future. Their grandsons, Eddie and Mitchell, stand in Blythe's yard and talk about the past. And in between them all is the scary, unpredictable present that keeps them rooted in place.

a play for two actors

Blythe and Thora sit on Blythe's porch and talk about the future. Their grandsons, Eddie and Mitchell, stand in Blythe's yard and talk about the past. And in between them all is the scary, unpredictable present that keeps them rooted in place.

a play for two actors

come straight home

by DJ Hills

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Structured as a short story collection for the stage, COME STRAIGHT HOME follows two brothers on an epic river journey, as they age from 14 to 92, intercut with scenes from their lives that shape the people they become.

Structured as a short story collection for the stage, COME STRAIGHT HOME follows two brothers on an epic river journey, as they age from 14 to 92, intercut with scenes from their lives that shape the people they become.

Horsegirl & Cowdaddy

by DJ Hills

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

Horsegirl, a trans woman in her thirties, lives a life of routine alongside her father, Cowdaddy, in a forgotten town in Southern Pennsylvania—until she falls in love with a new-to-town teacher, triggering a physical transformation in the wake of which Horsegirl must decide for herself what a happy life looks like.

Horsegirl, a trans woman in her thirties, lives a life of routine alongside her father, Cowdaddy, in a forgotten town in Southern Pennsylvania—until she falls in love with a new-to-town teacher, triggering a physical transformation in the wake of which Horsegirl must decide for herself what a happy life looks like.

I SWEAR TO GOD

by DJ Hills

Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

In the early 2000s, a group of middle school kids meet to put on a play about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. When one of the children witnesses a private moment, they must choose between the love of their friends and their eternal salvation. Moving between the past and present, the play looks at the impact of religious trauma and the difficulties of discovering your identity in an environment that wants you to...

In the early 2000s, a group of middle school kids meet to put on a play about the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. When one of the children witnesses a private moment, they must choose between the love of their friends and their eternal salvation. Moving between the past and present, the play looks at the impact of religious trauma and the difficulties of discovering your identity in an environment that wants you to stay hidden.

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TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG

by DJ Hills

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy

A group of queer eighteen-year-olds gather for the first time since graduation. As the night is upturned by unwelcome guests and exposed skeletons, everyone is forced to grapple with their own understandings of identity, ambition, and family.

A group of queer eighteen-year-olds gather for the first time since graduation. As the night is upturned by unwelcome guests and exposed skeletons, everyone is forced to grapple with their own understandings of identity, ambition, and family.