Jenna Schlags

Jenna Schlags is an artist, analyst, and playwright living in Boston, whose work explores queer retellings of historical figures, classical myths, and fairy tales. A staged reading of “More than Need” was produced through a grant from the Gumroad Creator’s Fund, and her one-act play “Man is but an Ass” was selected as a finalist for Gadfly Theater's Final Frontier Festival: Myths and Legends. Her short play "The House," a modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel, has been performed in festivals in both New York and Boston and adapted as a radio play. Jenna earned her MBA from the University of Rochester and is a graduate of Brandeis University.

Jenna Schlags is an artist, analyst, and playwright living in Boston, whose work explores queer retellings of historical figures, classical myths, and fairy tales. A staged reading of “More than Need” was produced through a grant from the Gumroad Creator’s Fund, and her one-act play “Man is but an Ass” was selected as a finalist for Gadfly Theater's Final Frontier Festival: Myths and Legends. Her short play "The House," a modern retelling of Hansel and Gretel, has been performed in festivals in both New York and Boston and adapted as a radio play. Jenna earned her MBA from the University of Rochester and is a graduate of Brandeis University.

Scripts

More than Need

by Jenna Schlags

Cast Size
8—14
Genre
biography,
drama,
period,
romantic comedy

When Mary Hamilton is sentenced to six months of hard labor for working as a doctor and marrying another woman in 18th century England she crafts an identity for herself as a dowry-stealing Casanova, but what’s behind her façade of bravado, and who is the real Mary Hamilton? "More than Need" is a play about identity, both the narrative we craft for ourselves and the identity others project onto us, and it’s a...

When Mary Hamilton is sentenced to six months of hard labor for working as a doctor and marrying another woman in 18th century England she crafts an identity for herself as a dowry-stealing Casanova, but what’s behind her façade of bravado, and who is the real Mary Hamilton? "More than Need" is a play about identity, both the narrative we craft for ourselves and the identity others project onto us, and it’s a story of how queer love can save us, if we let it.

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Code

by Jenna Schlags

Cast Size
3—6
Genre
drama,
period

Despite her intensely private nature, Jo cannot bring herself to destroy her coded diary, which reveals her romantic relationship with ‘friend’ Cathy. ‘Code’ follows her journal as it passes through several hands: first inherited by her grand-nephew, and found again in the 1980s by a woman returning to college to finish her degree.

Despite her intensely private nature, Jo cannot bring herself to destroy her coded diary, which reveals her romantic relationship with ‘friend’ Cathy. ‘Code’ follows her journal as it passes through several hands: first inherited by her grand-nephew, and found again in the 1980s by a woman returning to college to finish her degree.

The House

by Jenna Schlags

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Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale,
radio drama

When Hansel and Gretel return to the old house in the woods from when they were children, they don’t expect the house to have a mind of its own.

When Hansel and Gretel return to the old house in the woods from when they were children, they don’t expect the house to have a mind of its own.

Man is but an Ass

by Jenna Schlags

Cast Size
7
Genre
drama,
fable/folktale

Persephone hates packing for her yearly trip to Demeter, but she’s got her wife Hades and her aunts the three Fates to help her out. Meanwhile, two warriors, Theseus and Pirithous, attempt to kidnap Persephone from the underworld.

Persephone hates packing for her yearly trip to Demeter, but she’s got her wife Hades and her aunts the three Fates to help her out. Meanwhile, two warriors, Theseus and Pirithous, attempt to kidnap Persephone from the underworld.

Trouble with Time Machines

by Jenna Schlags

Cast Size
2—5
Genre
comedy,
radio drama,
science fiction,
young audiences

What to do when your time machine breaks down in the 21st century? Call the help desk, of course!

What to do when your time machine breaks down in the 21st century? Call the help desk, of course!