Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Alicia writes plays about relationships: the romantic, the platonic, and the mysterious kind you can't quite name. She loves flawed mothers, queer villains, and fever dreams. Her play BASHERT won the Goldberg New Play Prize, the Patty Abramson Play Prize, and was a semi-finalist for Bay Area Playwrights Festival. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theater LA’s New West Playwrights, and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch.

Alicia writes plays about relationships: the romantic, the platonic, and the mysterious kind you can't quite name. She loves flawed mothers, queer villains, and fever dreams. Her play BASHERT won the Goldberg New Play Prize, the Patty Abramson Play Prize, and was a semi-finalist for Bay Area Playwrights Festival. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theater LA’s New West Playwrights, and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch.

Scripts

The Gett

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

1
Cast Size
7—8
Genre
horror,
mystery/thriller

As a massive storm of biblical proportions approaches Long Island, a bitter divorce, a strained friendship, and a prophetic dream come to a head. Shira wants out of her marriage but her husband won’t grant her a religious divorce. Her friend Nadine offers a solution that comes with a steep price. Meanwhile, their daughters, true-crime-obsessed Adi, and pious Dahlia, find themselves in the eye of the storm where...

As a massive storm of biblical proportions approaches Long Island, a bitter divorce, a strained friendship, and a prophetic dream come to a head. Shira wants out of her marriage but her husband won’t grant her a religious divorce. Her friend Nadine offers a solution that comes with a steep price. Meanwhile, their daughters, true-crime-obsessed Adi, and pious Dahlia, find themselves in the eye of the storm where things aren’t what they seem.

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BASHERT

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
faith-based,
romantic comedy

When rumors circulate within her tight-knit Haredi Jewish community, Leora fears she’ll receive “the bottom of the barrel” for potential marriage matches. In this Jane Austen-inspired Comedy, Leora is determined to prove that she'd make a great wife, but past indiscretions and old habits keep getting in the way.

When rumors circulate within her tight-knit Haredi Jewish community, Leora fears she’ll receive “the bottom of the barrel” for potential marriage matches. In this Jane Austen-inspired Comedy, Leora is determined to prove that she'd make a great wife, but past indiscretions and old habits keep getting in the way.

HAPPY FOR YOUR LOSS

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce,
satire

A Weight Watchers coach must navigate uncomfortable truths when pre-teen Lily shows up to a meeting and announces a new weight-loss secret that horrifies the whole group.

A Weight Watchers coach must navigate uncomfortable truths when pre-teen Lily shows up to a meeting and announces a new weight-loss secret that horrifies the whole group.

ON THE LINE: a radio play

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
radio drama,
satire

Two phone sex operators discuss love, womanhood, and all the different kinds of role-playing they do (on and off the job).

Two phone sex operators discuss love, womanhood, and all the different kinds of role-playing they do (on and off the job).