Susan Hansell

Susan Hansell's plays have been presented at The American Blues Theater (Chicago), The BATS Pop-Up Pub-Theatre (Stavanger Norway), The Gaslight Theater/St. Louis Actors' Studio, The Harold Clurman (NYC), The Ohio (NYC), Project Artaud (San Francisco), The San Francisco MOMA, The Shattered Glass Project (Seattle), The Tank (NYC), The Tempe Center for the Performing Arts (Phoenix), among other venues, and include My Medea (in The Best American Short Plays series) and 14 Ladies in Hats (in Heinemann’s More Monologues for Women by Women). She is a voting member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

Susan Hansell's plays have been presented at The American Blues Theater (Chicago), The BATS Pop-Up Pub-Theatre (Stavanger Norway), The Gaslight Theater/St. Louis Actors' Studio, The Harold Clurman (NYC), The Ohio (NYC), Project Artaud (San Francisco), The San Francisco MOMA, The Shattered Glass Project (Seattle), The Tank (NYC), The Tempe Center for the Performing Arts (Phoenix), among other venues, and include My Medea (in The Best American Short Plays series) and 14 Ladies in Hats (in Heinemann’s More Monologues for Women by Women). She is a voting member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

Scripts

14 Ladies in Hats

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

80 minute character series exploring the tension between expression and repression in the lives of 20th Century American women and girls, full-length.

80 minute character series exploring the tension between expression and repression in the lives of 20th Century American women and girls, full-length.

A History

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A brief and partial history of the absurdities of the judicial world as it is known to some of us. Ten minutes.

A brief and partial history of the absurdities of the judicial world as it is known to some of us. Ten minutes.

A Letter to Jeff Bezos

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A letter writer addresses her thoughts on the topic of "wealth" to Jeff Bezos. 10-minute monologue play.

A letter writer addresses her thoughts on the topic of "wealth" to Jeff Bezos. 10-minute monologue play.

American Rose

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

An ensemble cast presents the changing lives of five diverse American women, all of whom enter war production workplaces or wartime situations during the 1940s. Their stories are juxtaposed with additional roles iconic of female individuals from the American Homefront WWII period. 75 minutes.

An ensemble cast presents the changing lives of five diverse American women, all of whom enter war production workplaces or wartime situations during the 1940s. Their stories are juxtaposed with additional roles iconic of female individuals from the American Homefront WWII period. 75 minutes.

An Ocean of Bees

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A humorous, poignant and absurdly physical near-future wherein four souls try to grasp what traits we humans need, and which we need to jettison, for our survival. 2-acts, 80 minutes. Diverse cast.

A humorous, poignant and absurdly physical near-future wherein four souls try to grasp what traits we humans need, and which we need to jettison, for our survival. 2-acts, 80 minutes. Diverse cast.

Another Letter to Jeff Bezos

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A Letter Writer addresses their thoughts on the topics of "cloning" and "happiness" to Jeff Bezos. 5-10 minute monologue play.

A Letter Writer addresses their thoughts on the topics of "cloning" and "happiness" to Jeff Bezos. 5-10 minute monologue play.

Ask an English Teacher!

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

An English Teacher becomes a Contestant on an Tyrannical Game Show.

An English Teacher becomes a Contestant on an Tyrannical Game Show.

Dear Jeff Bezos

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A HOT GUY reflects on his life via an imaginary letter to Jeff Bezos. Funny and fascinating, a ten-minute monologue play.

A HOT GUY reflects on his life via an imaginary letter to Jeff Bezos. Funny and fascinating, a ten-minute monologue play.

Every Concentrated Fragment

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A lyrical exploration of the friendship bonds and the life-outcomes of four factually-based French women Partisans (Charlotte Delbo and her colleagues of Convoy 31000) from Nazi-era Europe as they confront the meaning of their arrests on the eve of the Paris deportations during WWII. 45 minutes.

A lyrical exploration of the friendship bonds and the life-outcomes of four factually-based French women Partisans (Charlotte Delbo and her colleagues of Convoy 31000) from Nazi-era Europe as they confront the meaning of their arrests on the eve of the Paris deportations during WWII. 45 minutes.

Letters to Jeff Bezos: A Full-Length Play

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A group of Letter Writers express their thoughts on life via a contemporary icon, then start a nationwide social media campaign to enlist others to do the same, changing their lives in the process: a whimsical, satirical, imaginative riff on fame, truth, and the American gods. Two acts. 80 minutes.

A group of Letter Writers express their thoughts on life via a contemporary icon, then start a nationwide social media campaign to enlist others to do the same, changing their lives in the process: a whimsical, satirical, imaginative riff on fame, truth, and the American gods. Two acts. 80 minutes.

Letters to Jeff Bezos: A One-Act Play

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

Four people meet to write letters to Jeff Bezos then, together, strategize how to start a social media campaign to get others to do the same. One-Act.
30-40 minutes.

Four people meet to write letters to Jeff Bezos then, together, strategize how to start a social media campaign to get others to do the same. One-Act.
30-40 minutes.

Little Kings

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

Five family members exist as fractured-fairy-tale-versions of the characters from KING LEAR via an originally conceived satire that sends-up 400 years of human history and family dysfunction. A thought-provoking tour de force. Original contemporary verse. 45 minutes.

Five family members exist as fractured-fairy-tale-versions of the characters from KING LEAR via an originally conceived satire that sends-up 400 years of human history and family dysfunction. A thought-provoking tour de force. Original contemporary verse. 45 minutes.

My Medea

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

An ensemble-cast (including a chorus which chants in contemporary verse) presents a visceral and exhilarating expose of contemporary values: A vibrant, accessible, and relevant re-telling of MEDEA, imbued with current events cut from the American landscape; this play was a selection of THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS series. 75 minutes.

An ensemble-cast (including a chorus which chants in contemporary verse) presents a visceral and exhilarating expose of contemporary values: A vibrant, accessible, and relevant re-telling of MEDEA, imbued with current events cut from the American landscape; this play was a selection of THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS series. 75 minutes.

Rollover Othello

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

Contemporary versions of Oth, Desdie and I. find themselves (and each other) in a contemporary Brooklyn police house where they "talk" over their various consummations and conflicts. A riveting stand-alone tragedy. 10-15 minutes.

Contemporary versions of Oth, Desdie and I. find themselves (and each other) in a contemporary Brooklyn police house where they "talk" over their various consummations and conflicts. A riveting stand-alone tragedy. 10-15 minutes.

The CAFO Cafe

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

An absurdist physical comedy about what we are and how we eat. 10 minutes.

An absurdist physical comedy about what we are and how we eat. 10 minutes.

The Education

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

One magician-mime-teacher-scientist character provides a tragi-comic educational history of human weaponry. 10 minutes.

One magician-mime-teacher-scientist character provides a tragi-comic educational history of human weaponry. 10 minutes.

Waiting for a Table at the Garden of Eden

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

A touching critique of romantic comedies with an episodic structure that outlines the story of a lifelong relationship. This full-length play requires two skilled performers who, as mirror-hall present-tense versions of Adam and Eve, re-invent the canonical rom-com. 80 minutes.

A touching critique of romantic comedies with an episodic structure that outlines the story of a lifelong relationship. This full-length play requires two skilled performers who, as mirror-hall present-tense versions of Adam and Eve, re-invent the canonical rom-com. 80 minutes.

We Are All Dick 3

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

Two actors present a love/history mash-up of re-imagined RICHARD THE THIRD subplots spun from current news and entertainment "factories." A stand-alone compressed comedy-drama of relationships that achieves an emotional wallop. 60 minutes.

Two actors present a love/history mash-up of re-imagined RICHARD THE THIRD subplots spun from current news and entertainment "factories." A stand-alone compressed comedy-drama of relationships that achieves an emotional wallop. 60 minutes.

Who Will Witness for the Witness

by Susan Hansell

Synopsis

Who Will Witness for the Witness is a lyrical play exploring the lives and the life-outcomes of four factually-based women (Gerda Taro, Simone Weil, Edith Stein, Marthe Cohn) from Nazi-era Europe, as they ponder truth, life, fact, death, and existence. 30 minutes.

Who Will Witness for the Witness is a lyrical play exploring the lives and the life-outcomes of four factually-based women (Gerda Taro, Simone Weil, Edith Stein, Marthe Cohn) from Nazi-era Europe, as they ponder truth, life, fact, death, and existence. 30 minutes.