Laura Wheatman Hill

Laura Wheatman Hill lives in Oregon with her two children and two dogs. She is a playwright, dramaturg, teacher, and journalist featured in Slate, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, and others.

Laura Wheatman Hill lives in Oregon with her two children and two dogs. She is a playwright, dramaturg, teacher, and journalist featured in Slate, The Daily Beast, Business Insider, and others.

Scripts

The Genius' Wife

by Laura Wheatman Hill

Synopsis

Belinda's invention, the Genius' Wife, has changed the world. Marie, Belinda's Wife, can do all the tasks a household manager can do from laundry to basic medical to childcare. She can also do admin tasks such as calendar management, note-taking, or record keeping. What can't Marie do?! When Belinda faces a health crisis and sells her company to Adrian Drake and his wife Cynthia, Belinda has to face her own...

Belinda's invention, the Genius' Wife, has changed the world. Marie, Belinda's Wife, can do all the tasks a household manager can do from laundry to basic medical to childcare. She can also do admin tasks such as calendar management, note-taking, or record keeping. What can't Marie do?! When Belinda faces a health crisis and sells her company to Adrian Drake and his wife Cynthia, Belinda has to face her own humanity and learn to accept help and love from her friends and family, including her partner, Doug and teen, Sam, in order to survive.

Sliders

by Laura Wheatman Hill

Synopsis

Phoebe, a new mom, thinks it's possible she is turning off streetlights on her block with her mind. It's happening to her TV and lamps, too. One day, she turns off EVERYTHING and slides into a nowhere space. In the nothing, she meets Slider, who has also traveled there and no longer remembers anything about the world outside. Phoebe's husband Mike and best friend Hilary have to help Phoebe decide if she wants to...

Phoebe, a new mom, thinks it's possible she is turning off streetlights on her block with her mind. It's happening to her TV and lamps, too. One day, she turns off EVERYTHING and slides into a nowhere space. In the nothing, she meets Slider, who has also traveled there and no longer remembers anything about the world outside. Phoebe's husband Mike and best friend Hilary have to help Phoebe decide if she wants to live in our world, or the nowhere space.

Tips for Raising My Daughter

by Laura Wheatman Hill

Synopsis

Tips for Raising My Daughter, a play in four trimesters, is about birth, death, and what's in-between. It follows ERIKA through her first pregnancy and her relationships with her husband, BEN and parents, TIM and ROSEMARY.

Tips for Raising My Daughter, a play in four trimesters, is about birth, death, and what's in-between. It follows ERIKA through her first pregnancy and her relationships with her husband, BEN and parents, TIM and ROSEMARY.

Cannoli

by Laura Wheatman Hill

Synopsis

Cannoli takes place at the open casket funeral of KATIE, CLAIRE, and MARIE's grandfather.

Cannoli takes place at the open casket funeral of KATIE, CLAIRE, and MARIE's grandfather.