Angeli Primlani

Angeli Primlani (she/her/hers) is a writer, director and performer based in Chicago. She’s worked as a playwright, director, actor and producer in the US and Europe. She was the founding artistic director of Accidental Shakespeare Theatre Company and is also a novelist and journalist.

Angeli Primlani (she/her/hers) is a writer, director and performer based in Chicago. She’s worked as a playwright, director, actor and producer in the US and Europe. She was the founding artistic director of Accidental Shakespeare Theatre Company and is also a novelist and journalist.

Scripts

Where the Fox and the Hare Say Goodnight

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama,
fantasy,
period,
tragedy

Two women who died in different pandemics meet in an afterlife where forgotten people find themselves, and form a deep connection with each other.

Two women who died in different pandemics meet in an afterlife where forgotten people find themselves, and form a deep connection with each other.

The Red Rain

by Angeli Primlani

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
science fiction

Two people from different parts of the Arctic find each other on what is now the shores of northern Alaska and as the Great Dying that will destroy the Earth's ability to sustain life begins, share a drink and try to make sense of each other.

Two people from different parts of the Arctic find each other on what is now the shores of northern Alaska and as the Great Dying that will destroy the Earth's ability to sustain life begins, share a drink and try to make sense of each other.

The Black Knight

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
8
Genre
drama,
period,
political,
tragedy

Kathi, Albrecht, and Fritz have never known a life without surveillance. They have never been able to speak freely about their hopes or doubts. Coming of age in Nazi Germany, every choice, every word, held the possibility of discovery or death.

When their lives collide again in 1940s Prague, these three old friends must rely on any communication they have left. Locked into an impossible struggle, the decision...

Kathi, Albrecht, and Fritz have never known a life without surveillance. They have never been able to speak freely about their hopes or doubts. Coming of age in Nazi Germany, every choice, every word, held the possibility of discovery or death.

When their lives collide again in 1940s Prague, these three old friends must rely on any communication they have left. Locked into an impossible struggle, the decision to trust each other is one that cannot be taken back.

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Magnificat

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
12—20
Genre
drama,
faith-based,
holiday,
political

Mary is usually silent during the Nativity play, but that's not what happens in the Bible. This Hopepunk version of the Christmas story was created as part of the Magnificat Project, in collaboration with Rev Greg Briggs and other theological experts.

Mary is usually silent during the Nativity play, but that's not what happens in the Bible. This Hopepunk version of the Christmas story was created as part of the Magnificat Project, in collaboration with Rev Greg Briggs and other theological experts.

Scattershot

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
6
Genre
adventure,
dark comedy,
melodrama,
romantic comedy,
science fiction

Timothy is a pirate who isn’t a pirate, who visits an island that isn’t an island, the home of a witch who isn’t a witch. He’s on a mission that he doesn’t believe in and that’s all very well until he meets a girl. Then something happens to change the fate of the witch, the girl, the pirates and Timothy, in this fairy tale that isn’t a fairy tale, but a story of love and hope in a future we that could be our own...

Timothy is a pirate who isn’t a pirate, who visits an island that isn’t an island, the home of a witch who isn’t a witch. He’s on a mission that he doesn’t believe in and that’s all very well until he meets a girl. Then something happens to change the fate of the witch, the girl, the pirates and Timothy, in this fairy tale that isn’t a fairy tale, but a story of love and hope in a future we that could be our own.

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Utopia

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
6—8
Genre
dark comedy,
political,
science fiction,
tragedy

Anyone can be anything they like in Utopia. They believe in Utopia. They love Utopia. The older generation came to Utopia to save the world. But their kids are starting to have different ideas. When Robin decides she wants to Unplug at the urging of a rebellious leader, her father Tom must convince her to stay in Utopia. But does Tom want to stay in Utopia? What is Utopia anyway?

Anyone can be anything they like in Utopia. They believe in Utopia. They love Utopia. The older generation came to Utopia to save the world. But their kids are starting to have different ideas. When Robin decides she wants to Unplug at the urging of a rebellious leader, her father Tom must convince her to stay in Utopia. But does Tom want to stay in Utopia? What is Utopia anyway?

Night Shift

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

A young girl and a young woman face a dangerous customer together during a night shift at a motel.

A young girl and a young woman face a dangerous customer together during a night shift at a motel.

The Dinner Party

by Angeli Primlani

Cast Size
10
Genre
period,
political,
tragedy

A Hindu family and a Muslim family have a dinner party together while the Partition of India rages around them.

A Hindu family and a Muslim family have a dinner party together while the Partition of India rages around them.