CJ Willette

CJ Willette (She/Her) is a Chicago-based Playwright from St. Louis, Missouri who’s work centers around the intertwining of black experiences through concepts of dystopia, whimsy, and grandeur. Her play May 32nd was a semifinalist for the 2024 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and received a funded workshop from DePaul University in 2024. She is a member of the Cody Renard Richard Cohort (2023) and an alumni of the Broadway Coalition Advocacy. Her plays Highly Unlikely, Runner’s Digest, and May 32nd have been developed through the Wrights of Spring New Play festival at The Theatre School at DePaul University. CJ holds a BFA in Playwriting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. For more information about her work, please explore her public scripts through her new play...

CJ Willette (She/Her) is a Chicago-based Playwright from St. Louis, Missouri who’s work centers around the intertwining of black experiences through concepts of dystopia, whimsy, and grandeur. Her play May 32nd was a semifinalist for the 2024 Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and received a funded workshop from DePaul University in 2024. She is a member of the Cody Renard Richard Cohort (2023) and an alumni of the Broadway Coalition Advocacy. Her plays Highly Unlikely, Runner’s Digest, and May 32nd have been developed through the Wrights of Spring New Play festival at The Theatre School at DePaul University. CJ holds a BFA in Playwriting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. For more information about her work, please explore her public scripts through her new play exchange profile.

Scripts

Balderdash

by CJ Willette

Synopsis

In a future where a living city has transformed humanity, Pistol, a party-loving heir to the Metropolis Principal Urban Planning Agency (MPUP), is training to take over her father Mortar's role. However, Mortar prefers Loofah, a disciplined, early-rising newcomer, as his successor. Pistol suspects Loofah is hiding something, unaware that Loofah's mission is to restore humanity by infiltrating the MPUP. Loofah...

In a future where a living city has transformed humanity, Pistol, a party-loving heir to the Metropolis Principal Urban Planning Agency (MPUP), is training to take over her father Mortar's role. However, Mortar prefers Loofah, a disciplined, early-rising newcomer, as his successor. Pistol suspects Loofah is hiding something, unaware that Loofah's mission is to restore humanity by infiltrating the MPUP. Loofah must keep the facade of Metropolis while secretly working to revive humanity, potentially causing chaos. As the two clash, they must find common ground to ensure both survival—and maybe even love.

May 32nd: The Sandpit Vatican & Blazers

by CJ Willette

Synopsis

The Sandpit Vatican
Ricky Evanson is a kindergartener experiencing the worst day of his life for the first time. His emotionally vacant father is Jay Evanson, co-founder and CEO of sand conglomerate Dust Bowl Incorporated. After embarrassing himself on a class field trip, he becomes obsessed with restructuring time. Worsening the matter, a recording of this incident is being used as promotional material online...

The Sandpit Vatican
Ricky Evanson is a kindergartener experiencing the worst day of his life for the first time. His emotionally vacant father is Jay Evanson, co-founder and CEO of sand conglomerate Dust Bowl Incorporated. After embarrassing himself on a class field trip, he becomes obsessed with restructuring time. Worsening the matter, a recording of this incident is being used as promotional material online, forever. Through his zeal for revenge on Dustbowl Incorporated, Ricky falls through a pit of sand and unearths his powers as the Son of the Sandman. Under his newfound Godfather Monroe’s supervision, Rick creates a new day: May 32nd.

Blazers
Ricky Evanson is a kindergartener experiencing the worst day of his life for the first time. His favorite teacher Nell is moving away, his parents are getting a divorce, and he puked on his birthday. Terrified of the future and embarrassed from the past, Rick rewinds time. After the warp, Nell's own insecurities manifest incase her in a false reality only she has the power to escape.

Runner's Digest

by CJ Willette

Synopsis

Twin brothers George and Aaron Anatreme could not be anymore at odds. George is bent on becoming the ultimate alpha male. Aaron is bent on living a well-balanced lifestyle. George is addicted to eating the flesh of his competitors. Aaron is determined to get George help for his mysterious, decade-long “eating disorder”. Through a shared love for exercise and the release of a family secret, tension peaks to...

Twin brothers George and Aaron Anatreme could not be anymore at odds. George is bent on becoming the ultimate alpha male. Aaron is bent on living a well-balanced lifestyle. George is addicted to eating the flesh of his competitors. Aaron is determined to get George help for his mysterious, decade-long “eating disorder”. Through a shared love for exercise and the release of a family secret, tension peaks to unveil the true meaning of brotherhood.

Live, Laugh, Loser

by CJ Willette

Synopsis

Newly established psychiatrist Patricia has her hands full with three young woman experiencing their first triste with adult relationships. This introspective fearing-of-age tale comes to a fever pitch when Patricia is suddenly faced with the stanch realization that she has no answers either.

Newly established psychiatrist Patricia has her hands full with three young woman experiencing their first triste with adult relationships. This introspective fearing-of-age tale comes to a fever pitch when Patricia is suddenly faced with the stanch realization that she has no answers either.