Hallie Palladino

Hallie Palladino

Hallie Palladino’s recent plays include DERAILED (O'Neill Semi-Finalist), INFATUATION (Ojai Playwrights Conference; Chicago New Work Festival; Dandelion Theater), MISSED CONNECTIONS (PFP’s LezPlay Fest; Idle Muse Athena Festival) and Sunrise: Ardmore Beach (Something Marvelous Night of New Work). She was a contributing playwright to Three Cat Productions Holiday Radio Show 1943. Hallie also is a...
Hallie Palladino’s recent plays include DERAILED (O'Neill Semi-Finalist), INFATUATION (Ojai Playwrights Conference; Chicago New Work Festival; Dandelion Theater), MISSED CONNECTIONS (PFP’s LezPlay Fest; Idle Muse Athena Festival) and Sunrise: Ardmore Beach (Something Marvelous Night of New Work). She was a contributing playwright to Three Cat Productions Holiday Radio Show 1943. Hallie also is a contributing writer to the Chicago Theater website RESCRIPTED. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild.

Plays

  • The Persuadables (formerly titled Influence/Disinformation) by Hallie Palladino
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: American politics, election year + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: American politics, election year, election year play, election campaigns, disinformation, advertising as propaganda, Facebook
    A group of morally challenged election consultants are engaged by a conservative billionaire to mount a massive public influence campaign. Using a combination of cutting-edge data mining and old-fashioned disinformation they set about redefining the first amendment. (This work in progress is a fictionalized account of the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica.)
  • Derailed by Hallie Palladino
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: Chicago, start-ups + 6 more
    Genre: drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: Chicago, start-ups, ensemble, Bechdel Test, gig economy, intergenerational, class, capitalism and late Capitalism
    Digital therapeutics: the promise of an app to replace drugs and alcohol, an app to get you sober and then get you high, a panacea for the pain of modern life, flowing straight out of your smartphone. All of this and the girl selling it are enthralling to AJ.
  • Infatuation by Hallie Palladino
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: sexy, feminist + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, political
    Keyword: sexy, feminist, female scientist, sexual harassment, Academia, love
    Why do the good girls always want the bad boys? Maybe because the bad boys have been controlling the narrative since, well, forever. INFATUATION explodes that obsolete good girl trope: a sex comedy about romantic obsession, female ambition, male allyship, friendship, science and the substance of love.
  • Missed Connections by Hallie Palladino
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Chicago, magical realism + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Chicago, magical realism, Bechdel Test, nonbinary identities, gender queer, happy ending, comic love story, romantic comedy
    Avery, an introverted grammar nerd, has a crush on Lou, a striking and self-possessed newspaper editor. When a missed connection ad details their chance encounter Avery is uncharacteristically emboldened to take a chance on love. The problem? The ad was printed before they met. When more ads start predicting the future everyone's lives are thrown into upheaval.
  • Operation Marshmallow Fluff by Hallie Palladino
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, satire
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    Keyword: activism, skepticism + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, satire
    Keyword: activism, skepticism, 10 minute comedy, 10 minute play, female playwright, great roles for women, comedy, strongfemale
    A group of skeptical activists take on a celebrity psychic in a self-styled sting operation.
  • Attachment Disorder by Hallie Palladino
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, satire
    Genre: comedy, satire
    A ten minute satire about motherhood and mommy micro aggressions.
  • Proximity Play by Hallie Palladino
    Cast: 
    4–7
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    Genre: adventure, dark comedy
    Genre: adventure, dark comedy
    This work in progress explores the intersecting worlds of private-public spaces. Set in a gym, a private nursery school and a members only coworking space, characters orbit in proximity until an unlikely mystery brings them together for a common cause. PROXIMITY PLAY asks: what is the nature of social connection in an internet age?
  • Dry Lightning by Hallie Palladino
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    Lily, a lawyer for Earth Justice, returns to her hometown in Wyoming to prosecute a case against a mining company that is proposing a mine on public land that threatens waterways and wildlife. Her estranged father is the geologist working for the mining company preparing the environmental impact statements. As the case rages in court Lily must revisit a childhood she would just as soon forget.