Jen Plants

As a deviser, actor, director, dramaturg, and playwright, Jen’s work has been seen in the UK, Hungary, and across the United States. Jen teaches playwriting, performance studies, contemporary American theatre, and community based theatre-making at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recent Madison directing projects include The Spitfire Grill and When the Music Stops: The Anita O’Day Story (both Four Seasons Theatre) and the world premiere opera The Queen of the Night (Fresco Opera Theatre). As a playwright, her recent feminist punk adaptation of Lysistrata premiered in spring 2019 as Broom Street Theatre's 50th anniversary production.

As a deviser, actor, director, dramaturg, and playwright, Jen’s work has been seen in the UK, Hungary, and across the United States. Jen teaches playwriting, performance studies, contemporary American theatre, and community based theatre-making at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recent Madison directing projects include The Spitfire Grill and When the Music Stops: The Anita O’Day Story (both Four Seasons Theatre) and the world premiere opera The Queen of the Night (Fresco Opera Theatre). As a playwright, her recent feminist punk adaptation of Lysistrata premiered in spring 2019 as Broom Street Theatre's 50th anniversary production.

Scripts

Lysistrata Upstairs

by Jen Plants

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
political

New neighbor just dropped. Spoiler alert: It's Lysistrata. (10-Minute Play)

New neighbor just dropped. Spoiler alert: It's Lysistrata. (10-Minute Play)

The Bowery Waltz

by Jen Plants

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
movement/physical

A comedy, with dancing. On a rooftop in the Bowery, a woman reckons with her privilege through a ferocious dance. (10-Minute Play)

A comedy, with dancing. On a rooftop in the Bowery, a woman reckons with her privilege through a ferocious dance. (10-Minute Play)

The First Sip

by Jen Plants

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

A recovering alcoholic wrestles with the idea that she may have never been an addict at all. (Ten-Minute Play)

A recovering alcoholic wrestles with the idea that she may have never been an addict at all. (Ten-Minute Play)

How to Box Step

by Jen Plants

Cast Size
2
Genre
movement/physical,
zoom

You're just in the box. And there will be NO jazz squares. (1-minute play)

You're just in the box. And there will be NO jazz squares. (1-minute play)

Lysistrata (a new adaptation)

by Jen Plants

Cast Size
10—12
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
immersive,
political,
satire

Lysistrata is sick of it. She’s sick of war. She’s sick of the patriarchy. She’s is done with white feminism and TERFs. She’s building a revolution girl style NOW. Powered by punk rock, zines, and anarchy, this adaptation puts Lysistrata’s fight in a context designed for contemporary immersive theatre. (Full-length)

Lysistrata is sick of it. She’s sick of war. She’s sick of the patriarchy. She’s is done with white feminism and TERFs. She’s building a revolution girl style NOW. Powered by punk rock, zines, and anarchy, this adaptation puts Lysistrata’s fight in a context designed for contemporary immersive theatre. (Full-length)