Maggie Sulc

Maggie Sulc

Maggie Sulc is a scriptwriter and dramaturg hailing originally from Tennessee and Texas. Since completing her MA in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University, she writes and creates in Toronto, Ontario. Interests include ghosts, the real lives of scientists, dramatizing poetry for the theatre, and audio drama for adults and children of all ages.

Past writing projects include Transmission...
Maggie Sulc is a scriptwriter and dramaturg hailing originally from Tennessee and Texas. Since completing her MA in Theatre and Performance Studies at York University, she writes and creates in Toronto, Ontario. Interests include ghosts, the real lives of scientists, dramatizing poetry for the theatre, and audio drama for adults and children of all ages.

Past writing projects include Transmission (Toasterlab productions, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017), Raggedy's Kingdom (Storefront Playwright's Unit, Indie 6ix reading series 2016), Chair with Man (Michigan State University 2014), The Failures (Rice University 2012), and somewhere never travelled (Rice University 2011 & Indy Convergence Toronto 2015), and contributor to HowlRound (2014 to present).

Dramaturgy: Transmission (Toasterlab productions, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017), Bike Face by Natalie Frijia (Canadian fringe circuit summer 2017), Abyss by Maria Misilisavljevic (script coordinator, Tarragon Theatre 2015), The Shaw Festival (various in literary management department, summer 2014), The Mystery Plays by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Rice Players 2013).

Plays

  • Raggedy's Kingdom by Maggie Sulc
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: horror, Dolls + 4 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy, horror
    Keyword: horror, Dolls, southern gothic, Fantasy, Toys, Childhood
    When their great aunt dies, sisters Ann and Emma must meet at her house to divide the estate. As they struggle over the inheritance, Ann must fight her worst nightmare: an antique doll named Raggedy that has come to life.
  • Rocket Women by Maggie Sulc
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, science fiction
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    Keyword: Mars
    Genre: drama, science fiction
    Keyword: Mars
    Macy thinks she has the best news to share: she and her wife Abby have both been accepted to the first Mars colony. When she shares this with Abby, they both must confront the conflict they've both been avoiding. Will they be the first lesbian couple on Mars?
  • Chair with Man by Maggie Sulc
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: chairs, abstract
    Genre: dark comedy, experimental, movement/physical
    Keyword: chairs, abstract
    Paul. Paul and his chair. Paul sits in his chair. Ellen enters. She has no seat.
    A play on how one object divides two people.
  • The Failures by Maggie Sulc
    Cast: 
    4–5
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: American Idol, singing contest + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: American Idol, singing contest, failure
    Do we really learn more from our failures than we do from success? Rising star reporter David waits backstage at a high-profile singing audition for his next story: Alexa Caputo, the worst singer of the bunch. What she thinks is her big break and he thinks is an interview about her failure leads them down a path neither expects.
  • Patterson's Time by Maggie Sulc
    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: science, marchforscience + 1 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, radio drama, science fiction
    Keyword: science, marchforscience, Clair Patterson
    Based on a true story. When Clair Patterson calculated the age of the Earth, he had a panic attack. This is what that panic attack looked like. Sometimes success can be more terrifying than failure--but it led him to be one of the most under-appreciated and yet influential environmental scientists.