Genevieve Simon

Genevieve Simon

GENEVIEVE SIMON’s plays include Guarding, Delivery, Bloom Bloom Pow, SisterFriend, Modern Girl, and Romeo + Juliet + Anybodys.
Her play Guarding was recently developed at Actors Theatre of Louisville with the Apprentice Company.
Genevieve’s work has been produced in New York by The People’s Improv Theatre, The HIVE, and The Tank. Regionally, her work has been seen at the Cincinnati Fringe...
GENEVIEVE SIMON’s plays include Guarding, Delivery, Bloom Bloom Pow, SisterFriend, Modern Girl, and Romeo + Juliet + Anybodys.
Her play Guarding was recently developed at Actors Theatre of Louisville with the Apprentice Company.
Genevieve’s work has been produced in New York by The People’s Improv Theatre, The HIVE, and The Tank. Regionally, her work has been seen at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, PortFringe Festival, The Sherry Theatre in Los Angeles, and the University of California at Irvine. Awards include: Critic’s Pick and Producer’s Pick of the Fringe (Cincinnati Fringe Festival 2017, Romeo + Juliet + Anybodys).
New Georges Affiliated Artist.
B.A. in Theatre from The Ohio State University.

Plays

  • Bloom Bloom Pow by Genevieve Simon
    Cast: 
    7–16
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: climate change, queer dating + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: climate change, queer dating, midwest, water pollution, mother child relationships, big city/rural divisions, comedic sex scenes, office culture, horse, millenials
    Who will inherit the Earth when Humans have self-destructed? Algae, that's who. As our human protagonist Mag struggles to maintain the facade of being "fine," the cyanobacteria (Algae) grows bigger and stronger each day. Straddling the line between humor and suspense, BLOOM BLOOM POW explores what it means to be alive in the face of impending climate doom.
  • Guarding by Genevieve Simon
    Cast: 
    10
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    Genre: comedy, immersive
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    Keyword: swimming pool, workplace + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, immersive
    Keyword: swimming pool, workplace, roles for teenagers
    It’s the hottest day of the summer and nine teenage lifeguards are stuck at work. Their pool is getting shut down at the end of the season, and everyone’s a little freaked out about what comes next. Relationships get tested. Nostalgia butts up against bodily fluids. Debates about mushrooms and umbrellas ensue. And everyone tries to figure out who was behind The Bad Thing That Happened.

    With...
    It’s the hottest day of the summer and nine teenage lifeguards are stuck at work. Their pool is getting shut down at the end of the season, and everyone’s a little freaked out about what comes next. Relationships get tested. Nostalgia butts up against bodily fluids. Debates about mushrooms and umbrellas ensue. And everyone tries to figure out who was behind The Bad Thing That Happened.

    With irreverent charm and great heart, Guarding honors the thankless task of keeping swimmers alive, and the people you come of age with—whether you want to or not.
  • Delivery by Genevieve Simon
    Cast: 
    3–5
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    Genre: comedy, experimental + 3 more
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    Keyword: Childhood, ersatz mother daughter relationships + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, experimental, movement/physical, musical, period
    Keyword: Childhood, ersatz mother daughter relationships, memory, magical realism, History, communication
    Three women in three very different landscapes grapple with the importance of delivering a message.

    1. A meeting of three historical figures
    2. An apartment complex in Southern California, and
    3. Inside the digital landscape of customer service emails (set to music)

    The play moves laterally, generating momentum as symbols move through the three worlds – a letter, a...
    Three women in three very different landscapes grapple with the importance of delivering a message.

    1. A meeting of three historical figures
    2. An apartment complex in Southern California, and
    3. Inside the digital landscape of customer service emails (set to music)

    The play moves laterally, generating momentum as symbols move through the three worlds – a letter, a plastic yard animal, and a yellow Frisbee taking on a mounting significance. Where do things go when they are lost? And when do they come back?