Olivia Sawatzki

Olivia Sawatzki

Olivia Sawatzki is a Columbus, Ohio-based playwright and actor. She is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a BA in Theatre. She's most interested in writing plays that explore the gross and ugly parts of being a person, and enjoys tiptoeing the thin line between comedy and tragedy.

Plays

  • Living Primates by Olivia Sawatzki
    Cast: 
    3–4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: mental illness, Depression + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, immersive
    Keyword: mental illness, Depression, addiction, family
    Something's going on with Daisy—something's been going on with Daisy. And Mom doesn't understand and Dennis doesn't understand but you. Do you understand? Do you believe her? Do you believe her? Do you like her? Will you stay?
  • Thelma & Louise Make It To Mexico (and other cultural revisions) by Olivia Sawatzki
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 5 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, experimental, parody/spoof, political, satire
    A trio of women challenge and rewrite patriarchies embedded in the canon. A deep exploration into how the stories we always tell behave when mixed with the trauma, heartbreak, illness, hope, love, and fear of the listener.
  • Being Alive & Other Big Jokes by Olivia Sawatzki
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: sexual violence, sexual assault + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, political, satire
    Keyword: sexual violence, sexual assault, rape, LGBTQ, dark comedy, feminist, young adult
    Anna can't have sex, her boyfriend smokes oregano, her best friend calls the suicide hotline every time she's on the toilet, and her other best friend only speaks in gay millennial riddles. What's the point of any of it?
  • BLEED ME DRY by Olivia Sawatzki
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
    Genre: dark comedy
    A dialysis patient gets adopted by an erratic food-blogger acquaintance in this 10-minute piece about unlikely friendship, and tenderness, and Fleetwood Mac, and the second LEGO movie? What?
  • House Show by Olivia Sawatzki
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, awkward romance + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy, satire
    Keyword: LGBTQ, awkward romance, music
    dude did you hear who's opening for Bitchin’ Rick & the Elastic Itchy Boys tonight? i've like never even heard of them omg. it's like a college band i think. yeah the main girl? i've heard she's like full lesbian now.
  • MOONSHINE KILLS CRIPPLES BLINDS by Olivia Sawatzki
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
    Genre: comedy
    A grocery store cashier has a bizarre encounter with a one-eyed, cheese-eating man. God, it sucks to be a woman in the service industry.
  • for sale, baby shoes by Olivia Sawatzki
    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: adaptation, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: grief, death + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, experimental, tragedy
    Keyword: grief, death, marriage
    A scavenged play in the tradition of Charles Mee. Pulled from Craigslist ads and recipes and internet chatrooms is the story of Beatrice and Chuck. Let my son know I love him.