Raegan Payne

Raegan Payne

Originally from Kentucky, Raegan Payne is a published playwright whose plays have been produced from Los Angeles to Lagos. She studied Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy and improv/sketch writing at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. She is a member of Ammunition Theatre Company’s Writers Group, the Dramatist Guild, Actors' Equity, and SAG-AFTRA.

Raegan’s play “The Dying...
Originally from Kentucky, Raegan Payne is a published playwright whose plays have been produced from Los Angeles to Lagos. She studied Shakespeare at the British American Drama Academy and improv/sketch writing at The Groundlings in Los Angeles. She is a member of Ammunition Theatre Company’s Writers Group, the Dramatist Guild, Actors' Equity, and SAG-AFTRA.

Raegan’s play “The Dying Declaration of Madge Oberholtzer” won the McNerney Playwriting Award, Long Beach Playhouse’s New Works Festival, was a Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist, and an O’Neill semi-finalist. Her play “Timeless: A Scientific Comedy” was picked by Pulitzer Prize Winner Martyna Majok to win the Kentucky Women Writers Conference Playwriting Prize, and was a finalist for the Reva Shiner Comedy Award. In 2019 she was awarded the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Grant. She graduated with a masters degree from the University of Cambridge in 2022. Contact Raegan on Twitter @raeganpayne or via her website raeganpayne.com

Plays

  • The Dying Declaration of Madge Oberholtzer by Raegan Payne
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 4 more
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    Keyword: racism, KKK + 3 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, tragedy
    Keyword: racism, KKK, American history, History, White Supremacy
    In 1925, at the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s power, a 28 year old woman testifies against the Grand Dragon of the KKK. Based on a true story.

    In 1925, a 28 year old named Madge Oberholtzer started dating a charming and successful man, named D.C., who had his eye on becoming President. He seemed to match her independent spirit and hunger for an interesting life.

    Madge was well...
    In 1925, at the height of the Ku Klux Klan’s power, a 28 year old woman testifies against the Grand Dragon of the KKK. Based on a true story.

    In 1925, a 28 year old named Madge Oberholtzer started dating a charming and successful man, named D.C., who had his eye on becoming President. He seemed to match her independent spirit and hunger for an interesting life.

    Madge was well educated, witty, and daring. Only two years earlier she had driven all the way to California with her best friend when there were virtually no paved roads or service stations.

    On March 15th, 1925 D.C. called to ask if she could come see him urgently about her job. They had broken up shortly before, but her job was important so she went. What happened next changed the history of the US, but until now Madge is rarely discussed.
  • Timeless: A Scientific Comedy by Raegan Payne
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: women in STEM, science + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, romantic comedy, science fiction
    Keyword: women in STEM, science, global warming, climate change, overpopulation, sexism
    "Timeless," based on recent scientific advancements, is the story of four scientists who have discovered the fountain of youth in a new stem cell procedure. Little do they realize one of the oldest members of the team is there to destroy the project before it's viable. One night could determine the fate of an overcrowded earth and everyone in the high tech lab is acting like a child.
  • Sweet Nothings by Raegan Payne
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: female empowerment, female sexuality
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: female empowerment, female sexuality
    Mary has made the most important discovery of her life. Now no one will leave her alone to enjoy it.
  • The Reaper by Raegan Payne
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: retirement
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: retirement
    4 nursing home residents confront death in all its terrifying fluffiness.
  • Things Unsaid by Raegan Payne
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    A date translated into english.

    Margaret and Bill are on a romantic date. We have provided translators to clarify.