JULIE MCKEE

JULIE MCKEE

Julie grew up in New Zealand and is a citizen of the US. Like many Kiwi's she traveled at an early age and during a stay in Madrid met for the first time, artists and people of the theater. It was then she decided to follow suit - first as a dancer then as an actor. She is now an award winning playwright whose plays have been performed in the US, New Zealand and Germany. They are published by Smith and...
Julie grew up in New Zealand and is a citizen of the US. Like many Kiwi's she traveled at an early age and during a stay in Madrid met for the first time, artists and people of the theater. It was then she decided to follow suit - first as a dancer then as an actor. She is now an award winning playwright whose plays have been performed in the US, New Zealand and Germany. They are published by Smith and & Kraus and Playscripts Inc. Julie has received commissions from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of Science and Technology and Ensemble Studio Theater; fellowships from New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA), Sundance Playwrights Lab., MacDowell Colony, VCCA, and St. James Cavalier in Malta. Julie is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, on the faculty of HB Studio, and a member of The Ensemble Studio Theater.

Plays

  • A Holiday On Ice In A Warm Climate by JULIE MCKEE
    Cast: 
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    Genre: comedy, holiday + 1 more
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    Keyword: climate change, seaweed + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, holiday, political
    Keyword: climate change, seaweed, culinary, iceberg calving, glamping, ozone, melanoma
    When a gigantic iceberg floats by their window occupied by glampers, six time melanoma recipient Mabe is inspired to take an adventurous holiday. But Chef Mack is deeply committed to making seaweed taste like bacon. After all when the inevitable floods inundate the coastal plains, food is going to be at a premium and it's the Chef's job to make it taste good. However, Mabe is convinced the planet...
    When a gigantic iceberg floats by their window occupied by glampers, six time melanoma recipient Mabe is inspired to take an adventurous holiday. But Chef Mack is deeply committed to making seaweed taste like bacon. After all when the inevitable floods inundate the coastal plains, food is going to be at a premium and it's the Chef's job to make it taste good. However, Mabe is convinced the planet will survive and so they have to book a glamp/berg holiday sooner rather than later. After all the scientists fixed the hole in the ozone, and once they get climate under control, the calving will stop and that will be the end of a holiday on ice in a warm climate. Chef Mack is not convinced.
  • Will Sacrifice by JULIE MCKEE
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, tragedy
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    Keyword: Catskills, real estate + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: Catskills, real estate, post 9/11, adult relationships, marriage, dreams
    Bridget's fraught marriage to Nigel, cramped NYC apartment, and stagnant career convince her to go in search of a romantic country escape. This sends Nigel into a frenzy. Ignoring his pleas for sanity, she anxiously enlist the aid of Mr. Sunshine, a local real estate agent. Armed with a limited budget, and plenty of nervous enthusiasm, she plunges headlong into the post 9/11 real estate gold rush up in the...
    Bridget's fraught marriage to Nigel, cramped NYC apartment, and stagnant career convince her to go in search of a romantic country escape. This sends Nigel into a frenzy. Ignoring his pleas for sanity, she anxiously enlist the aid of Mr. Sunshine, a local real estate agent. Armed with a limited budget, and plenty of nervous enthusiasm, she plunges headlong into the post 9/11 real estate gold rush up in the lower Catskill Mountains. "There's gold in them thar hills!" exclaims Mr. Sunshine. But too late, she and Nigel realize they have been trying to escape from fears there is no escape from.
  • The Secret Life of Seaweed by JULIE MCKEE
    Cast: 
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    Genre: adventure, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: World War II, New Zealand + 5 more
    Genre: adventure, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, young audiences
    Keyword: World War II, New Zealand, Maori, Race, science, seaweed, women in war
    1942. World War 2. New Zealand is under threat of a Japanese invasion. Louise MacGregor, formidable scientist, is sent in search of​​ Pterocladia Lucida, a simple seaweed to aid the war effort. May Smith, an untried youngster, is plucked to assist the prickly botanist as a sketch artist. But having only recently discovered her Maori heritage, May has other questions and struggles to meet Louise's rigorous...
    1942. World War 2. New Zealand is under threat of a Japanese invasion. Louise MacGregor, formidable scientist, is sent in search of​​ Pterocladia Lucida, a simple seaweed to aid the war effort. May Smith, an untried youngster, is plucked to assist the prickly botanist as a sketch artist. But having only recently discovered her Maori heritage, May has other questions and struggles to meet Louise's rigorous demands. The​ ​imagined natural world, alongside Maori cosm​​ology, provides a lush environmental immersion into the lives of two women who learn to help each other grow in a time when expressing feelings of unbearable sadness was forbidden for the good of all.​ ​​ ​It's fun too.​ This play is a commission by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of Science and Technology and Ensemble Studio Theater.