Lizz Mangan

Lizz Mangan (They/Them) is a playwright and dramaturg who focuses on queering theater in both subject and structure. Their work plays with stream-of-consciousness dialogue, non-linear storylines, queer time theory, and how life is kind of funny in it's craziness! Until, you know...it's not.

As a playwright, Lizz's work has been seen across the country in Connecticut, Minneapolis, New York, Maine, Vermont, and Colorado. Lizz is a member of the 2024 First Kiss Theatre Residency program, and is the recipient of a Tennessee Williams Scholar for the 2024 Sewanee Writers' Conference.

They have also had the honor of working in the offices of The Vineyard Theater, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, The Playwright's Realm, Clubbed Thumb, Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford as a script...

Lizz Mangan (They/Them) is a playwright and dramaturg who focuses on queering theater in both subject and structure. Their work plays with stream-of-consciousness dialogue, non-linear storylines, queer time theory, and how life is kind of funny in it's craziness! Until, you know...it's not.

As a playwright, Lizz's work has been seen across the country in Connecticut, Minneapolis, New York, Maine, Vermont, and Colorado. Lizz is a member of the 2024 First Kiss Theatre Residency program, and is the recipient of a Tennessee Williams Scholar for the 2024 Sewanee Writers' Conference.

They have also had the honor of working in the offices of The Vineyard Theater, The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, The Playwright's Realm, Clubbed Thumb, Hartford Stage and TheaterWorks Hartford as a script reader and evaluator.

Lizz is particularly passionate about supporting young theatermakers as they begin to share their work with audiences. Lizz has acted as a playwriting mentor and dramaturg at the Young Playwright's festival at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, and as a reader and director for the Worldwide Plays Festival at Writopia Lab.

Lizz is an alumna of the University of Connecticut where they received their B.A. in Theatre Studies with a concentration in Playwriting and Dramaturgy, as well as the National Theatre Institute's Spring 2018 Advanced Playwriting Semester. They are also a founding member of Eleven & One Theater Collective.

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Scripts

swives

by Lizz Mangan

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
dark comedy,
satire

In the distant past of 2007, a group of women took to the internet to declare their undying devotion to Severus Snape (yes, THAT Severus Snape). "swives" is an imagining of what could have happened if these women had met IRL, and just how far they would have gone to prove their devotion to their religion.

In the distant past of 2007, a group of women took to the internet to declare their undying devotion to Severus Snape (yes, THAT Severus Snape). "swives" is an imagining of what could have happened if these women had met IRL, and just how far they would have gone to prove their devotion to their religion.

And the Lights of the Borealis Were Shining

by Lizz Mangan

3
Cast Size
4—6
Genre
adaptation,
adventure,
fable/folktale

A polar bear and some candle wax. A longing to reunite. Four winds, and a little bit of magic (and weed). All of these guide Bee in a journey of recognizing the worth of second chances.

A polar bear and some candle wax. A longing to reunite. Four winds, and a little bit of magic (and weed). All of these guide Bee in a journey of recognizing the worth of second chances.

Strike/Out

by Lizz Mangan

2
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama,
movement/physical

SEWANEE WRITERS CONFERENCE 2024. Tuesdays are, for the Strike Sisters, a day for bowling, beer, and bickering. When tragedy strikes for a fellow team member, the remaining players are faced with the harsh realization that the place they go to for escaping their outside world problems may be becoming a problem in and of itself.

SEWANEE WRITERS CONFERENCE 2024. Tuesdays are, for the Strike Sisters, a day for bowling, beer, and bickering. When tragedy strikes for a fellow team member, the remaining players are faced with the harsh realization that the place they go to for escaping their outside world problems may be becoming a problem in and of itself.

Okay.

by Lizz Mangan

2
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama,
fantasy

Alex is sick and Sam is tired. At the end of what feels like everything, the failing couple tries to remember what made them think their life together could be okay.

Alex is sick and Sam is tired. At the end of what feels like everything, the failing couple tries to remember what made them think their life together could be okay.

Icarus And Amelia Earhart Had Tea This Morning

by Lizz Mangan

2
Cast Size
4—5
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
drama,
fantasy,
movement/physical

Amelia Earhart and Icarus meet on an island in the Bermuda Triangle and begin to plan a way off.
Long-time friends Amy and Isaac are working towards their own desires, but second-guess their success.
As both groups try to support their counterpart, they find that their own inner conflicts may be getting in the way.
An exploration of self-sabotage and what lengths we go to in order to escape our problems.

Amelia Earhart and Icarus meet on an island in the Bermuda Triangle and begin to plan a way off.
Long-time friends Amy and Isaac are working towards their own desires, but second-guess their success.
As both groups try to support their counterpart, they find that their own inner conflicts may be getting in the way.
An exploration of self-sabotage and what lengths we go to in order to escape our problems.

Eyes and Teeth

by Lizz Mangan

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
adaptation,
fable/folktale

A girl from a Little town is visiting her sick grandmother in a Big city. While grandmother sleeps, the girl sneaks out and meets a woman who makes her feel new. Exciting. Red. Together, the women spend a night together that show them growing up and being grown is not what it always seems. An adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood

A girl from a Little town is visiting her sick grandmother in a Big city. While grandmother sleeps, the girl sneaks out and meets a woman who makes her feel new. Exciting. Red. Together, the women spend a night together that show them growing up and being grown is not what it always seems. An adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood

Defining Blue Spray Paint

by Lizz Mangan

1
Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Hal’s dad is cheating on Hal’s mom with Ken’s mom who’s cheating on Ken’s dad. And there’s no word to define how it feels to know that. Or to define how it feels to eventually become you best friend’s step-sister. Or to define the fear that maybe this is going to affect your entire life and every future relationship in it.

Hal’s dad is cheating on Hal’s mom with Ken’s mom who’s cheating on Ken’s dad. And there’s no word to define how it feels to know that. Or to define how it feels to eventually become you best friend’s step-sister. Or to define the fear that maybe this is going to affect your entire life and every future relationship in it.

Keeper

by Lizz Mangan

Cast Size
1
Genre
experimental,
horror,
mystery/thriller

She’s just looking for her sister, right? What could be more innocent than that?

She’s just looking for her sister, right? What could be more innocent than that?