Abigail Henkin

I'm a professionally produced young playwright looking for more opportunities to share my work. I've written both drama and comedy and am especially curious about ways of exploring the limits of form and difficult female characters. I also write screenplays, including short films, web series, and features. I'm an alum of the University of Chicago, where I studied theater and cinema.

I'm a professionally produced young playwright looking for more opportunities to share my work. I've written both drama and comedy and am especially curious about ways of exploring the limits of form and difficult female characters. I also write screenplays, including short films, web series, and features. I'm an alum of the University of Chicago, where I studied theater and cinema.

Scripts

Olga's Strike

by Abigail Henkin

Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy,
drama,
period,
political

A headstrong young Russian-Jewish woman comes to live with her sister in a cramped Bronx apartment. When her Communist ideals come into conflict with her brother-in-law’s capitalist ambitions, she decides to unionize his dress shop as the personal clashes with the political.

A headstrong young Russian-Jewish woman comes to live with her sister in a cramped Bronx apartment. When her Communist ideals come into conflict with her brother-in-law’s capitalist ambitions, she decides to unionize his dress shop as the personal clashes with the political.

Personal Speaker

by Abigail Henkin

Cast Size
5—6
Genre
dark comedy,
satire,
science fiction

An office worker must decide whether to surgically implant a popular device that will speak for her.

An office worker must decide whether to surgically implant a popular device that will speak for her.

We Don't Have a F***ing Swear Jar

by Abigail Henkin

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
political

Tensions about a family's involvement in the college admissions scandal explode over Thanksgiving dinner.

Tensions about a family's involvement in the college admissions scandal explode over Thanksgiving dinner.

Decision Day

by Abigail Henkin

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
farce,
satire,
young audiences

Lizzy is a high-achieving high school senior who struggles to decide which of the three colleges wooing her is really her best option. Her mom makes the decision-making tougher.

Lizzy is a high-achieving high school senior who struggles to decide which of the three colleges wooing her is really her best option. Her mom makes the decision-making tougher.

How to Blow Off a Group Project

by Abigail Henkin

1
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy,
satire,
young audiences

Kurt is charming, witty, and utterly uninterested in completing his visual representation of "The Taming of the Shrew." What does interest him? Kate, his high-achieving, ambitious group member. Kurt struggles to steal her attention from the project as she faces her own complicated feelings.

Kurt is charming, witty, and utterly uninterested in completing his visual representation of "The Taming of the Shrew." What does interest him? Kate, his high-achieving, ambitious group member. Kurt struggles to steal her attention from the project as she faces her own complicated feelings.

Between Bars

by Abigail Henkin

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
tragedy

Stuck waiting for her death, a teenage girl reconciles herself with her choices.

Stuck waiting for her death, a teenage girl reconciles herself with her choices.