Cathy Earnest

Cathy's play, ANOTHER BONE, was produced at Redtwist Theatre, Chicago, in 2014, directed by Ian Frank. It was a 2013 Finalist at the Ashland New Plays Festival and a 2012 Finalist at The O’Neill. The play had a public reading at Chicago Dramatists in September 2011. It received staged readings in February, 2013 at Triton College, River Grove, IL, where she was the 2013 Emerging Playwright.

THE ARK, a full length play, had a reading in 2023 at Chicago Dramatists, directed by Ann FIlmer.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS was produced in New York City June 26-30, as part of "Behaving Badly," four one-acts. "Disappearing" took first place in the Between Us Productions Take Ten Festival, in New York City, in March, 2013. Previously it had a public reading at Chicago Dramatists as part of...

Cathy's play, ANOTHER BONE, was produced at Redtwist Theatre, Chicago, in 2014, directed by Ian Frank. It was a 2013 Finalist at the Ashland New Plays Festival and a 2012 Finalist at The O’Neill. The play had a public reading at Chicago Dramatists in September 2011. It received staged readings in February, 2013 at Triton College, River Grove, IL, where she was the 2013 Emerging Playwright.

THE ARK, a full length play, had a reading in 2023 at Chicago Dramatists, directed by Ann FIlmer.

MILLIONS AND MILLIONS AND MILLIONS was produced in New York City June 26-30, as part of "Behaving Badly," four one-acts. "Disappearing" took first place in the Between Us Productions Take Ten Festival, in New York City, in March, 2013. Previously it had a public reading at Chicago Dramatists as part of the Ten-Minute Workshop.

Other staged readings include two one acts--"Sightings of Sadaam," and "The Money Musical" at Chicago Dramatists.

She was a Senior Network Playwright at Chicago Dramatists 2012-2014.

She is artist-in-residence at the Millay Artist Colony, NY, for November, 2013.
In 2014 she was an Artist-in-Residence at The Millay Colony for The Arts and in 2013, at The Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, NY.

She earned her MA in Playwriting from Wilkes University in 2023 and is a candidate for the MFA at WIlkes in 2024. She holds an MA in fiction from The Writers' Program at the University of Illinois Chicago, a BA in Music from Elmhurst University. She has been a scholarship recipient at The Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and has published fiction and articles.

She is at work on a play that takes place in Chicago during the 1890s.

Scripts

The Ark

by Cathy Earnest

Cast Size

6—7

Genre

drama,

political,

satire

Charismatic and beloved, Pastor Kris has heard the God of All more clearly than others. She knows that she alone can save us. A lot of people agree and she’s gone viral. Her congregation grows, the money grows, and the denomination is pleased. When the healing of Marge’s boy Marty doesn’t go as expected, though, some begin to doubt. Is Kris anointed as they believe? Kris, though, will not be deterred: she...

Charismatic and beloved, Pastor Kris has heard the God of All more clearly than others. She knows that she alone can save us. A lot of people agree and she’s gone viral. Her congregation grows, the money grows, and the denomination is pleased. When the healing of Marge’s boy Marty doesn’t go as expected, though, some begin to doubt. Is Kris anointed as they believe? Kris, though, will not be deterred: she knows what God wants of her. What could go wrong?

Another Bone

by Cathy Earnest

1

Cast Size

5

Genre

drama,

political

Another Bone was both an O’Neill and an Ashland New Play Finalist. Marie is a 9/11 widow who lost her fireman husband in the tragedy. Five years later, she is remarried to a fine man, and her teenage son is doing well. That's when the bones start coming--and keep coming--via Fedex from the NYC authorities. Then a mysterious woman appears, telling Marie she's getting the wrong bones. The world-premiere of...

Another Bone was both an O’Neill and an Ashland New Play Finalist. Marie is a 9/11 widow who lost her fireman husband in the tragedy. Five years later, she is remarried to a fine man, and her teenage son is doing well. That's when the bones start coming--and keep coming--via Fedex from the NYC authorities. Then a mysterious woman appears, telling Marie she's getting the wrong bones. The world-premiere of Another Bone asks the question: how do you move forward after total devastation, and all the debris that goes with it?

Disappearing

by Cathy Earnest

Cast Size

2

Genre

comedy,

dark comedy,

drama,

fantasy

You wake up and realize you're next to someone you don't know, then that you're both high in the sky sitting on a cloud. Then you start to disappear - from the feet up.

The River

by Cathy Earnest

Cast Size

2

Genre

comedy,

drama,

young audiences,

zoom

Janey prefers lakes over rivers, but she comes to see rivers can take you places.

Money Musical

by Cathy Earnest

Cast Size

5

Genre

comedy,

dark comedy,

movement/physical,

musical,

parody/spoof,

political,

satire

She just wants to invest her money somewhere safe and needs some advice. But the advisor she decides to trust is the niece and admirer of Bernie Madoff. Fun, 40 min musical. And the bad gal does meet a good end. Book and music by Cathy Earnest.

Milions and Millions and Millions

by Cathy Earnest

Cast Size

4

Genre

adventure,

drama,

tragedy

Winning the lottery can be good - it can even pay for a talented student to go to Julliard. That is, unless a troubled father thinks he needs the help more than his son. 30 min play.