Karen Fix Curry

Karen Fix Curry

Karen Fix Curry's work has been seen across the United States and internationally. "Crazy Quilts" a new full length play, was workshopped in Washington, and will receive its premiere at LABTheatre in Tampa, Florida in November 2024. Her award winning ten minute play "Crazy Quilts" was published in "Best Plays of 2021", was produced in Los Angeles, as well as Spokane, WA in...
Karen Fix Curry's work has been seen across the United States and internationally. "Crazy Quilts" a new full length play, was workshopped in Washington, and will receive its premiere at LABTheatre in Tampa, Florida in November 2024. Her award winning ten minute play "Crazy Quilts" was published in "Best Plays of 2021", was produced in Los Angeles, as well as Spokane, WA in 2023. It was also part of Theatre Three Offstage/Online Virtual Production, NY November 2020, finalist in the City Theater National Short Play Contest, Miami, Fl 2020, finalist in the Hive Collective Play to Film Festival, Utah 2021, Semi-finalist in Punching LaBute New Play Festival Chicago, IL in 2020, and semi-finalist in Mildred's Umbrella Theater of Dysfunction XII, Houston, TX 2020.
"Siblings" was published by Next Stage Press in 2021, received a staged reading, Orange Co. Playwrights Alliance at the Chance Theatre,Anaheim, CA - 2019, and "The Rowan Knight" had a zoom reading at Crafton Hills College, Yucaipa, CA 2021, and is slated for a 2022 fall Production. Her play "The Wendy Chronicles" had a zoom workshop reading by Bema Productions in Victoria, BC, Canada 2021.

Ms. Curry is a member of The Dramatists Guild of America, the New Play Exchange, Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Page to Stage Playwriting Group, and ASCAP. She currently resides on Camano Island in Washington.

Plays

  • A Perfect Arrangement by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    7–8
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Victorian, single set + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, period
    Keyword: Victorian, single set, drama-comedy, English period, adult friendship, agoraphobia, mental illness
    Full Length -UPDATED DRAFT - Set in 1850’s England, where curmudgeon and agoraphobic Professor Bastion has driven off everyone. Mrs. Gates, a once minor member of the nobility has been cast out of society, and desperate, takes a job as Bastion’s housekeeper. These two people help overcome their problems while forging a friendship at a time when friendships between men and women were considered scandalous....
    Full Length -UPDATED DRAFT - Set in 1850’s England, where curmudgeon and agoraphobic Professor Bastion has driven off everyone. Mrs. Gates, a once minor member of the nobility has been cast out of society, and desperate, takes a job as Bastion’s housekeeper. These two people help overcome their problems while forging a friendship at a time when friendships between men and women were considered scandalous.

    This is my newest work. Have a look, and I hope you enjoy this Bronte/Austen style play about friendship!
  • Being Wendy Wasserstein (formerly The Wendy Chronicles) by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, political
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    Keyword: One woman show, women's rights + 4 more
    Genre: biography, political
    Keyword: One woman show, women's rights, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project, jewish woman, 20th Century Women, famous woman playwright
    Full length - Wendy Wasserstein, writer of “The Heidi Chronicles”, the first woman to win a Tony for best Play, and the Pulitzer for playwriting, comes to life with humor, shining a light on her life, and her goal of creating real women in plays, with all their problems and frustrations, and giving voice to the emerging women's movement at the second half of the 20th century.
  • Celtic Knot by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    10–13
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: irish, culture + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: irish, culture, ensemble, culture clash, family, bittersweet love story
    Full length - When young Irishman Sean Gallagher goes to school in America and brings home an American wife, tensions rise to the breaking point with his sister Mary. Although father Eamon Gallagher is welcoming, Mary's refusal to accept Sean's wife Beth could destroy the family she loves.
  • Crazy Quilts by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: women, comedy + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: women, comedy, features strong roles for women, quilting, murder, honor roll, abuse
    Full Length - A young woman goes to interview a quilting group and finds herself being interviewed for inclusion in their exclusive secret club. Will she join their pay it forward group and help solve her problem?

    (An expanded version of the award winning 10 minute dark comedy of the same name, Crazy Quilts. Since everyone kept asking "What happened??" Think Arsenic and Old Lace meets Strangers on a Train)
  • Siblings by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: full length, comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: full length, comedy, single set, community theater, great role for older female actor
    Full length - Three older sisters. One wants love, one has a new love, and one’s love has grown stale.
    And they are all worried.
  • The Rowan Knight by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    8–15
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 6 more
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    Keyword: witch, magic + 6 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical, period, tragedy, young audiences
    Keyword: witch, magic, sword play, young adult, medieval, high school, college, large cast
    One Act - During a bloody battle, the Rowan Knight is terribly wounded, and he is given the gift of invincibility by the Witch of the Westmoreland. But at what price?
  • The Back Side of the Moon by Karen Fix Curry
    Cast: 
    5–6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: desert, based on a true story + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: desert, based on a true story, Women centered, guilt and redemption, Drug dealing, guilt, facing reality
    One Act - Connie is an artist. At least she keeps telling herself that. Until she is busted in a drug sting operation and finds herself in Arpaio's Tent City, in the hottest summer on record in Phoenix, Arizona. Connie must face the truth about herself, and decide whether it’s too late to reach out to her family for help. Based on a true story.
  • Poor Wayfaring Stranger by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: homelessness, jobless + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: homelessness, jobless, financial collapse
    One Act - She's lost her husband, her job, and her home. Now Clara must find a way to survive after the economic downturn, by joining the growing group of older Americans in the new economic reality, living out of cars, taking seasonal jobs, and trying to make their way. Clara buys a derelict motorhome, and embarks on her adventure, learning to survive in this new reality.
  • Crazy Quilts by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 25
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: interview, quilting + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror
    Keyword: interview, quilting, revenge, abuse, spousal abuse
    10 minute - A young woman goes to interview a quilting group and finds herself being interviewed for inclusion in their exclusive secret club. Will she join their pay it forward group?
  • Of Lamp Posts and Guinness by Karen Fix Curry
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: drunk, physical acting + 5 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: drunk, physical acting, irish, a play for two actors, ten minute play, adult friendship, slice of life
    10 minute “Best friends head home from what was clearly a bad night at the pub. Is it an earth shaking event, or is it the Guinness talking?”
  • Being Wendy Wasserstein - A monologue by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic + 1 more
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    Keyword: women's rights, writing + 4 more
    Genre: biography, docudrama/historic, political
    Keyword: women's rights, writing, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project, early feminism, 20th century American women history, famous woman playwright
    10 minute - Inspired by interviews with Wendy Wasserstein, this monologue, shines light on her goal of creating real women into plays, with all their problems and frustrations, giving voice to the emerging women's movement at the second half of the 20th century.
  • So Much In Common by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 7
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: festival play, theater for young audiences + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: festival play, theater for young audiences, high school appropriate, high school, a play for two teens, absent parent
    10 minute - When a local high school student and a transfer student meet at registration, they learn that they have much more in common than they ever could have imagined.
  • Katharine Hepburn Lived Here by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Katharine Hepburn, historical women + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Katharine Hepburn, historical women, celebrity ghosts, ghosts, Los Angeles
    10 minutes - Nicky, an aspiring actress, idolizes Katharine Hepburn. She wants to meet her so badly she calls her back from the dead. Does Katharine Hepburn's ghost give Nicky the courage she needs to follow her dream?
  • Call Back on the Staten Island Ferry by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Staten Island, chance meeting + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Staten Island, chance meeting, 20-somethings, contemporary, audience engagement, contemporary New York City
    10 minute - While riding the ferry, a young woman is befriended by a stranger as she waits for a phone call which will tell her whether or not she will stay or return to her home town. This play has two endings, and the audience can vote for their choice; Manhattan, or Staten Island and home. What will they decide?
  • Covid Cookies by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Covid-19, coronavirus + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Covid-19, coronavirus, lockdown, isolation, romantic comedy, a young couple
    10 minute - When baking cookies together causes a young couple to snap while in Covid lockdown, their true feelings are revealed.
  • Bank Slip by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: Teen roles, young adult + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: Teen roles, young adult, comedy, short
    10 minutes. Jenn and Will are headed to their Mother's wedding. They're supposed to pick something up for their Mother but while on the Staten Island ferry they realize they've lost the paper with all the important info they need to get it. What'll they do now?
  • Satellite by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: science, women + 5 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, zoom
    Keyword: science, women, space, engineer, based on a true story, aerospace, misogyny
    10 minute - In the highly technical world of aerospace design, women were, and still are, a rarity. In 1993, newly hired Dr. Elizabeth Strong deals with entrenched misogyny on her first day on the job. Based on a true story. Because you can’t make this stuff up.
  • The Gift by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 8
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Jewish, comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Jewish, comedy, adult women best friends, older actress, American culture, beach setting
    5 minute - Two close friends, both Jewish, both dealing with the reality that is the 21st century. Miriam's neighbor is a bigoted, insensitive person, and Miriam confides that they are contemplating selling the family home to escape a horrible neighbor.
  • Pool Party by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, young audiences
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    Keyword: comedy, teenagers + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: comedy, teenagers, festival play, high school
    3 minutes - What will Deanne do when she and sister Brianne unpack at their big overnighter and discover she's forgotten to pack her swimsuit for the big pool party?
  • Leaving by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Festival, monologue + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Festival, monologue, divorce, out of love, bad marriage, finding strength, bravery, audition monologue
    Monologue - When a young woman confronts her husband, she realizes her strength to move on from a bad marriage.
  • Nightmare by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: monologue, female + 6 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: monologue, female, male, pandemic, Covid-19, PTSD, audition monologue, medical
    Monologue - A healthcare worker tries to cope with the effects of early PTSD due to the pandemic.
  • Madge by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: divorce, comedy + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: divorce, comedy, monologue, older woman, audition monologue
    Monologue -Excerpt from Siblings (full length) by Karen Fix Curry

    Madge has just learned that her younger sister Paula has decided to leave her husband after almost twenty years together. Madge has been married 8 times, and is a pro at handling breakups.
  • Women have Something To Say by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: monologue, audition monologue + 3 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: monologue, audition monologue, strong woman, 20th century history of women, 365 Women A Year Playwriting Project
    Monologue - Excerpt from Being Wendy Wasserstein (full length). Inspired by interviews with Wendy Wasserstein, this one woman play shines light on her goal of creating real women into plays, with all their problems and frustrations, giving voice to the emerging women's movement at the second half of the 20th century. Here Wendy is being interviewed about her thoughts on her role in women's liberation.
  • Sisterly Advice by Karen Fix Curry
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: monologue, divorce + 4 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: monologue, divorce, female empowerment, strong role for woman, competition monologue, features a great role for an older actress
    Monologue - This older, wiser, more experienced woman offers her younger sister some advice and help after finding out that she has left her deadbeat husband.