Brooke M. Haney

Brooke M. Haney (they/she) is a New York based writer/theatre artist who has worked regionally in Seattle, Boston, Orlando, and Kentucky, and internationally in the Philippines. She has a passion for classical text and new play development. Her play KISS ME OR CUT OFF MY HEAD has been performed in New York, Pittsburgh, and Palawan, Philippines. Brooke is Artistic Producer of Daughters of Troy, where her play DON'T MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL was conceived and performed as part of Barton Booth’s Make Room residency on Governors Island in 2016. In 2018, her play NOW WHAT? was read as part of Ivy Theatre’s 24 Hours of Women. Brooke is a graduate of the University of Central Florida with her MFA in Performance and has her BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Washington. Brooke is Adjunct Professor...

Brooke M. Haney (they/she) is a New York based writer/theatre artist who has worked regionally in Seattle, Boston, Orlando, and Kentucky, and internationally in the Philippines. She has a passion for classical text and new play development. Her play KISS ME OR CUT OFF MY HEAD has been performed in New York, Pittsburgh, and Palawan, Philippines. Brooke is Artistic Producer of Daughters of Troy, where her play DON'T MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL was conceived and performed as part of Barton Booth’s Make Room residency on Governors Island in 2016. In 2018, her play NOW WHAT? was read as part of Ivy Theatre’s 24 Hours of Women. Brooke is a graduate of the University of Central Florida with her MFA in Performance and has her BA in Theatre Arts from the University of Washington. Brooke is Adjunct Professor of Acting at Marymount Manhattan College. Proud member of AEA/SAG-AFTRA. www.brookemhaney.com

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Scripts

Now What?

by Brooke M. Haney

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Cast Size
2
Genre
docudrama/historic,
drama,
political

A response to the 2016 Presidential election, based on interviews and a piece in Complex Magazine, NOW WHAT? imagines a relationship between a reporter working the Trump party on election night and a caterer working Hillary's party. Jumping through time, these two friends experience the lows and highs of hope and despair.

A response to the 2016 Presidential election, based on interviews and a piece in Complex Magazine, NOW WHAT? imagines a relationship between a reporter working the Trump party on election night and a caterer working Hillary's party. Jumping through time, these two friends experience the lows and highs of hope and despair.

Kiss Me or Cut Off My Head

by Brooke M. Haney

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Cast Size
6—18
Genre
adaptation,
drama,
immersive,
tragedy,
translation,
verse

Theater, poetry and visual art collide in this contemporary retelling of the Medusa myth. When Medusa confronts her infamy, voices of survivors embolden her to unmask the lies surrounding her own story, challenging assumptions often made about sexual assault. KISS ME OR CUT OFF MY HEAD is adapted by Brooke M. Haney from the poetry of Sheryl St. Germain and true accounts of survivors of sexual assault.

Theater, poetry and visual art collide in this contemporary retelling of the Medusa myth. When Medusa confronts her infamy, voices of survivors embolden her to unmask the lies surrounding her own story, challenging assumptions often made about sexual assault. KISS ME OR CUT OFF MY HEAD is adapted by Brooke M. Haney from the poetry of Sheryl St. Germain and true accounts of survivors of sexual assault.