Marjorie Muller

Marjorie Muller

Marjorie Muller writes plays about bodies.

Marjorie's work has appeared at Urbanite Theatre, The Women’s Theatre Festival, Avalanche Theatre, and Northwestern University (among others). Marjorie is an alum of the acting program at the Theatre School at DePaul, Jackalope Theatre Playwright’s Lab, and New Coordinates’ Writers Room.

She is a member of the Under Construction 3...
Marjorie Muller writes plays about bodies.

Marjorie's work has appeared at Urbanite Theatre, The Women’s Theatre Festival, Avalanche Theatre, and Northwestern University (among others). Marjorie is an alum of the acting program at the Theatre School at DePaul, Jackalope Theatre Playwright’s Lab, and New Coordinates’ Writers Room.

She is a member of the Under Construction 3 cohort at The Road Theatre with whom she is developing The Sporting Life, a play inspired by the Diamanda Galas album of the same name.

Marjorie currently resides in Chicago with her guitar, Leona, and a powder blue Citation typewriter. In her free time, she indulges her voracious obsession with Led Zeppelin and analyzes strategy on Survivor.

Plays

  • The Sporting Life by Marjorie Muller
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: feminism, dark comedy + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, tragedy
    Keyword: feminism, dark comedy, body horror, 90s nostalgia, Grunge, Kurt Cobain, serial killer, first period, body play, sexual content
    16-year-old Dot still hasn’t gotten her period. Lucky for her, there’s a Witch in the woods who can get it started. However, in exchange, Dot must offer her the life of a man who has wronged her. And who better to offer than a math teacher? When Dot gets her elusive first period and becomes witness to the Witch’s murder, they become bonded in literal blood, sending Dot down a path of self-understanding,...
    16-year-old Dot still hasn’t gotten her period. Lucky for her, there’s a Witch in the woods who can get it started. However, in exchange, Dot must offer her the life of a man who has wronged her. And who better to offer than a math teacher? When Dot gets her elusive first period and becomes witness to the Witch’s murder, they become bonded in literal blood, sending Dot down a path of self-understanding, bitterness, and perhaps a little bit of violence too (as a treat). The Sporting Life is a "coming of rage" story brutally snapped open to expose the, sometimes literal, entrails of growing up girl.
  • littlespace, or the daddy play by Marjorie Muller
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: feminist, Realism + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: feminist, Realism, family, Chronic Illness, kink, womanhood, sexuality, Reproductive Rights, reproductive justice
    On a scale of 1 to 10, Bea's pain is a 10, but she'll tell you it's an 8. After putting plans of a family on hold indefinitely, Bea pushes her doctor to test for endometriosis. But normalcy fractures when her husband reveals he's been contacted by a daughter he didn't know he had. littlespace, or the daddy play, exposes a system that discredits women’s bodily knowledge, both in their...
    On a scale of 1 to 10, Bea's pain is a 10, but she'll tell you it's an 8. After putting plans of a family on hold indefinitely, Bea pushes her doctor to test for endometriosis. But normalcy fractures when her husband reveals he's been contacted by a daughter he didn't know he had. littlespace, or the daddy play, exposes a system that discredits women’s bodily knowledge, both in their pain and in owning their desires.
  • Regular by Marjorie Muller
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: addiction, trauma + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: addiction, trauma, Recovery, dramedy, friendship, small town, rural America
    Kate is new in town. Hoping to blend in with the locals, she finds a small apartment at the edge of town and accepts a job at the local fiber supplement factory, Easy Does It! However, it’s not so easy when Kate finds out she’s one of the first new residents in over ten years. And for some reason everyone finds her face familiar. They just can’t quite place it. But while everyone tries to decode her secret,...
    Kate is new in town. Hoping to blend in with the locals, she finds a small apartment at the edge of town and accepts a job at the local fiber supplement factory, Easy Does It! However, it’s not so easy when Kate finds out she’s one of the first new residents in over ten years. And for some reason everyone finds her face familiar. They just can’t quite place it. But while everyone tries to decode her secret, they burst to life, desperate to make their mark on her. From her coworker, to her boss, to her neighbor, all the way to her weed dealer, Kate becomes a sounding board for their own traumas, dreams, and addictions. And eventually, she may be too close to them to run any longer.
  • Lucy Westenra Is Not (And Will Never Be) a Vampire by Marjorie Muller
    Cast: 
    6–34
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: adaptation, dracula + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, horror
    Keyword: adaptation, dracula, zoom, young adults, horror, comedy, mockumentary, epistolary
    Lucy Westenra has gone missing. Now it’s up to her best friend, three exes, and folk music group The Brides to find her. An adaptation of Dracula crossed with the delirium of “found footage” horror and a dash of haywire mockumentary, Lucy Westenra… explores the insidiousness of the patriarchy, the question of belonging, and following one’s true path.

    This play was developed to be performed by...
    Lucy Westenra has gone missing. Now it’s up to her best friend, three exes, and folk music group The Brides to find her. An adaptation of Dracula crossed with the delirium of “found footage” horror and a dash of haywire mockumentary, Lucy Westenra… explores the insidiousness of the patriarchy, the question of belonging, and following one’s true path.

    This play was developed to be performed by young adults. It is adaptable to both Zoom and live performance.
  • The Iconoclasts by Marjorie Muller
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: art, ghost story + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: art, ghost story, Art and Painting, visual art, Temptation
    At the behest of her boss, an acclaimed Chicago visual artist, Morgan rifles through a storage unit looking for a teapot that belonged to a dead Russian painter steeped in his own mythos. When she's visited by his ghost, inspiration strikes her violently, turning her world (and everyone else's) into a chaotic sprint of yellow gouache and bloodied hands. A satire of artists and a tragedy of creation,...
    At the behest of her boss, an acclaimed Chicago visual artist, Morgan rifles through a storage unit looking for a teapot that belonged to a dead Russian painter steeped in his own mythos. When she's visited by his ghost, inspiration strikes her violently, turning her world (and everyone else's) into a chaotic sprint of yellow gouache and bloodied hands. A satire of artists and a tragedy of creation, The Iconoclasts begs the question what does it mean to be an artist? And does creation come at a price?
  • WasteHouse by Marjorie Muller
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: family drama, dramedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: family drama, dramedy, body autonomy, tw ed recovery
    Gretchen Prince is a washed up Hollywood TV star, known more for her stints in rehab than for her role as spiteful and conniving “it girl” on teen drama Trellis County (now in syndication). After being entrapped in a weight loss scam by a hack doctor that left her practically penniless and at death’s door, Gretchen returns to the people she left behind: her family. With a well-meaning mother, bumbling...
    Gretchen Prince is a washed up Hollywood TV star, known more for her stints in rehab than for her role as spiteful and conniving “it girl” on teen drama Trellis County (now in syndication). After being entrapped in a weight loss scam by a hack doctor that left her practically penniless and at death’s door, Gretchen returns to the people she left behind: her family. With a well-meaning mother, bumbling stepfather, and pregnant workaholic sister, Gretchen is forced to reconcile with who she once wanted to be, especially once the boy-next-door moves back to town. But Hollywood doesn’t stay quiet for long (after all, everyone loves a comeback).
  • Untitled Mantis Play (Chronicle of a Death Foretold) by Marjorie Muller
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: bugs, comedy + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, experimental, science fiction
    Keyword: bugs, comedy, Sex, feminist, science, entomology
    Santiago is a poet. Lisa is a scientist. But as praying mantises trapped in a jar, they may never get the acclaim they deserve unless they plan a daring escape.
  • Tired/Merry by Marjorie Muller
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, period
    Adapted from the poem "Recuerdo" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, two self-proclaimed, Depression Era sadgirls live all the live they can before daybreak sweeps one of them off to married life.
  • The Young and the Ruthless by Marjorie Muller
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: COVID, supernatural + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy
    Keyword: COVID, supernatural, comedy, one act
    Greta and Trina are just like any other normal millennial gals, figuring out life, love, and White Claw. Except they’re demons waiting to usher in the apocalypse.