Schatzie Schaefers

Schatzie Schaefers

Schatzie Schaefers is an Alaskan theatre artist whose plays have been produced in cities across the U.S. including New York, Seattle, Minneapolis, and San Francisco, as well as in her home state in Anchorage, Valdez, Fairbanks, Homer and Juneau. Her new murder mystery, Silver Thaw, kicked off the 2017-2018 season at Anchorage Community Theatre last fall. Her play Spikes was produced in April 2018 at Cyrano...
Schatzie Schaefers is an Alaskan theatre artist whose plays have been produced in cities across the U.S. including New York, Seattle, Minneapolis, and San Francisco, as well as in her home state in Anchorage, Valdez, Fairbanks, Homer and Juneau. Her new murder mystery, Silver Thaw, kicked off the 2017-2018 season at Anchorage Community Theatre last fall. Her play Spikes was produced in April 2018 at Cyrano's Theatre in Anchorage. Her play, Vashon, was developed with Bay Area dramaturg Jayne Wenger and was workshopped at Juneau’s Perseverance Theatre in January 2011. Other highlights include Kokopelli Theatre’s production of Just Like Julia at NYC’s Shetler Studios in 2010, A Fabulous Coat and Snow in Galveston at Impact Theatre of Brooklyn’s Winter One-Act Festivals in 2007 & 2008, and Asparagus in Quo Vadimus Arts’ ID America Festival in NYC in 2007. Schatzie wrote TV pilots and treatments with Alaska Pilot Project in 2012. Member of New York’s Blue Roses Theatre Company and the Dramatists Guild of America.

Plays

  • Silver Thaw by Schatzie Schaefers
    Cast: 
    12
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    Genre: dark comedy, mystery/thriller + 1 more
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    Keyword: murder, thriller + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, mystery/thriller, period
    Keyword: murder, thriller, 1980s, crime
    It’s Shelly’s first night as on-duty manager of the Landry Channel Lodge and everything is already going wrong. An ice storm hits, power lines fall, trapping everyone inside the lodge with no communication to the outside world. Then a guest mysteriously dies, panic ensues and the accusations fly every which way. Shelly does her best to keep the guests calm amid the chaos, but when all signs begin to point to a...
    It’s Shelly’s first night as on-duty manager of the Landry Channel Lodge and everything is already going wrong. An ice storm hits, power lines fall, trapping everyone inside the lodge with no communication to the outside world. Then a guest mysteriously dies, panic ensues and the accusations fly every which way. Shelly does her best to keep the guests calm amid the chaos, but when all signs begin to point to a certain suspect, how far must she go to protect the guests, the staff, and herself? Set against the backdrop of the early 80’s, this warmly comic new murder mystery reveals the danger of pointing the finger without having all the facts.
  • Spikes by Schatzie Schaefers
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, period + 1 more
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    Keyword: corporate greed, crime + 3 more
    Genre: drama, period, political
    Keyword: corporate greed, crime, scam, capitalism, gender discrimination
    A young columnist, Julie, sees red flags when she takes a close look at a major energy corporation whose CEO keeps the company's explanation of its financial success and pricey stocks a closely guarded secret. This suspenseful glimpse into a world of greed, ethics, and consequences shows us both the perpetrators and victims of scams. But who is the culprit? Greed? Capitalism? Human Nature? Or all three...
    A young columnist, Julie, sees red flags when she takes a close look at a major energy corporation whose CEO keeps the company's explanation of its financial success and pricey stocks a closely guarded secret. This suspenseful glimpse into a world of greed, ethics, and consequences shows us both the perpetrators and victims of scams. But who is the culprit? Greed? Capitalism? Human Nature? Or all three? Set in 2001, this thrilling ride through white collar crime and con-artist scams is loosely based on the Enron scandal.
  • Vashon by Schatzie Schaefers
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Cults, religion + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Cults, religion, fraud, family, cabin
    In a rustic family cabin on Washington State’s Vashon Island, a young couple embarking on a romantic getaway instead stumble into darkness, temptation, family history, fraud, and fundamentalism.
  • Sweet by Schatzie Schaefers
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: meth, addiction + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror, period
    Keyword: meth, addiction, women, crime
    Haunted by dreams of a sadistic countess, Jackie claims to make the purest, safest meth on the market. But when a long-lost teenage sister arrives on her doorstep, Jackie halts all production, causing her and her slew of messed-up friends to go through withdrawal. As the fog of her addiction lifts, Jackie confronts the painful secrets of her family's past. Now Jackie must act quickly to protect her sister...
    Haunted by dreams of a sadistic countess, Jackie claims to make the purest, safest meth on the market. But when a long-lost teenage sister arrives on her doorstep, Jackie halts all production, causing her and her slew of messed-up friends to go through withdrawal. As the fog of her addiction lifts, Jackie confronts the painful secrets of her family's past. Now Jackie must act quickly to protect her sister, salvage her conscience, and keep herself from going to jail. The action flows between a medieval Hungarian castle and a modern-day Oregon meth lab.
  • Cafe Gratitude by Schatzie Schaefers
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: loss, grief + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: loss, grief, death, diner, San Francisco
    A bereaved man wanders into the Bay Area's most cheerful diner, where customers and staff alike do their best to convert him into one of them.
  • Snow In Galveston by Schatzie Schaefers
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Lesbian, women + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Lesbian, women, love, natural disaster
    A Texas widow is forced to leave the only home she's never known, but she's going to do it her way.
  • The Lady in The Cemetery by Schatzie Schaefers
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: History, Alaska + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: History, Alaska, earthquake, women, colonists
    An actress in a historical presentation rehearses her monologue for one final run-through before the audience enters the gates. But she is constantly interrupted, corrected, and criticized by a very opinionated passerby.
  • A Wee Rembrandt by Schatzie Schaefers
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Art and Artists, theft + 1 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Art and Artists, theft, Boston
    A Boston art museum's third-shift security guards spend an evening tied up in the basement after being duped by thieves.