Hope Lafferty

Hope Lafferty

Instructor of Writing, Angelo State University (2018-2019), UC San Diego (2020-)
Founder and managing director, Marfa Theatre Incubator (2018-2020)
Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive (2018)
Member, the Dramatists Guild of America (2019-)
Birth mother, FRINGE MARFA (2020)
Professional Training Program, Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre (2021-2022)

Plays

  • Our Bodies, Our Shelves by Hope Lafferty
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    Genre: comedy, political
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    Keyword: feminist, medical + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, political
    Keyword: feminist, medical, health and wellness, gynecology, personal agency, abortion politics, awkward sexuality, class race and gender politics, a woman's right to choose, American medicine
    a Vagina Monologue for the Post-Roe Era

    This staged 10-minute piece chronicles the experience of a young woman teaching medical students how to perform pelvic exams.

  • Four A.M. Feeding by Hope Lafferty
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: pregnancy, women + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: pregnancy, women, contraception, Cannabis, grief, divorce, In-vitro fertilization
    The predawn existential crisis of a 40-something nulliparous insomniac in conversation with her second husband after a mutual friend discloses her latest failed round of IVF.
  • Chucktown by Hope Lafferty
    Recommendations: 1
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    Genre: comedy, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: rural America, natural disaster
    Genre: comedy, fantasy, period
    Keyword: rural America, natural disaster
    A 10-minute play of 2 strangers meeting after the Category Five tornado hit Charles City IA in 1968.