Rebecca Dzida

Rebecca Dzida

Rebecca Dzida grew up in California and lives in the Washington, DC area, where she joined a cohort of amazing artists as the fourth generation of The Welders, a nonprofit playwrights' collective. For the next few years, she'll be running The Welders with her cohort and producing their own original works. Her day job includes running the education programs for Olney Theatre Center. Rebecca's work...
Rebecca Dzida grew up in California and lives in the Washington, DC area, where she joined a cohort of amazing artists as the fourth generation of The Welders, a nonprofit playwrights' collective. For the next few years, she'll be running The Welders with her cohort and producing their own original works. Her day job includes running the education programs for Olney Theatre Center. Rebecca's work has been performed around the country. She is a two-time finalist of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for her ten-minute plays. Her one-act The Greatest Performance was nominated for the Playwrights Award at the Midtown International Theatre Festival in New York City. She’s also been commissioned for various work around DC, including Capitol Fringe and the One-Minute Play Festival. Her full-length thesis play Preggers, or Parenthood for Virgins premiered at CUA as part of the M.F.A. New Play Rep and was featured in the Washington Post's list of best arts events in 2017. You can read her work on the New Play Exchange and listen to some of her plays on the podcasts Inkubator On Air and ETC's Lights Up!.

Plays

  • Cake Eaters by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7–9
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    Genre: adventure, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: revolution, Rebellion + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, horror, mystery/thriller, political, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: revolution, Rebellion, political intrigue, deception, Dystopian, totalitarianism, features great roles for women, Violent, plot twist, dark
    All Rex wants is to protect his family. On one side is a totalitarian government with no regard for its citizens. On the other side is a floundering revolution that desperately wants to topple the despotic monarchy. When Rex meets Yazzy, a young woman who is more than she appears, he unwittingly finds himself tangled in the intrigue spun on both sides of the fight. Now he must take control of the game before he...
    All Rex wants is to protect his family. On one side is a totalitarian government with no regard for its citizens. On the other side is a floundering revolution that desperately wants to topple the despotic monarchy. When Rex meets Yazzy, a young woman who is more than she appears, he unwittingly finds himself tangled in the intrigue spun on both sides of the fight. Now he must take control of the game before he becomes a pawn, but that's hard to do when Rex cannot decipher between what is or isn't real. (Full-length)
  • Dead.White.Guys. by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: adaptation, biography + 16 more
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    Keyword: feminist spin on Shakespeare, The Crucible + 7 more
    Genre: adaptation, biography, dark comedy, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, fantasy, horror, immersive, melodrama, movement/physical, musical, mystery/thriller, parody/spoof, period, political, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: feminist spin on Shakespeare, The Crucible, angry feminists, metoo, sexual assault, features great roles for women, female power vs. violence against females, class race and gender politics, feminist critique of traditional literary canon
    The place: an empty theater. The time: now. The mission: blow up the patriarchy. A rebel group comes together to bring on the apocalypse—that is, if they can take on the likes of dead white guys from Billy Shakes to Arthur Miller. The fate of the literary canon and society as we know it is at stake. Destruction of this magnitude would dramatically impact the future and reverberate through the past, affecting...
    The place: an empty theater. The time: now. The mission: blow up the patriarchy. A rebel group comes together to bring on the apocalypse—that is, if they can take on the likes of dead white guys from Billy Shakes to Arthur Miller. The fate of the literary canon and society as we know it is at stake. Destruction of this magnitude would dramatically impact the future and reverberate through the past, affecting history as we see it. Maybe this apocalypse is a good thing. (Full-length)

    Trigger warning: this play contains depictions and references to sexual assault
  • Preggers, or Parenthood for Virgins by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: pregnancy, parenthood + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, faith-based, fantasy, holiday, parody/spoof, romantic comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: pregnancy, parenthood, marriage, Bible, feminist biblical theory, spiritual, Crisis of Faith, The Virgin Mary
    Arranged marriage is hard enough, but when newlyweds Mary and Joseph discover they've been chosen to raise the Son of God, it gets harder. Along with a little help from the angel Gabriel, they must learn to navigate the challenges and absurdities of love, marriage, parenthood, and destiny. (Full-length)
  • The Elephant Play by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: elephant, animal play + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, experimental, fantasy, melodrama, movement/physical
    Keyword: elephant, animal play, Mental Health, foster sisters, queer love story, adult depression, imagination, puppetry, magic
    Sasha wakes up one morning to find an elephant inexplicably in her living room. What threatens to be the final unraveling of her mental health might end up being the very thing that reunites Sasha with her estranged foster sister Jill. (Full-length)
  • Kwon by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: mother and daughter, martial arts + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: mother and daughter, martial arts, Violence against women
    Moms Shayne and Catherine watch their eight-year-old daughters spar each other in a taekwondo match, but the real fight is between them on the sidelines. (Ten-minute)
  • Dismembered by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, experimental + 7 more
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    Keyword: easy zoom adaptable, body + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, experimental, fantasy, farce, movement/physical, satire, science fiction, young audiences, zoom
    Keyword: easy zoom adaptable, body, physical acting, absurd comedy
    A head, torso, and legs wake up unattached and must decide if and how they can get back together. (Ten-minute)
  • Winternet is Coming by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: zoom, failure of technology + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, farce, horror, melodrama, satire, science fiction, young audiences
    Keyword: zoom, failure of technology, Quarantine, Internet addiction, internet fail
    KK's life is mundane and repetitive. All they need is Pretty Fly for a Wifi to remind them to take their pills and binge-watch Tiger King. But when the internet stops working, KK is forced to undertake the dreaded task of calling Comcast Customer Service. (Ten-minute)
  • Eagle Girls Forever by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    7–9
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    Genre: adaptation, adventure + 6 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, young adult + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, parody/spoof, science fiction, young audiences
    Keyword: Greek mythology, young adult, early high school, female coming of age, great roles for teens or young adults, high school actors
    Once upon a time, AJ was the most beautiful little girl. While her best friend has grown into a beautiful young princess by the time they begin high school, AJ believes she looks more like a harpy. To make things worse, nobody notices when AJ sprouts wings and a beak. Now AJ must decide to reject or fully embrace her inner harpy. (One-act)
  • Foodstuffs by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: death, grief + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: death, grief, Fathers and Daughters, family, cancer, food, Drugs
    John has just lost his wife to cancer, and all he wants to do is grieve in peace, but his pushy daughter Shelley won't leave him be. Now for the first time in years, father and daughter need to communicate and have a real conversation. (Ten-minute)
  • The Greatest Performance by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    1–2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: teachers, education + 6 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, immersive, parody/spoof, political, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: teachers, education, high school, classroom, teaching, interactive, immersive, audience participation
    It's the first day of school. All Miss C wants to do is teach, but situations outside the classroom keep getting in the way. An immersive, solo play where the audience plays the students. (One-act)
  • The Prophet by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: modern adaptation, Greek mythology + 1 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: modern adaptation, Greek mythology, intersex
    In a cabin on the outskirts of town lives Ty, the mysterious psychic whose remarkable ability to see the future only goes so far as their remarkable inability to interact with people. But Sophie's got nothing to lose excerpt her very own life, that is until Ty answers her question in a most unexpected way. (Ten-minute)
  • Shark Bait by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: divorce, separation + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, tragedy
    Keyword: divorce, separation, aquarium, sharks, marriage, divorce affects kids
    Todd and Laura are taking their son to the aquarium for one last outing together before they separate. Just when Laura thinks it's all worked out, Todd informs her that he doesn't want to move out. (Ten-minute)
  • Remember, Remember by Rebecca Dzida
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: divorce, British + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, holiday, radio drama, young audiences
    Keyword: divorce, British, Guy Fawkes, family, fathers and sons
    Reggie can't seem to connect with his fifteen-year-old son Charles who's obsessed with all things British even before separating from his wife. When Charles starts building a bonfire on November 5 to burn more than a Guy Fawkes effigy, Reggie realizes he's got one last chance to make things right before he moves out of the house. (Ten-minute)
  • The Ones Left Behind by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: The Bible, Bible + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama, faith-based, fantasy, science fiction, tragedy
    Keyword: The Bible, Bible, animals, religion, god, Loss of Faith
    Sonny and Cher are two eruhs on their way to Noah's ark. Just as the flood begins, Sonny informs Cher he's experiencing a crisis of faith. Now Cher needs to convince her mate to board the ark or leave him.
  • The Encounter by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, radio drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: Academia, meet cute + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, radio drama, romantic comedy, young audiences
    Keyword: Academia, meet cute, college, graduate school, adult friendship, awkward encounters, nerd
    When awkward grad student Sean meets Giana on campus, a chance encounter turns into a lesson on friendship and connection. (Ten-minute)
  • Condemnation in a Condom Nation by Rebecca Dzida
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
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    Keyword: Sex, family + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, farce, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Sex, family, communication, wedding, female coming of age, female sexual awakening, bond between sisters, sitcom, young adult, features great roles for women
    When innocent 18-year-old Misha is put in charge of buying items at a sex store for her sister’s raucous bachelorette party, her conservative parents freak out about it, causing Misha to become even more curious about sex. (Full-length)