Julia Everitt

Julia Everitt

Julia Everitt is a NYC- based playwright, originally from Michigan. Her work has been performed in New York City, Chicago, Indianapolis, Iowa City, Morgantown (WV), Port Jefferson (NY), and Flint (MI).
University of Iowa BA: English on the Creative Writing track
Minor: Theatre Arts

Plays

  • Fire Escape
    10 PAGES. Two exes have an honest conversation on a fire escape.
  • A Plot to Destroy Them All
    90 PAGES. When emails from the Russian government find their way into Oli's hands, Oli does the only thing they can think to do about it... tell their equally incompetent friends. Oli, Niki, Zoey, and Leon must find a way to save the world from nuclear war after receiving emails that the United States will be nuked in just three days. But how can they save the world? Building a bomb? Flying to Russia?...
    90 PAGES. When emails from the Russian government find their way into Oli's hands, Oli does the only thing they can think to do about it... tell their equally incompetent friends. Oli, Niki, Zoey, and Leon must find a way to save the world from nuclear war after receiving emails that the United States will be nuked in just three days. But how can they save the world? Building a bomb? Flying to Russia? Brownies? Fake cigarettes? The possibilities are impossible.
  • Spooky Town
    74 PAGES. Laughter rates have gone up in town since Y moved here. But only X and Z seem to notice.
  • I Let Them Out
    5 PAGES. The little girl let her demons out, and now you're alone with them.
  • The Wolves Are Hungry
    72 PAGES. Clarence and Britta must find a way to survive and find civilization while lost in the savage woods after the apocalypse.
  • Dancing on Live Wire
    25 PAGES. Chaz has become addicted to drugs, and it begins to cause him colorful, vivid, and theatrical delusions. His girlfriend, Beauty, is both worried and annoyed, and threatens to leave him if he does not quit all drugs. He attempts to resist the temptation of continuing his drug usage so Beauty will come back to him.
  • Pears
    10 PAGES. Two childhood friends reunite under mysterious circumstances.
  • Copper Royale
    92 PAGES. When two separate copper mining missions- one in 1847 and one in 2017- set off for Isle Royale, they don’t seem to know what they’re getting themselves into. When mysterious roaring is heard in the waters of Lake Superior and when shiny copper scales begin to appear on shore, it becomes clear that fish aren’t the only thing living in the Great Lake’s waters. What does the creature want? Can Sam and...
    92 PAGES. When two separate copper mining missions- one in 1847 and one in 2017- set off for Isle Royale, they don’t seem to know what they’re getting themselves into. When mysterious roaring is heard in the waters of Lake Superior and when shiny copper scales begin to appear on shore, it becomes clear that fish aren’t the only thing living in the Great Lake’s waters. What does the creature want? Can Sam and Taylor make it off of Isle Royale? Or will they too become just another shipwreck for the history books?
  • Take Me Home
    9 PAGES. Two incompetent agents. Two incompetent terrorists. One girl who is really tired of waiting for her flight.
  • Shh... They'll Hear You
    78 PAGES. "Don't let the red light find you" a mysterious disembodied voice coos to Alexis. When will everyone else believe her that the voice exists? When she is kidnapped? When people begin to die? When they hear the voice themselves? Or... when the red light finds them?
  • Two Lines
    24 PAGES. Olivia and Evan try to rekindle their toxic romance while a healthy new relationship buds between their friends, Kayla and Zack.
  • The Phone Booth on Sixth Street
    7 PAGES. A mysterious voice is coming from the old phone booth. Who even knew that old thing was still working? The voice sounds familiar... too familiar.
  • Unplanned
    In Iowa, a bill has been signed and subsequent law enacted banning abortion after the fetus has a heartbeat, typically at only 6 weeks into the pregnancy. What will the Michelle do when she discovers her unplanned pregnancy and both inability to abort the fetus, and inability to afford a pregnancy, much less a child? She’ll go to any lengths to solve her problem, even going above the law…
  • With A Swish
    An all-female sword fighting society’s initiation test may be rigged and it’s up to two rivals to discover whether their fight for acceptance into the society will be fair.
  • The Bubak
    4 PAGES. Scarecrows don’t move… but the Bubak does.