Niki Hatzidis

Niki Hatzidis is an actor and award nominated playwright based in New York City. Her first full-length play she co-wrote, Steel Birds, was nominated for two New York Innovative Theater Awards; Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and Outstanding Original Full-length Script. Niki has had one-acts and short plays featured in various festivals and readings in New York City, California and the UK. She is a writer and producer of The Beautiful Work Challenge podcast and a writer on Standby, a sketch comedy podcast by DimlyWit Productions. She is a features writer in OnStage.com. Niki is a graduate of Guildford School of Acting. NikiHatzidis.com.

Niki Hatzidis is an actor and award nominated playwright based in New York City. Her first full-length play she co-wrote, Steel Birds, was nominated for two New York Innovative Theater Awards; Outstanding Premiere Production of a Play and Outstanding Original Full-length Script. Niki has had one-acts and short plays featured in various festivals and readings in New York City, California and the UK. She is a writer and producer of The Beautiful Work Challenge podcast and a writer on Standby, a sketch comedy podcast by DimlyWit Productions. She is a features writer in OnStage.com. Niki is a graduate of Guildford School of Acting. NikiHatzidis.com.

Scripts

Good People are Always so Sure They're Right

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

Jessica is a Phd candidate speaking on behave of an inmate, Alex, at a hearing in the hopes of gaining him a stay of execution.

Jessica is a Phd candidate speaking on behave of an inmate, Alex, at a hearing in the hopes of gaining him a stay of execution.

Ice Cream, DNA and Stuff

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

A young woman and an older gentleman plan a meeting on a bench by a river. But their ties run deeper than how it might first appear.

A young woman and an older gentleman plan a meeting on a bench by a river. But their ties run deeper than how it might first appear.

The C Word

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

Darcy finds herself in a city park after seeing a spot on her breast at a mammogram appointment. Convinced she has cancer, she sparks up a conversation with Ben, a stranger in the park, about how she plans to. change the way she lives her life.

Darcy finds herself in a city park after seeing a spot on her breast at a mammogram appointment. Convinced she has cancer, she sparks up a conversation with Ben, a stranger in the park, about how she plans to. change the way she lives her life.

The Gopher Method

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

Beatrice's ex-husband has been invited to her parent's annual Valentine's Day party, forcing her to confront him about how she feels about their relationship and why it ended.

Beatrice's ex-husband has been invited to her parent's annual Valentine's Day party, forcing her to confront him about how she feels about their relationship and why it ended.

Ariathne

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

Ariathne finds herself at the grave of her recently deceased mother and bombards a nearby grieving widower, James, with questions about death. He talks her through how to mourn someone you might not love.

Ariathne finds herself at the grave of her recently deceased mother and bombards a nearby grieving widower, James, with questions about death. He talks her through how to mourn someone you might not love.

Poison and Wine

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

Sarah has found letters from Camille, a previous girlfriend, after her husband's death. She comes to Camille's apartment to tell her Sam has died and to ask her what he was like because, from the letters, she doesn't recognize him at all.

Sarah has found letters from Camille, a previous girlfriend, after her husband's death. She comes to Camille's apartment to tell her Sam has died and to ask her what he was like because, from the letters, she doesn't recognize him at all.

Lucinda

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

A Pulitzer Prize winning author has hauled up in a cabin with a couple confidants in order to help her complete her second novel. It becomes clear that not all is how it seems when her husband arrives unexpectedly.

A Pulitzer Prize winning author has hauled up in a cabin with a couple confidants in order to help her complete her second novel. It becomes clear that not all is how it seems when her husband arrives unexpectedly.

Setting the Sky on Fire

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

From 1943-1945, women from all over the country followed their husbands to a secret compound in the middle of New Mexico, with the promise that they would have a hand in ending the war abroad. In the early hours of July 16th, 1945, five women sit on a porch in Los Alamos, looking towards the southern horizon, waiting to see... something.

From 1943-1945, women from all over the country followed their husbands to a secret compound in the middle of New Mexico, with the promise that they would have a hand in ending the war abroad. In the early hours of July 16th, 1945, five women sit on a porch in Los Alamos, looking towards the southern horizon, waiting to see... something.

An Almost

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

We all have that person that ruined us. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all got the opportunity to say all the things we ever wanted to say to them? Elliot is still grappling with the impact Max has left on him, so he has created a circumstance in which he can tell her everything.

We all have that person that ruined us. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we all got the opportunity to say all the things we ever wanted to say to them? Elliot is still grappling with the impact Max has left on him, so he has created a circumstance in which he can tell her everything.

Cohesion

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

Cohesion, in chemistry, is the action or property of like molecules sticking together, being mutually attractive.

A dynamic of modern relationships where people are unwilling to be vulnerable, is the struggle to form real connections. Val and Jake are two guarded and broken people who can’t get out of their own way. Their up bringing, environment, weaknesses and past relationships all play a factor in the...

Cohesion, in chemistry, is the action or property of like molecules sticking together, being mutually attractive.

A dynamic of modern relationships where people are unwilling to be vulnerable, is the struggle to form real connections. Val and Jake are two guarded and broken people who can’t get out of their own way. Their up bringing, environment, weaknesses and past relationships all play a factor in the present connections they forge. They fall back onto their safety net; their wit, sexuality, and tough exterior. Ultimately they miss out on their soulmate for the simplest of reasons; fear.

CommonWealth: A Play Set In Massachusetts

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

In CommonWealth, Two young women in dire circumstances hatch a plan to propel themselves into a better life, but their decisions set in motion consequences they could never have foreseen. Set on the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, a story about trying to escape your environment when the system is stacked against you.

In CommonWealth, Two young women in dire circumstances hatch a plan to propel themselves into a better life, but their decisions set in motion consequences they could never have foreseen. Set on the backdrop of the opioid epidemic, a story about trying to escape your environment when the system is stacked against you.

Steel Birds

by Niki Hatzidis

Synopsis

‘Steel Birds’ is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’, set Oahu, Hawaii on the brink of America entering the Second World War. The three Pavel sisters live in paradise yet they cannot wait until the day when they return to their beloved Boston. Relationships are tried, opportunities are passing, and little do they know the sky is about to come falling down all around them.

‘Steel Birds’ is an adaptation of Anton Chekhov's ‘Three Sisters’, set Oahu, Hawaii on the brink of America entering the Second World War. The three Pavel sisters live in paradise yet they cannot wait until the day when they return to their beloved Boston. Relationships are tried, opportunities are passing, and little do they know the sky is about to come falling down all around them.