Rachel Bublitz

Hawthorne University's club water polo team has just got earth shattering news: this is their last year, because next year their club team will become women's varsity! Elation doesn't even cover it. This means funding and support; buses and team suits! But, it also means growing pains. Not all the players from the club team will be asked to join varsity. And while they gain women's varsity water polo, other athletic programs are lost. Set in the late 90's, when women's varsity water polo saw a nation wide explosion after it was announced that women's water polo would be played in the 2000 Summer Olympics for the first time in history. This play is a love letter to the game, and the players who put all their heart, soul, grit, and moxie into it. GO LIONS!

FULL LENGTH: Lucy goes to college. Lucy brings mace. No need for Lucy to actually use it, right? But something happened that wasn’t supposed to happen. Or did it? Oh well, Lucy must be having that quintessential college experience: drinking, boys, and being completely decimated by the people she trusts.

A National New Play Rolling World Premiere by Mile Square Theatre, Cleveland Public Theatre, and The VORTEX.

Monroe finds herself knocked up, and since abortions are illegal in the United States, she throws a surprise abortion party with her best friend Jade. Monroe prepares over twenty at home abortion options for them to sort through, neither will walk away until they select the best of all of these terrible options. But that's not all! Come on down for juggling, a tap dancing number, and a horrific view at what our future may hold. A comedic two-hander in one scene.

FULL LENGTH: Sarah Boyd is an extraordinary human being. Not only did she build her company from scratch using nothing but willpower and fortitude, she also sits on the precipice of truly saving this planet. Because on top of being one of the fastest growing tech companies in history, Tactix, with Sarah at its helm, will usher this planet into the post-plastic era. A time where we need not worry or fret over the great destruction being done to our world from this non-biodegradable foe. With her eyes steady on her next round of funding, Sarah must persevere through a late night interview with a particularly tough reporter, a lawsuit aimed at a person from her past, and the waffling of her CTO. It's a heavy load, and Sarah knows that she is the only one great enough to bear it.

Finalist: Playwright Foundation's Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2018

FULL LENGTH: Andy’s best friends, Logan, Marcus, and George, decide it’s time they step in after he’s been dumped by his long time girlfriend, to snap him out of his funk. Each armed with their own idea of what Andy needs, they drag him to the gym, the bar, and the woods. They can’t lose another friend. A play about friendship, body image, and feelings… Even the feelings we tell ourselves not to feel.

(Full length. Early development.)

A
game,
a business,
a book reading.
A scare-the-fudge-out-
of-you cult. Brainwashing.
Pyramid screaming and power
playing. A huge heaping side of girl-
bossing. 1,000 scrunchies. No, more. An
adult woman's weight in scrunchies. Leeches.
Judgment. Sub-urban mommy “I remove all the skin
off of grapes, why don’t you?” level of judgment. A ghost?
No. A spirit? No. We’re too afraid to ask. Something. And fire.
We must not forget to tell you about the fire. So much fire. Fistfuls of
fire. Buckets of fire. A literal garage on fire. Bring marshmallows. Bring hot
dogs. Bring cash. Bring blank checks. Bring credit cards. Bring your retirement fund.
Now, sit back. Grab a lawn chair, preferably not from the garage. Let’s sit and watch it all burn.

FULL LENGTH (approximately 80 minutes): The Night Witches, of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, flew in planes made of canvas and wood, and dropped their bombs on their German enemy every fifteen minutes through the night to keep them from sleeping. They were constantly being shuffled and moved to perform new duties; mechanics would become navigators, navigators would become pilots, and pilots would become commanders. Nina and Vera have just finished their training as navigators and are moments away from their first combat mission. As they fight their nerves, the women around them use different means of bolstering their spirits, some more successfully than others. But when the time comes, ready or not, to the sky they must go. However, tonight is different than any night they’ve faced before; their enemy has employed a new tactic taking them completely by surprise. Using movement, song, and lyrically styled dialogue we follow these brave women through one fateful evening during the war.

*35 minute version available!
*60 minute version available!
*Both of the shorter versions of the play have a smaller cast of 9.

TEN MINUTE: In a world in which men are no longer trusted to make decisions concerning their own bodies, women hold all of the cards.

Finalist: Actor's Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award, 2017

TEN MINUTE: Julie would love to have a great first day working the Customer Service desk at Target, but maybe not as much as flirting with Frank, the employee assigned to train her. As the two discuss a possible date their personal lives become more and more clear, which leads to awkward territory.

FULL LENGTH: When aliens invade a small town and abduct the high school football team to steal their brain jelly, no one steps up to save them. Not any parents, not the principal, not the police, not the fire department, not the governor, not even the marines. Thankfully there’s one last group no one ever thought of as heroic, and they’re ready and able to kick some alien butt. That’s right, the cheerleaders. Led by science-fiction enthusiast and self proclaimed mega nerd Gilda, the Greenville High School Cheerleading Squad uses rhymes, cartwheels, glitter, and a fun-ton of tin foil to save the day.

Award: PlayGround's June Anne Baker Prize for top Emerging Bay Area Female Playwright, 2015

TEN MINUTE: In the slightly distant future, a little girl discovers the high price of unchecked human development and story time will never be the same.

FULL LENGTH: When the Germans invade France, Nancy, a rich socialite house wife, isn’t able to sit back and do nothing. Despite her husband's objections, she gets involved with the resistance. For Nancy it’s a slippery slope and soon she graduates from delivering letters to breaking men out of concentration camps. Forced to flee the country with the Gestapo and Vichy on her heals, she is lead to safety over the Pyrenees Mountains. Nancy, however, isn’t satisfied with a quiet life back in England and requests quickly to be sent back into the fight.

FULL LENGTH, early development: After moving across the country, Laurel, the mother of a young child, is desperate to make a friend beyond her cheerio-throwing, Barney-obsessed baby and her over-worked, rarely-home husband, which leads her to jump for a spot in a mommy group with a mysterious reputation. Laurel is cemented in the group before she learns of their devious agenda and is forced to either shut up and join suit, or burn their coven to the ground.

FULL LENGTH: OF SERPENTS AND SEA SPRAY, tells the story of an orphan named Iro who is the subject of ridicule by other children and punishment by uncaring foster parents. During one of her many tours through solitary confinement in the closet, Iro’s imagination brings the her with a mission: find Pegasus. On her quest, taking with her only books and her imaginary friend Annika, Iro hides herself on an ocean liner, joins a circus, and has many other adventures... and along the way finds the truth about the death of her parents.

TEN MINUTE: A ten-minute adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, MOM’S HAM follows a woman’s desperate attempt to make a perfect Christmas feast in honor of her mother’s recent passing.

TEN MINUTE: A new mom fights with her 13 year-old self about going back to work or staying home longer with the new baby.

TEN MINUTE: A disagreement over what employee of the month Jordan should wear in her honorary photo for the company website is made complicated by the presence of her teenage daughter and every day sexism.

Finalist: City Theatre National Award for Short Playwriting, City Theatre, 2018

TEN MINUTE: Three young scientists film their own destruction in an attempt to wake up to the world to the reality of climate change.

TEN MINUTE: While beautifying their neighborhood with a community garden, Lauren and Rose make an unsettling discovery that brings up the racism and elitism that gentrification is so often entrenched in.

TEN-MINUTE: While preparing for their annual debate in front of the whole school, Jaime and Courtlin receive devastating news.

A woman tries to define a terrible situation through a past experience.

ONE ACT: Football is life, and boys are men in this twenty minute one act about gender roles. Chris is having a day the worst day of his young life, he’s been dumped by his girlfriend, and is possibly kicked off the football team, when he accidentally hits a raccoon. When he discovers the animal is dead everything proves too much and Chris falls to pieces, which prompts Brandon, his best friend and most true worshiper, to follow suit. Because if the star of your life isn’t a star, what does that make you? Toxic is a fast ride about status, masculinity, and how people are and are not allowed to behave.

ONE ACT: The evening spirals out of control for Luke and Chloe, as the two try desperately to hold onto one another as their situation changes. Luke, an almost thirty year old assistant manager at Target, has put together a celebration for his co-worker and girlfriend, Chloe, who happens to still be in high school. Unfortunately, what’s good news for Luke devastates Chloe, and she lashes out with the only weapon she has until a new balance can be reached between them. Break Room is one continuous scene with two characters.

ONE ACT, early development: On the brink of the most wonderful/awesome/amazing sleep-over in recorded history two friends grapple with who gets to call the shots and how to tell someone tickling just isn't your thing.

A woman grapples with the 2016 election and her Jewish heritage.

FULL LENGTH: As the air quality in Salt Lake climbs to crisis levels, we follow Dianna through four seasons, trying to balance school, her running team, and pursuing her passion. But as she nears the end of her senior year, she's forced to decide if her running dream truly belongs to her, or if it's more her mother's, while around her the serious effects of the air quality wreak havoc on those athletes who dare breathe hard in the open air.

FULL LENGTH: When the most popular kids from Salem High School find themselves in an abandoned mansion on prom night, it doesn't take them long to realize they've been caught in an elaborate revenge prank. But things move from annoying to terrifying when a girl drops dead from a poisoned Capri Sun. Locked in, they're forced to figure out who among them is the killer, or end up just as much a goner. A night to remember? More like a night they won't ever be able to forget.

In the midst of the Great Depression, in a community crushed by the collapse of coal, and isolated by the very mountains they call home, a group of determined librarians take to their horses to reach the people of Eastern Kentucky. With a dedication equal to the US Postal Service, these “Book Women'' deliver more than the books and magazines they carry in their saddlebags. They bring hope. They bring dreams. They bring the promise that if we support one another, tomorrow will be better.

ONE ACT: The Great Salt Lake is drying up. Without massive changes in water usage it could be dry within five years, which would set off a series of massive environmental disasters for the entire region. Teens across the state of Utah have been asked to make a film about the Great Salt Lake and enter it into the Great Salt Film Competition to raise awareness. One group of friends is divided by their approach to the subject, and that's when they see a lone figure carrying a bright red bucket.

FULL LENGTH and ONE ACT: Welcome to Camp Gray Pine where campers spend weeks breathing in fresh air, soaking up nature, and learn the importance of friendship and fighting the supernatural. When seasoned camper Woolf wanders into the woods with new-kid Max, neither of them realize they’re walking under a full moon, or what is creeping near them in the trees. Woolf is bit forcing her friends to drop everything and find the witch rumored to live in these woods. But things get even stranger as more and more campers seem to be suffering from a very different curse. From werewolves to witches to fairies, something is happening at Camp Gray Pine, and Woolf and her friends are the camp's only hope to get to the bottom of it. Pull up a log and lean close to the campfire, this story is better with s’mores.