Kristy Lin Billuni

Kristy Lin Billuni

With roots in sex work, queer activism, and sex ed, Kristy Lin Billuni’s plays have appeared at an HIV clinic in the Castro, a leather bar in Chelsea, and on San Francisco’s finest cabaret stages. She has earned her living for almost twenty years as the Sexy Grammarian, teacher of bold, free, turned-on writers, and has published fiction and essays in several anthologies and journals. She lives with her heroic...
With roots in sex work, queer activism, and sex ed, Kristy Lin Billuni’s plays have appeared at an HIV clinic in the Castro, a leather bar in Chelsea, and on San Francisco’s finest cabaret stages. She has earned her living for almost twenty years as the Sexy Grammarian, teacher of bold, free, turned-on writers, and has published fiction and essays in several anthologies and journals. She lives with her heroic wife in San Francisco and believes gay sex can save the world.

Plays

  • John & Ted Explore Feminism
    On the historic Yosemite campout that galvanized our National Parks system, two men struggle with their hearts.
  • Maybe, Baby
    Mimi and Mo might make a family, but do they need to find sperm first?
  • Auntie Vanna's Vanity
    A boy and his neighbor play dress-up and rehearse a show, but dress-up can be dangerous in 1969.
  • Season's Greetings
    Regina can hear her holiday gift plant speaking. Will she receive Rosemary’s message or go to the party?
  • The Apple Tree
    (10-minute, 2-hander) In the beginning, there was a tree and a woman who loved apples, and it was good. Audience Award winner in Monday Night Playground, February 2023, Freight & Salvage, Berkeley. Produced in Climate Justice Theater by Planet Earth Arts and National Center for New Plays at The Nitery, Stanford University, CA
  • Gym Bunny Revolution
    Showing up at the gym in January can change everything.
  • Enter the Fool
    Pixie has one more monster to draw before she moves in with her beloved Nora. But the artistic process can be gruesome and cruel. Pixie must embrace her inner fool to take a chance on love. “Enter the Fool'' reclaims the overlooked achievement of tarot-deck illustrator Pamela “Pixie” Coleman-Smith and uplifts her ultimate triumph.
  • Swords and Roses
    Anne wants romance. Hortense wants publicity. She knows her way around the orgiastic court of King Charles II, but Anne knows how to handle a sword. Ill-fated historical lovers fight out differences over how to love, how to live, and whether a 17th Century party girl can possess anything at all.
  • Mam'zelle Champagne
    10 MINUTE- “Mam’zelle Champagne” reimagines a notorious moment in American journalism, when the famous murder of Stanford White by Harry Thaw wedged Evelyn Nesbit into a much-speculated-about love triangle. Newspapers painted her as White’s victim and Thaw’s seductress, but I imagine her as a gay showgirl who didn’t care for either of these flamboyant men.
  • Generation Sex
    TEN-MINUTE: It's not easy to talk about sex with your grandmother.
  • Little Gold Stars
    TEN-MINUTE: Finding your strength can be scary. A #MeToo-murderous witch rejects her power. Can her gynecologist BFF convince her to embrace her inner metaphorical unicorn and fight the patriarchy?
  • Hope for August, or A Quiet Night at The Stonewall
    TEN MINUTE: Ben wants his boyfriend back, August wants Ben, and everybody just wants a nice quiet night at the bar. But it’s June, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn. Iconic queer history meets unrequited love on a fateful night.