Erika Hakmiller

Erika Hakmiller


Erika Hakmiller is a Chicago based writer and comedian. She performs musical improv with Nite Brunch every Sunday at The Playground and is a regular performer at Improv Acadia in Bar Harbor, Maine. Back in Chicago she is the independent script supervisor for the iO Comedy Network, a director at Cold Reads, Hot Scripts, and an ensemble actor and writer for the iOCN team, Roll Models. Her comedy has been...

Erika Hakmiller is a Chicago based writer and comedian. She performs musical improv with Nite Brunch every Sunday at The Playground and is a regular performer at Improv Acadia in Bar Harbor, Maine. Back in Chicago she is the independent script supervisor for the iO Comedy Network, a director at Cold Reads, Hot Scripts, and an ensemble actor and writer for the iOCN team, Roll Models. Her comedy has been seen at Women’s Funny Fest, Chicago Sketchfest, iO Comedy Network, and The Mary Scruggs Works by Women Festival. Playwriting credits: Who’s Haunting? (Random Acts Chi), Break Through (Death & Pretzels), Lost and Found (The New Colony Associate Company), and A Better Brothers Grimm (The Second City Training Center). Publications: Word Brothel, The Belladonna Comedy, Little Old Lady Comedy, The Broadway Beat, and Break Through (Samuel French Anthology - Fall 2021). She has interned with The Belladonna Comedy and in the development department of Gulfstream Pictures at Warner Bros. MFA Writing for the Screen and Stage, Northwestern University 2020

Plays

  • Break Through
    A psychology student breaks into the house of a couple in desperate need of some therapy.
  • Near, Far, Wherever You Are...
    Lily is taking a trip down memory lane, to the historic year of 2012, when the Cruise Ship The Costco Concordia sank, changing her life. This play is an absurdist titanic parody and also a 5th graders class presentation... or maybe it's been a movie the entire time?
  • Who's Haunting?
    Two friends try to summon a ghost that's been haunting them, but accidentally summon someone else.
  • a kid
    Agnes is going on a trip to visit her former community theatre director who she hasn’t seen in over 10 years. As her trip draws closer, she is bombarded with flashbacks from when she acted in his production of Romeo and Juliet. The excitement of her journey takes a dark turn as these flashbacks become more and more damning of Agnes' history with men and of her former directors behavior. Her reflection on...
    Agnes is going on a trip to visit her former community theatre director who she hasn’t seen in over 10 years. As her trip draws closer, she is bombarded with flashbacks from when she acted in his production of Romeo and Juliet. The excitement of her journey takes a dark turn as these flashbacks become more and more damning of Agnes' history with men and of her former directors behavior. Her reflection on these memories transform a spontaneous trip into a mission for revenge.

    This two person play shows us how theatre can be a double edged sword: a place for abuse or a place for empowerment. All depending on who's show it is. Fortunately, this is Agnes's show.
  • An Actor
    An actors dedication to a role brings new drama to his home life.