Carolynne Wilcox

Carolynne Wilcox

Carolynne/Caro (she/they) is a Latine playwright/actor/producer based in Seattle, Washington who holds an MFA in Theatre/Original Works from Towson University in Maryland, and is dedicated to putting more female-presenting, & other traditionally underrepresented faces & voices up on the stage. Favorite subjects: mythology and folklore, speculative stories, magic realism, horror, ghost stories, flipping...
Carolynne/Caro (she/they) is a Latine playwright/actor/producer based in Seattle, Washington who holds an MFA in Theatre/Original Works from Towson University in Maryland, and is dedicated to putting more female-presenting, & other traditionally underrepresented faces & voices up on the stage. Favorite subjects: mythology and folklore, speculative stories, magic realism, horror, ghost stories, flipping patriarchal stories on their heads

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Plays

  • Loom by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 5 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, the three fates + 4 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical, young audiences
    Keyword: Greek mythology, the three fates, Hermes, Persephone, dreams, Hades
    The Three Fates, the timeless sisters who’ve woven, measured and cut the threads of the lives of mortals have done their duties throughout time. Hermes, the Messenger God, pays them a visit just as they realize Atropos’s shears have gone missing. It’s been forbidden for them to jump into the dreams of mortals, but suddenly they must, before the dead, literally, begin to rise on earth. Contains themes of loss,...
    The Three Fates, the timeless sisters who’ve woven, measured and cut the threads of the lives of mortals have done their duties throughout time. Hermes, the Messenger God, pays them a visit just as they realize Atropos’s shears have gone missing. It’s been forbidden for them to jump into the dreams of mortals, but suddenly they must, before the dead, literally, begin to rise on earth. Contains themes of loss, domestic issues and climate change. A lyrical journey through contemporary dreams, the god realm and the underworld, adaptable for 5-15+ actors (of any ethnicity) and appropriate for educational purposes.
  • Clytemnestra by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    8–10
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    Genre: adaptation, docudrama/historic + 5 more
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    Keyword: Oresteia, Greek chorus + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, docudrama/historic, drama, fable/folktale, movement/physical, period, tragedy
    Keyword: Oresteia, Greek chorus, Clytemnestra, infamous murder, classic adaptation, Furies
    Vilified across the ages through myths, tales and artwork mostly seen through the (unreliable?) male gaze, Clytemnestra's got her own tale to tell about what happened the day Agamemnon finally returned from Troy...and its disastrous consequences.
  • A Series of Small Cataclysms by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    9
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 5 more
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    Keyword: post-apocalyptic, climate change + 8 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror, movement/physical, science fiction
    Keyword: post-apocalyptic, climate change, Greek mythology, Greek chorus, ritual, family dysfunction, Plague wedding, mother daughter relationship, dystopian future, Post-plague
    Co-written with Jen Smith Anderson

    It is the year 2121, and the Earth has weathered through the slow, gradual domino effects of climate change disaster - population has been drastically reduced. Four sisters gather at the deathbed of their controlling mother. Things take a darker turn when mother collapses and an unearthly visitor is a harbinger of things to come as they discover there are...
    Co-written with Jen Smith Anderson

    It is the year 2121, and the Earth has weathered through the slow, gradual domino effects of climate change disaster - population has been drastically reduced. Four sisters gather at the deathbed of their controlling mother. Things take a darker turn when mother collapses and an unearthly visitor is a harbinger of things to come as they discover there are greater, more chaotic, universal forces at work in which they surprisingly play a role, in this post-apocalyptic, family-oriented drama where gods walk the earth with disconcerting agendas. But time is happening concurrently, and while the past informs the future, the present can also inform the past. Can the world be saved from total annihilation? Or will humanity reap the final gifts of what we have sown?
  • Spring Pea Soup by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    5–7
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    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: alternate fairy tale, bad romance + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy, experimental, fable/folktale, radio drama, satire, zoom
    Keyword: alternate fairy tale, bad romance, audio drama, dating, deconstructed fairy tale
    The prince & his parents agree: he needs a bride. The princess wants to be accepted for who she is... the pea just wants to be the best pea it can be!
  • Psychic Latex by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: mental illness, imaginary friends + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: mental illness, imaginary friends, government experiments, other realities, imaginary characters, Alternative Realities, Psychic abilities
    Theo just wanted to spend the afternoon reading his newspaper in the park, but a young, perky interloper interrupts his afternoon with the possibility there are things around him he can't see.
  • Smashing Reality by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: battle of the sexes, apocalypse + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror, satire, science fiction
    Keyword: battle of the sexes, apocalypse, gaslighting, Mansplaining, middle age crazy
    Sheila and Peter are miscommunicating, and it has (hilariously?) disastrous consequences.
  • Fate Demands It by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy + 5 more
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    Keyword: Trojan War, Clytemnestra + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, tragedy
    Keyword: Trojan War, Clytemnestra, Cassandra, John Collier, Euripides, Aeschylus, feminist, Iphigenia, spoils of war, ancient greek mythology
    Clytemnestra has just avenged her daughter by killing her husband, and now it’s time to kill the concubine & spoil of war he brought with him from Troy. Or...maybe not. Fate demands one thing, but can Cassandra possibly negotiate another?
  • Wind Whispers Mary by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Anti-Christ, post-apocalyptic + 8 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror, science fiction
    Keyword: Anti-Christ, post-apocalyptic, Jimi Hendrix, Purple Haze, Wind Cries Mary, The Metronome Society, Viral Outbreak, the second coming, mythology, plague play
    Mary and Violet travel the ruins of a virus-ravaged world. One day, a mysterious man who has no memory of his past stumbles upon their camp with a particular and unsettling interest in Mary's unborn child. Inspired by the Jimi Hendrix album "Are You Experienced". 14 pages, runs about 10 minutes long.
  • Mean Spirited by Carolynne Wilcox
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: online dating, sibling rivalry + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, horror, movement/physical, romantic comedy
    Keyword: online dating, sibling rivalry, bros, dating, dating horror stories, ghosts, creepy dolls, horror comedy, roommate comedy
    Steve met Elizabeth online, arriving at her house for dinner and a fun evening, but her sister, Danielle, has other ideas, and he gets way more than he bargained for in this twisty and twisted black comedy.
  • Queen of the Dead by Carolynne Wilcox
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adaptation, experimental + 4 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, Persephone + 5 more
    Genre: adaptation, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical, young audiences
    Keyword: Greek mythology, Persephone, Demeter, Hades, pomegranate seeds, ghosts, journey
    Persephone's journey from the innocent summer land of her mother to the dark seduction of the underworld in her own words. A solo piece with movement.
  • Pandora & The Box by Carolynne Wilcox
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 6 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, Pandora + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror, movement/physical, young audiences
    Keyword: Greek mythology, Pandora, PRometheus, creepy, voice, vocal manipulation
    Pandora tries to ignore the mysterious yet seductive voices inside the forbidden box Ep has brought home as their wedding present, as they try to cajole her into opening it and setting them free. A solo play written as a vehicle for electronic voice manipulation.
  • Stings Like Acid by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Greek mythology, abuse + 2 more
    Genre: adventure, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, movement/physical
    Keyword: Greek mythology, abuse, romance, mental illness
    co-written with Telisa Steen and Kirsten McCory

    Rachel and her friends travel through a world of make-believe and reality as kids and adults as they try to make sense of difficult life circumstances, love and mental illness.
  • Fortune Teller by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adventure, docudrama/historic + 5 more
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    Keyword: Las Vegas Lounge Act, 9/11 + 5 more
    Genre: adventure, docudrama/historic, drama, experimental, fantasy, movement/physical, tragedy
    Keyword: Las Vegas Lounge Act, 9/11, on airplane, American history, spirit medium, fortune teller, Las Vegas cocktail lounge
    Madame Zelda is in the middle of hosting her failing Vegas show when she unwittingly taps into the thoughts of passengers on an ill-fated plane flight.
  • Après - The Story of Solange by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, horror
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    Keyword: Jean Genet, imprisonment + 3 more
    Genre: drama, horror
    Keyword: Jean Genet, imprisonment, insanity, infamous murder, ghosts
    A sequel, of sorts, to Jean Genet's The Maids. Incarcerated in an institution for the criminally insane for her sister's murder, Solange must untangle the voices in her head from the voices of reality to find her way back to some semblance of sanity and life.
  • Change Is Gonna Come by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: all female cast, purgatory + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: all female cast, purgatory, substance abuse, limbo, waiting room, celebrity, difficult mothers
    Frankie and Rita wake up and find themselves in an unfamiliar room, and must figure out who they are, what they are doing there and why they need each other before time runs out!
  • Oona, The Jolly Cave Woman by Carolynne Wilcox
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    12–18
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    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: cave people, mythology + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy, experimental, fable/folktale, political, satire
    Keyword: cave people, mythology, Patricia Highsmith, Sex, feminist
    Oona has her hands full with all the men in her tribe professing their love and trying to get with her. The other women aren't happy about it either in this adaptation of the short story by Patricia Highsmith.
  • Afterthoughts by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Female Shakespearian Characters, based on Shakespearean characters + 3 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: Female Shakespearian Characters, based on Shakespearean characters, female revenge, Based on Romeo and Juliet, Rosaline
    A monologue about who was REALLY behind the tragedy of Romeo & Juliet...
  • The Saddest Song in the World by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    5–14
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    Genre: adaptation, adventure + 6 more
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    Keyword: orpheus and eurydice, Orpheus + 7 more
    Genre: adaptation, adventure, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror, movement/physical, tragedy
    Keyword: orpheus and eurydice, Orpheus, a play with music, Chicano folklore, Aztec mythology, greek myth, short play, Spanglish, 15 minute play
    A spanglish adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydice, complete with characters from the Aztec/Mexican Folkloric tradition. Yuri is killed by Coatl on their wedding day to Orfeo, who uses the saddest song they've ever created to pass through the barriers to the underworld and bring back their beloved.
  • Le Camembert by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: 2 minute monologue, cheese + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: 2 minute monologue, cheese, gourmand, food and sex, French accents
    Cam's most fervent desire is to be enjoyed and ingested by the beautiful siren across the room who seems to have taste only for the bland American.
  • Love by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 1 more
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    Keyword: love, life after death + 2 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, fantasy
    Keyword: love, life after death, belonging, enlightenment
    A newly-dead woman discovers love.
  • Nirvana by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Nirvana, life after death + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy
    Keyword: Nirvana, life after death, cheese, enlightenment
    Monologue: A newly-departed soul discovers what happens next.
  • Crossroads by Carolynne Wilcox
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 4 more
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    Keyword: Crossroads Demon, cherry pie + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: Crossroads Demon, cherry pie, selling soul, thunderstorm, consequences
    Woman walks into a bar...and has to part with exactly what she bargained for 10 years prior.