Devon Hayakawa

Devon Hayakawa

Devon Hayakawa - BFA in Musical Theatre with Studies in Playwriting and Dramaturgy.
Currently Chicago-based.

Royalties for all plays can be negotiated.
Contact: devonhayakawa@gmail.com

Plays

  • 9066 by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: japanese internment, executive order 9066 + 6 more
    Genre: docudrama/historic, drama, period, political, tragedy
    Keyword: japanese internment, executive order 9066, Japanese American, Japanese, 1940's period, 1940s, housewife, Bechdel Test
    Dorothy Brooks wasn't expecting any guests. She certainly wasn't expecting a nine-year-old Japanese girl with a suitcase to be standing just outside her front door.

    An exploration of what happened after Executive Order 9066 was suspended.
  • Se Battre Pour L'Amour by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: medieval, jousting + 6 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy, period
    Keyword: medieval, jousting, class and gender identity, gender identity, sexuality, sexual exploration, LGBTQ, angry feminists
    Lady-in-Waiting Thomasin Pratt wants to joust. Squire Miles Digby isn't quite sure he wants to teach.

    A ten-minute play set in 1384, "Se Battre Pour L'Amour" explores gender identity, sexuality, and societal expectations in a time surprisingly not too different from our own.
  • Emily/Emily by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, period + 1 more
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    Keyword: Emily Dickinson, LGBTQ + 5 more
    Genre: drama, period, verse
    Keyword: Emily Dickinson, LGBTQ, lesbians, poetry, gay poetry, Bechdel Test, lesbian love
    A story about an Emily in love.
    Or rather, two Emilys in love in very different times.

  • Lily and Tessa's Super Star Show, Episode 37 by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, movement/physical + 2 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, early 2000s + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, movement/physical, musical, young audiences
    Keyword: LGBTQ, early 2000s, 2002, avril lavigne, clueless, hilary duff, shrek, internalized homophobia, homophobia
    It's time for Lily and Tessa's Super Star Super Special Show, and they're going to revive all of their greatest hits (Avril Lavigne dance routines, Clueless monologues, and even some surprise poetry)! The only problem is that Lily still hasn't shown up yet...and Tessa might have to do the whole show alone.
  • When Tomorrow Starts by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: memory play, coping with suicide + 7 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: memory play, coping with suicide, LGBTQ, teenagers, contemporary realism, suicide, stages of grief, teenagers fighting, angst
    In a small Northern California town, five high schoolers are left in shock when one of their closest friends unexpectedly commits suicide. The next day, the teenagers try to piece together their memories of Olivia in hopes of discovering why she killed herself. Will they be able to survive without Olivia, or will they fall apart at the seams?
  • Concrete Clouds by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: high school, counseling + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: high school, counseling, peer counseling, poetry, rape, sexual assault, Depression
    Due to school budget cuts at a small high school, counseling is on the chopping block, forcing new counselor Mr. Harrison to try different methods in hope of improving the counseling program. He pairs high school students Dani and Ava together for peer counseling, and an unlikely friendship forms through painting, poetry, and unfortunate common ground.

    *rape and sexual assault trigger warning, mentioned never seen
  • Four Corners by Devon Hayakawa
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: abstract, spectacle + 1 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, fantasy, movement/physical
    Keyword: abstract, spectacle, poetry
    Blinding snow. Punching bags. Ocean waves. A field of sunflowers. The same story; four different sides.