Lucy Gillespie

Lucy Gillespie

Lucy Gillespie is an Anglo-American playwright, screenwriter and the creator of the cult hit series UNICORNLAND. She wrote and produced the HFF18 Pick of the Fringe + Producer’s Award winning KEEPING UP WITH THE PROZOROVS. Lucy’s plays have been developed by Ensemble Studio Theater NYC, Naked Angels, terraNOVA Collective, Caps Lock, [the claque], PS.122, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. An alum of the...
Lucy Gillespie is an Anglo-American playwright, screenwriter and the creator of the cult hit series UNICORNLAND. She wrote and produced the HFF18 Pick of the Fringe + Producer’s Award winning KEEPING UP WITH THE PROZOROVS. Lucy’s plays have been developed by Ensemble Studio Theater NYC, Naked Angels, terraNOVA Collective, Caps Lock, [the claque], PS.122, and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center. An alum of the Obie-award winning Youngblood Playwrights Group, Lucy has held residencies at MacDowell and Byrdcliffe Colonies. She received her MFA from NYU in Dramatic Writing as a Goldberg Fellow, and currently has a TV project in development with National Lampoon.

Plays

  • trouble by Lucy Gillespie
    Cast: 
    2–4
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: two-hander, body acceptance for trans women + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: two-hander, body acceptance for trans women, all female cast, road trip play, world premiere
    Leah has always carefully controlled how the world sees her: an engineering prodigy; a fearless explorer of terrestrial and astral planes; a woman. But after her carefully constructed facade is shattered by one teeny, tiny mishap, she's hoisted off to a midwestern rehab while her unique personality is broken down into far less interesting labels; eating disorder, body dysmorphia, narcissistic personality...
    Leah has always carefully controlled how the world sees her: an engineering prodigy; a fearless explorer of terrestrial and astral planes; a woman. But after her carefully constructed facade is shattered by one teeny, tiny mishap, she's hoisted off to a midwestern rehab while her unique personality is broken down into far less interesting labels; eating disorder, body dysmorphia, narcissistic personality disorder, and bipolar. Released after six months, Leah needs a chaperone for the long drive back to New York. Enter Sophie, her childhood best friend and current starving artist who's more than happy for a free trip. Trouble starts when the estranged best friends get reacquainted - with who they once were vs who they are now. But without the other, neither can become who she really wants to be.
  • Son of a Bitch by Lucy Gillespie
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: American politics, 1980s + 6 more
    Genre: dark comedy, political, satire
    Keyword: American politics, 1980s, anti-black racism, Political campaigns, diverse cast, American history, blues, multimedia
    In 1980, Lee Atwater was a scrappy Southern political strategist. By 1990, he’d changed American politics forever. A year later, he was dead, his spectacular career over in a flash, and his legacy just another story to spin. SON OF A BITCH chronicles Atwater’s journey from ambitious campaign manager to the “Bad Boy” of the Republican Party.
  • We Made It (to Moscow) by Lucy Gillespie
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Sisters, diversity + 4 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, melodrama, satire, tragedy
    Keyword: Sisters, diversity, satire, Chekhov Adaptation, millennial angst, topical
    Chekhov’s Three Sisters make it to Moscow…and become the Kardashians.

    Full of existential dread at the bleakness of life in a small Russian town at the turn of the century, sisters Olga, Masha and Irina pack up and move to Moscow. Back in the glittering city of their youth, the Prozorovs search for love, gaiety and purpose. But is Moscow enough to make their dreams come true? Find out in this...
    Chekhov’s Three Sisters make it to Moscow…and become the Kardashians.

    Full of existential dread at the bleakness of life in a small Russian town at the turn of the century, sisters Olga, Masha and Irina pack up and move to Moscow. Back in the glittering city of their youth, the Prozorovs search for love, gaiety and purpose. But is Moscow enough to make their dreams come true? Find out in this glamorous peek into the exploits and privileged private lives of the Prozorov family. Every day is a chaotic mix of fame, business, family, lip filler and vodka!