Chloe Xtina

Chloe Xtina

Chloe Xtina is a playwright and filmmaker from Oakland, now based in Brooklyn. She tells stories about psycho-sexual gazes, desire, and California's climate crisis through a magical realist lens. Her play, "Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California" will premiere this summer in Brooklyn as core production of The Tank. She completed a BA in playwriting from UCLA in 2021 and is a 2023 Sundance Ignite Fellow.

Plays

  • Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California
    Frances odysseys down California's freeways in search of a supermarket where she once received a prophecy. As the supermarket waits for her, its teen girl employees are surveilled. Frances inches closer, California burns, and the supermarket transforms monstrously. Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California is an epic daydream that explores intuition, paranoia, and possession.

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    Frances odysseys down California's freeways in search of a supermarket where she once received a prophecy. As the supermarket waits for her, its teen girl employees are surveilled. Frances inches closer, California burns, and the supermarket transforms monstrously. Joan of Arc in a Supermarket in California is an epic daydream that explores intuition, paranoia, and possession.

    Developed in residency with Project Nongenue. Currently being produced by The Tank.
  • Bug Bite
    A young woman gets bit by a tick. She develops a little crush on it.
    a lil radio play <3
  • UFO (this world is for the frat bros)
    Thirteen-year-old Christine just discovered an alien near the skate park across from her house and totally can not tell anyone! Her older sister Aimee is preoccupied counting down the days until the loss of her virginity while simultaneously stuck in a deep blue sea of beer-chugging, pimple-faced weirdos. Unsure of what to do with her alien, Christine is greeted by a chorus of nebulas. She finds new things in...
    Thirteen-year-old Christine just discovered an alien near the skate park across from her house and totally can not tell anyone! Her older sister Aimee is preoccupied counting down the days until the loss of her virginity while simultaneously stuck in a deep blue sea of beer-chugging, pimple-faced weirdos. Unsure of what to do with her alien, Christine is greeted by a chorus of nebulas. She finds new things in her underwear. She finds all these new feelings -- down there -- that she’s never felt before. Both sisters are finding that whatever sexual appetite their tiny teenage hearts are yearning for is cosmic, insatiable, and definitely intergalactic.
  • Ooze
    The world is being swallowed by a desert. Andie and Dad have been on the run from it for the past eleven years. Andie has been on her period non-stop for the past seven. In Monterey, jellyfish and monarch butterflies begin to swim in her period. In Monterey, cowboys roam the streets at night. In Monterey, Andie falls in love with the calves of a young fisherman named Luke. In Monterey, Andie begins to suspect...
    The world is being swallowed by a desert. Andie and Dad have been on the run from it for the past eleven years. Andie has been on her period non-stop for the past seven. In Monterey, jellyfish and monarch butterflies begin to swim in her period. In Monterey, cowboys roam the streets at night. In Monterey, Andie falls in love with the calves of a young fisherman named Luke. In Monterey, Andie begins to suspect she’s the last woman on Earth. The desert looms and Andie wants to know if she's cowboy enough to face it.

    (FKA Things That Ooze Out of Me)
  • Stacies!
    Surrounded by the middle of Cowtown, California and a glittery Y2K weirdo internet world, fourteen-year-olds Kelly and Christie come of age in bumfuck nowhere. During a super sticky summer, Christie strikes up an online relationship with bonobo.boy, another fourteen-year-old internet user. At the same time, bonobo.boy begins his trek into a male-dominated subreddit where Kelly's past collides with Christie...
    Surrounded by the middle of Cowtown, California and a glittery Y2K weirdo internet world, fourteen-year-olds Kelly and Christie come of age in bumfuck nowhere. During a super sticky summer, Christie strikes up an online relationship with bonobo.boy, another fourteen-year-old internet user. At the same time, bonobo.boy begins his trek into a male-dominated subreddit where Kelly's past collides with Christie's present. While bonobo.boy starts to swim in code, Kelly desperately tries to drag Christie out.