Hallie McPherson

Hallie McPherson

A New Yorker by way of California, Hallie describes her writing as "semi-obnoxious feminist theatre." Her latest play, "C*NTLOAF: or, the C-Word Play," was selected for a reading in 2020 KCATCF and is her region's national selection for the NAPAT award, as well as earning her the Mary Marlin Fisher award at Carnegie Mellon University. She has a screenwriting/directing partnership with...
A New Yorker by way of California, Hallie describes her writing as "semi-obnoxious feminist theatre." Her latest play, "C*NTLOAF: or, the C-Word Play," was selected for a reading in 2020 KCATCF and is her region's national selection for the NAPAT award, as well as earning her the Mary Marlin Fisher award at Carnegie Mellon University. She has a screenwriting/directing partnership with her sister Audrey, with whom she is currently in pre-production for their second feature film. Hallie likes scatological humor, pop-science and asking pointed questions about the childhood trauma of new acquaintances. She plans to die in Brooklyn.

Plays

  • C*NTLOAF: Or, the C-Word Play by Hallie McPherson
    Recommendations: 2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: witchcraft, feminism + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, faith-based, fantasy, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: witchcraft, feminism, religion, patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity, gynecology, motherhood, daughters, northeast, irreverent
    After her expulsion from Boston College for having an affair with her professor, Abigail Shoolery returns to her hometown of Gardnersville, MA to find her mother has made some changes to the family bakery. Nancy is a witch who uses her own vaginal yeast to bake the bread she sells. If that’s not bad enough, it seems that Abigail's been replaced by a quiet young weirdo named Oryx claiming a prophecy of fire...
    After her expulsion from Boston College for having an affair with her professor, Abigail Shoolery returns to her hometown of Gardnersville, MA to find her mother has made some changes to the family bakery. Nancy is a witch who uses her own vaginal yeast to bake the bread she sells. If that’s not bad enough, it seems that Abigail's been replaced by a quiet young weirdo named Oryx claiming a prophecy of fire. The only place she feels at home anymore is at her father’s grave, where she meets a peculiar priest with his own ideas of how to deal with her mother.
  • BAD FEMINIST by Hallie McPherson
    Recommendations: 3
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    2
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    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof + 2 more
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    Keyword: feminism, angry feminists + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, parody/spoof, political, satire
    Keyword: feminism, angry feminists, college, millennials, everyday sexism, sisterhood
    Two college roommates discover that even if your politics are airtight, it's harder than it looks to be a good feminist.
  • METHOD by Hallie McPherson
    Recommendations: 1
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    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: fatherhood, Confederate Flag + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, musical, political
    Keyword: fatherhood, Confederate Flag, Confederate, West Virginia, drag, Toxic Masculinity, fathers and sons, American Southern history, southern accent, queer
    After kicking out his gay son Peter for performing drag, Bruce attempts to broaden his horizons by taking acting lessons. But he's trapped inside his own father's story of entrapment... and with each generation the story makes less sense.
  • SAVASANA by Hallie McPherson
    Recommendations: 2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: Brooklyn, millennials + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Brooklyn, millennials, drug addiction, meet cute, wedding ring, manic pixie dream girl, adult depression
    Two ex-lovers meet in Evergreen Cemetery and dig up some skeletons.
  • The Play About the Day the Earth Exploded by Hallie McPherson
    Recommendations: 1
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 6 more
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    Keyword: climate change, Dystopia + 7 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, parody/spoof, political, science fiction
    Keyword: climate change, Dystopia, absurd, comedy, apocalypse, manifest destiny, end of the world, family, Inheritance
    Betsy has been hired by venture capitalist Bradley Cargill to fly a chartered spacecraft to the space station in the Andromeda Galaxy. Little does she know, the earth is about to become obsolete. Does humanity have a chance for survival after the planet has been destroyed?