Amanda Schumacher

Amanda Schumacher is a USA-based playwright and screenwriter.

Her work has been produced at Forward Theater in Madison, Wisconsin (Say No to the Dress, Breaking Fourth), Renaissance Theatreworks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Smart Girls), Lumos Players in Landen, OH (But the Greatest of These Is Love), and Short + Sweet Sydney in Sydney, Australia (Smart Girls). She has studied writing for film and television at The Second City in Chicago, where she developed her original half-hour television pilot, Say No to the Dress, which went on to be a quarterfinalist for the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship. In 2025, she was chosen to participate in Trinacria Theatre Company's inaugural Script Transformation, a two-week writing residency in Sicily.

Currently based in Milwaukee, she is a proud...

Amanda Schumacher is a USA-based playwright and screenwriter.

Her work has been produced at Forward Theater in Madison, Wisconsin (Say No to the Dress, Breaking Fourth), Renaissance Theatreworks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Smart Girls), Lumos Players in Landen, OH (But the Greatest of These Is Love), and Short + Sweet Sydney in Sydney, Australia (Smart Girls). She has studied writing for film and television at The Second City in Chicago, where she developed her original half-hour television pilot, Say No to the Dress, which went on to be a quarterfinalist for the Screencraft Screenwriting Fellowship. In 2025, she was chosen to participate in Trinacria Theatre Company's inaugural Script Transformation, a two-week writing residency in Sicily.

Currently based in Milwaukee, she is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

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Scripts

Smart Girls

by Amanda Schumacher

3
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
fantasy,
science fiction

Find out what Siri, Alexa, and Cortana think about their human counterparts in this hilarious ten-minute play.

Written for Renaissance Theatreworks Br!NK Br!efs Ten-Minute Play festival.
Produced June 2021 at Renaissance Theatreworks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Produced Summer 2021 at Short + Sweet Sydney 2021 in Sydney, Australia.
Produced Winter 2022 at WLC Theatre's 10 Minute Original Play Showcase (MOPS) in...

Find out what Siri, Alexa, and Cortana think about their human counterparts in this hilarious ten-minute play.

Written for Renaissance Theatreworks Br!NK Br!efs Ten-Minute Play festival.
Produced June 2021 at Renaissance Theatreworks in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Produced Summer 2021 at Short + Sweet Sydney 2021 in Sydney, Australia.
Produced Winter 2022 at WLC Theatre's 10 Minute Original Play Showcase (MOPS) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

As of 2024, SMART GIRLS is currently being developed into a full-length stage musical

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Breaking Fourth

by Amanda Schumacher

2
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
commedia dell'arte,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical,
pantomime,
tragedy

What's a mime to do when they realize they are locked in their home and can't escape?
A heartfelt love letter to the performing arts and mental health awareness.

Ten-minute monologue.

Written for the Within These Walls: Stories of Home Monologue Festival at Forward Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Performed June 2021 at Forward Theater, Madison, Wisconsin.

What's a mime to do when they realize they are locked in their home and can't escape?
A heartfelt love letter to the performing arts and mental health awareness.

Ten-minute monologue.

Written for the Within These Walls: Stories of Home Monologue Festival at Forward Theater in Madison, Wisconsin. Performed June 2021 at Forward Theater, Madison, Wisconsin.

Say No to the Dress

by Amanda Schumacher

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
romantic comedy

An adorkable wedding gown consultant shares her best bridal shop stories in this zany yet endearing piece.

Ten-minute monologue.

Written for the Someone's Gotta Do It: Ten Minute Monologue Festival at Forward Theater.
Produced September 2016 by Forward Theater in Madison, Wisconsin.

Directed by Catie O'Donnell; originally cast with Deborah Hearst in the starring role of Zoey.

Developed into a half-hour...

An adorkable wedding gown consultant shares her best bridal shop stories in this zany yet endearing piece.

Ten-minute monologue.

Written for the Someone's Gotta Do It: Ten Minute Monologue Festival at Forward Theater.
Produced September 2016 by Forward Theater in Madison, Wisconsin.

Directed by Catie O'Donnell; originally cast with Deborah Hearst in the starring role of Zoey.

Developed into a half-hour original comedy pilot in 2017 at The Second City Chicago.

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Bold (Type) Face

by Amanda Schumacher

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
fantasy,
romantic comedy

Shocked by her long-time partner's proposal, aspiring writer Amy turns to her typewriter to sort out her feelings--along with a little help from her friends Max and Penny, two characters she's created.

Ten-minute play.

Shocked by her long-time partner's proposal, aspiring writer Amy turns to her typewriter to sort out her feelings--along with a little help from her friends Max and Penny, two characters she's created.

Ten-minute play.

But the Greatest of These is Love (working title)

by Amanda Schumacher

Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
faith-based,
political

For 15 years, Sara has been known as "the pastor's wife" at a small, conservative Lutheran church in middle-of-nowhere Iowa. It's a role she's wholeheartedly embraced--until tonight.

Because tonight, her 15-year-old son has just come out to her. Sara now must wrestle with what she's been taught vs. what she actually believes. Angry, anxious, and armed with a bottle of red and a well-loved Bible, Sara speed...

For 15 years, Sara has been known as "the pastor's wife" at a small, conservative Lutheran church in middle-of-nowhere Iowa. It's a role she's wholeheartedly embraced--until tonight.

Because tonight, her 15-year-old son has just come out to her. Sara now must wrestle with what she's been taught vs. what she actually believes. Angry, anxious, and armed with a bottle of red and a well-loved Bible, Sara speed dials the one person she knows will always answer--and the one person she's been taught to go to in times of trouble: God himself.

One-act play.

Selected for virtual play reading series with Lumos Players in February 2025.

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A Little Bit of Everything, All of the Time

by Amanda Schumacher

1
Cast Size
7
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Featuring herself at different ages, a woman attends her own funeral and reflects on her life.

One-act play.

Featuring herself at different ages, a woman attends her own funeral and reflects on her life.

One-act play.