DJ Hills

DJ Hills

DJ Hills (they/them) is a cross-genre writer for the page, stage, and screen. Their play TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG was shortlisted for the 2023 Yale Drama Series. Other plays have been developed and/or produced most recently at Carnegie Mellon University (ADULT THINGS), Single Carrot Theatre (WE BROKE UP.), The Kennedy Center (JUNIPER JONES & THE ROCKET SHE BUILT), and University of California Los Angeles (A...
DJ Hills (they/them) is a cross-genre writer for the page, stage, and screen. Their play TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG was shortlisted for the 2023 Yale Drama Series. Other plays have been developed and/or produced most recently at Carnegie Mellon University (ADULT THINGS), Single Carrot Theatre (WE BROKE UP.), The Kennedy Center (JUNIPER JONES & THE ROCKET SHE BUILT), and University of California Los Angeles (A DRIVING PLAY). DJ's short plays …IN DAYLIGHT and BIG AND SMALL were part of Theater Masters TAKE TEN 2022 and 2023, respectively, and subsequently published by Concord Theatricals.

Proudly born and raised in the shadow of the Appalachians, DJ currently lives in Los Angeles.

Plays

  • Adult Things by DJ Hills
    Cast: 
    4–100
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: war, millennials + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: war, millennials, LGBTQ, Surrealism
    Set in the near future, in a Hamptons "more Mad Max than Maxi Dress," ADULT THINGS follows three vapid young adults, a newly drafted soldier, and a baby that happens to be a butternut squash in the midst of an international war. When the traumas of war begin to spill over the walls of their beach compound, the characters' apathy is pushed to a breaking point as they confront the violence and...
    Set in the near future, in a Hamptons "more Mad Max than Maxi Dress," ADULT THINGS follows three vapid young adults, a newly drafted soldier, and a baby that happens to be a butternut squash in the midst of an international war. When the traumas of war begin to spill over the walls of their beach compound, the characters' apathy is pushed to a breaking point as they confront the violence and terror they have been sheltered from for so long.
  • I'm Here Now by DJ Hills
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: intimate partner violence, trans + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: intimate partner violence, trans, friendship, lgbtqia
    Years ago, Casey left an abusive relationship, settling for an isolated life across the country, free of the obligations of family or friends. However, when an old friend, Veronica, reenters their life, and romance with a new flame starts to bloom, Casey confronts their past and their own struggles with intimacy. Navigating the ways domestic violence can complicate perceptions of people, space, and time, I’M...
    Years ago, Casey left an abusive relationship, settling for an isolated life across the country, free of the obligations of family or friends. However, when an old friend, Veronica, reenters their life, and romance with a new flame starts to bloom, Casey confronts their past and their own struggles with intimacy. Navigating the ways domestic violence can complicate perceptions of people, space, and time, I’M HERE NOW invites us to celebrate the beauty and autonomy of our ever-changing selves.
  • I SWEAR TO GOD by DJ Hills
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: queer, religion + 1 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: queer, religion, LGBTQ
    In the early 2000s, a group of middle school kids meet to put on a passion play. When one of the children witnesses a private moment, they must choose between the love of their friends and their eternal salvation. Moving between the past and present, the play looks at the impact of religious trauma and the difficulties of discovering your identity in an environment that wants you to stay hidden.
  • TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG by DJ Hills
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, family + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, family, childhood friendship, coming of age
    A group of queer eighteen-year-olds gather for the first time since graduation. As the night is upturned by unwelcome guests and exposed skeletons, everyone is forced to grapple with their own understandings of identity, ambition, and family.
  • where our dead are buried by DJ Hills
    Cast: 
    8–10
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, family + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: LGBTQ, family, rural America, poetry
    A visit from the "queer prodigal son," forces a family in rural West Virginia to confront their buried trauma and the encroaching presence of a terrifying creature newly emerged from the trees.