Alandra Hileman

Alandra Hileman

Alandra Hileman is a writer, TTRPG creator/player, podcast producer, recovering former stage manager, and ancient bog witch. Her plays have been read and produced on small stages throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and you can occasionally find her playing TTRPGs and board games with Quests & Chaos on Twitch or yelling about theater, vampires, and Arthurian Legend on Twitter. She holds a double B.A. in...
Alandra Hileman is a writer, TTRPG creator/player, podcast producer, recovering former stage manager, and ancient bog witch. Her plays have been read and produced on small stages throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and you can occasionally find her playing TTRPGs and board games with Quests & Chaos on Twitch or yelling about theater, vampires, and Arthurian Legend on Twitter. She holds a double B.A. in Drama (Play Development & Dramaturgy) and English (Literature), and an M.F.A. in Playwrighting, all from San Francisco State University.

Plays

  • Mercy Killing by Alandra Hileman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Grim Reaper, queer + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, fantasy, horror, mystery/thriller, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Grim Reaper, queer, murder
    FULL LENGTH. Mercy is a barista is San Francisco. She’s also a serial killer. But it’s fine, the only person who knows is Thana, the Grim Reaper who keeps showing up at the murder scenes. She’s also Mercy’s girlfriend. Sort of. It’s complicated, especially because Mercy keeps flirting with Angie, the podcaster who hangs out at her coffee shop. Except Angie thinks there might be a serial killer in San Francisco...
    FULL LENGTH. Mercy is a barista is San Francisco. She’s also a serial killer. But it’s fine, the only person who knows is Thana, the Grim Reaper who keeps showing up at the murder scenes. She’s also Mercy’s girlfriend. Sort of. It’s complicated, especially because Mercy keeps flirting with Angie, the podcaster who hangs out at her coffee shop. Except Angie thinks there might be a serial killer in San Francisco. And there is, unless Mercy can stop. But if she stops, she’ll never get to see Thana again, and that’ll make it really hard to date. But so does Thana’s ex, another Reaper named Harmon, who also wants to know why there’s a serial killer running around unreported. Will romance be another casualty of this serial killing spree? (60-70 min.)
  • Parallax Denigrate by Alandra Hileman
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: horror, mystery/thriller + 1 more
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    Keyword: locked room, paranoia + 4 more
    Genre: horror, mystery/thriller, science fiction
    Keyword: locked room, paranoia, unreliable narrators, artificial intelligence, workplace abuse, fight choreography
    FULL LENGTH. Six members of a research facility are quarantined in a server room, but no one knows why. With no answers, and no way to communicate with the outside world, mistrust and paranoia quickly breed carnage in this "Agatha Christie meets John Carpenter" inspired sci-fi thriller. (6 actors, 50-60 min)

    Commissioned as one half of Awesome Theater's TERROR-RAMA 4: IN SPACE! A (...
    FULL LENGTH. Six members of a research facility are quarantined in a server room, but no one knows why. With no answers, and no way to communicate with the outside world, mistrust and paranoia quickly breed carnage in this "Agatha Christie meets John Carpenter" inspired sci-fi thriller. (6 actors, 50-60 min)

    Commissioned as one half of Awesome Theater's TERROR-RAMA 4: IN SPACE! A (science-fiction!) horror-theater double-feature.
  • Queen of the Sword by Alandra Hileman
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: adventure, biography + 2 more
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    Keyword: History, fencing + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, biography, docudrama/historic, period
    Keyword: History, fencing, fight choreography, American history, female athlete
    FULL LENGTH. Just after the turn of the century, six women meet for a fencing class “for physical education and the betterment of young ladies.” When they discover their teacher is a woman once known as La Jaguarina, a world-renowned athlete, they are whisked into the fantastical tales of her time as a champion of the male-dominated world of competitive swordplay. But with rumors, history, and theory converging...
    FULL LENGTH. Just after the turn of the century, six women meet for a fencing class “for physical education and the betterment of young ladies.” When they discover their teacher is a woman once known as La Jaguarina, a world-renowned athlete, they are whisked into the fantastical tales of her time as a champion of the male-dominated world of competitive swordplay. But with rumors, history, and theory converging, La Jaguarina must finally defend not only her title as wold champion of the blade, but also her stories, her choices, and herself. (90-100 min.)
  • Spell Eternity by Alandra Hileman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    8
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    Genre: adaptation, adventure + 2 more
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    Keyword: fairy tale, hero's journey + 2 more
    Genre: adaptation, adventure, fable/folktale, fantasy
    Keyword: fairy tale, hero's journey, ensemble, queer
    FULL LENGTH. Unlike her best friend Kai, a brilliant spellcaster, Gerda has no aptitude for magic and buries herself in history and lore instead. When a dangerous entity intent on decimating their world unleashes an ancient curse from myth, Kai is infected and vanishes.

    Now, Gerda must use every mundane skill she can muster in a race through their swiftly dying lands to find Kai before the...
    FULL LENGTH. Unlike her best friend Kai, a brilliant spellcaster, Gerda has no aptitude for magic and buries herself in history and lore instead. When a dangerous entity intent on decimating their world unleashes an ancient curse from myth, Kai is infected and vanishes.

    Now, Gerda must use every mundane skill she can muster in a race through their swiftly dying lands to find Kai before the curse destroys his mind...and all hope of breaking the curse is lost with him. (2 hr, 15 min)

    (Originally written for 8 actors with doubling, but gender breakdown and cast size are somewhat flexible.)
  • Hiraeth by Alandra Hileman
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 1 more
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    Keyword: Arthurian legend, past lives + 1 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, fantasy
    Keyword: Arthurian legend, past lives, drunk philosophers
    FULL LENGTH. Over drinks in a pub, two strangers have a shocking revelation: they seem to know each other well and share memories of their past lives in the ancient mythic cycle of King Arthur. One believes that the myths are true and the memories are real, but flawed memories are not convincing evidence for the other. They enter into a heated debate about myth, identity, loyalty, survival, and the nature of...
    FULL LENGTH. Over drinks in a pub, two strangers have a shocking revelation: they seem to know each other well and share memories of their past lives in the ancient mythic cycle of King Arthur. One believes that the myths are true and the memories are real, but flawed memories are not convincing evidence for the other. They enter into a heated debate about myth, identity, loyalty, survival, and the nature of memory. And just when it seems they’ve reached an impasse, an ancient enemy enters the fray to offer everyone answers…for a price. (5 actors; 80 min. Diverse & gender-flexible casting. Script sample coming soon.)
  • Power/Responsibility by Alandra Hileman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: family, unemployment + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: family, unemployment, superhero
    SHORT. Sometimes the heroes are the ones who need a little saving. (10 min.)
  • Bedivere, or Eich Dyn by Alandra Hileman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: Arthurian legend, death + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale
    Keyword: Arthurian legend, death, eulogy, survivor's guilt, legacy, Black comedy, monologue
    SHORT. Sir Bedivere of the Round Table, alone at (almost) the end of the world, grapples with what it means that the first one to kneel for knighthood is now the last knight left standing to tell the tale. At the edge of the lake, Excalibur in hand, Bedivere takes a wry look at what the Legend of King Arthur will become, what responsibility the last one standing really has to tell the tale, and whether this is...
    SHORT. Sir Bedivere of the Round Table, alone at (almost) the end of the world, grapples with what it means that the first one to kneel for knighthood is now the last knight left standing to tell the tale. At the edge of the lake, Excalibur in hand, Bedivere takes a wry look at what the Legend of King Arthur will become, what responsibility the last one standing really has to tell the tale, and whether this is the end, or really the beginning. (1 actor, ~8 min.)
  • That Time You Thought I Was Sad by Alandra Hileman
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: romantic comedy
    Genre: romantic comedy
    SHORT. Well, what do you normally talk about when you’re smoking with a stranger in a hotel room the morning after you had sex?

    A man and a woman deal with the awkward conversation after a one-night stand...that they discover they've had for the second time. (15 min.)
  • Where You Gonna Run To? by Alandra Hileman
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
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    Keyword: southern gothic, crime + 2 more
    Genre: drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: southern gothic, crime, Sisters, robbery
    ONE-ACT. A Yankee con-man stumbles into his own civil war when he pays a call on two South Carolinian sisters to discuss some criminal activity in this Southern noir thriller. (~30 min)
  • The Rules of Proper Urinal Etiquette by Alandra Hileman
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, farce + 1 more
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    Keyword: bathroom, Farce
    Genre: comedy, farce, romantic comedy
    Keyword: bathroom, Farce
    ONE-ACT. Phil is a man on his way to success, but still finds himself stumbling over the challenges of uncomfortable social situations, which can lead to some literal bathroom humor when a sobbing woman runs into the gent's. Narrated in the style of a 1950s Coronet Instructional video, we follow Phil as he navigates the rules of the men’s bathroom…and of love? ( 20-25 min.)