Mikki Gillette

Mikki Gillette

Mikki Gillette is a trans woman playwright. She was named one of Portland, OR’s 25 Most Influential Artists by Willamette Week magazine. Her play American Girl was featured in American Theatre and was produced in April ‘23. Other productions include The Queers (Fuse Theatre ’22), My Perfectly Valid Objections (Salt and Sage ’23) and They Them Their (Fuse Theatre ’23). Mikki’s short Intimate Matters was...
Mikki Gillette is a trans woman playwright. She was named one of Portland, OR’s 25 Most Influential Artists by Willamette Week magazine. Her play American Girl was featured in American Theatre and was produced in April ‘23. Other productions include The Queers (Fuse Theatre ’22), My Perfectly Valid Objections (Salt and Sage ’23) and They Them Their (Fuse Theatre ’23). Mikki’s short Intimate Matters was published in Smith & Kraus’s collection, The Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2023. She was a member of the Ashland New Plays Festival 2022 New Voices Cohort. Learn more at: mikkigillette.com.

Plays

  • Blonde on a Bum Trip by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    5–12
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Transgender, LGBTQ + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Transgender, LGBTQ, Andy Warhol, comedy, backstage comedy, trans women
    Blonde on a Bum Trip follows pioneering trans actresses Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, and Jackie Curtis as they claw their way from off-off-Broadway experimental theatre to underground film stardom in Andy Warhol's factory scene. Ambition, pettiness and envy swirl as the limelight threatens to undo the trio's deep bonds in this backstage comedy.
  • American Girl by Mikki Gillette
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: Transgender, hallucinations + 4 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: Transgender, hallucinations, based on a true story, Meth Addiction, sex work, LGBTQ
    Based on the tragic, true story of Nikki Kuhnhausen, a 17 year-old transgender girl who was killed in a violent hate crime, American Girl dramatizes Nikki's turbulent family life and the forces and events that led to her death. Based on interviews with Nikki's family and friends, the play tells an all-too modern American story of addiction, homelessness, domestic abuse, sex work and murder.
  • The Queers by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    6–7
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: Transgender, polyamory + 2 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: Transgender, polyamory, suicide attempt, transphobia
    Set in mid-sized city in 2011, The Queers follows the trans women Lisa, a substitute teacher falsely accused of misconduct at work, Ally, who struggles with poverty and unrequited love, and Andrea, who's at the very beginning of her transition. The paths become entangled with Smith and Pim, a young nonbinary couple. Activism, jealousy, financial insecurity and suicidal ideation all ensue as the pressure of...
    Set in mid-sized city in 2011, The Queers follows the trans women Lisa, a substitute teacher falsely accused of misconduct at work, Ally, who struggles with poverty and unrequited love, and Andrea, who's at the very beginning of her transition. The paths become entangled with Smith and Pim, a young nonbinary couple. Activism, jealousy, financial insecurity and suicidal ideation all ensue as the pressure of transphobia raises lie's stresses to a fever pitch.
  • My Perfectly Valid Objections by Mikki Gillette
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4–8
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Transgender, feminism + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Transgender, feminism, LGBTQ, dating, trans woman lead, queer
    A feminist comedy about “dating while trans,” My Perfectly Valid Objections depicts a group of trans women navigating the minefield of heterosexual dating. The tart, queer show lays out all the arguments against love - both during the dates and in the debriefs the women share – while celebrating its irresistible pull.
  • They, Them, Their by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Non-Binary, trans youth + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Non-Binary, trans youth, LGBTQ, Suicidal ideation, teen romance, young artists
    Set in a queer youth center, They, Them Their follows Faeris, a rebellious nonbinary teen. Artistic, sensitive and volatile, they butt heads with the center's coordinator Jess, pursue a romance fellow teen Jordan, and struggle with the admiration and expectations placed on them by the younger Raven.
  • No More Candy by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: transgender woman, lesbian love + 4 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: transgender woman, lesbian love, feminist, college, Effects of trauma, cycles of abuse
    When Desiree and Belinda meet, there's an instant spark. The match between the two, one trans one cis, leads each to become honest her past traumas, and to confront the people and systems that have abused them. With so much baggage in their past, though, can they find the courage to be intimate in the present?
  • Mimetic Desire by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: transgender woman, Transgender + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: transgender woman, Transgender, college age, polyamory, adultery, gossip
    When trans man Alec woos the partners of his friends, trans woman Mia, and trans man Danny - upending their college friend group - betrayal, envy and heartbreak swirl. The course of true love is anything but smooth in this tart, queer comedy.
  • Tears and Glitter by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: Transgender, Transgender politics + 5 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: Transgender, Transgender politics, Pride Festival, love triangles, anti-trans laws, Transgender actors, nonbinary characters
    Set against a backdrop of anti-trans legislation and hostility, Tears and Glitter follows Tara and Dita, trans women exes, Quinn, an activist turned recluse, Collier a nonbinary person whose politics begin moving toward violence, and Murph, a young trans person who pines for Dita. As white nationalists threaten Pride, and romantic betrayals are revealed, the tensions take the characters places they never thought they'd go.
  • Intimate Matters by Mikki Gillette
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: trans, Transgender
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: trans, Transgender
    Gretchen, a trans woman, and Niall, a cis man are on a first date. When Niall asks a question he shouldn't, it leads to both sharing more than they'd planned. When the night end before appetizers, or lead to amor. Find out in this short comedy.
  • I Had My Suspicions by Mikki Gillette
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Transgender, transgender character + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Transgender, transgender character, first date, lgbtq comedy
    Mara, a trans woman, and Britt, a cis man, are on a first date. Britt's inquisitiveness about Mara's gender raise flags for her. Little does she know that the truth behind his queries is far from what she'd imagined.
  • Swipe Right by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Transgender, tinder date + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Transgender, tinder date, romance, romantic comedy
    Maddy and Derrick are on e Tinder date. He hasn't read her profile, though, and doesn't know she's a trans woman. In no time, he's put his foot in his mouth and she's put her defenses up. Can he learn his lessons and can she learn to trust? Find out in this 10 minute comedy. (1 trans woman, 1 cis man)
  • There's Something on My Mind by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, political + 1 more
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    Keyword: romantic dinner, romantic comedy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, political, romantic comedy
    Keyword: romantic dinner, romantic comedy, date rape
    Cindy and Doug are on a romantic blind date. Things get bumpy, though, when a nervous Cindy can't stop talking about her fear of being raped. Jaw droppingly funny, Bridget Jones meets #MeToo in this winning short play.
  • Now That You Mention It by Mikki Gillette
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: trans, LGBTQ + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: trans, LGBTQ, romantic comedy
    Tobi and Mark are on a date. When the former discloses she's trans, Mark worries what his friends might think if they knew, leading the fiery Tobi to skewer his arguments. Will Mark overcome his fears before she loses her patience? Find out in this short play.