Ursa Miles

Ursa Miles

Ursa (She/Her/Hers) is an Ozarker playwright and storyteller currently living in Chicago. She worked in technical theatre for nearly a decade before finding her home clacking away at a keyboard.

Plays

  • Darker Than Wolves by Ursa Miles
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama, fable/folktale + 2 more
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    Keyword: Ozarker, Ozarks + 8 more
    Genre: drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, horror
    Keyword: Ozarker, Ozarks, Missouri, child abuse, Adult-Child relationships, Oral Storytelling, wolves, werewolves, sound design, puppets
    A group of adults and child named Hartley arrive at a cabin for the weekend. Hartley is abused by each adult in a different way. Shadows in the cabin give Hartley a book filled with stories of wolf maulings and offer to help him cope with his anger. One of the adults is attacked by an unknown creature, and Hartley cannot persuade them that the attack involved a wolf. A mysterious man arrives and persuades...
    A group of adults and child named Hartley arrive at a cabin for the weekend. Hartley is abused by each adult in a different way. Shadows in the cabin give Hartley a book filled with stories of wolf maulings and offer to help him cope with his anger. One of the adults is attacked by an unknown creature, and Hartley cannot persuade them that the attack involved a wolf. A mysterious man arrives and persuades Hartley to turn his anger into violence. Hartley cannot image the healthy word of the shadows and goes away with the mysterious man.
  • Sparkle City by Ursa Miles
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, melodrama + 1 more
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    Keyword: plot twist, lovers + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, melodrama, parody/spoof
    Keyword: plot twist, lovers, first time, soap opera, melodrama
    [5 MINUTE PLAY]
    On a hill above a glittering city, a young couple discuss their future and prepare for their "first time." As the encounter heats up, one young lover starts to regret the plans they've yet to enact.

    Warnings for suggestive language.
  • Indigo Bunting by Ursa Miles
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: political allegory, conservative women + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: political allegory, conservative women, contemporary, one act
    [ONE ACT]
    In a city where everything is blue -blue sidewalks, blue buildings, blue birds- Alice is content to sit at home and mind her own business. Until, that is, Jason rushes in pleading "don't turn me in" followed by a growing mob. As the truth of his flight unfolds, Alice's reality crumbles until there is nothing left but blue.
  • Razing Plains: An Ozarker Allegory by Ursa Miles
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 2 more
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    Keyword: Ozarks, West Plains Dance Hall Explosion + 3 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, musical, period
    Keyword: Ozarks, West Plains Dance Hall Explosion, ghosts, hymns, a cappella
    [ONE ACT]
    Two spirits and a woman find themselves trapped in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. As the night unfolds, their scars reveal a kinship stretching across centuries entangled in the history and fires of West Plains itself.