Sarah O'Connor

Sarah O'Connor

Sarah O’Connor is a writer and playwright from Hamilton, Ontario. She has had articles published in The Hamilton Spectator and The Sartorial Geek, short stories in Incite Magazine and The Hamilton Youth Anthology: Volume 1, and her plays have been performed in the HamilTEN Festival, Mind Play Theatre Festival, and Emerson Arts Fright Night: A Night of Horror. She is also currently a member of the Hamilton-based...
Sarah O’Connor is a writer and playwright from Hamilton, Ontario. She has had articles published in The Hamilton Spectator and The Sartorial Geek, short stories in Incite Magazine and The Hamilton Youth Anthology: Volume 1, and her plays have been performed in the HamilTEN Festival, Mind Play Theatre Festival, and Emerson Arts Fright Night: A Night of Horror. She is also currently a member of the Hamilton-based Feminista playwriting unit. Most recently, her short story “On the Rocks” was the Prose Winner for Dawson City’s 2022 Authors on Eighth writing contest. In 2015 she co-created Stuck in a Story Productions with her sister and their three web series can be watched on Youtube.

Plays

  • A Spell for Schoolgirls by Sarah O'Connor
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: witch, identity + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: witch, identity, Lesbian, LGBTQ, teenager
    On a dark night, the teenaged witch Tansy begins a spell to give her answers on her love life. Her roommate Dora sneaks in during the spell and panics at what Tansy’s doing. The two then start talking about Tansy’s witchcraft and where Dora was sneaking off to, when Tansy reveals that she saw Dora kissing one of their classmates. The girl’s then get into a discussion on school, parents, and the expectations put upon them.
  • Beep by Sarah O'Connor
    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: drama, tragedy
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    Keyword: grief, death + 1 more
    Genre: drama, tragedy
    Keyword: grief, death, deceased mother
    Two weeks after her mother dies, Abby hears her mother’s recorded voice on the answering machine. She attempts to deal with her own shock of hearing the voice while her acquaintance Eden attempts to comfort her in all the wrong ways.
  • Dead Serious by Sarah O'Connor
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: dark comedy, comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: dark comedy, comedy, radio play, short play
    A couple have found a listing online that they are curious to find is true or not. Offers going to dead serious buyers only.
  • The End of July by Sarah O'Connor
    Cast: 
    3–9
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: dark comedy, murder + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: dark comedy, murder, killer, superstitious, luck, unlucky
    Six-year-old July Jenkins has gone missing and anyone who’s anyone is following the case; each person coming up with different theories about what happened to her. Kristen is just as invested in the young girl’s disappearance, but she knows more about what happened to July than she’s willing to admit. A shortened ten minute version of the play is also available for performance.