Chandler Hubbard

Chandler Hubbard (he/him/his) is an actor and internationally-produced playwright from Richmond, Virginia. Favorite onstage credits include CORPUS CHRISTI, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor/Best Ensemble, Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award, 2018 (Richmond Triangle Players); THE ALTRUISTS, Winner, Best Ensemble, RTCC 2015; MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, Nominee, Best Ensemble, RTCC 2016 (TheatreLAB); STUPID F!%KING BIRD, Nominee, Best Ensemble/Best Play, RTCC 2016 (Quill Theatre); A SOLDIER'S PLAY, Nominee, Best Ensemble RTCC 2023 (Swift Creek Mill Theatre).

Written works produced include: ANIMAL CONTROL (2019 Martha Hill Newell Playwright's Fund, Richmond Theatre Community Circle Best Original Work Nomination, 2020 American Theatre Critics' Association / Steinberg New Play Award...

Chandler Hubbard (he/him/his) is an actor and internationally-produced playwright from Richmond, Virginia. Favorite onstage credits include CORPUS CHRISTI, Nominee, Best Supporting Actor/Best Ensemble, Richmond Theatre Critics Circle Award, 2018 (Richmond Triangle Players); THE ALTRUISTS, Winner, Best Ensemble, RTCC 2015; MR. BURNS, A POST-ELECTRIC PLAY, Nominee, Best Ensemble, RTCC 2016 (TheatreLAB); STUPID F!%KING BIRD, Nominee, Best Ensemble/Best Play, RTCC 2016 (Quill Theatre); A SOLDIER'S PLAY, Nominee, Best Ensemble RTCC 2023 (Swift Creek Mill Theatre).

Written works produced include: ANIMAL CONTROL (2019 Martha Hill Newell Playwright's Fund, Richmond Theatre Community Circle Best Original Work Nomination, 2020 American Theatre Critics' Association / Steinberg New Play Award Citation) (Firehouse Theatre); THE MINOTAUR (Rumput/Firehouse); MAN: The Live Podcast (Firehouse/Jackleg Media); ROMAN A CLEF (RTCC Best Original Work Winner 2024) (The New Theatre at Firehouse); SHANIDAR (Wild Imaginings); SMALL QUIET GOOD (Brightpoint Community College); BARBARY LION (Seed to Stage).

Readings/Workshops/Festivals/Awards include: ANIMAL CONTROL (American Lives Theatre), TELLING OF THE BEES (5th Wall Theatre; Barter Theatre; College of Charleston; Forestburgh Playhouse In the Woods; 2024 Judith Royer Excellence In Playwriting Award Finalist), MOLLY HOUSE (Richmond Triangle Players), AKELDAMA (IATI, Inkwell Theater), SMALL QUIET GOOD (Firehouse Theatre; Dragonfly Theatre Company; Clamour Theatre Company), YOUR SON (Firehouse Theatre), SWAMP SPARROW (TheatreLAB), SUNDAY THE THIRTIETH 3AM RAINING SLIGHTLY DRUNK (Wild Imaginings; Richmond Triangle Players), CHILDREN OF THE EMPIRE (Fulton Theatre); HEADLESS NEBRASKA (Great Plains Theatre Commons, 2026; Dartmouth's 2025 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award, Honorable Mention); THE CUCK (Firehouse Theatre) and THE LAST QUEEN OF SAN DOMINO (Theatre Lab at Florida Atlantic University's Fair Play Commission, both 2025 and 2026). His film SHANIDAR (Remember Tommy Productions, Mudroom Films and SideXSide Productions) premiered at the Richmond International Film Festival in 2025 and was included in the Maryland Film Festival in 2026. Chandler is a graduate of the University of Virginia (2012) and a proud member of the Dramatists Guild.

Scripts

Akeldama, a quarantine play

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

The sun stopped rising, and that's not the weirdest thing that happened today.

Lost, listless and lonely, Poppy suddenly finds herself transported to - well, she's not quite sure where, when, or why she is. All she knows is the sun stopped rising this morning and she's trapped in a witch-catching cage. Rumor has it the last witch in the world has just died, but that hasn't stopped the locals from trying to...

The sun stopped rising, and that's not the weirdest thing that happened today.

Lost, listless and lonely, Poppy suddenly finds herself transported to - well, she's not quite sure where, when, or why she is. All she knows is the sun stopped rising this morning and she's trapped in a witch-catching cage. Rumor has it the last witch in the world has just died, but that hasn't stopped the locals from trying to find someone to blame. Poppy must join a ragtag group of dullards, cowards and schemers to find a way to save the world and get back home, assuming home is still where she left it.

Animal Control

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

2020 American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award Citation.

Newly-promoted Kim Hawkins finds herself lost in the bureaucracy of the Carson County Animal Control as she tries to settle a dispute between two warring dog owners. A tragicomedy of control, communication and compassion.

2020 American Theatre Critics Association/Steinberg New Play Award Citation.

Newly-promoted Kim Hawkins finds herself lost in the bureaucracy of the Carson County Animal Control as she tries to settle a dispute between two warring dog owners. A tragicomedy of control, communication and compassion.

Barbary Lion

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

In the near future, two genetically compatible people are brought together in a sterile room to talk.
Just to talk.

In the near future, two genetically compatible people are brought together in a sterile room to talk.
Just to talk.

cherrypop

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

You can’t just blame everyone on the patriarchy.

Okaybutlike, most things are the patriarchy.

Okaybutlike, the more you mention the patriarchy
the less people take you seriously.

You can’t just blame everyone on the patriarchy.

Okaybutlike, most things are the patriarchy.

Okaybutlike, the more you mention the patriarchy
the less people take you seriously.

Children of the Empire

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

A man is brought before a review board when a troubling behavior becomes a pattern. As he fights his demons, his demons fight back.

A man is brought before a review board when a troubling behavior becomes a pattern. As he fights his demons, his demons fight back.

Clementine

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

You're a new You every night.

You're a new You every night.

The Cuck

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

Tad and Iz are happily married. They went to high school with June and Kenny.
June and Kenny are happily married. They tormented Tad and Iz for four years.
June wants Tad to have sex with Kenny. While June watches.
A twisted tale of hedonism, shame and bodily fluids.

Tad and Iz are happily married. They went to high school with June and Kenny.
June and Kenny are happily married. They tormented Tad and Iz for four years.
June wants Tad to have sex with Kenny. While June watches.
A twisted tale of hedonism, shame and bodily fluids.

False Dmitrys

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

In 1591, nine year old Russian Prince Dmitry Ivanovich has his throat slit by assassins.
In 1605, Russian Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich sits on the throne and then is killed by a mob.
In 1607, Russian Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich sits on the throne and then is killed by a nobleman.
In 1611, Russian Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich sits on the throne and then is killed by unknown assailants.

In 1591, nine year old Russian Prince Dmitry Ivanovich has his throat slit by assassins.
In 1605, Russian Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich sits on the throne and then is killed by a mob.
In 1607, Russian Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich sits on the throne and then is killed by a nobleman.
In 1611, Russian Tsar Dmitry Ivanovich sits on the throne and then is killed by unknown assailants.

Girl Jesus ; Keen Faggot ; Adult Braces ; Twelve Minor Prophets

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

4 Short Plays About Biting The Big One

4 Short Plays About Biting The Big One

Headless Nebraska

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

The First Chance Wasn't Enough.

Now you've got a Second Chance. Use it wisely.

The First Chance Wasn't Enough.

Now you've got a Second Chance. Use it wisely.

House of the Double Axe

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

In the days of yore and lore but also the days of today and tomorrow, Ariadne is a young girl who has been imprisoned beneath the earth by her father.
As young girls and their fathers sometimes do.
Ariadne can Dance. And, by God, Ariadne is gonna Dance.
Dexter is an inventor, also imprisoned with Ariadne in the basement.
Carson is locked in a tower, punished for his inventor father’s misdeeds, not aware that...

In the days of yore and lore but also the days of today and tomorrow, Ariadne is a young girl who has been imprisoned beneath the earth by her father.
As young girls and their fathers sometimes do.
Ariadne can Dance. And, by God, Ariadne is gonna Dance.
Dexter is an inventor, also imprisoned with Ariadne in the basement.
Carson is locked in a tower, punished for his inventor father’s misdeeds, not aware that his deepest longing is to fly towards the sun.
Every day Dexter goes into the underground labyrinth he’s created, designed to keep Ariadnes half brother from seeing the light of day.
Oh, Ariadne’s half brother is imprisoned down there. That’s a whole thing, too. Ariadne wants to teach him to Dance. That’s a whole thing, too.
Phaedra wants to live a normal life, despite being Ariadne’s younger sister and caretaker for her psychologically catatonic mother, Fay.
Fay used to Dance. Fay doesn’t Dance anymore. Fay doesn’t speak anymore. Fay doesn’t do much of anything anymore. Fay had sex with a bull to ruin her husband Roy’s life.
Roy did not like this much.
Roy does not like much of anything anymore.
Hawk and Matilda, Ariadne's aunts, Fay’s sisters, are wanderers, nomads, witches, looking for family but never quite finding one. They also have blood on their hands. Literally.
That’s a whole thing.
Young Man is a young man (or several) destined to be devoured.
And Asterion is a Maneater. He eats Men. He’ll eat you too, if you let him.

Junk

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

Sawdust, the oldest sister, is getting married tomorrow.
In anticipation of Sawdust's wedding, her younger siblings Froggart, Reaper and Snowbird reunite to stay in their grandfather's remote cabin.
It's one night. What's the worst that could happen?
Well, the worst that could happen, happens.

Sawdust, the oldest sister, is getting married tomorrow.
In anticipation of Sawdust's wedding, her younger siblings Froggart, Reaper and Snowbird reunite to stay in their grandfather's remote cabin.
It's one night. What's the worst that could happen?
Well, the worst that could happen, happens.

The Last Queen of San Domino

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

“We do not argue with those who disagree with us. We destroy them.” - Benito Mussolini, Italy, 1936

“Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on holiday." - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, 2003

“I figured a way out, a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers... build a great big large fence, 50 or a hundred mile long... And have that fence electrified so they can’t get out...

“We do not argue with those who disagree with us. We destroy them.” - Benito Mussolini, Italy, 1936

“Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on holiday." - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Italy, 2003

“I figured a way out, a way to get rid of all the lesbians and queers... build a great big large fence, 50 or a hundred mile long... And have that fence electrified so they can’t get out. And you know what? In a few years they will die out." - Pastor Charles Worley, North Carolina, 2012

Living Room

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

A woman throws a dinner party. Everything goes according to plan.

A woman throws a dinner party. Everything goes according to plan.

Low Grace

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

It's a surprise party!

And YOU are invited!

It's a surprise party!

And YOU are invited!

Molly House

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

For ten years, The More-Than-Halfway House and its owner, Ramona Jones, have provided a safe haven for runaway queer youth, operating outside the law. Until today, when the law finally catches up.

For ten years, The More-Than-Halfway House and its owner, Ramona Jones, have provided a safe haven for runaway queer youth, operating outside the law. Until today, when the law finally catches up.

Prairie Mad

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

It's just another normal day out here in the middle of nowhere: Mavis is moving furniture out onto the porch, her son and his new spouse rolled into town this morning, there's carrion on the horizon and no one seems to believe anything she's saying. Oh, that's right, her husband just died in his sleep, too. A tragicomedy of new life, time travel, faith, conspiracy theories, Peppermint Patties and madness.

It's just another normal day out here in the middle of nowhere: Mavis is moving furniture out onto the porch, her son and his new spouse rolled into town this morning, there's carrion on the horizon and no one seems to believe anything she's saying. Oh, that's right, her husband just died in his sleep, too. A tragicomedy of new life, time travel, faith, conspiracy theories, Peppermint Patties and madness.

Roman à clef

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

All plays are about family, even when they aren't.
But this one very much is. Even when it isn't.
Especially when it isn't.

From the mind of innovative local auteur Jack Coburn comes Apple, Tree; Far From, Not, a new work about family, faith, and fear. Kingston and Queenie live a storybook life of blissful domesticity with their four perfect children, McKnight, Bishop, Rookie and Spawn. A life upended when...

All plays are about family, even when they aren't.
But this one very much is. Even when it isn't.
Especially when it isn't.

From the mind of innovative local auteur Jack Coburn comes Apple, Tree; Far From, Not, a new work about family, faith, and fear. Kingston and Queenie live a storybook life of blissful domesticity with their four perfect children, McKnight, Bishop, Rookie and Spawn. A life upended when family secrets rip mother from children, husband from wife. A topsy-turvy exploration of what family means - and what it doesn't mean.

Shanidar

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

The house is quiet. The world outside is hungry.

The house is quiet. The world outside is hungry.

small quiet good

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

The myth, the monster, the woman: Medusa. She's been confined to Hell for thousands of years, forced to relive her own torment (and the torment of the dead who have gathered around her - namely, you). Today, her sisters and fellow Gorgons come to rescue her, but the chains binding Medusa can only be broken by the prisoner herself. It's a reckoning and a retribution; it's a bildungsroman and a beheading.

The myth, the monster, the woman: Medusa. She's been confined to Hell for thousands of years, forced to relive her own torment (and the torment of the dead who have gathered around her - namely, you). Today, her sisters and fellow Gorgons come to rescue her, but the chains binding Medusa can only be broken by the prisoner herself. It's a reckoning and a retribution; it's a bildungsroman and a beheading.

Sunday The Thirtieth 3AM Raining Slightly Drunk

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

Adam is fine.
Well, Adam’s okay.
Adam & John are great, thank you very much.
Adam & John & Stephen are, uh, not very good at all.
Stephen doesn’t know this yet.
Hell, John doesn't even know that.
Okay, Adam’s not fine.
Adam's really not fine at all.

In this sitcom-having-a-panic-attack, as the sun rises and the walls close in, three queer men must learn to live, laugh and love, before it’s too late.

Adam is fine.
Well, Adam’s okay.
Adam & John are great, thank you very much.
Adam & John & Stephen are, uh, not very good at all.
Stephen doesn’t know this yet.
Hell, John doesn't even know that.
Okay, Adam’s not fine.
Adam's really not fine at all.

In this sitcom-having-a-panic-attack, as the sun rises and the walls close in, three queer men must learn to live, laugh and love, before it’s too late.

Swamp Sparrow

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

In every story there's a circle: Helen of Troy is abducted from her home in Ancient Greece. In every story there's a circle: Helen of Troy is abducted from her home in the Antebellum South. The story repeats, so the story must be told.

In every story there's a circle: Helen of Troy is abducted from her home in Ancient Greece. In every story there's a circle: Helen of Troy is abducted from her home in the Antebellum South. The story repeats, so the story must be told.

Telling of the Bees

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

Ten years after a national tragedy befalls a rural family, the remaining members are given a chance at redemption and reconciliation when they stumble upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to their lost son.

Ten years after a national tragedy befalls a rural family, the remaining members are given a chance at redemption and reconciliation when they stumble upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to their lost son.

Thinner Bigger

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

Best friends Scott and Sophie are on opposite fitness journeys.
Onward. Forward. Upward.

Best friends Scott and Sophie are on opposite fitness journeys.
Onward. Forward. Upward.

whitesand

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

you will find a gaggle of friends
and you will giggle behind your hands
and steal your fathers’ flashlights
and steal away in the middle of the night
and go searching for yourself
in the darkest place you can find

you will find a gaggle of friends
and you will giggle behind your hands
and steal your fathers’ flashlights
and steal away in the middle of the night
and go searching for yourself
in the darkest place you can find

Your Son

by Chandler Hubbard

Synopsis

come quick
it's your son
he's done something bad

After a life-shattering tragedy, a mother must confront her son about the crime he has committed, with all the patience and poise that is demanded of the mothers of violent criminals. Through her desperate attempt to understand her son's motives, Your Son explores the collision of grace and pain; how we survive the unsurvivable, grieve the ungrievable, forgive...

come quick
it's your son
he's done something bad

After a life-shattering tragedy, a mother must confront her son about the crime he has committed, with all the patience and poise that is demanded of the mothers of violent criminals. Through her desperate attempt to understand her son's motives, Your Son explores the collision of grace and pain; how we survive the unsurvivable, grieve the ungrievable, forgive the unforgivable.