Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Alicia a Maghrebi/Jewish Queer playwright who writes plays about relationships: the romantic, the platonic, and the mysterious kind you can't quite name. She loves flawed mothers, reclaimed queer villain-hood, and religious-fever-dream-esque magical realism. Her play BASHERT won the Goldberg New Play Prize, the Patty Abramson Play Prize, and was a semi-finalist for Bay Area Playwrights Festival. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theater LA’s New West Playwrights, and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch.

Alicia a Maghrebi/Jewish Queer playwright who writes plays about relationships: the romantic, the platonic, and the mysterious kind you can't quite name. She loves flawed mothers, reclaimed queer villain-hood, and religious-fever-dream-esque magical realism. Her play BASHERT won the Goldberg New Play Prize, the Patty Abramson Play Prize, and was a semi-finalist for Bay Area Playwrights Festival. She is a member of Ensemble Studio Theater LA’s New West Playwrights, and holds an MFA from NYU Tisch.

Scripts

The Gett

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Cast Size
7—8
Genre
horror,
mystery/thriller

As a massive storm of biblical proportions approaches Long Island, a bitter divorce, a strained friendship, and a prophetic dream come to a head. Shira wants out of her marriage but her husband won’t grant her a religious divorce. Her friend Nadine offers a solution that comes with a steep price. Meanwhile, their daughters, true-crime-obsessed Adi, and pious Dahlia, find themselves in the eye of the storm where...

As a massive storm of biblical proportions approaches Long Island, a bitter divorce, a strained friendship, and a prophetic dream come to a head. Shira wants out of her marriage but her husband won’t grant her a religious divorce. Her friend Nadine offers a solution that comes with a steep price. Meanwhile, their daughters, true-crime-obsessed Adi, and pious Dahlia, find themselves in the eye of the storm where things aren’t what they seem.

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BASHERT

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
adaptation,
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
faith-based,
romantic comedy

When rumors circulate within her tight-knit Haredi Jewish community, Leora fears she’ll receive “the bottom of the barrel” for potential marriage matches. In this Jane Austen-inspired Comedy, Leora is determined to prove that she'd make a great wife, but past indiscretions and old habits keep getting in the way.

When rumors circulate within her tight-knit Haredi Jewish community, Leora fears she’ll receive “the bottom of the barrel” for potential marriage matches. In this Jane Austen-inspired Comedy, Leora is determined to prove that she'd make a great wife, but past indiscretions and old habits keep getting in the way.

HAPPY FOR YOUR LOSS

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
farce,
satire

A Weight Watchers coach must navigate uncomfortable truths when pre-teen Lily shows up to a meeting and announces a new weight-loss secret that horrifies the whole group.

A Weight Watchers coach must navigate uncomfortable truths when pre-teen Lily shows up to a meeting and announces a new weight-loss secret that horrifies the whole group.

ON THE LINE: a radio play

by Alicia Louzoun-Heisler

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
radio drama,
satire

Two phone sex operators discuss love, womanhood, and all the different kinds of role-playing they do (on and off the job).

Two phone sex operators discuss love, womanhood, and all the different kinds of role-playing they do (on and off the job).