Amy Dellagiarino

Amy Dellagiarino

Amy Dellagiarino is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced across the country. Her play "From the Perspective of a Canoe" won the Playwriting Script Competition at the 2021 Austin Film Festival and her play "The Value of Moscow" was nominated for a 2019 Stage Raw Award for Best Playwriting. Her comedy feature film "Freelancers Anonymous", co-...
Amy Dellagiarino is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced across the country. Her play "From the Perspective of a Canoe" won the Playwriting Script Competition at the 2021 Austin Film Festival and her play "The Value of Moscow" was nominated for a 2019 Stage Raw Award for Best Playwriting. Her comedy feature film "Freelancers Anonymous", co-written with Lisa Cordileone, won the 2018 NCGLFF Audience Award for Best Women’s Feature, was a recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund Award, and earned the Reframe Stamp for gender balanced media. Published works include "The Value of Moscow" through Stage Rights and "The Most Precious Thing", which will be included in "The Best 10-Minute Plays 2023" through Smith & Kraus this fall. Her short plays have garnered the Best Comedy award in various festivals and she has participated in developmental readings and workshops with noted LA theatre companies such as Sacred Fools, Theatre of Note, Rogue Machine Theatre, Moving Arts, Inkwell Theatre, and The Blank Theatre Company. She was a 2021 participant of the Kennedy Center Playwrights Intensive as well as the resident playwright with Dark Horse Theatre Company in Virginia and a founding member of Walking Shadow Readers Theatre which focuses on new playwrights and new play development. She earned her BFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

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Plays

  • The Value of Moscow by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: estranged siblings, Chekhov + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: estranged siblings, Chekhov, dark comedy, pizza delivery
    FULL LENGTH. Three sisters move back into a New York City apartment together after their lives have taken turns for the worse. Before they can even finish unpacking, their first night together becomes a comedy of Chekhovian proportions. Armed with nothing but a dwindling bottle of vodka, some pizza, and a loaded gun, these siblings must set aside their grievances and work together to save themselves from an ever-escalating series of events.
  • From the Perspective of a Canoe by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: dark comedy, contemporary social issues + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: dark comedy, contemporary social issues, dealing with loss, dealing with guilt
    FULL LENGTH. How much grief can one family hold? Tess has fled to her parents’ house where she is currently curled up in an old canoe in their backyard, hiding from reporters. A few days ago her husband walked into the local supermarket and shot several shoppers before turning the gun on himself. It’s virtually impossible to escape the darkness coating her own brain, not to mention the channel news reports...
    FULL LENGTH. How much grief can one family hold? Tess has fled to her parents’ house where she is currently curled up in an old canoe in their backyard, hiding from reporters. A few days ago her husband walked into the local supermarket and shot several shoppers before turning the gun on himself. It’s virtually impossible to escape the darkness coating her own brain, not to mention the channel news reports about the event, but Tess is determined to try. All she wants to do is be left alone, but unfortunately for her it's the Fourth of July, and her parents are hell bent on carrying out their annual BBQ. The family tries desperately to keep up appearances while everything they believed to be true crumbles around them. A dark comedy about grief, guilt, and hamburgers.
  • The Taste of Emeralds by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: dark comedy, discussions of suicide + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, horror
    Keyword: dark comedy, discussions of suicide, complicated family relationships, Sisters, Family Secrets
    FULL LENGTH. Sisters Margot and Caitlin meet up at their mother's small, decrepit apartment to go through her possessions after her recent death. As the day slowly turns into night they begin to unpack the secrets of their past until the haunting influence of their mother throughout their years begins to look a lot like an actual haunting...
  • Clownfish by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: mental illness, mental health awareness + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: mental illness, mental health awareness, DIY weddings, wedding comedy, haunted places, ghost story, winter storms
    FULL LENGTH. Newly released from a mental hospital, Erica is trying hard to be a good bridesmaid but is finding that everyone is treating her differently-- and it's getting really annoying. The only thing that could make this reunion worse? A haunted cabin and a literal ghost story. A dark comedy about mental illness, social stigmas, and the misguided desire to be “normal”.
  • Hello, My Name Is... by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: comedy, dark comedy, Cults, contemporary social issues
    FULL LENGTH. On the day of The Great Metamorphosis, four members of The Order wake up to realize they may have gotten more than they signed up for. A dark comedy about the need to belong.
  • No Loitering by Amy Dellagiarino
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: retail store, retail workers + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: retail store, retail workers, workplace comedy, Existential Crisis, theatre, theatre artists, The Crucible
    FULL LENGTH. It's past midnight and disillusioned Blair and August meet outside their place of employment, a retail store called Yarns of Yarn, with the intention of destroying it. Little do they know, they aren't the only employees who plan on showing up tonight with malicious intent. A comedy about identity, expectations, and sweaters.
  • Dorm #5 by Amy Dellagiarino
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: college, college freshman + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: college, college freshman, murder, death and grief, secrets, ghost encounters, zany comedy
    FULL LENGTH. A nihilistic look at college life, Dorm #5 follows the misadventures of a group of college students after the sudden death of one of their own. Did one of them do it? Or, more importantly, does anyone even care?
  • The Hostage Situation by Amy Dellagiarino
    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: office comedy, donuts + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: office comedy, donuts, hostage, co-worker rivalry, workplace comedy
    FULL LENGTH. Recently fired, Vic has come back to enact some revenge. There’s just one problem: he has no idea what he’s doing. Nobody knows what the rules are for bathroom breaks, the office doesn’t have a first aid kit, and pretty soon all the good flavors of donuts are gone. The only thing for certain is that Harry’s still mad about not being promoted.
  • The Most Precious Thing by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 10
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
    Genre: comedy, drama
    10 MINUTE PLAY. Worldweary Jaqueline is forced to evaluate her life’s value before time runs out.
  • A Conversation Through the Bathroom Door by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: dealing with loss, a marriage in crisis + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, zoom
    Keyword: dealing with loss, a marriage in crisis, miscarriage, drama, zoom
    ONE ACT FOR ZOOM. A young couple attempts to reevaluate their marriage in the wake of a personal tragedy. A seriocomedy about grief, FaceTime, and the dangers of too much red wine. A play for Zoom.
  • The Misfit Mantra by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Existential Crisis, unfulfilled promise
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Existential Crisis, unfulfilled promise
    10 MINUTE PLAY. Clarissa and Jasper grapple with the fact that their lives have veered off-course as they sit under a terrible painting of a smiling star.
  • In Search of Plan A by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: workplace comedy, job satisfaction + 4 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: workplace comedy, job satisfaction, Existential Dread, Depression, suicide, dark comedy
    15 MINUTE PLAY. Lifelong office drone Arnold and lifelong temp worker Sally enter The Squishy Stress Ball Deluxe Manufacturing Company late one night with the thought of ending it all, only to wind up asking themselves: Whatever happened to Plan A?
  • Cinnamon Raisin by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: isolation, loneliness and isolation + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: isolation, loneliness and isolation, neighbors, dark comedy, making connections
    10 MINUTE PLAY. A midnight run brings Luke to the woods where he discovers his neighbor Nell hard at work digging a hole in the ground. In the midst of making excuses for their suspicious behavior, the two end up forming a strange sort of friendship and come to realize they may not be as alone as they originally thought.

    *NOTE: A version of this play is also available for a cast of 2 women.
  • Inhale and Exhale by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Relationships, letting go + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, drama
    Keyword: Relationships, letting go, Guardian Angels, comedy, incompetent guardian angels
    10 MINUTE PLAY. Stuck in the depressing recesses of her own mind, Jackie is not at all prepared when her overly cheerful guardian angel Dan shows up, ready to help her take her life to the next level.
  • One Fish Two Fish by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: comedy, baby shower + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: comedy, baby shower, awkward relationships, family, the odd one out
    10 MINUTE PLAY. Joel and Natasha may not have much in common, but one thing’s for certain: they both don’t want to be at this baby shower. Joel is on a mission to outrun the swell of his own “heartbreak water” and Natasha has become adept at hiding from her overcritical family. The two end up starting an unlikely friendship, realizing they each may be what the other one has been looking for.
  • Spirit Seekers by Amy Dellagiarino
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, horror + 1 more
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    Keyword: ghosts, ghost hunting + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, horror, zoom
    Keyword: ghosts, ghost hunting, Haunted House, haunting, Screwball Comedy, workplace comedy, zoom
    ONE ACT FOR ZOOM. An amateur group of ghost hunters camps out in the haunted and infamous Hunterville House only to end up encountering more than they bargained for. A fast-paced comedy for online theatre filled with laughs, ghosts, and face paint. A play for Zoom.
  • The Pancake Turtle Confessionals by Amy Dellagiarino
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: comedy, zoom
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    Keyword: Screwball Comedy, workplace comedy + 2 more
    Genre: comedy, zoom
    Keyword: Screwball Comedy, workplace comedy, incompetent priests, marriage counseling
    ONE ACT FOR ZOOM. Things quickly escalate when an overly ambitious priest attempts to host an online confession for the first time. A wacky comedy about secrets, rivalry, and mistaken identity. A play for Zoom.