Baylee Shlichtman

Baylee Shlichtman

Baylee Shlichtman is a writer from Orange County, CA. She has had her work read or developed with AlterTheatre Ensemble, Dramatic Question Theatre, Curtis Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre/ LA, Long Beach Playhouse, Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, OC-Centric New Play Festival, Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Phantom Projects, The Playground Experiment, The Skeleton Rep(resents), and The Workshop...
Baylee Shlichtman is a writer from Orange County, CA. She has had her work read or developed with AlterTheatre Ensemble, Dramatic Question Theatre, Curtis Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theatre/ LA, Long Beach Playhouse, Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative, OC-Centric New Play Festival, Orange County Playwrights Alliance, Phantom Projects, The Playground Experiment, The Skeleton Rep(resents), and The Workshop Theatre. Baylee has been a winner of the inaugural Curtis Theatre Amplify Initiative, a winner and a finalist for the OC-Centric New Works Festival, a finalist for Spectrum Theatre Ensemble’s Neurodivergent New Play Initiative, and a semi-finalist for the inaugural William S. Yellow Robe Jr. Residency. She graduated from USC with a B.A. in Journalism.

Plays

  • Clytemnestra: A Greek Triumph by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5–8
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    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: Ancient Greece, drama + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, dark comedy, drama, fantasy, period
    Keyword: Ancient Greece, drama, Oresteia, retelling, greek theatre, Greek mythology, Toxic Masculinity, House of Atreus, Clytemnestra, ancient greek mythology
    Princess Clytemnestra of Sparta has always wanted to be an exception, even if she knows her place is to marry a king and give him sons. Then her father offers sanctuary to the exiled princes of Mycenae, and she is thrown together with the arrogant yet charismatic Prince Agamemnon. Their connection places her in the midst of passion, ancient curses, and tragedy. When war with Troy comes for Greece, she’ll have...
    Princess Clytemnestra of Sparta has always wanted to be an exception, even if she knows her place is to marry a king and give him sons. Then her father offers sanctuary to the exiled princes of Mycenae, and she is thrown together with the arrogant yet charismatic Prince Agamemnon. Their connection places her in the midst of passion, ancient curses, and tragedy. When war with Troy comes for Greece, she’ll have to make a fatal choice between love and liberation if she wants to reclaim herself.
  • Helen: Goddess of Arson by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5–8
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: ancient greek, tragicomedy + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, fantasy, period
    Keyword: ancient greek, tragicomedy, retelling, mythology, awkward romance, comic romance, Helen of Troy, greek theatre, Trojan War
    Before she was Helen of Troy, Helen was a princess of Sparta. Of an age to be married, the famed mortal daughter of Zeus tolerates the advances of the most handsome warriors in Ancient Greece who compete for her hand. Complicating matters is the arrival of Menelaus of Mycenae, a bumbling prince with grievances to harbor. Their unlikely bond shapes Helen’s quiet resentment toward the expectation placed upon her...
    Before she was Helen of Troy, Helen was a princess of Sparta. Of an age to be married, the famed mortal daughter of Zeus tolerates the advances of the most handsome warriors in Ancient Greece who compete for her hand. Complicating matters is the arrival of Menelaus of Mycenae, a bumbling prince with grievances to harbor. Their unlikely bond shapes Helen’s quiet resentment toward the expectation placed upon her as the world's most beautiful woman into an anger that threatens to ignite.
  • The House of Flightless Birds by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: family drama, Latinx + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: family drama, Latinx, autism, brothers, masculinity, Painting
    Updated 5/26/23

    When undiagnosed autistic Manuel tosses a wish to a satellite to make him feel less alone, an injured sparrow crashes from the heavens into his apartment patio. Manuel takes the bird inside to nurse it back to health in secret from his family, but all does not go according to plan. A play about masculinity and care.
  • Now Approaching Venus by Baylee Shlichtman
    Cast: 
    6–18
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: coming of age, becoming a woman + 5 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: coming of age, becoming a woman, colleges and high schools, Latinx, growing up, self-discovery, parallel stories
    Nina Escobar is destined for greatness. She’s going to be an astronaut just like Ellen Ochoa, and with her book-smarts and good grades, there’s no way she’ll fail. Meanwhile, the other Nina Escobar in her grade feels she’s destined to disappoint as she flounders through the school system. As both girls move through college and adulthood, they learn that life isn’t so cut and dry. Their personal journeys take...
    Nina Escobar is destined for greatness. She’s going to be an astronaut just like Ellen Ochoa, and with her book-smarts and good grades, there’s no way she’ll fail. Meanwhile, the other Nina Escobar in her grade feels she’s destined to disappoint as she flounders through the school system. As both girls move through college and adulthood, they learn that life isn’t so cut and dry. Their personal journeys take them down roads neither of them anticipated, forcing them to come to terms with their identities outside of what they are told they can achieve.
  • Penelope: A Lesson in Drowning by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Ancient Greek Myth, greek adaptation + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, fantasy, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Ancient Greek Myth, greek adaptation, romcom, comedy, Odysseus, Penelope, autism, daddy issues, disturbed routines, coming of age
    *UPDATED 11/17*

    Autistic Princess Penelope of Sparta has put off marriage for years by having her suitors challenge her father to a foot race she's rigged to ensure they'll never win. Self-proclaimed scoundrel Odysseus of Ithaca is sure he'll be the one to succeed by making Penelope fall so madly in love with him that she'll reveal the secret to winning. But Penelope won'...
    *UPDATED 11/17*

    Autistic Princess Penelope of Sparta has put off marriage for years by having her suitors challenge her father to a foot race she's rigged to ensure they'll never win. Self-proclaimed scoundrel Odysseus of Ithaca is sure he'll be the one to succeed by making Penelope fall so madly in love with him that she'll reveal the secret to winning. But Penelope won't be won over so easily, not when getting married comes with the complete upheaval of the life she has worked so hard to order. A Greek Myth retelling/romcom about daddy issues, drowning, and occasionally awful disguises.
  • Sonia is Good by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: retelling, War and Peace + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, fantasy
    Keyword: retelling, War and Peace, Tolstoy, Latinx, dysfunctional friendship, witches, transformation, drag
    Updated 06/07/23

    A loose riff on WAR AND PEACE about boundaries, self-love, and an eccentric hat.

    There are three main concerns in Sonia's life right now:
    1) Planning her childhood best friend's upcoming wedding
    2) Covering for her flaky boss (and ex) at the Rodriguez Family Curio Shop
    3) Stopping herself from transforming into a tree without anyone...
    Updated 06/07/23

    A loose riff on WAR AND PEACE about boundaries, self-love, and an eccentric hat.

    There are three main concerns in Sonia's life right now:
    1) Planning her childhood best friend's upcoming wedding
    2) Covering for her flaky boss (and ex) at the Rodriguez Family Curio Shop
    3) Stopping herself from transforming into a tree without anyone finding out.

    Then a transient witch shows up and says she can help break Sonia's curse--if she's willing to do the work. A potion transports Sonia to a dream space where confronts her relationships and her insecurities to find what she needs to prevent losing herself.
  • Wilt by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    3–99
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    Genre: drama, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: gothic, Dark Fairy Tale + 7 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy, horror
    Keyword: gothic, Dark Fairy Tale, Fantasy, Latinx, food, want, horror, cycles of abuse, female rage
    Updated 5/15/23

    Evan is on the run. When he wraps his car around a tree, he’s rescued by two very different sisters and taken to their house. It's a place where objects appear at will, the walls are loud, and the flowers have their secrets. And then there's the stuffed elephant from his past that just won't go away. WILT is a gothic fairytale about want, food, and what nice guys ultimately deserve.
  • The Club Oscuro Project by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, science fiction
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    Keyword: artificial intelligence, virtual reality
    Genre: drama, science fiction
    Keyword: artificial intelligence, virtual reality
    A researcher conducts an experiment with VR, only for the projection to develop humanlike responses.
  • Dress (a sort of coda to Romeo and Juliet) by Baylee Shlichtman
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, drama
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    Keyword: adaptation, Shakespeare + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama
    Keyword: adaptation, Shakespeare, Romeo & Juliet, Latinx, two-person play, suicide, coping with grief, 10 Minute
    After a woman’s recent death, her mother and best friend choose a dress to bury her in.
  • Portrait of a Demolitionist by Baylee Shlichtman
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: fabulism, break up + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: fabulism, break up, comic fantasy, contemporary fantasy, Fantasy, magic
    ONE-ACT. Board game enthusiast Julie ditches the state and her boyfriend after a falling out and ends up at a rented house. Unfortunately for her, the painting in the living room comes to life, takes her food, and won't leave her alone.
  • The Unburdener by Baylee Shlichtman
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: identity politics, absurd + 4 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, political
    Keyword: identity politics, absurd, meta, social commentary, we see you white american theater, marginalized bodies
    A Bystander observes the Unburdener as they reconcile their marginalized identity with the white, heteronormative, cis-gendered gaze of the audience.
  • Witch Queen: A Snow White Reimagining by Baylee Shlichtman
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: modern retelling, contemporary fairy tale + 6 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, fantasy
    Keyword: modern retelling, contemporary fairy tale, deconstructed fairy tale, Latinx, snow white, witches, mother/daughter relationship, magic
    After years of no contact, Blanca unexpectedly drops in on her stepmother to ask for a deadly favor--one witch to another.