Greta Mae Geiser

Greta Mae Geiser is a playwright and theatre artist originally from the Twin Cities in Minnesota. She now lives in Chicago, where she loves being a part of the vibrant and ever-changing theatre scene.

Greta Mae Geiser is a playwright and theatre artist originally from the Twin Cities in Minnesota. She now lives in Chicago, where she loves being a part of the vibrant and ever-changing theatre scene.

Scripts

Duck, Duck, Grey Goose

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Laurel and Kostya, Minnesotan transplants living in Chicago, find their engagement threatened by reunions with old friends and resurrections of old ghosts. Meanwhile, Hope, Foster, and Verity fight for connection and purpose amid isolation. A study of Love, Grief, and Minnesota Nice.

Laurel and Kostya, Minnesotan transplants living in Chicago, find their engagement threatened by reunions with old friends and resurrections of old ghosts. Meanwhile, Hope, Foster, and Verity fight for connection and purpose amid isolation. A study of Love, Grief, and Minnesota Nice.

The Pyg Hypothesis

Written by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Naively misogynistic Elijah finds himself in the middle of a philosophical quandary at the hands of Dr. Harriet Higgins and Professor Quinn Pickering. The hypothesis: A person can change their nature only once they are willing to change their manners. Vowing to reform the sheltered man's views in just a month, however, brings to light the flaws in Higgins' own nature. If she refuses to change her strait-laced...

Naively misogynistic Elijah finds himself in the middle of a philosophical quandary at the hands of Dr. Harriet Higgins and Professor Quinn Pickering. The hypothesis: A person can change their nature only once they are willing to change their manners. Vowing to reform the sheltered man's views in just a month, however, brings to light the flaws in Higgins' own nature. If she refuses to change her strait-laced manners, she risks her relationships, family structure, and, ultimately, her way of life.

Burn That Bridge When We Get to It

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Darby has a fear of emotional intimacy. Fortunately, there’s a magical bridge she can cross whenever someone gets a little too close. Unfortunately, things get complicated when her latest fling follows her into the woods.

Darby has a fear of emotional intimacy. Fortunately, there’s a magical bridge she can cross whenever someone gets a little too close. Unfortunately, things get complicated when her latest fling follows her into the woods.

Antistrophe to an Andro-Sapphic Tragedy

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

"You should have built walls."

"I didn't know I had to."

After allowing a charming stranger onto her beach, Reno must fight to maintain propriety over her identity as everything she once found sacred becomes weaponized against her. Antistrophe is a response, a foil, but not an ending.

"You should have built walls."

"I didn't know I had to."

After allowing a charming stranger onto her beach, Reno must fight to maintain propriety over her identity as everything she once found sacred becomes weaponized against her. Antistrophe is a response, a foil, but not an ending.

Halcyon Days

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Alice and her brother-in-law, Danny, prefer to keep their complicated shared history tucked away. But while they're stuck together on the shore of a muggy Wisconsin lake with the unsettling screams of loons filling the silence, old secrets — and other things — are bound to come to the surface.

A loose Midwestern-Gothic adaptation of the myth of Alcyone and Ceyx.

Alice and her brother-in-law, Danny, prefer to keep their complicated shared history tucked away. But while they're stuck together on the shore of a muggy Wisconsin lake with the unsettling screams of loons filling the silence, old secrets — and other things — are bound to come to the surface.

A loose Midwestern-Gothic adaptation of the myth of Alcyone and Ceyx.

The Middleman

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Under "New Management," a man exercises his right to lease out space in a woman's head.

Under "New Management," a man exercises his right to lease out space in a woman's head.

The Fog

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Two travelers search for a lighthouse at the end of a foggy peninsula.

Two travelers search for a lighthouse at the end of a foggy peninsula.

Tarnished

by Greta Mae Geiser

Synopsis

Somebody has been alone in the attic for so long... That is, until Somebody Else arrives.

Somebody has been alone in the attic for so long... That is, until Somebody Else arrives.