Grace Everett

Grace Everett (she/her) is a young award-winning playwright and actress born and raised in Dallas, TX. She is now living in the heart of Chicago and in her final year studying Playwriting at The Theatre School at DePaul University. She enjoys telling poetic, character-driven stories, and exploring disability and neurodiversity through her art. Grace finds herself drawn towards writing for intimate venues and predominantly femme casts.

At age 16, Grace won the Texas Thespian Festival's PLAYWORKS competition with her short play, 'The Last Sunrise of August 1973', which marked the beginning of her playwriting journey. Five years later, Grace views herself as a creative nomad of sorts, dipping her toes into many different pools (genres, disciplines, niches, etc.) as she develops her craft....

Grace Everett (she/her) is a young award-winning playwright and actress born and raised in Dallas, TX. She is now living in the heart of Chicago and in her final year studying Playwriting at The Theatre School at DePaul University. She enjoys telling poetic, character-driven stories, and exploring disability and neurodiversity through her art. Grace finds herself drawn towards writing for intimate venues and predominantly femme casts.

At age 16, Grace won the Texas Thespian Festival's PLAYWORKS competition with her short play, 'The Last Sunrise of August 1973', which marked the beginning of her playwriting journey. Five years later, Grace views herself as a creative nomad of sorts, dipping her toes into many different pools (genres, disciplines, niches, etc.) as she develops her craft.

Grace also does arts accessibility work, and she is passionate about acting, singing, disability activism, content creation, and pointing out every dog she sees around Chicago.

www.GraceEverett.org

Scripts

Median

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

90 MINS.
Jane Conway is trapped between two worlds– too young for independence, but too smart for normalcy. When her mathematical prowess earns her early admission to college, Jane thrusts herself into a pretense of adulthood against her father’s wishes. Against the backdrop of rural East Texas, Jane's two lives grow more incongruent, yet more interconnected, and their eventual collision unearths long-buried...

90 MINS.
Jane Conway is trapped between two worlds– too young for independence, but too smart for normalcy. When her mathematical prowess earns her early admission to college, Jane thrusts herself into a pretense of adulthood against her father’s wishes. Against the backdrop of rural East Texas, Jane's two lives grow more incongruent, yet more interconnected, and their eventual collision unearths long-buried truths about Jane and the ones she loves.

The Last Sunrise of August 1973

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

10-15 MINUTES.
After two weeks missing, a free-spirited teen runaway returns home to pack her bags before leaving for good, only to be found by her best friend, who believes she has come home to stay.

**Winner of the Texas Thespian Festival PLAYWORKS New Plays competition (2019). Honorable Mention recipient from the YouthPLAYS New Voices One Act competition (2021).**

10-15 MINUTES.
After two weeks missing, a free-spirited teen runaway returns home to pack her bags before leaving for good, only to be found by her best friend, who believes she has come home to stay.

**Winner of the Texas Thespian Festival PLAYWORKS New Plays competition (2019). Honorable Mention recipient from the YouthPLAYS New Voices One Act competition (2021).**

Letters for Adelaide

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

20-30 MINUTES.
The story of the intimate and vulnerable love between two artists unfolds via a collection of letters exchanged during the years leading up to the Great Depression.

20-30 MINUTES.
The story of the intimate and vulnerable love between two artists unfolds via a collection of letters exchanged during the years leading up to the Great Depression.

The Adventures of Spectrum Sparks!

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

45-60 MINS
Join Spectrum Sparks, a slightly offbeat robot, on an unforgettable journey fueled by the power of friendship! Spectrum, his quirky companions, and their friends in the audience work together to tell a story packed with life lessons especially for early learners and a neurodivergent/Autistic audience.
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** Commissioned by CenterStage Theatre Works in partnership with Frisco Discovery Center, Texas.

45-60 MINS
Join Spectrum Sparks, a slightly offbeat robot, on an unforgettable journey fueled by the power of friendship! Spectrum, his quirky companions, and their friends in the audience work together to tell a story packed with life lessons especially for early learners and a neurodivergent/Autistic audience.
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** Commissioned by CenterStage Theatre Works in partnership with Frisco Discovery Center, Texas.

Ice Cream Friday

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

15-20 MINUTES.
After their lives are turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, best friends Katie and Carmen seek a sense of normalcy by inviting a new friend to join in an old childhood tradition.

15-20 MINUTES.
After their lives are turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, best friends Katie and Carmen seek a sense of normalcy by inviting a new friend to join in an old childhood tradition.

The Burning Room Test

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

60-75 MINUTES.
"A building is on fire... who do you save?"
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An artificially-intelligent android struggles to pass a consciousness test due to an apparent lack of morality. What she lacks in empathy, she makes up for in determination, and to pass her test, she will stop at nothing.

60-75 MINUTES.
"A building is on fire... who do you save?"
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An artificially-intelligent android struggles to pass a consciousness test due to an apparent lack of morality. What she lacks in empathy, she makes up for in determination, and to pass her test, she will stop at nothing.

Asscrack, Nowhere, USA: a monologue

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

<10 MINUTES.
18-year-old Cleo defies the odds of her small town, and her father's wishes, by moving away for college.

<10 MINUTES.
18-year-old Cleo defies the odds of her small town, and her father's wishes, by moving away for college.

28:28

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

10-15 MINUTES.
Two women in a 19th-century lunatic asylum discover that their fellow patient’s affliction may be more dangerous than it seems.

10-15 MINUTES.
Two women in a 19th-century lunatic asylum discover that their fellow patient’s affliction may be more dangerous than it seems.

Does A Bird Dream of Flight?

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

15-20 MINUTES.
1841, Massachusetts. A female poet burdened, yet infatuated, with sick fantasies of death meets a traditionalist publisher quietly mourning the loss of his young daughter. They struggle to find common ground as a woman who has considered ending her life, and a man who would do anything to bring his late child back.

15-20 MINUTES.
1841, Massachusetts. A female poet burdened, yet infatuated, with sick fantasies of death meets a traditionalist publisher quietly mourning the loss of his young daughter. They struggle to find common ground as a woman who has considered ending her life, and a man who would do anything to bring his late child back.

Cass: a short play for one woman

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

<10 MINUTES.
When the prophecies aren't enough to subdue Cass, Apollo finds a new method of psychological torture to control her.
A modern play inspired by the characters and events of Greek mythology.

<10 MINUTES.
When the prophecies aren't enough to subdue Cass, Apollo finds a new method of psychological torture to control her.
A modern play inspired by the characters and events of Greek mythology.

The Day The Music Died

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

TEN MINUTES.
Fina doesn’t want to let her sister go, but Lizzie knows her time is coming.
A (very loose) adaptation of Little Women, with music from ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean.

TEN MINUTES.
Fina doesn’t want to let her sister go, but Lizzie knows her time is coming.
A (very loose) adaptation of Little Women, with music from ‘American Pie’ by Don McLean.

Oh, Honey!

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

TEN MINUTES.
A bottle of honey, a few left shoes, and a long-awaited confession change the way two feuding sisters say goodbye.

TEN MINUTES.
A bottle of honey, a few left shoes, and a long-awaited confession change the way two feuding sisters say goodbye.

overexposed, in a dark room

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

TEN MINUTES.
A newly-ostracized popular girl is reunited with a former rival in a high school stairwell, when both of them seek refuge from their classmates for very different reasons.

TEN MINUTES.
A newly-ostracized popular girl is reunited with a former rival in a high school stairwell, when both of them seek refuge from their classmates for very different reasons.

Painless Regression

by Grace Everett

Synopsis

60-75 MINUTES.
An experimental chronic pain treatment program promises to cure its patients by allowing them to revisit childhood memories. Past and present bleed together when the treatment goes sideways, forcing patients to decide which they'd rather save: their bodies, or their minds.

60-75 MINUTES.
An experimental chronic pain treatment program promises to cure its patients by allowing them to revisit childhood memories. Past and present bleed together when the treatment goes sideways, forcing patients to decide which they'd rather save: their bodies, or their minds.