Grace Reasoner

Grace Reasoner (she/they) is an actor, playwright, and director based in Winston-Salem, NC (B.A. in Acting and Playwriting - Columbia College Chicago). Grace is inspired by human centric stories, investing primarily in young adult narratives and the highly emotional moments that are created in spaces of uncomfortable growth. Her career has taken her to all 50 states of the U.S. and she hopes to travel to Europe and Asia in the future.
Grace’s work has been showcased throughout North Carolina: Conversations (World Premiere: Spring Theatre), Me, My Brain, & I (co-written - Sterling Hart-Peck, World Premiere: Spring Theatre), Kids Like Us (World Premiere: Western Carolina University).
As well as Chicago: Ghosts (Staged Reading/Workshops: Columbia College), Growing Pains: A Collection of 10...

Grace Reasoner (she/they) is an actor, playwright, and director based in Winston-Salem, NC (B.A. in Acting and Playwriting - Columbia College Chicago). Grace is inspired by human centric stories, investing primarily in young adult narratives and the highly emotional moments that are created in spaces of uncomfortable growth. Her career has taken her to all 50 states of the U.S. and she hopes to travel to Europe and Asia in the future.
Grace’s work has been showcased throughout North Carolina: Conversations (World Premiere: Spring Theatre), Me, My Brain, & I (co-written - Sterling Hart-Peck, World Premiere: Spring Theatre), Kids Like Us (World Premiere: Western Carolina University).
As well as Chicago: Ghosts (Staged Reading/Workshops: Columbia College), Growing Pains: A Collection of 10 minute plays (Staged Readings: Columbia College Chicago, Playwrights Aloud), Driving in the Dark (Chicago Dramatists Playwrights Aloud Podcast), To Fall in Silence from the Sky (World Premiere: Columbia College One Act Play Festival), Daylight Savings (Reading: Columbia College Senior Playwriting Festival), Pillars of Salt (World Premiere: Columbia College Chicago Playwriting Senior Showcase. Capital Arts Theatre Guild North Carolina Playwrights Lab Finalist).
Publications: How She Loves (Evergreen Anthology: Columbia College/University of Greenwich).
Commissions: Yard Sale (Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Festival), Dirt Girls (Pocket VR Playfest).
When she isn’t writing, Grace can be found leaving a trail of empty tea mugs through the house.

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Scripts

Kids Like Us

by Grace Reasoner

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
adventure,
comedy,
drama

Stevie and Hazel attempt to give their best friends one last night to remember before they both move away to college, but all four friends are forced to confront the way their lives will be changed for good once the sun rises.
(otherwise known as "the zombie play")

Stevie and Hazel attempt to give their best friends one last night to remember before they both move away to college, but all four friends are forced to confront the way their lives will be changed for good once the sun rises.
(otherwise known as "the zombie play")

Daylight Savings

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

Daylight Savings opens on Jane, a hopelessly romantic poetry student, the night after Finn, her long term boyfriend, leaves her to pursue his dream as a journalist. In the hour lost between 2am and 3am, Jane imagines what their life would be like if Finn had stayed. In every lifetime, it ends the same way. Seven months later, when daylight savings begins again, Jane is forced to revisit her past with Finn in one...

Daylight Savings opens on Jane, a hopelessly romantic poetry student, the night after Finn, her long term boyfriend, leaves her to pursue his dream as a journalist. In the hour lost between 2am and 3am, Jane imagines what their life would be like if Finn had stayed. In every lifetime, it ends the same way. Seven months later, when daylight savings begins again, Jane is forced to revisit her past with Finn in one last search for closure.

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Growing Pains

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
2—6
Genre
comedy,
drama

A Collection of 10-minute plays exploring how far one will go for the person they love.

A Collection of 10-minute plays exploring how far one will go for the person they love.

How She Loves

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
drama

Published in "Evergreen", by the University of Greenwich
Fresh off the online dating scene, Julie tries to connect with people in a way that works.

Published in "Evergreen", by the University of Greenwich
Fresh off the online dating scene, Julie tries to connect with people in a way that works.

Maybe I'm Drinking Alone (And Lonely)

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
drama

An unlikely trio gets trapped in an elevator on New Year's day

An unlikely trio gets trapped in an elevator on New Year's day

Ghosts

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
drama

Former ghost hunters, Jack and Ethan, discover something at their old Catholic school forcing them to re-enter the world of the supernatural.

Former ghost hunters, Jack and Ethan, discover something at their old Catholic school forcing them to re-enter the world of the supernatural.

To Fall in Silence from the Sky

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
4
Genre
drama

After the death of his best friend, Alex meets an unlikely friend.

After the death of his best friend, Alex meets an unlikely friend.

Me, My Brain, & I

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
11
Genre
drama

Co-written by Sterling Hart-Peck and Grace Reasoner
Struggling to handle school, friendships, and family, Eli finds himself lost with his brain at war when something new and unknown invades Eli’s mind, affecting his relationships with the people closest to him.

Co-written by Sterling Hart-Peck and Grace Reasoner
Struggling to handle school, friendships, and family, Eli finds himself lost with his brain at war when something new and unknown invades Eli’s mind, affecting his relationships with the people closest to him.

Conversations

by Grace Reasoner

Cast Size
12
Genre
young audiences

Five different friendships throughout time as people change and grow.

Five different friendships throughout time as people change and grow.