Gracie Gardner

ATHENA available via Samuel French: https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/64299/athena

GRACIE is a writer based in New York. She is a proud member of New Dramatists and Youngblood. She's the recipient of the American Playwriting Foundation's Relentless Award and a Tow Foundation Residency. Her work includes Panopticon (Clubbed Thumb), Athena (NYT Critic's Pick), Pussy Sludge (HERE Arts Center), and Hate Baby (James Stevenson Prize).

ATHENA available via Samuel French: https://www.samuelfrench.com/p/64299/athena

GRACIE is a writer based in New York. She is a proud member of New Dramatists and Youngblood. She's the recipient of the American Playwriting Foundation's Relentless Award and a Tow Foundation Residency. Her work includes Panopticon (Clubbed Thumb), Athena (NYT Critic's Pick), Pussy Sludge (HERE Arts Center), and Hate Baby (James Stevenson Prize).

Scripts

Athena

by Gracie Gardner

4
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
fable/folktale,
movement/physical

Mary Wallace and Athena are brave, and seventeen, and fencers, and training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends.

Mary Wallace and Athena are brave, and seventeen, and fencers, and training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends.

Hate Baby

by Gracie Gardner

9
Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy

Sigrid is worried her baby might be evil.

Sigrid is worried her baby might be evil.

Cowboy

by Gracie Gardner

7
Cast Size
1
Genre
comedy

This cowboy is amazing.

This cowboy is amazing.

Pussy Sludge

by Gracie Gardner

7
Cast Size
8
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical,
political,
romantic comedy

There's a woman menstruating crude oil. She lives in a swamp. She's in love with Courtney, but her mother prefers RJ. No one knows who knows what's best. Pussy Sludge is a tender exploration of questioning authority, suspending shame through intimacy, and very bad advice.

There's a woman menstruating crude oil. She lives in a swamp. She's in love with Courtney, but her mother prefers RJ. No one knows who knows what's best. Pussy Sludge is a tender exploration of questioning authority, suspending shame through intimacy, and very bad advice.

In The Blind

by Gracie Gardner

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
experimental,
fantasy,
romantic comedy

Pete and Carl hunt ducks together every Sunday.

Pete and Carl hunt ducks together every Sunday.

I'm Revolting

by Gracie Gardner

3
Cast Size
10
Genre
drama

A group of people are waiting to be called into a room one by one. Some of them have skin cancer, some of them are there to give support, but none of them want to be called into the room. A play about doctors, and medicine, and the space in between the two.

A group of people are waiting to be called into a room one by one. Some of them have skin cancer, some of them are there to give support, but none of them want to be called into the room. A play about doctors, and medicine, and the space in between the two.

Aisle Eight. On the Other Side.

by Gracie Gardner

3
Cast Size
5
Genre
comedy

It's someone's job to pour out all the spoiled milk at the grocery store. Meet Will.

It's someone's job to pour out all the spoiled milk at the grocery store. Meet Will.

Golden Boys

by Gracie Gardner

3
Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Two golden boys are on a red carpet, answering questions that no one is asking.

Two golden boys are on a red carpet, answering questions that no one is asking.