Cassandra Lewis

Cassandra Lewis

Cassandra Lewis is an award-winning playwright with productions in London, New York, Dublin, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. She was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship in the Established category of Playwriting for 2021 by the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her plays, short stories, and nonfiction essays have...
Cassandra Lewis is an award-winning playwright with productions in London, New York, Dublin, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities. She was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship in the Established category of Playwriting for 2021 by the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her plays, short stories, and nonfiction essays have been included in 10 books and several other publications. More information can be found on her website: CassandraLewis.com.

Plays

  • Depression: A Comedy by Cassandra Lewis
    Cast: 
    5–9
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: Depression, comedy + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, farce, satire
    Keyword: Depression, comedy, isolation, consciousness, Jimmy Carter, intervention, permanent record, San Francisco, artist, LGBTQ
    Trevor overcomes his dejected desires when he participates in an intervention of his consciousness in which friends and foes and others (including Dr. Phil and Jimmy Carter) confront him about his absurd condition. A 30-minute comedy about depression.
  • Marked by Cassandra Lewis
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: mother, son + 7 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: mother, son, artist, individualism, mental illness, social responsibility, 30 minute play, comedy, 2 actors
    When Lana fakes her death to make a point about privacy, the authorities order her son, Francis, an aspiring artist who has a thing for doctors, to take action or else Lana will be institutionalized. This dark comedy explores the connection between love, insanity, and social responsibility.