Mersedez Hoover

Mersedez Hoover is a Theatre Professional in Chicago. Mersedez obtained their BFA in Theater Performance from Niagara University in 2018. They have worked as an actor, dramaturg, director, and most recently playwright.

Scripts

Loss is a Start

by Mersedez Hoover

Cast Size

Genre

comedy

Bridget- a 30 year-old, fat enby- has just been dumped for the first time. In response, the universe sends Bridget a spirit to guide them through their breakup. As Bridget searches for "genuine love" in all the wrong places, the spirit shows them how to grieve, how to move on, and all the ways being single doesn't have to mean being alone.

a small, anonymous function

by Mersedez Hoover

Cast Size

Genre

dark comedy,

drama,

political

A one act play following the complicated relationships between the co-founders of a tech start-up company.

Recommended by

Robot Graveyard

by B.Z. Florida

Had the pleasure of seeing this onstage and truly enjoyed every minute of it! For a ten-minute play it packs a whole lotta punch- such an interesting and philosophical reflection on personhood, technology, and the conceptual idea of the human soul. Anyone who had a big Mary Shelley's Frankenstein phase is gonna love this one. 10/10!!

Had the pleasure of seeing this onstage and truly enjoyed every minute of it! For a ten-minute play it packs a whole lotta punch- such an interesting and philosophical reflection on personhood, technology, and the conceptual idea of the human soul. Anyone who had a big Mary Shelley's Frankenstein phase is gonna love this one. 10/10!!
Inheritance -or- Brothers from the Deep

by Michael Jones

A modern day folk tale. This script is such a lovely blend of ambiguity, surrealism, and deep family traumas that throughout audiences feel incredibly close and wildly distant from the two brothers in question. Jones knows how to write silence, and for those who have seen genuine silence onstage you get what I mean here. Jones draws the audience in, so that watching these brothers find each other again feels like a communal affair. All timer for sure. I give this script Five Big Booms.

A modern day folk tale. This script is such a lovely blend of ambiguity, surrealism, and deep family traumas that throughout audiences feel incredibly close and wildly distant from the two brothers in question. Jones knows how to write silence, and for those who have seen genuine silence onstage you get what I mean here. Jones draws the audience in, so that watching these brothers find each other again feels like a communal affair. All timer for sure. I give this script Five Big Booms.
Muted.

by Zack Peercy

There is something really special about a play about death, but, like, y'know- not really. Not the death of a close loved one, or a family member, just someone you kinda knew once. It's such an odd and liminal place to feel that grief and also not feel it and feel guilty for not feeling it and feel guilty if you feel it too much because, hey, you didn't really know them. This script gets at the very heart and soul of that. Beautifully written, of course, because you always get that from Peercy.

There is something really special about a play about death, but, like, y'know- not really. Not the death of a close loved one, or a family member, just someone you kinda knew once. It's such an odd and liminal place to feel that grief and also not feel it and feel guilty for not feeling it and feel guilty if you feel it too much because, hey, you didn't really know them. This script gets at the very heart and soul of that. Beautifully written, of course, because you always get that from Peercy.
Greetings From The Moon

by Zack Peercy

This play is so heart breaking and so funny. At many points you feel the deep cringe associated with a teenager not understanding how to talk about something so laughably outside of their depths and somehow saying all the wrong things. It's funny, and sincere, and handles death with such a poignancy that only someone without a soul would read/see/hear this show and not shed a tear. Certified PA Banger. I give this play Five Big Booms.

This play is so heart breaking and so funny. At many points you feel the deep cringe associated with a teenager not understanding how to talk about something so laughably outside of their depths and somehow saying all the wrong things. It's funny, and sincere, and handles death with such a poignancy that only someone without a soul would read/see/hear this show and not shed a tear. Certified PA Banger. I give this play Five Big Booms.
Greetings From Sadsville

by Zack Peercy

From a PA native this play is a Certified PA Banger. A gorgeous script about two people struggling to find the connection they once found so easy. It's been said before, but Zack Peercy is a male playwright who actually, really knows how to write deep and interesting queer women. Incredible. I give this play Five Big Booms.

From a PA native this play is a Certified PA Banger. A gorgeous script about two people struggling to find the connection they once found so easy. It's been said before, but Zack Peercy is a male playwright who actually, really knows how to write deep and interesting queer women. Incredible. I give this play Five Big Booms.

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Mersedez Hoover

Scripts

Loss is a Start

by Mersedez Hoover

a small, anonymous function

by Mersedez Hoover

Monologues

Robot Graveyard

Inheritance -or- Brothers from the Deep

Muted.

Greetings From The Moon

Greetings From Sadsville