Juliet Kang Huneke

JULIET KANG HUNEKE is a playwright and performer who is passionate about theatre that is larger than life. Her new TYA play, HANNAH AND HALMONI SAVE THE WORLD! recently had its world premiere at Filament Theatre. In addition, she was awarded the 2023 ReImagine: New Plays in TYA grant to develop HANNAH AND HALMONI with Filament. Juliet is also a 24 Hour Plays Nationals alum. Other Chicago writing credits include: ECHO’S INFERNO (The Understudy), HOME FOR THE SUMMER (Theo Ubique, American Music Theatre Project), MYCELIUM (Playground Chicago), and MECHANICALS (Impostors Theater Co Footholds Vol. 4). Northwestern 2022!

JULIET KANG HUNEKE is a playwright and performer who is passionate about theatre that is larger than life. Her new TYA play, HANNAH AND HALMONI SAVE THE WORLD! recently had its world premiere at Filament Theatre. In addition, she was awarded the 2023 ReImagine: New Plays in TYA grant to develop HANNAH AND HALMONI with Filament. Juliet is also a 24 Hour Plays Nationals alum. Other Chicago writing credits include: ECHO’S INFERNO (The Understudy), HOME FOR THE SUMMER (Theo Ubique, American Music Theatre Project), MYCELIUM (Playground Chicago), and MECHANICALS (Impostors Theater Co Footholds Vol. 4). Northwestern 2022!

Scripts

Hannah and Halmoni Save the World!

by Juliet Kang Huneke

Synopsis

By day, Hannah is a seven-year-old girl who lives with her Korean-American grandma. But by night, Grandma becomes a SUPERHERO named Halmoni! But when it’s Hannah’s turn to be the hero, not the sidekick, can she step up and save the day? Hannah and Halmoni Save the World! by Juliet Kang Huneke is an interactive, intergenerational superhero play that champions asking for help, self-forgiveness, and familial...

By day, Hannah is a seven-year-old girl who lives with her Korean-American grandma. But by night, Grandma becomes a SUPERHERO named Halmoni! But when it’s Hannah’s turn to be the hero, not the sidekick, can she step up and save the day? Hannah and Halmoni Save the World! by Juliet Kang Huneke is an interactive, intergenerational superhero play that champions asking for help, self-forgiveness, and familial resilience for the young AND old among us.

Mycelium

by Juliet Kang Huneke

Synopsis

In the American Redwoods, two old trees wonder when they will finally die. In the Pacific Ocean, a colony of coral deals with the trials and tribulations of living in a commune. And in a maple forest, a terminally ill young human stumbles upon two talking mushrooms who are experts on death. Juliet Kang Huneke’s ecological pattern play Mycelium explores our planet’s interconnections, from loneliness to queerness...

In the American Redwoods, two old trees wonder when they will finally die. In the Pacific Ocean, a colony of coral deals with the trials and tribulations of living in a commune. And in a maple forest, a terminally ill young human stumbles upon two talking mushrooms who are experts on death. Juliet Kang Huneke’s ecological pattern play Mycelium explores our planet’s interconnections, from loneliness to queerness to life and death to dirt.

Echo's Inferno

by Juliet Kang Huneke

Synopsis

Echo is thirteen in 1880, fourteen in 1960, fifteen in 2020-- and puberty sucks. Her brothers are building the world’s first airplane and won’t stop shoving her off roofs, her other brother is the heartthrob of England’s first boy band while Echo ghost writes all his songs, and her first boyfriend is just using her to go viral on TikTok. And maybe she’s just been in love with her best friend Lola all this time...

Echo is thirteen in 1880, fourteen in 1960, fifteen in 2020-- and puberty sucks. Her brothers are building the world’s first airplane and won’t stop shoving her off roofs, her other brother is the heartthrob of England’s first boy band while Echo ghost writes all his songs, and her first boyfriend is just using her to go viral on TikTok. And maybe she’s just been in love with her best friend Lola all this time? But accompanied by her new seventeen-year-old hot (yes in a gay way) girl friend, Satan, Echo’s ready to take her puberty-driven rage and unleash some hell upon the world. And you’re gonna like it.

Home for the Summer - A New Musical

Lyrics by Bennett Petersen

Book by Juliet Kang Huneke

Synopsis

FULL LENGTH. What does it mean when home doesn't quite feel like home anymore? Cousins and best friends, Noah and Alex Sonnek, have really come into their own after their first year at college. But when they return to their small, traditional hometown of Cedar Lake, Iowa, they realize it might be harder to fit back into their old roles than originally expected as they're confronted with old friendships...

FULL LENGTH. What does it mean when home doesn't quite feel like home anymore? Cousins and best friends, Noah and Alex Sonnek, have really come into their own after their first year at college. But when they return to their small, traditional hometown of Cedar Lake, Iowa, they realize it might be harder to fit back into their old roles than originally expected as they're confronted with old friendships, relationships, and identities. Whether they like it or not, if Noah and Alex want to avoid the humiliating ritual of their uncle's summer festival, they will have to reconcile all of the ways that they’ve changed with a hometown that always seems to remain the same.

Mechanicals

by Juliet Kang Huneke

Synopsis

Someplace, somewhere that's not here but is close to here. Three trolley mechanics grapple with climate change, purpose, and hope. They also eat sandwiches.

Someplace, somewhere that's not here but is close to here. Three trolley mechanics grapple with climate change, purpose, and hope. They also eat sandwiches.

Mycelium (10-minute version)

by Juliet Kang Huneke

Synopsis

In a maple forest, a terminally ill young human stumbles upon two talking mushrooms who are experts on death.

In a maple forest, a terminally ill young human stumbles upon two talking mushrooms who are experts on death.