Niara Mae

Niara Mae is an early career playwright currently based in Brooklyn. She graduated from The New School for Drama, where she produced and directed readings for two of her full length plays. In her work currently, she’s negotiating with form and structure, writing plays that are both intuitive and grounded. Her pursuit has yielded work with rhythmic language and compelling characters, creating as full an experience as possible as she strives to make the internal external. Virtually, she was a Monthly Contributor to Mixed Mag’s Theater and Film Section, and was published by The Independent. Most recently, Niara became a Colt Coeur Company Member after her time as one of their 2022/2023 Resident Artists. On the weekends you can often find her rushing to a bookstore, chai latte in hand.

Niara Mae is an early career playwright currently based in Brooklyn. She graduated from The New School for Drama, where she produced and directed readings for two of her full length plays. In her work currently, she’s negotiating with form and structure, writing plays that are both intuitive and grounded. Her pursuit has yielded work with rhythmic language and compelling characters, creating as full an experience as possible as she strives to make the internal external. Virtually, she was a Monthly Contributor to Mixed Mag’s Theater and Film Section, and was published by The Independent. Most recently, Niara became a Colt Coeur Company Member after her time as one of their 2022/2023 Resident Artists. On the weekends you can often find her rushing to a bookstore, chai latte in hand.

Scripts

Passage

by Niara Mae

1
Cast Size
7—8
Genre
adventure,
drama,
experimental,
fantasy,
movement/physical

On the day of the winter solstice, two young climbers begin their ascent, pulled along the mountain path by a sense of duty and want for belonging. One hopes to extend the life of his ailing mother, while the other is determined to claim and define a family of her own. The way forward though is preordained, time and space bending to purposes and intentions beyond their own.

On the day of the winter solstice, two young climbers begin their ascent, pulled along the mountain path by a sense of duty and want for belonging. One hopes to extend the life of his ailing mother, while the other is determined to claim and define a family of her own. The way forward though is preordained, time and space bending to purposes and intentions beyond their own.

alchemy

by Niara Mae

2
Cast Size
4—8
Genre
drama,
experimental,
movement/physical

A young woman realizes the source of her chronic illness is connected to a deep, ancestral pain she must now confront.

A young woman realizes the source of her chronic illness is connected to a deep, ancestral pain she must now confront.

Imani

by Niara Mae

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama,
verse

Imani awaits a life changing result, fearful it'll ruin the life laid out for her, as her parents reflect on her upbringing.

Imani awaits a life changing result, fearful it'll ruin the life laid out for her, as her parents reflect on her upbringing.