Jill Maynard

Jill Maynard’s plays have been produced from New York to LA, where her drama CAFFEINE SOCIETY won an LA Dramalog award for Best Play. Regional production credits include I GOT SHOES, commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville and produced by Summerworks/U Mass at Amherst. Recent regional credits include INEZ & ALICE CONSORT (Itinerant Theatre, Lake Charles, LA); TRY THIS AT HOME (Aery Theatre Festival, Garrison, NY); and FREE SHIPPING EVERY DAY (Axial Theatre, Pleasantville, NY). Jill’s work has also received staged readings and workshops in venues such as American Place Theatre, The Lambs Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, and Circle Repertory Theatre. A former member of The Women’s Project in New York, Jill is a three-time finalist for the Heideman Award and a finalist for the FDG/CBS...

Jill Maynard’s plays have been produced from New York to LA, where her drama CAFFEINE SOCIETY won an LA Dramalog award for Best Play. Regional production credits include I GOT SHOES, commissioned by Actors Theatre of Louisville and produced by Summerworks/U Mass at Amherst. Recent regional credits include INEZ & ALICE CONSORT (Itinerant Theatre, Lake Charles, LA); TRY THIS AT HOME (Aery Theatre Festival, Garrison, NY); and FREE SHIPPING EVERY DAY (Axial Theatre, Pleasantville, NY). Jill’s work has also received staged readings and workshops in venues such as American Place Theatre, The Lambs Theatre, Victory Gardens Theatre, and Circle Repertory Theatre. A former member of The Women’s Project in New York, Jill is a three-time finalist for the Heideman Award and a finalist for the FDG/CBS New Plays Award. As an actress, Jill has appeared on New York and regional stages, as well as on film and TV, where she originated the role of Mavis Davis in the long-running comedy series "Doc."

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Scripts

Sunday.new/jersey

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy

Inspired by an episode of The Sopranos, the aged parents of Romeo and Juliet prepare to make their exit from a New Jersey nursing home imperiled by climate change.

Inspired by an episode of The Sopranos, the aged parents of Romeo and Juliet prepare to make their exit from a New Jersey nursing home imperiled by climate change.

The Running of the Deer

by Jill Maynard

1
Cast Size
4
Genre
drama,
political

Ambitious but conflicted, a gay Latinx PR associate spins a social media campaign for a fossil-fuel magnate guilty of a heinous environmental crime.

Ambitious but conflicted, a gay Latinx PR associate spins a social media campaign for a fossil-fuel magnate guilty of a heinous environmental crime.

Your Father's Country

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
drama,
political

Gun-toting passengers in pandemic denial terrorize an Asian-American Uber driver.

Gun-toting passengers in pandemic denial terrorize an Asian-American Uber driver.

All Things Bright

by Jill Maynard

1
Cast Size
5
Genre
drama,
political

Cash-strapped dad works way too many hours. Unemployed mom harbors a debilitating secret. Disaffected daughter is failing to launch. From the shock waves of the 2008 financial crisis to the storm surge of Election Day 2016, an American family struggles to find safe harbor. When did it get to be so hard just to get by?

Cash-strapped dad works way too many hours. Unemployed mom harbors a debilitating secret. Disaffected daughter is failing to launch. From the shock waves of the 2008 financial crisis to the storm surge of Election Day 2016, an American family struggles to find safe harbor. When did it get to be so hard just to get by?

Try This at Home

by Jill Maynard

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy

Polly wants weekly sex with Mel. Mel wants something more. Mel's wife wants something altogether different.

Polly wants weekly sex with Mel. Mel wants something more. Mel's wife wants something altogether different.

Inez & Alice Consort

by Jill Maynard

1
Cast Size
3
Genre
biography,
docudrama/historic,
drama,
period,
political

March 3, 1913: Alice Paul wants her Woman Suffrage Procession to proceed as planned, but lead attraction Inez Milholland presents last-minute complications.

March 3, 1913: Alice Paul wants her Woman Suffrage Procession to proceed as planned, but lead attraction Inez Milholland presents last-minute complications.

Free Shipping Every Day

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
political

At the height of the Christmas season in an Amazon super-warehouse, a new hire gets a swift initiation into the brutal ways of workplace survival.

At the height of the Christmas season in an Amazon super-warehouse, a new hire gets a swift initiation into the brutal ways of workplace survival.

The Greater Eddie

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
fantasy

An alcohol-addled publisher abuses his cowering comptroller, whose avenging alter breaches the boundaries between victim and victimizer. Trapped in a psychic impasse, the three parties are challenged to devise a mutually agreeable exit strategy from this netherworld.

An alcohol-addled publisher abuses his cowering comptroller, whose avenging alter breaches the boundaries between victim and victimizer. Trapped in a psychic impasse, the three parties are challenged to devise a mutually agreeable exit strategy from this netherworld.

Body Forth

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

As the pandemic rages, a maskless man in a pharmacy line tests the limits of a woman desperate for her meds.

As the pandemic rages, a maskless man in a pharmacy line tests the limits of a woman desperate for her meds.

Evensong

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
1
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

From the vantage point of down dog, a lonely nurse in yoga class contemplates the art of connection.

From the vantage point of down dog, a lonely nurse in yoga class contemplates the art of connection.

Caffeine Society

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

An ex-drunk casts a lifeline to a newcomer hitting bottom before an AA meeting.

An ex-drunk casts a lifeline to a newcomer hitting bottom before an AA meeting.

Designated Driver

by Jill Maynard

2
Cast Size
3
Genre
drama

Judith and her wife, Daphne, befriend their neighbor Tommy, a young man with fetal alcohol syndrome. Little do they suspect the critical role he will shortly come to play in their lives.

Judith and her wife, Daphne, befriend their neighbor Tommy, a young man with fetal alcohol syndrome. Little do they suspect the critical role he will shortly come to play in their lives.

Helen Keller Walks Into a Bar

by Jill Maynard

Cast Size
3
Genre
dark comedy,
fantasy,
political

In the Dystopian States of America, a captive journalist and a security goon face off in an arena where comedy is a matter of life or death.

In the Dystopian States of America, a captive journalist and a security goon face off in an arena where comedy is a matter of life or death.