Julianne Jigour

Julianne Jigour

Julianne Jigour’s plays have been produced by or developed with the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, PlayGround, Theater Masters, KCACTF, Central Works, and the HBMG National Winter Playwrights Retreat. She has received two commissions from Planet Earth Arts, one of which—BRIGHT SHINING SEA—received its premiere production with PlayGround in San Francisco, where it was a Theatre Bay Area Awards Recommended Production....
Julianne Jigour’s plays have been produced by or developed with the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, PlayGround, Theater Masters, KCACTF, Central Works, and the HBMG National Winter Playwrights Retreat. She has received two commissions from Planet Earth Arts, one of which—BRIGHT SHINING SEA—received its premiere production with PlayGround in San Francisco, where it was a Theatre Bay Area Awards Recommended Production. She has twice received grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for science-themed TV pilots and has been a finalist for the Steeltown Film Factory competition. Julianne earned her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, where she received the West Coast Drama Alumni Clan Award for Dramatic Writing. She resides in Los Angeles, where she’s a proud member of the Playwrights’ Union, Antaeus Playwrights Lab, PlayGround-LA, and the Trap Street arts collective.

Plays

  • Bright Shining Sea by Julianne Jigour
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: climate change, ocean + 5 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: climate change, ocean, environment, memory, infertility, miscarriage, mental illness
    In drought-stricken California, six characters find their lives intertwined as they face the personal challenges caused by environmental degradation. A couple grapples with the dissolution of their relationship after yet another miscarriage. A struggling young fisherman moves back in with his therapist mother. A scientist races to complete her research on ocean acidification as her memory begins to falter. Her...
    In drought-stricken California, six characters find their lives intertwined as they face the personal challenges caused by environmental degradation. A couple grapples with the dissolution of their relationship after yet another miscarriage. A struggling young fisherman moves back in with his therapist mother. A scientist races to complete her research on ocean acidification as her memory begins to falter. Her teenage daughter knows the world will never be the same.

    Theatrius review: https://theatrius.com/2018/05/20/bright-shining-sea-moves-us-to-tears-at-playground-festival-s-f/

    SFGATE review: https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/PlayGround-s-Bright-Shining-Sea-finds-a-12954553.php
  • Winnebago by Julianne Jigour
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
    Genre: comedy
    A lonely young woman who's recently totaled her car. A misanthropic priest who teaches Spirituality Accelerated. An audacious telemarketer who dreams of riding free on the American highway. A comedy with all the amenities for a contemporary motoring lifestyle, WINNEBAGO explores the dangers of intimacy and the desire for human connection.
  • Three Women in a Wildfire by Julianne Jigour
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    7
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: climate crisis, climate change + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: climate crisis, climate change, Sisters, mother-daughter relationships, purity culture, Purity Balls, California Wildfires, environmentalism, sexual trauma, intergenerational trauma
    As flames blaze up and down California, Dani is called to help fellow anthropology students search for remains in the wake of a devastating wildfire. Haunted by what she discovers, Dani returns to the rural California home she usually avoids to check on her 13-year-old half-sister, Kaylee. But when Dani arrives, she finds her family's life transformed by her mother's devout new boyfriend. While...
    As flames blaze up and down California, Dani is called to help fellow anthropology students search for remains in the wake of a devastating wildfire. Haunted by what she discovers, Dani returns to the rural California home she usually avoids to check on her 13-year-old half-sister, Kaylee. But when Dani arrives, she finds her family's life transformed by her mother's devout new boyfriend. While wildfires creep closer and the new boyfriend ignites Kaylee's interest in a purity ball, Dani must sift through the ashes of her childhood.
  • Beech. Oak. Iris. by Julianne Jigour
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, fable/folktale
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    Keyword: feminism, witches + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, fable/folktale
    Keyword: feminism, witches, folktale, Russia
    When people know you as the ugly-as-sin, child-eating witch of the forest, you don’t get many visitors—at least not willing ones. So when 12-year-old Natasha flings herself through Baba Yaga’s front door, the old witch is taken aback by the girl’s curious ambivalence toward her fate and by her general curiosity. As Baba Yaga prepares to kill Natasha, she must reevaluate the story she has inhabited for centuries...
    When people know you as the ugly-as-sin, child-eating witch of the forest, you don’t get many visitors—at least not willing ones. So when 12-year-old Natasha flings herself through Baba Yaga’s front door, the old witch is taken aback by the girl’s curious ambivalence toward her fate and by her general curiosity. As Baba Yaga prepares to kill Natasha, she must reevaluate the story she has inhabited for centuries. A reimagining of the classic Eastern European tale.
  • Domestic Help by Julianne Jigour
    Recommendations: 9
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy
    Genre: dark comedy
    Despite being born as a clown, Felix lacks the skills to make it in entertainment, so he is placed in a domestic help position for Margaret, a woman consumed by the writing of a never-ending to-do list. Felix is eager to prove his worth by diligently taking orders and minding his own business, but his job performance begins to suffer when he discovers the children in Margaret’s backyard.
  • Haircut by Julianne Jigour
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy
    Genre: dark comedy
    What happens when you let your boyfriend give you a haircut?