Julia Specht

Julia Specht

Julia Specht is a Brooklyn-based writer, originally from Massachusetts. Her plays include Down Cleghorn (Ensemble Studio Theatre), overpass (Cherry Lane Mentorship Project, finalist), and Allston Rat City (Warner International Play Competition, finalist). Her work has been produced in New York at Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Tank, New Ohio, and The Kraine. She's a proud member of Youngblood, Ensemble...
Julia Specht is a Brooklyn-based writer, originally from Massachusetts. Her plays include Down Cleghorn (Ensemble Studio Theatre), overpass (Cherry Lane Mentorship Project, finalist), and Allston Rat City (Warner International Play Competition, finalist). Her work has been produced in New York at Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Tank, New Ohio, and The Kraine. She's a proud member of Youngblood, Ensemble Studio Theatre's Obie award-winning writers group. She's currently working on a Creative Writing MFA in Fiction from Hunter College (expected 2021).

Plays

  • Patty by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy
    Genre: comedy
    Four people who are in love with Bigfoot sit in the woods and wait for her.
  • i believe in a republic in which money has a great deal to say. by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 13
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, satire
    We're planning a ball in Newport! We're serving tiger! Diphtheria is for poor people!!!!!
  • Grabby by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: Robots, songs + 2 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: Robots, songs, funny, Silicon Valley
    OPTIMIZE! IMPROVE! NEVER STOP IMPROVING! REACH FOR THE STARS! REACH PAST THE STARS AND STRANGLE THE SUN!

    This is a goofy play about start-up culture and self-improvement and how both things will eventually drive you completely insane. It is also about how Silicon Valley is bad! Music by Jacob Brandt.
  • overpass by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: mental illness, ghosts + 3 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: mental illness, ghosts, Sisters, body issues, suicide
    First, two sisters watch reality television and crack jokes about Bret Michaels. Then, one sits in a McDonald's bathroom with the ghost of the other, and they crack jokes about being alive.

    This is a play about mental illness, having a sister, and how completely ridiculous it is to have a body.
  • Yukon by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: suicide, brother and sister + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: suicide, brother and sister, dog sledding, Alaska
    A woman gets injured while dog sledding and has a conversation with her dead brother.
  • Princess Di by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, uncle + 2 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, uncle, Massachusetts, hoarding
    A woman tries to help her father & uncle get their hoarding under control.
  • Down Cleghorn by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: Massachusetts, mother + 3 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: Massachusetts, mother, Sisters, cooking, food
    Two sisters attempt to bake a casserole for the daughter of the recently deceased local funeral director who used to care for them.
  • Allston Rat City by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    7–20
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 1 more
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    Keyword: chorus, puppets + 2 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale
    Keyword: chorus, puppets, Mental Health, dance
    A couple's relationship crumbles as one of them drifts deeper into psychotic depression. Meanwhile, the rats of Allston have decided to take over the city. Warner International Playwriting Competition finalist.
  • Medea Says Goodbye by Julia Specht
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: dark comedy
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    Keyword: interactive, Medea + 1 more
    Genre: dark comedy
    Keyword: interactive, Medea, Late Night
    Immersive, written to be performed in a night club. Medea says goodbye to the women of Corinth.

    Written specifically for Daphne Overbeck, a trans performer; I'd prefer if it continues to be done by trans actors.