Alice Hakvaag

Alice Hakvaag

Alice Hakvaag is a queer playwright based in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a BA in Theater from Temple University, is a Princess Grace Fellowship semi-finalist, and is a proud Ring of Keys member. Her work has been seen at Elephant Room Productions, Maladjusted Theatre Company, Mad Cow Theatre, Richmond Triangle Players, Wings of Paper Theatre Company, and 24 Hour Plays. She has also worked internationally as a...
Alice Hakvaag is a queer playwright based in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a BA in Theater from Temple University, is a Princess Grace Fellowship semi-finalist, and is a proud Ring of Keys member. Her work has been seen at Elephant Room Productions, Maladjusted Theatre Company, Mad Cow Theatre, Richmond Triangle Players, Wings of Paper Theatre Company, and 24 Hour Plays. She has also worked internationally as a director, actor, and sound designer. When she isn't writing, she's probably doing something else in theatre, and when she isn't doing that, she's playing Dungeons and Dragons.

alicehakvaag@gmail.com

Plays

  • As I Was, Not As I Am by Alice Hakvaag
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, health insurance + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ, health insurance, Philadelphia, all female cast, female playwright, queer, Chronic Illness
    Laurel is sick. Her roommates want her to get better. How do you help someone who can't afford health care? Does it involve setting a car on fire? As I Was, Not As I Am is mainly about queer roommates, headaches, clubbing, upstairs neighbors, arson, and washing machines; but it's also about love: the kind that would make you do anything for each other.
  • Acute Exposure by Alice Hakvaag
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    2–3
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: nuclear, nuclear waste + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, drama, experimental, movement/physical, political
    Keyword: nuclear, nuclear waste, high school, queer, Lesbian, LGBTQ, coming out
    Dell has a mission, and Mara is along for the ride: to tell the people of the far-flung future that there is a dangerous store of nuclear waste hidden below the ground. But how do you craft a message so universal any culture could understand? How do two young queer people navigate finding themselves, and finding themself after something has changed them? Are we even talking about waste anymore? Sparks fly- and...
    Dell has a mission, and Mara is along for the ride: to tell the people of the far-flung future that there is a dangerous store of nuclear waste hidden below the ground. But how do you craft a message so universal any culture could understand? How do two young queer people navigate finding themselves, and finding themself after something has changed them? Are we even talking about waste anymore? Sparks fly- and energy radiates- in this new play about a continuous problem.
  • Atrytone by Alice Hakvaag
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    1
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    Genre: drama, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: Greek Goddess, Athena + 4 more
    Genre: drama, experimental, movement/physical
    Keyword: Greek Goddess, Athena, Chronic Pain, female playwright, Zeus, Greek mythology
    Athena came out of a headache, but now she has one of her own. How does the goddess of wisdom deal with pain? And why won't anyone believe (in) her?
  • But Not Uncle Vanya by Alice Hakvaag
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: adaptation, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: Uncle Vanya, Chekhov + 2 more
    Genre: adaptation, drama, experimental, immersive, mystery/thriller
    Keyword: Uncle Vanya, Chekhov, Russian, classical
    Uncle Vanya but without... Uncle Vanya. You know, the interesting parts of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya? The stuff we should care about. It just so happens those scenes don't have the character Uncle Vanya in them. How far can we get before someone gets mad he was written out, do you think?