Devony Hof

Devony Hof is a playwright and performer from Palo Alto, California, and a recent graduate of Northwestern University. She is passionate about using fantastical and genre-bending storytelling to explore issues of environmental degradation and feminism. Her play, The Girls' Guide to Friends and Demons, received a staged reading on Northwestern’s campus as part of 2022 AdaptFest and another reading with Artery Theatre in fall 2023. Follow her on instagram at @devonyhof or at her website, devonyhof.com.

Scripts

The Girls' Guide to Friends and Demons

by Devony Hof

1

Cast Size

7

Genre

dark comedy,

fantasy,

horror

After camp counselor Liz Evans is ritually sacrificed by her so-called friend, she descends into Hell, tethered to Maksara, a demon trapped in the body of a teenage girl. Together they babysit the Antichrist and confront the consequences of Liz's sacrifice, which brought another friend back from the dead. The Girls’ Guide to Friends and Demons is a dark comedy that grapples with the Faustian bargains of female...

After camp counselor Liz Evans is ritually sacrificed by her so-called friend, she descends into Hell, tethered to Maksara, a demon trapped in the body of a teenage girl. Together they babysit the Antichrist and confront the consequences of Liz's sacrifice, which brought another friend back from the dead. The Girls’ Guide to Friends and Demons is a dark comedy that grapples with the Faustian bargains of female adolescence.

Anima

by Devony Hof

Cast Size

7

Genre

comedy,

fantasy,

science fiction

Panda, last of her recently extinct species, meets with Rat, Mammoth and Spider, all of whom are awaiting their turn to reincarnate via deextinction. Meanwhile, scientist Marie struggles to run the flagging Back from Extinction Project. In an effort to escape purgatory, the animals reach out to the scientists who can save them, with results that are hilarious and tragic at once. Anima is a ghost story about...

Panda, last of her recently extinct species, meets with Rat, Mammoth and Spider, all of whom are awaiting their turn to reincarnate via deextinction. Meanwhile, scientist Marie struggles to run the flagging Back from Extinction Project. In an effort to escape purgatory, the animals reach out to the scientists who can save them, with results that are hilarious and tragic at once. Anima is a ghost story about environmental devastation and a futuristic comedy for the present.