Sara Jean Accuardi

Sara Jean Accuardi

Sara Jean Accuardi’s plays have been read, workshopped, and developed at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Portland Center Stage, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, Northwestern University, and through Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Her plays include <3 (Seven Devils Playwrights Conference), Love Scenes (Fertile Ground City-Wide Festival of New Works), That Water Moment and Portrait of the Widow...
Sara Jean Accuardi’s plays have been read, workshopped, and developed at the Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, Portland Center Stage, Victory Gardens, Chicago Dramatists, Northwestern University, and through Remy Bumppo Theatre Company. Her plays include <3 (Seven Devils Playwrights Conference), Love Scenes (Fertile Ground City-Wide Festival of New Works), That Water Moment and Portrait of the Widow Kinski (JAW Playwright’s Festival). She is a member of LineStorm Playwrights and holds an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage from Northwestern University.

Plays

  • BREAK by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: #education, #teachers + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, political, tragedy
    Keyword: #education, #teachers, middle school, #bullying, #suicide, accountability, marriage, student teacher, budget cuts, public schools
    In the wake of tragedy and budget cuts, four teachers try to make it through a Monday.
  • < 3 by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Recommendations: 5
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    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: social media, friendship + 8 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, mystery/thriller, tragedy
    Keyword: social media, friendship, high school, teens, Mothers, peer pressure, growing up, coming of age, family, infidelity
    14-year-old Ellie is a good kid. It’s the worst. 25-year-old David is grown-up. It’s the worst. Tracy Maccarini's got it figured out, though. She's neither. Or both. Is it more dangerous to grow up too fast or too slowly?
  • The Storyteller by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: adaptation, comedy + 7 more
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    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, Homeless + 8 more
    Genre: adaptation, comedy, dark comedy, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, immersive, romantic comedy, tragedy
    Keyword: Fathers and Daughters, Homeless, Mothers, teenagers, coming of age, first love, growing up, letting go, families, Shakespeare
    "I have done nothing but in care of thee,
    Of thee, my dear one—thee my daughter," - William Shakespeare, The Tempest

    Randi has lived off the grid with her father for as long as she can remember. She knows better than to question things—at least, until recently. Now she wants to know everything. She wants to know her story. But who’s going to tell it?
  • Portrait of the Widow Kinski by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    4
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    Genre: drama, fantasy + 1 more
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    Keyword: memory, artist + 8 more
    Genre: drama, fantasy, period
    Keyword: memory, artist, art, role for an older actress, age, genius, friendship, second chances, marriage, violin
    A promising artist falls into obscurity. Decades later, his widow, once a promising artist herself, works tirelessly to find an audience for his neglected work. A chance encounter yields the possibility of a gallery show and a critical reexamination, but the opportunity to finally secure her husband's legacy forces her to take a hard look at the past.
  • Love Scenes by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    7–14
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: ensemble, love + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: ensemble, love, community, Shakespeare, family, friendship, heartache, a play with music, apartment life, Relationships
    6 couples. 6 scenes. 1 apartment building. 24 hours. Ah, love.
  • Cold Call by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: 10-minute play, ticket sales + 4 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: 10-minute play, ticket sales, call center, telemarketing, theatre, comedy
    The arts don’t sell themselves; somebody’s got to do it. A 10-minute play about the intersection of humanity and ticket sales.
  • Rough Edge by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
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    Keyword: food court, 1990s + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy
    Keyword: food court, 1990s, Tonya Harding, class, frozen yogurt, figure skating, Ambition
    It's 1994, and two Cool Temptations employees at Clackamas Town Center discuss the fate of Portland's most infamous Olympian. 
  • A Science Thing by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 1 more
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    Keyword: 10-minute play, estranged parents + 8 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: 10-minute play, estranged parents, abandonment, second chances, science, blind date, role for a woman in her 60s, Heart, family, bittersweet
    A 10-minute play about the lasting marks our parents leave.
  • Off Duty by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, political
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    Keyword: 10-minute play, police + 6 more
    Genre: drama, political
    Keyword: 10-minute play, police, single parent, friendship, relationship, lunch break, terrorism, law-enforcement
    A 10-minute play about two low-ranking police officers on their lunch break trying to make sense of the world and proceed as normal in the chaos of a catastrophic event.
  • Ever-Fixed by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: 10-minute play, stalker + 7 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: 10-minute play, stalker, love, relationship, broken heart, ex-lovers, uncomfortable, fear, abuse
    A 10-minute play based on Shakespeare's sonnet 116.
  • That Water Moment by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama
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    Keyword: 10-minute play, parenting + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama
    Keyword: 10-minute play, parenting, disability, special needs, disabled child, autism, birthday party
    A 10-minute play about parenting and struggling with the unknown.

    "Most touching was Sara Jean Accuardi’s “That Water Moment,” which hinged on the balance of frustration and faith in the lives of young parents (played by Kerry Ryan and Isaac Lamb) struggling with the care of a developmentally disabled child." - Marty Hughley, The Oregonian
  • Without Ears by Sara Jean Accuardi
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, dark comedy + 2 more
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    Keyword: 10-minute play, art + 3 more
    Genre: comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental
    Keyword: 10-minute play, art, critics, absurd comedy, authenticity
    A 10-minute play about two critics attempting to think outside the box.