Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

Eleanor Evans-Wickberg is a playwright originally from Dallas, Texas and now based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been developed and produced with RE/VENUE (at A.R.T./NY Theater), Black Cat Theatre, Lucky Bra Comedy (at The Chain Theater), 938collective, The Secret Theater, The Theater Project, and Playground-NY. As a writer she has a penchant for non-traditional spaces, and for creating pieces that blur the boundaries of audience and performer. She is particularly interested in exploring gender, sex and sexuality, identity, and coming of age. She graduated from Kenyon College after developing “He’s Not Like That,” (2025 Downtown Urban Arts Festival Finalist, 2025 WaterWorks LiveArts Finalist, 2025 Valdez Theater Conference selection) and is the recipient of the 2019 and 2022 James E...

Eleanor Evans-Wickberg is a playwright originally from Dallas, Texas and now based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work has been developed and produced with RE/VENUE (at A.R.T./NY Theater), Black Cat Theatre, Lucky Bra Comedy (at The Chain Theater), 938collective, The Secret Theater, The Theater Project, and Playground-NY. As a writer she has a penchant for non-traditional spaces, and for creating pieces that blur the boundaries of audience and performer. She is particularly interested in exploring gender, sex and sexuality, identity, and coming of age. She graduated from Kenyon College after developing “He’s Not Like That,” (2025 Downtown Urban Arts Festival Finalist, 2025 WaterWorks LiveArts Finalist, 2025 Valdez Theater Conference selection) and is the recipient of the 2019 and 2022 James E. Michael prize in playwriting.

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Scripts

He's Not Like That

by Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

2
Cast Size
7
Genre
drama,
immersive

Max, a member of the Rho Kappa fraternity, has just been accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend Jessica. As part of an ongoing Title IX investigation, a variety of students related to the incident are called upon to share their perspectives, confronting difficult questions in the process. What role does intent play when it comes to sexual assault? Is consent really so black and white? And what is the true meaning...

Max, a member of the Rho Kappa fraternity, has just been accused of rape by his ex-girlfriend Jessica. As part of an ongoing Title IX investigation, a variety of students related to the incident are called upon to share their perspectives, confronting difficult questions in the process. What role does intent play when it comes to sexual assault? Is consent really so black and white? And what is the true meaning of “justice”? As the students grapple with these ideas, everything they thought they knew begins to unravel—because the truth might be a lot more complicated than anyone wants to admit.

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Hope Springs Internal

by Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

2
Cast Size
6
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama,
period,
political

It's 2008 and fourteen-year-old Charlotte, a self-proclaimed “performance artist," is about to get her big break at the Chicago Middle School Arts Festival. Unfortunately for Charlotte, her Mom and her two sisters—Darcy, an ex-ballerina, and Amelia, a precocious violin “prodigy”—just don’t understand her. If only her Dad, who’s busy helping Obama get elected, would show up and rescue her. . . Part family drama...

It's 2008 and fourteen-year-old Charlotte, a self-proclaimed “performance artist," is about to get her big break at the Chicago Middle School Arts Festival. Unfortunately for Charlotte, her Mom and her two sisters—Darcy, an ex-ballerina, and Amelia, a precocious violin “prodigy”—just don’t understand her. If only her Dad, who’s busy helping Obama get elected, would show up and rescue her. . . Part family drama, part wacky comedy, and part coming-of-age story, Hope Springs Internal is a hilarious and angst-filled journey into girlhood, politics, and what it means to be an artist.

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The List (short)

by Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

4
Cast Size
2
Genre
dark comedy,
drama

Angela arrives at her former best friend's funeral only to be told she's on The List--and she can't come inside.

Angela arrives at her former best friend's funeral only to be told she's on The List--and she can't come inside.

The List

by Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy,
dark comedy,
drama

Lily had two best friends, Angela and Cori. Angela and Cori connected instantly when they met but now, eight years later, they have completely fallen out of touch. When Lily suddenly commits suicide, Angela arrives at her funeral only to be greeted by Cori who tells her she is on The List—and she can’t come inside. Moving backwards in time, "The List" explores the reason for this decision by examining Angela and...

Lily had two best friends, Angela and Cori. Angela and Cori connected instantly when they met but now, eight years later, they have completely fallen out of touch. When Lily suddenly commits suicide, Angela arrives at her funeral only to be greeted by Cori who tells her she is on The List—and she can’t come inside. Moving backwards in time, "The List" explores the reason for this decision by examining Angela and Cori's complicated relationship and their two very different versions of friendship.

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Foundations

by Natasha Lancaster and Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

Cast Size
4
Genre
comedy

At the Living, Breathing School of Education, two 25-year-old sixth graders face their 14th attempt at passing the test that will allow them to move on to success and riches: seventh grade. Combining absurdism, the tyranny of middle school, and crunchy-granola progressive education, this short “romp” (whatever that means) is for everyone who’s still stuck in sixth grade.

At the Living, Breathing School of Education, two 25-year-old sixth graders face their 14th attempt at passing the test that will allow them to move on to success and riches: seventh grade. Combining absurdism, the tyranny of middle school, and crunchy-granola progressive education, this short “romp” (whatever that means) is for everyone who’s still stuck in sixth grade.

Eggs

by Eleanor Evans-Wickberg

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

On a quest for revenge, outcast teenager Odessa shows up to her ex-boyfriends dorm room with her unwitting friend Amy and a carton of eggs

On a quest for revenge, outcast teenager Odessa shows up to her ex-boyfriends dorm room with her unwitting friend Amy and a carton of eggs