Olivia Swanson Haas

Olivia Swanson Haas is a bicoastal writer, performer, photographer, and creative consultant. As a playwright, her work has been recognized by Stephen Sondheim's Young Playwrights Inc. and produced by Manhattan Theatre Club. Her nonfiction writing has received support from the Community of Writers, Vermont Studio Center, StoryStudio Chicago, and Tin House, and her viral 2024 Autostraddle essay was covered by the SF Chronicle, LA Times, Daily Beast, Daily Mail, and Roxane Gay. She is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA’s Professional Program in Writing for Television.

Olivia Swanson Haas is a bicoastal writer, performer, photographer, and creative consultant. As a playwright, her work has been recognized by Stephen Sondheim's Young Playwrights Inc. and produced by Manhattan Theatre Club. Her nonfiction writing has received support from the Community of Writers, Vermont Studio Center, StoryStudio Chicago, and Tin House, and her viral 2024 Autostraddle essay was covered by the SF Chronicle, LA Times, Daily Beast, Daily Mail, and Roxane Gay. She is a graduate of Stanford University and UCLA’s Professional Program in Writing for Television.

Scripts

MIMI & JO

by Olivia Swanson Haas

Cast Size
2
Genre
drama

Part queer love story, part cautionary tale, MIMI & JO is a queer coming-of-age play with original music that explores the intimacy of creative collaboration, exposes the pain of hindsight, and attempts to reconcile the gray space between attachment and abuse.

Two former lovers, twenty-two years apart in age, reunite a decade after the end of their affair. In the vein of Harold Pinter’s BETRAYAL, MIMI & JO...

Part queer love story, part cautionary tale, MIMI & JO is a queer coming-of-age play with original music that explores the intimacy of creative collaboration, exposes the pain of hindsight, and attempts to reconcile the gray space between attachment and abuse.

Two former lovers, twenty-two years apart in age, reunite a decade after the end of their affair. In the vein of Harold Pinter’s BETRAYAL, MIMI & JO travels backward in time from 2019 to 2007 through pivotal moments of the two women’s relationship as music collaborators. Based on a true story.

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DEAR CHICKFLICK CHICK

by Olivia Swanson Haas

Cast Size
3
Genre
comedy,
romantic comedy

College roommates and best friends Sarah and Kelsey live in a world colored by movie magic mentalities. Kelsey convinces a hesitant Sarah that her feelings for her best guy friend, Matt, and his actions towards her are a sign that they're meant to be together. After all, life is a romantic comedy…right?

College roommates and best friends Sarah and Kelsey live in a world colored by movie magic mentalities. Kelsey convinces a hesitant Sarah that her feelings for her best guy friend, Matt, and his actions towards her are a sign that they're meant to be together. After all, life is a romantic comedy…right?

LOVE STORY: A REVELATION IN ONE ACT

by Olivia Swanson Haas

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

Tess is visiting her elderly grandmother, but she’d rather be anywhere else. The remotes don’t work, she’s forgotten her cell phone charger, and her grandmother doesn’t know a cable box from a DVD player. Just when she gets the TV to work, the power goes out and Tess discovers the power of presence.

Tess is visiting her elderly grandmother, but she’d rather be anywhere else. The remotes don’t work, she’s forgotten her cell phone charger, and her grandmother doesn’t know a cable box from a DVD player. Just when she gets the TV to work, the power goes out and Tess discovers the power of presence.

LITTLE MISS HONOR ROLL

by Olivia Swanson Haas

Cast Size
2
Genre
comedy

A play within a play, LITTLE MISS HONOR ROLL follows Olivia as she presents a play she’s written about a perfectionist named Priscilla. Accompanying Olivia is her Inner Voice—a pessimistic, insecure character who taunts and criticizes Olivia’s every move. As Priscilla realizes that a nightmarish graduation ceremony was just a bad dream, Olivia decides maybe she and her Inner Voice can learn to work together.

A play within a play, LITTLE MISS HONOR ROLL follows Olivia as she presents a play she’s written about a perfectionist named Priscilla. Accompanying Olivia is her Inner Voice—a pessimistic, insecure character who taunts and criticizes Olivia’s every move. As Priscilla realizes that a nightmarish graduation ceremony was just a bad dream, Olivia decides maybe she and her Inner Voice can learn to work together.