Ayelet Schrek
Playwriting
A complete list of my completed works. Each play links to a more detailed description, production history, and excerpt. If you are interested in reading the entire play, please contact me directly. Please do not use any piece of my texts without express permission.
Full Length Plays
Field, Nest, Stage
Wayward
One Act Plays
Man and Wife
Short Plays
8 Seconds
Inspired by the writings of María Irene Fornés, this play, set in a high school classroom, explores connection and isolation.
Roundabout
Trick and Treat
Another Lesbian Farce
A Midsummer Night's Dream, but somehow even gayer. Also, everybody's chickens for some reason.
Voices
Solstice Miracle
Fiction
Edward-Albee-inspired, this absurd and brutal play about trauma and interpersonal violence hurtles toward a tragic end.
Martha Wants You to Give
Titania's Votaress
The "Unproducables"
The following are plays I've written that I find value in, but for which I don't intend on seeking production (although I'm open to production if such an opportunity were to arise). I'm providing their texts in full. Contact me for permission if you want to use any of my texts for any reason.
A Note Upon Not(h)ing
Miss Julie Self Reflects: An Essay
Sisyphus
Int. Playwright
Acting
An auto-biographical monologue about what we do
--and don't--teach during sexual development.
Women of Quality
Written for a class on Restoration Drama, women from a variety of period plays meet and consider gender.
To Hold the One-Way Mirror Up
Works in Progress
Happy
A one act about temptation and self-sabotage. Fully written, in edits.
Untitled
A full length play about queer relationships, and all the unlearning and learning that go into them. Actively in progress.
Wild
A TV pilot about a group of queer and artist friends living in San Francisco, imagining what life could be as they navigate what it is. Almost complete.
I Fell in Love with Hamlet
A full-length play about the romanicization of toxic masculinity. In the mid stages of writing, may never finish.
Untitled
A full length play emerging from my short play Roundabout. The protagonist reflects on the deterioration of their relationship to home, in both their city and their mother. In pre-writing.