Julianne Jigour
A native of California, Julianne Jigour has had staged readings and productions of her plays in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Aspen, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and New York. Her play BRIGHT SHINING SEA, commissioned by Playground-LA and Planet Earth Arts, had its premiere production in the 22nd Playground Festival of New Works in 2018 in San Francisco, where it was selected as a Theatre Bay Area Awards Recommended...
A native of California, Julianne Jigour has had staged readings and productions of her plays in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Aspen, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and New York. Her play BRIGHT SHINING SEA, commissioned by Playground-LA and Planet Earth Arts, had its premiere production in the 22nd Playground Festival of New Works in 2018 in San Francisco, where it was selected as a Theatre Bay Area Awards Recommended Production. Julianne's ten-minute plays have been selected for Best of Playground-LA, the Theater Masters National MFA Playwrights Festival, and KCACTF. Her TV pilots ANTARCTICA and ARKANSAS AUGURIES received grants from the 2014 and 2015 Carnegie Mellon / Alfred P. Sloan Foundation competitions, and her short screenplay PAPER UMBRELLAS was a finalist for the 2014 Steeltown Film Factory competition. Julianne earned her MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied with Rob Handel and received the West Coast Drama Alumni Clan Award for Dramatic Writing. A member of the Antaeus Playwrights Lab, the Playground-LA Writers Pool, and the Trap Street theater collective, Julianne currently resides in Los Angeles.
Bright Shining Sea by Julianne Jigour
Keyword: climate change, ocean + 5 more
Keyword: climate change, ocean, environment, memory, infertility, miscarriage, mental illness
In drought-stricken California, six characters find their lives intertwined as they face the personal challenges caused by environmental degradation. A couple grapples with the grief of a third miscarriage. A struggling young fisherman moves back in with his therapist mother. A scientist races to complete her research on ocean acidification as her memory begins to falter. Her teenage daughter knows the world...
In drought-stricken California, six characters find their lives intertwined as they face the personal challenges caused by environmental degradation. A couple grapples with the grief of a third miscarriage. A struggling young fisherman moves back in with his therapist mother. A scientist races to complete her research on ocean acidification as her memory begins to falter. Her teenage daughter knows the world will never be the same.
Theatrius review: https://theatrius.com/2018/05/20/bright-shining-sea-moves-us-to-tears-at-playground-festival-s-f/
SFGATE review: https://www.sfgate.com/performance/article/PlayGround-s-Bright-Shining-Sea-finds-a-12954553.php
Winnebago by Julianne Jigour
A lonely young woman who's recently totaled her car. A misanthropic priest who teaches Spirituality Accelerated. An audacious telemarketer who dreams of riding free on the American highway. A comedy with all the amenities for a contemporary motoring lifestyle, WINNEBAGO explores the dangers of intimacy and the desire for human connection.
Domestic Help by Julianne Jigour
Genre: dark comedy
Felix, a clown who wasn't funny enough to make it in entertainment, gets placed in a domestic help position for Margaret, a woman who needs help managing the day-to-day as she works on a neverending to-do list. Felix is good at taking orders, but his job performance begins to suffer once he notices the children in Margaret's backyard.
Haircut by Julianne Jigour
Bethany's boyfriend gives her a haircut, and her mother isn't afraid to let her know it's universally unattractive. As Bethany endures her mother's diatribe about her poor life choices, she can at least take comfort in knowing her boyfriend loves her just the way she is. Right?
Recommended by Julianne Jigour
When Colossus Falls by Eugenie Carabatsos
" A beautiful play about getting trapped in the comfort and pain of the past and about searching for a way out or a way forward. The relationships here are well-drawn and heartbreaking; the mystery that draws a guest into the world of the Riverview B&B, compelling and poetic. "
Stalled by Eugenie Carabatsos
" A play about finding oneself stuck, STALLED moves with great dynamism and ease, taking the audience on a well-crafted and poignant journey through the protagonist's life, where we recognize the pain, humor, and tenderness that are all a part of growing up, falling in love, and realizing our life may not be what we had once hoped for. The car becomes its own character, enacted by the actors, which makes STALLED a truly theatrical experience and one that is sure to engage and delight audiences. "
Space Girl by Mora V. Harris
" Full of quirky, memorable characters and hilarious dialogue, Space Girl takes us on a heartfelt journey about figuring out who you are and how you do or don't fit in. Mora began working on this at Carnegie Mellon University, and it is absolutely one of the plays that most stuck with me from my time in the program. It was always a delight to read, and I can't wait to see a staged production. "