GRACE MCLEOD
playwright | screenwriter | third funny thing

I was commissioned by my pals at The Playwrights Realm to write a play for their Interactive "Play On Words" benefit! Donate to tune in on 3/28/22 and watch 5 plays, including Untitled Chainsaw Circus Musical Pitch by yours truly, and vote live on the endings!

I will be writing a monologue, performed by Hope Lauren, for The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues! Check out their Instagram for more info and to watch amazing monologues, all written and produced in under 24 hours each week.

I produced an Instagram monologue series called TALKING TO MYSELF with my favorite human and actor Emma Maltby. Watch the short monologue I wrote, YAY 25, (live now!) and stay tuned for new monologues every Friday at @emma.c.maltby

My fiction podcast pilot The Lie, co-written with Jessica Fisch for our episodic podcast Two Truths and a Lie, is a Quarterfinalist for ScreenCraft's Podcast Competition and a current Finalist for Shore Script's Fiction Podcast Competition!

My monologue The Waiting Room will be streaming on Twitch starting 11/20 as part of If I Should Wake, a new virtual piece directed by Reena Dutt and commissioned and produced by Greenway Court Theatre in LA. Read more here!

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I will be performing (gasp!) in the Finalists Playwrights Slam during the virtual NNPN National Showcase of New Plays on 11/21. Register to watch here!

My play The Communist Revolution: A Ninth-Grade European History Project (There Will Be a Practical Demonstration) is a winner of the 2020 Ashland New Plays Festival! There will be 2 virtual readings, directed by Nicole A. Watson, on 10/23 and 10/25. To reserve tickets and read more about the festival, click here.

I'm so excited to be one of 4 Virtual Mentee Playwrights 

at the Playwrights Realm in NYC this season! Check out all their amazing 2020/21 season playwrights and read more here.

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Also thrilled to announce that my play The Communist Revolution: A Ninth-Grade European History Project (There Will Be a Practical Demonstration) was selected as a Finalist for the 2020 National Showcase of New Plays!

I'm excited to announce 2 new commissions!

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1. I will be writing a monologue for a virtual piece produced by LA's Greenway Court Theatre. 

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2. I will be writing a one-act Zoom play for BFA acting students at Millikin University. 

I will be writing a monologue, performed by Ashlie Atkinson, for The 24 Hour Plays: Viral Monologues! Check out their Instagram for more info and to watch amazing monologues, all written and produced in under 24 hours each week.