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Hilary Bettis

HILARY BETTIS

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Creative Artists Agency NY  represented by Chris Till

Hilary Bettis is a playwright and screenwriter. Awards, residencies, and commissions include O'Neill National Playwrights Conference (Alligator), James McLure Fellowship New River Dramatists, Sloan/eST Commission (Dakota Atoll), John N. Wall Fellowship Sewanee Writer's Conference, Blackburn nomination (Mexico), Cherry Jones and Abingdon Theatre Company grant. Readings and workshops with New Georges, the Lark, eST, Abingdon, Barrow Street, and the Aurora Fox in Denver. Publications include Smith & Kraus, McFarland & Company, Original Works (American Girls). Film screenings include Williamsburg Film Festival, IFS Festival (best actress), Nashville Film Festival finalist (B'Hurst). She is a member of SAG, AeA, DG, ensemble Studio Theatre, New Georges affiliated artist. She is a staff writer for offoffonline.com, and has writen articles for TDF Stages. Currently she is working on a commission through Carol Ostrow (the Desert) and a feature film.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2015)

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         Alligator         American Girls         Dakota Atoll         Ghosts Of Lote Bravo, The         History Of American Pornography, The         Mexico         Mickey Club, The

Alligator

Synopsis:
Emerald and her twin brother, Ty, are orphans living in the backwoods of the Florida everglades who wrestle 'gators in a roadside attraction, but their sideshow days are at an end when a doe-eyed runaway, Lucy, shows up on their porch. With promises of unlimited whiskey, emerald's only weakness, Lucy will do whatever it takes to win her over. . .even if it leads to murder. the only hope left rests on emerald who must face the demon that haunts her every waking moment. alligator is a play that weaves together sex and enemies, blood and whiskey, hope and murder. It is a play that asks the question: How do we truly love one another in the face of our deepest, darkest monsters?

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one of 25 full-length plays that have been selected as finalists for the 2013 Source Festival. Three full-length plays will be selected from the 25 finalists and will be produced at the Source Festival from June 7-30.

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Genre:
dark comedy, docudrama/historic

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Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  1

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American Girls

Synopsis:
It is the last day of middle school. amanda and Katie are good teenagers. they get straight a's, go to church every Sunday, and love their parents. they play sports, gossip on the phone, and have secret crushes. and they dream of being movie stars. When they discover a local dance competition with the chance to meet a Hollywood talent scout, they will do whatever it takes to win. . . even if that means selling their souls to the devil in the name of the Bible. American Girls explores the coming-of-age landscape in a modern world that blurs our thirst for fame with our thirst for religion.

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1st Produced:
45th Street Theatre, NY    2008

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Dog Run Rep

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Published in Best Stage Scenes of 2008 and Best Monologues 2009 both published by Smith and Kraus. McFarland & Company, Inc. is publishing the full play due in 2011.   -

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Genre:
Drama

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Dakota Atoll

Synopsis:
It is October 1962. On a cattle ranch near the Badlands nuclear bombs are on the verge of explosion. The Huestead Family bunkers down in anticipation of the looming apocalypse, while their ranch hands, two rowdy brothers from East Texas, head to town in search of one last bourbon. That night a stranger shows up& A rodeo cowboy with a past and a secret. A secret that will force everyone to atone for their sins...read more

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Genre:
docudrama/historic, drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 7

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Ghosts Of Lote Bravo, The

Synopsis:
In Cuidad Juarez, Mexico young girls often disappear. Many turn up murdered. Juanda Cantus daughter, Raquel, is one of these girls. Through visions offered by La Santa Muerte, Juanda is shown Raquels past only to discover that her daughter had hopes, dreams and courage Juanda knew nothing about. The Ghosts of Lote Bravo is a play about great hope in the midst of relentless violence, poverty and grief.

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Nominated for The Kilroys 2015. The Kilroys is a group of playwrights and producers in LA who publish an annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female and trans playwrights. It is a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female and trans playwrights in the American theater.

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Genre:
drama, fable/folktale

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  cast of 8

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History Of American Pornography, The

Synopsis:
Its Star Papapzians 40th birthday, and shes finally ready to lose her virginity. But before she can get down to business, she must take a hard look at her past, growing up in her familys porn empire, Dolls and Stripes. The History of American Pornography is a play about one womans journey to discover the meaning of intimacy in a world where sex, power, money and family collide.

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Nominated for The Kilroys 2015. The Kilroys is a group of playwrights and producers in LA who publish an annual industry survey of excellent new plays by female and trans playwrights. It is a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female and trans playwrights in the American theater.

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Genre:
dark comedy, docudrama/historic

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Mexico

Synopsis:
Beatrice is almost forty. She was born with one leg. She lives in a trailer with her father, Charlie, the soon-to-be owner of Dairy Queen, and her three-year-old son. She has never had a job, driven a car, or left the twenty-mile radius of her small town. the only escape she has is a fantasy trip to Mexico with her secret high school crush. . . That is until he shows up at the Dairy Queen counter one afternoon. as her fantasy collides with reality, she and Charlie are forced to acknowledge the horrifying secret that exists under their roof. Mexico is a play that pushes the boundaries of our capacity for forgiveness and redemption.

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Nominated for 2011 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

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Genre:
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Mickey Club, The

Synopsis:
A derelict who lives in the subway believes the ghost of Walt Disney talks to him

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1st Produced:
C.O.W. Theatre, New York    -

Organisations:
Dirty Blondes

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Genre:
Short play

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