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Jill Elaine Hughes

JILL ELAINE HUGHES

  (1974 - )
Nationality:    USA
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JILL Elaine HUGHeS' plays have received productions and staged readings at thirty-plus small and medium-sized Theater companies in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, Ohio, Canada, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. She also founded the nationally renowned Stockyards Theatre Project, Chicago's only Theatre company dedicated exclusively to women's Theatre and performance art in 1999, and served as its artistic director/producer for five years. She served three years as President of Chicago Women's Theatre alliance (2000-2003) and formerly served as Treasurer on the executive board of the International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP). Jill Elaine was a Chicago Dramatists Network Playwright from 2000-2007 and is also a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Playwrights' Center (Minneapolis, MN), the International Centre for Women Playwrights, the authors Guild, and the Romance Writers of America. an Ohio native, she received her B.A. from the University of Cincinnati and her M.A. from the University of Chicago. Ms. Hughes resides in arlington Heights, Illinois with her husband and son.

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below is a list of Jill Elaine Hughes's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Circle Line         Damn the Torpedoes!         Devil Is In the Details, The         Fainting Couch, The         Have Mercy         Intelligent Design         Man Upstairs, The         Matter Of Convenience, A         Perfect Relationship, The         Rainchecks And Rhapsodies         Third Trimester, Second Thoughts         This Is Your Lifetime

Circle Line

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1st Produced:
Speaking Ring Theatre (Chicago, IL)    2005

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NewGate Theatre (Providence, RI)

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Comedy/Farce One act

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Damn the Torpedoes!

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1st Produced:
Stockyards Theatre Project (Chicago, IL)    2001

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Stockyards Theatre Project (Chicago, IL)

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Monologues excerpted by Smith & Kraus, 2003   -

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Farce/Satire

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Devil Is In the Details, The

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1st Produced:
Boxer Rebellion theatre    2004

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Boxer Rebellion Theatre- Chicago, IL (2004)

1st Published:
Applause Books (in BeST aMeRICaN SHORT PLaYS 2004-2005, 2008   -

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Fainting Couch, The

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Women's Theatre alliance, Chicago Writers Bloc (for staged readings)

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Monologues excerpted by Smith & Kraus, 2005   -

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Have Mercy

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Chicago    -

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Intelligent Design

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Finalist in both Christopher Brian Wolk Award And Julie Harris Playwriting Award

1st Produced:
Chicago Dramatists (staged reading)    2006

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Man Upstairs, The

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Chicago Dramatists (staged reading)    2004

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Matter Of Convenience, A

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Perfect Relationship, The

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Boxer Rebellion Theatre Co (Chicago, IL)    2005

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Genre:
comedy One act

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Rainchecks And Rhapsodies

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Brooklyn Publishers2005   -

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Comedy/Drama, Youth/educational

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Third Trimester, Second Thoughts

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1st Produced:
around the Coyote (Chicago, IL)    -

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around the Coyote (Chicago, IL)

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This Is Your Lifetime

This Is Your Lifetime
a brilliant feminist comedy in which mashes together television for women, feminine hygiene and Chunky Monkey some good natured laughs

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1st Produced:
Bailiwick Arts Center (Chicago IL)    -

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Bailiwick Arts Center (Chicago IL)

1st Published:
in the Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010, Hal Leonard Corporation (august 1, 2011)   978-1557837622

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Genre:
Comedy

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