Chelsea Marcantel

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Chelsea Marcantel
Chelsea Marcantel is an LA-based writer, director and collaborator.
Reared by Cajuns in southwest Louisiana, Chelsea has lived and made theatre among the tribes of the Midwest, Appalachia, the Mid-Atlantic and now the West Coast. In 2016, she completed a Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Fellowship at The Juilliard School. Her plays, which have been produced across the US and Canada, include Airness, Everything is Wonderful, Tiny Houses, Ladyish and Devour.
Current commissions: Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, Cleveland Play House, Signature Theatre DC.
As a writer, Chelsea is extremely interested in humans as small-group primates, and what happens when the rules and value systems of our chosen groups cease to serve us. She reads a lot of books, watches a lot of documentaries, and listens to a lot of podcasts. Chelsea is an avid self-producer, an enthusiastic member of The Writers Guild of America and The Dramatists Guild, and a member of the activist collective The Kilroys.
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Everything is Wonderful
Chelsea Marcantel
Full-Length Play, DramaEverything is Wonderful
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 3m
When an Amish couple’s two sons are killed in a car accident, the family struggles to maintain their faith and cling to their way of life.
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Saint Joan (Marcantel)
Chelsea Marcantel
Full-Length Play, DramaSaint Joan (Marcantel)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m
This epic, transcendent story brings renewed life to one of history's greatest heroines as she pushes the boundaries of a society dominated by political and religious forces.
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Tiny Houses
Chelsea Marcantel
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyTiny Houses
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
In a world where bigger is always better, can tiny really equal happy? Or is this a recipe for disaster? A comedy about finding out who we are when the world shrinks.
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Everything is Wonderful
Chelsea Marcantel
Full-Length Play, DramaEverything is Wonderful
Full-Length Play, Drama / 3w, 3m
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Saint Joan (Marcantel)
Chelsea Marcantel
Full-Length Play, DramaSaint Joan (Marcantel)
Full-Length Play, Drama / 4w, 4m
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Tiny Houses
Chelsea Marcantel
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyTiny Houses
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m