Plays by Jacqueline Bircher:
ANOTHER REVOLUTION
WEBSTER’S BITCH
THE ONCE AND FUTURE CASEY COLMAN
THE RULE OF THIRDS
Synopses:
Another Revolution – Kat and Henry, two graduate students from opposing scientific disciplines, are forced to share a lab at Columbia University in 1968. Amid interpersonal differences, a campus devolving into political chaos, and the uncertainty and turmoil of the outside world, they each discover what it’s like to be thrown into someone else’s orbit.
Webster’s Bitch – When their Editor-in-Chief gets caught using some unexpected profanity, the employees of Webster’s Dictionary find themselves at the center of an internet uprising over gender and obscenity in the age of social media. As office politics collide with ambition, morality, and lexicography, the future of the English language hangs in the balance. A play about vulgar words and the people who define them.
The Once and Future Casey Colman – Crystal Plains, Kansas is a town filled with psychics. Maybe. No one’s exactly sure, but there’s definitely something weird going on. When 17-year-old Casey weasels her way into a seminar hosted by her psychic podcasting hero Miss Angela, she’s sure that her mysterious dreams are just the beginning. But, as a cat begins slinking around town predicting untimely deaths, Casey must confront the possibility that maybe her dream come true isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
The Rule of Thirds – Years after their mother’s death, sisters Leslie and Stef return to Staten Island to clean out the childhood home their widowed father left behind. When their estranged younger sister Christine arrives, the three women find themselves unearthing not just family heirlooms, but the deep secrets and harsh realities of their past lives and decisions.
Bio:
Jacqueline Bircher is a playwright born and raised in New York City. Her work has been produced and/or developed with Gulfshore Playhouse, Primary Stages, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Centenary Stage Company, City Theatre, Playhouse on Park, Market Garden Theatre, Campfire Theatre Festival, Phoenix Theatre Company, Prologue Theatre, and the Sam French Off Off Broadway Festival, among others. Full-length plays include Another Revolution, The Once and Future Casey Colman, Webster’s Bitch, and The Rule of Thirds. She has been a finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, The Lark Playwrights’ Week, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, the NNPN National Showcase of New Plays, and she was the first-place winner of City Theatre’s 2020 National Award for Short Playwriting. She studied literature and creative writing at Oxford University and Fordham College at Lincoln Center.
Website: www.jacquelinebircher.com