Julie McKee
Playwright
Julie teaches privately
For information
regarding private class and/or script consultation
click here or go to Teaching
and at
HB Studios
(212) 675-2370
For information
regarding private class and/or script consultation
click here or go to Teaching
and at
HB Studios
(212) 675-2370
Website still under construction!!
Publications, Reviews
and Synopsis ________________________________________________________
and Synopsis ________________________________________________________
Many of these plays can be purchased from the publishers listed below:
(synopsis for plays to come)
THE ADVENTURES OF AMY BOCK
"Amy Bock evokes magical pathos"
-- Yale Daily News
"It's hard not to become immediately infatuated with the criminally comical, empoweringly feminist, cunningly crossdressed, confoundingly romantic, continent-spanning conceits of a bigger-than-life heroine and her assorted victims, pursuers and spouses."
-- New Haven Advocate
"Absorbing.." "Pericles" turns into "Twelth Night""
-- The Hartford Courant
GET IT WHILE YOU CAN
"McKee's talent is for calm dialogue. she doesn't so much indulge in wordplay as locate the heart in such simple non-romantic phrases as "in-out" and "traveling light" and "she's the kind of woman..." "..moments are disarmingly nondescript at first, then suddenly fraught with meaning."
-- New Haven Advocate
A BACKWARD GLANCE
A heavy-drinking divorcee, Evelyn, is host to a former neighbor's young daughter, Cherry, who has returned after years of aimlessness abroad. The unseen third character is the divorced woman's son, David who is the object of the mother's disappointments and the visitor's secret longings.
".. a juicy pas de deux.." "Ms McKee constructs a seemingly innocuous conversation that ulitmately lays bare the depths of each woman's heartache and lonliness."
-- New York Times
"Tender, poignant and hilarious.."
-- New York Post
Published by Smith and Kraus
EST Marathon The Complete One-Act Plays: 1997
and Playscripts Inc.
INVITATION TO A FUNERAL
Two women come together at a funeral parlor for an open coffin viewing of the man to whom they were each both married.
"..a wonderfully wry trip to the funeral parlor.."
-- New York Times
"..it's a treat.."
-- Curtain Up
"..one great play .. written with rare wit.."
-- Performing Arts Insider
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2000 The Funeral Plays
and Playscripts Inc.
THE 'FAR-FLUNG'
Set in New Zealand, three members of the ladies auxiliary are preparing a pageant to celebrate the British Empire and the pending visit of Queen Elizabeth II. The women alternately enthuse and pout over who will have which role in the pageant; who will be the queen, and who will wear which costume to represent the various colonies. Into their midst arrives the assistant costume designer of the local amateur theatre group and Mrs. Younghusband to upset this already upset band of pageanters.
"Beautifully amusing.."
-- New York Post
".. packs the dippy, dizzy charms of a Beth Henley play."
-- Village Voice
"..bracingly original. .."funny, endearing spirit.." ".. a knowing dramatist whose play is as fresh as its title."
-- Martin Gottfried, New York Law Journal
"..reminiscent of E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels.."
-- Backstage
"..hilarious.."
-- The Journal Opinion
Published by Smith and Kraus
EST Marathon The Complete One-Act Plays: 1994
and Playscripts Inc.
THE DAFFODILS
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 1997 The Motel Plays
JILL ON RECLINER, READING
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 1998 The Museum Plays
HOPE
Two lonely unmarried women who have not seen each other in years wait at the reception for the wedding guests to arrive. While they wait, they laugh, they argue, they catch up, only to discover that not only are they at the wrong wedding, they don't actually know each other.
To be Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2005 The Wedding Plays
AFTERMATH
A modern version of what happens after Medea flees in her winged chariot.
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2001 The Hospital Plays
MILLENNIUM MADNESS
Published by Smith and Kraus
The HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2003 The Subway Plays
HAERE MAI KI AOTEAROA
Published by Smith and Kraus
The HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2002 The Airport Plays
THE SLEEPER AWAKENS
Published by Smith and Kraus
The HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2003 The Beach Plays
FREE ASCENT
A FAREWELL TO MUM
PLAY BY EAR
RON'S GARDEN
DIG 'N ARCH
FRINGE BENEFITS
(synopsis for plays to come)
THE ADVENTURES OF AMY BOCK
"Amy Bock evokes magical pathos"
-- Yale Daily News
"It's hard not to become immediately infatuated with the criminally comical, empoweringly feminist, cunningly crossdressed, confoundingly romantic, continent-spanning conceits of a bigger-than-life heroine and her assorted victims, pursuers and spouses."
-- New Haven Advocate
"Absorbing.." "Pericles" turns into "Twelth Night""
-- The Hartford Courant
GET IT WHILE YOU CAN
"McKee's talent is for calm dialogue. she doesn't so much indulge in wordplay as locate the heart in such simple non-romantic phrases as "in-out" and "traveling light" and "she's the kind of woman..." "..moments are disarmingly nondescript at first, then suddenly fraught with meaning."
-- New Haven Advocate
A BACKWARD GLANCE
A heavy-drinking divorcee, Evelyn, is host to a former neighbor's young daughter, Cherry, who has returned after years of aimlessness abroad. The unseen third character is the divorced woman's son, David who is the object of the mother's disappointments and the visitor's secret longings.
".. a juicy pas de deux.." "Ms McKee constructs a seemingly innocuous conversation that ulitmately lays bare the depths of each woman's heartache and lonliness."
-- New York Times
"Tender, poignant and hilarious.."
-- New York Post
Published by Smith and Kraus
EST Marathon The Complete One-Act Plays: 1997
and Playscripts Inc.
INVITATION TO A FUNERAL
Two women come together at a funeral parlor for an open coffin viewing of the man to whom they were each both married.
"..a wonderfully wry trip to the funeral parlor.."
-- New York Times
"..it's a treat.."
-- Curtain Up
"..one great play .. written with rare wit.."
-- Performing Arts Insider
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2000 The Funeral Plays
and Playscripts Inc.
THE 'FAR-FLUNG'
Set in New Zealand, three members of the ladies auxiliary are preparing a pageant to celebrate the British Empire and the pending visit of Queen Elizabeth II. The women alternately enthuse and pout over who will have which role in the pageant; who will be the queen, and who will wear which costume to represent the various colonies. Into their midst arrives the assistant costume designer of the local amateur theatre group and Mrs. Younghusband to upset this already upset band of pageanters.
"Beautifully amusing.."
-- New York Post
".. packs the dippy, dizzy charms of a Beth Henley play."
-- Village Voice
"..bracingly original. .."funny, endearing spirit.." ".. a knowing dramatist whose play is as fresh as its title."
-- Martin Gottfried, New York Law Journal
"..reminiscent of E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels.."
-- Backstage
"..hilarious.."
-- The Journal Opinion
Published by Smith and Kraus
EST Marathon The Complete One-Act Plays: 1994
and Playscripts Inc.
THE DAFFODILS
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 1997 The Motel Plays
JILL ON RECLINER, READING
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 1998 The Museum Plays
HOPE
Two lonely unmarried women who have not seen each other in years wait at the reception for the wedding guests to arrive. While they wait, they laugh, they argue, they catch up, only to discover that not only are they at the wrong wedding, they don't actually know each other.
To be Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2005 The Wedding Plays
AFTERMATH
A modern version of what happens after Medea flees in her winged chariot.
Published by Smith and Kraus
HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2001 The Hospital Plays
MILLENNIUM MADNESS
Published by Smith and Kraus
The HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2003 The Subway Plays
HAERE MAI KI AOTEAROA
Published by Smith and Kraus
The HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2002 The Airport Plays
THE SLEEPER AWAKENS
The HB Playwrights Short Play Festival: 2003 The Beach Plays
FREE ASCENT
A FAREWELL TO MUM
PLAY BY EAR
RON'S GARDEN
DIG 'N ARCH
FRINGE BENEFITS