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Musicals & Plays
You can find my work on New Play Exchange
How To Survive the End of the World
A quarantine-made musical starring Hannah Cruz, Dylan Hartwell, Greg Sullivan and Ellen Winter.
How to Survive the End of the World tells the story of Al (Cruz), a woman who has preserved years of video messages from her older brother (Hartwell) who passed away prior to the quarantine lockdown. She now lives in a world where all of her human interactions happen on screens, which blurs the line between alive and dead, what is real and what is only in the cloud.
How to Survive the End of the World tells the story of Al (Cruz), a woman who has preserved years of video messages from her older brother (Hartwell) who passed away prior to the quarantine lockdown. She now lives in a world where all of her human interactions happen on screens, which blurs the line between alive and dead, what is real and what is only in the cloud.
Lucky In That Way
Ella was commissioned by The Civilians to write the Songs For a New World Lobby Project as part of
Encores! Off-Center
Encores! Off-Center
QUEER. PEOPLE. TIME.
A 5-person time traveling queer romance chamber musical. Developed at the Dramatists Guild Fellowship, Catwalk Institute, The Tank, Theo Ubique and Diversionary Theater.
Things We Don't Say
A new queer song cycle in development, most recently part of Theo Ubique's WinterFest, more news coming soon!
Cotton Candy and Cocaine
COTTON CANDY AND COCAINE is an immersive, electropop tour of Tad park's Vegas, a quickly-gentrifying commercial avenue a mile past the Vegas Strip. It has been developed at Ars Nova, Theatre C and New York Theater Barn.
The Doll Maker's Gift
A TYA new musical adapted from the children's book of the same name, premiered at The Rose Theater in Omaha, NE in 2019.
The Wrong Question
Ella's play The Wrong Question was a finalist for the JPP Jewish Plays Contest and she continues to collaborate with the JPP on some upcoming projects
The Seance Machine
The Seance Machine opened off-off Broadway in 2019 as part of the Tank's Obie Award winning season. Short pieces in the "Seance Machine Extended Universe" have been features recently at AFO Shorts (Drama League Nomination) and TSOS Spooky Shorts.
Sidney D. Crosier: An Unfinished Portrait & Crossroads
Ella was commissioned to write two plays for Hayswood Theater - one about artist Sidney Crosier and one for the Indiana Bicentennial
Marrying Me
Ella was commissioned to write lyrics for a new musical in Malaysia with composer Onn San. Marrying Me ran in Penang and Kuala Lumpur and received a Boh Cameronian Arts Award.
Short Plays & Musicals
Ella has a collection of feminist short plays produced a the Tank in NYC and short musicals produced by Prospect Theater.
The Lake and The Mill
A contemporary folktale that imagines a marriage between The Lake (Lake Michigan) and The Mill (U.S. Steel) and the impact of their divorce on their only child, The City (Gary, Indiana). Weaving various theatrical styles, THE LAKE AND THE MILL examines the fate of the American rust belt through the lens of a highly theatrical family drama.
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