Plays — Caity-Shea Violette

Full-Length Plays

4F Full-Length An estranged family is reunited to spend the mother's final days together before she ends her life on her own terms following a terminal diagnosis. Beyond returning to their toxic childhood home, both sisters are in personal moments of transformation, one passionately committed to saving the planet even if she can't save her marriage, the other has only recently found success in substance use treatment and arrives six months pregnant. Reap The Grove is a poignant and darkly funny exploration of partnership, transgenerational trauma, and the anticipated grief of death with dignity. Staged Readings: -Artemisia Theatre (Chicago, IL) Director: Leslie Danzig Awards: National Finalist for Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Playwriting Award

4F / 4M Full-Length After being admitted to an adolescent psych ward, Kendra is trapped in a world of safety scissors and suicide checks until she can overcome her target behavior. Caught between the ward and flashbacks of the events that led to her hospitalization, she is accompanied by her fellow patients and their geeky, but dedicated counselor determined to guide these teenage trauma survivors from break down to break through. Sharp-witted and unafraid to laugh with the darkness, Target Behavior explores blurred boundaries and the silence that turns them deadly. Productions: -20% Theatre Company Director: Megan Smith - University of Minnesota, Duluth Director: Tom Isbell Staged Readings: - 2012 ATHE Conference (Washington D.C.) Director: Lee Mikeska Gardner Development: -2012, UNLV Conference (Las Vegas, NV) Sean Clarke Awards: Winner of the Kennedy Center's National Partners of American Theatre Playwriting Excellence Award, National Semi-Finalist for the Kennedy Center's David Mark Cohen Playwriting Award.

15-30 Gender Neutral Full-Length After being transported to an enchanted kingdom held captive under the tyrannical Rat King's rule, a group of orphans team up with the land's former prince-turned-nutcracker and a band of magical creatures to reclaim their home. A feminist, combat-heavy reimagining of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker, The Battle for Clockwise Castle explores the power of uniting to fight for what matters most in this epic holiday tale. Production History: E.D.G.E Youth Theatre (Chicago, IL) Director: Rick Olson

One Acts / Short Plays

1F/1M Ten-Minute Play Take Care explores the impact an unexplained chronic illness has on a marriage where "in sickness" loses the certainty of "in health." PRODUCTIONS: - Commission Theatre Co. (Chicago, IL) Director: Rebecca Willingham Awards/Recognition: 2017 Finalist for publication in The Dionysian Magazine.

2F Ten-Minute Play Hours from her wedding, Andrea meets her estranged lover in their park. A tug-of-war between passion and timing, they explore the expiration date of "the one that got away". Productions: -InspiraTO Festival (Toronto, Canada) Director: Josh Downing Staged Readings: -University of Minnesota, Duluth Director: Derik Iverson Development: -Part of Halcyon Theatre Ceyx Series (Chicago, IL) - Workshop at University of Minnesota, Duluth Awards/Recognition: A winner of the InspiraTO playwriting contest and part of Canada's largest ten-minute play festival. Regional Runner-Up for the Kennedy Center's Ten-Minute Play Contest

1F / 3 Gender Neutral Short Play Summoning Ritual and History to aid in his quest, Boy goes to any lengths necessary to escape being possessed by the spirit of his murderous father, The Shadow King. Productions: - Commedia Beauregard Theatre (Chicago, IL) Director: Jonathan Goldthwaite Awards/Recognition: Master Works: The Intuit Plays "Audience Favorite"

1F /1 M Ten-Minute Play 16 years after losing their daughter, their annual birthday visit and the mystery behind her death was the last secret David and Susan could keep, until a new life is at stake. Productions: -Stay Awake! Theatre (Denver, CO) Director: Casey MacCaulay -Stage 2 Theatre (Duluth, MN) Director: Joshua Stenvick Staged Readings: -Kennedy Center's ACTF Region V (Ames, IA) Director: Erin Townsend Awards/Recognition: National Semi-Finalist for the Kennedy Center's Ten-Minute Play Contest

1F / 1M One-Act A woman and her estranged father trace their twisted family roots as they pack up her childhood cabin, following the breadcrumbs her mother left explaining her sudden death. Productions: -Duluth Underground (Duluth, MN) Director: Derik Iverson Staged Readings: -University of Minnesota, Duluth Director: Derik Iverson Development: -Recipient of two UROP development grants University of Minnesota, Duluth Awards: Regional Runner-Up for the John Cauble Outstanding Short Play Award

2F Ten-Minute Play When a tragic accident leaves a young woman brain-dead, her partner and estranged mother must come together to choose life or death for the woman they love most. Productions: -20% Theatre Company (Chicago, IL) Director: Kristin Davis Staged Readings: - Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage (Washington D.C.) Director: Lee Mikeska Gardner Awards: National Finalist for the Kennedy Center's Ten- Minute Play Award.

$1F/1M Ten-Minute Play Jerry and Catherine's relationship is stuck- literally. Alone in a Bolivian jungle, they sort through their whimsically fractured history, they sink deeper into a pit of quicksand. Productions: - Eden Prairie Players (Eden Prairie, MN) Director: Reed Schulke - Stage 2 Theatre (Duluth, MN) Director: Joshua Stenvick Awards/Recognition: 2011 Regional Runner-Up for the Kennedy Center's Ten-Minute Play Award.$