plays
THIS IS GOVERNMENT - Full Length (2W, 1M, 1NB)
After a bomb threat places all congressional buildings on lockdown, three summer interns find themselves stuck in the one place no one has ever wanted to work overtime: the U.S. government. As the crisis unfolds and their snack supply runs out, they question what power, if any, they have in this increasingly unstable system. Nina Kissinger's new dark comedy, THIS IS GOVERNMENT, grapples with the real-time consequences of political disarray.
THE EXIT INTERVIEW - 10 Minute (3 ANY)
Shortly after dying Sam finds himself in a void with Lenny, a somewhat competent afterlife employee, for his exit interview. Like many things in Sam’s life, this does not go as planned. THE EXIT INTERVIEW by Nina Kissinger is a dark comedy about what it means to reflect on your life after death and, more frighteningly, for someone else to.
SAME DAY NOTICE - Full Length (4W, 2M)
Oh there’s no place like retail for the holidays! As the staff of a Chicago framing and gift shop counts down the days until Christmas, they find themselves on increasingly thin ice with one another. Nina Kissinger’s new comedy SAME DAY NOTICE investigates what responsibilities we have to the people around us, particularly those that we would not have chosen to work (or spend the holidays) with.
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I WASN’T PLANNING ON SAYING ANYTHING
Full Length
When sisters Min and Kit return home for their middle sibling’s unexpected wedding to their girlfriend of six months, they find themselves struggling to write a toast that no one asked them to give. Nina Kissinger’s heartfelt comedy I WASN’T PLANNING ON SAYING ANYTHING wrestles with the ways broken family systems not only inform the choices we make in our own relationships but also how we judge those made by others.
RESOLVED
Full Length
After a hate speech incident causes half the board to step down from Wabash University’s bipartisan debate group, Political Union, the remaining members implement an anonymous complaint system for the new school year. As the weekly debates commence, complaints begin to pile up and infighting among the board ensues. Nina Kissinger’s dark dramady RESOLVED explores whether the personal and political can ever be separated among college students who have come of age in an era of polarization.
TO LIVE IS TO RISK IT ALL
10 Minute
Mel is thrown into an existential crisis after seeing a man wearing a sweatshirt that says “To Live is to Risk It All” get hit by a car. She tells a lot of people about it. Nina Kissinger’s short play TO LIVE IS TO RISK IT ALL is a dark comedy about what it means to be living a life that matters, and how people we don’t even know (and their sweatshirts) can change us forever.