Christiane Swenson writes plays about queer people, neurosis, toxic friendships, fandoms, grief, the Internet, the collective unconscious, blood, loneliness, and heartbreak. BA: Bennington College 2020. MFA: Carnegie Mellon University 2024.
Plays
After the unjust cancellation of their favorite show, a fandom goes nuclear. Through the twisty rhizomes of online chatter and Discord servers, long-distance BFFs Bianca and Isobel lament the loss of their pop-culture tether, before different sides of the internet pull them in directions they didn't expect.
Part cringe comedy horror, part paean to the chronically online, HALF WORLD is an excavation and interrogation of Tumblr fandom culture in 2024. It is about getting sucked into something you love that can't love you back. There is an anchoress. There is fanfiction. There is a gun.
Glen and Julie, two artists high on ego and short on stability, embark on a doomed collaboration that destroys their friendship — and the fabric of the universe.
Successes
Summer Residency - First Kiss Theatre 2023
MFA Dramatic Writing - Carnegie Mellon University 2024