Hailey Sipes
she/her
Atlanta, GA
Hailey is an undergraduate at Emory University studying Playwriting and Classical Civilization. She is keen on telling stories that explore femininity.
Plays
Despite the war with Greece looming on the horizon, the princess, Cassandra, cannot get her mind off of the charismatic rockstar, Apollo. But when she discovers the horrors of the future, and the world around her splits at its seams, it is her word against a God’s.
Cast:
CASSANDRA, devoted groupie. dresses like stevie nicks.
ANDROMACHE (an-draw-mack-ee), cassandra's sister-in-law. wife of hector.
POLYXENA (pol-lex-ee-nah), youngest sister of cassandra. hecuba's favorite.
PARIS, older brother of cassandra. poor judgement. husband of helen.
HECTOR, oldest brother of cassandra. good judgement. husband of andromache.
PRIAM (pry-am), king of troy. father to cassandra.
HECUBA (heh-cube-ah), queen of troy. mother to cassandra.
HELEN, spartan, cassandra's sister-in-law. stolen bride of paris.
MENELAUS (men-eh-lay-us), mycenaean, played by paris. wears a fake beard.
AGAMEMNON (ag-ah-mem-non), mycenaean, played by hector. wears a fake beard.
APOLLO, self-proclaimed god of music. lead rockstar. freakishly good at guitar hero.
PAN, god of the wild/rustic music. played by priam. drummer. absolutely feral energy. unspoken.
EUTERPE (yoo-ter-pee), muse of music and lyric poetry. played by hecuba.bassist. unspoken.
While traveling through the country, a musician stumbles upon a girl on the riverbank, but when she disappears in the night, he searches for her in the nearby town. In doing so, he finds himself wrapped up in a mystery far greater than he expected, entangled in Fate's web.
Cast:
KIERAN, a poet, a musician, a vagabond. A boy who loves too much but time is always
against him.
IRINA, a girl shrouded in a shadowy gloom.
SHERIFF BICKERS, the face of authority in Tempe and this is something he takes pride in.
CORA, a woman once imbued with energy, a flower blossoming in the spring, but now she dresses in black, a mournful countenance upon her. She runs the saloon in the summer.
THE MAESSEN GIRLS, three recommended: a triad, a tricolon. The best things come in threes, after all. The Fates, the Furies, even the original Muses. If needed, could go to seven or even to nine. But no more, no less. Three, seven, or nine total (including Maessen Leader). Like in a Chorus, there is a MAESSEN LEADER, she always wears a jaguar pelt (faux please) and carries a thyrsus, the others wear fawn or fox pelt (again, faux). All are barefoot, all wear ivy-wreaths. One carries a tambourine. Any other Maessen Girl lines not spoken by the leader or otherwise specified can be divided up however the director sees fit.
As four friends argue over whether or not to read an article on demonic summoning rituals for a school project, reality fractures into three possible outcomes.
Cast:
FARAH, 16, from atlanta, georgia. obsessed with dnd but doesn't actually play. theme song: teen idle by marina.
JO, 17, from amarillo, texas. fuck, marry, kill: pennywise (f), ghostface (m), michael myers (k). manic pixie dream girl energy. theme song: female of the species by space.
NIAMH, (she/her), 17, from scottsville, virginia. family lives on a farm but she likes to imagine she's from the city. theme song: monster by dodie.
LEVI, 17, dallas native. mains waluigi on mariokart. stoner energy. theme song: vince the loveable stoner by the fratellis
MR FREEBURN, 30s, dreams he was in california. theme song: riptide by vance joy HEADMISTRESS, if sue sylvester met sister michael. theme song: 4'33" by john cage BEELZEBUB, lord of the flies, satan himself. theme song: o fortuna from carmina burana BEEZY, a gentle-fly-man. fresh prince of en-vy. a man in a fly costume. a demon, i guess? theme song: istanbul (not constantinople) by they may be giants
CRONE, a baba yaga type. a hag. a witch. theme song: tili tili bom, a russian lullaby .
Successes
Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Contest 2023 with The Anamorphosis