Daisy Violet the Bitch Beast King

Up in their attic, sisters Josephine and Henrietta create a new sister for their family; she's gleeful and monstrous and embodies everything they've dreamed of: the rage of children, the fury of girls. Plus there's that wild hunger, an explosion of beauty products, a weird doll named Benjamin Franklin.

Upcoming Nov 13–30: world premiere, Feather Fall Theatre, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado

Read excerpt here.
Full play available on New Play Exchange.

Production/ Development History

  • 2025 production, Star Stuff Theatre, Lexington, Kentucky. Photos and details here.

  • 2024 Barclay Performing Arts, Boca Ratón, Florida

  • 2022 Reading, Echo Theatre Dallas

  • 2020 Reading, Flexible Grey Theatre Company

  • 2020 Workshop, New College of Florida. Photos and details here.

  • 2019 Winner, Reading, Modern Works Festival, Urbanite Theatre. Sarasota, Florida. Photos and details here.

  • 2019 Semi-finalist, Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship

  • 2018 Workshop, Ground & Field Festival. UC Davis, California. Photos and details here.

  • 2018 Reading, Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Valdez, Alaska

  • 2017 Finalist, Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference

  • 2016 staged reading, PTP/NYC After Darks, Atlantic Stage 2, NYC. Dir: Ariel Francoeur

  • 2015 public reading, University of Iowa Playwrights Workshop