Playwriting
Abigail has written 8 full-length plays: Alpha, VENGEANCE, Honeysuckle, Greenhouse, Blood Orange, Camp Cattywampus, Possession, and Anointed with Gasoline. She has also written 2 short plays: “Grief Play” and “Teeth.”
Her work is both funny and dramatic. It often engages with complex topics of queer desire, mental illness, death and violence, and catharsis. She has written extensively about grief and healing.
BLOOD ORANGE
BLOOD ORANGE
Blood Orange is a full-length dark comedy, written by Abigail Duclos.
Blood Orange is set in a small town near Asheville, North Carolina—by the Appalachian Mountains. The present. Early June.
Blood Orange tells the story of Faye, a teenage girl who—feeling abandoned by God and her mother in the wake of her father’s violent death—turns to a nightmarish roadkill creature for salvation. Faye then draws her awkward friend, Eden, into a strange religion filled with prayer, blood, and budding love.
The team of "Blood Orange." Photo by Delia Dumont.
Ana Moioli (Eden) and Maria Müller (Faye). Photo by Gabriela Amerth and edited by Delia Dumont.
Luísa Galatti (Faye) and Ana Moioli (Eden). Photo by Gabriela Amerth and edited by Delia Dumont.
Luísa Galatti (Faye), Maria Müller (Georgia), and Ana Moioli (Eden). Photo by Gabriela Amerth and edited by Delia Dumont.
Luísa Galatti (Faye) and Doreen Oliver (Mariah). Photo by Gabriela Amerth and edited by Delia Dumont.
Maria Müller (Faye). Photo by Gabriela Amerth and edited by Delia Dumont.
Luísa Galatti (Faye). Photo by Gabriela Amerth and edited by Delia Dumont.
The team of "Blood Orange." Photo by Delia Dumont.
Mimi Wu (Eden), Gabriela DuPont (Georgia), and Kiana Mottahedan (Faye) look at Agnavis. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
John McWhorter (Lucas) reaches for Mimi Wu (Eden). Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Sophie Craig and Abigail Duclos review a rehearsal schedule. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Gabriela DuPont (Georgia), Mimi Wu (Eden), and Kiana Mottahedan (Faye) look up. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Mimi Wu (Eden) and Kiana Mottahedan (Faye) reach for one another. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Alexandra Haddad chats with audience members after the show. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Mimi Wu (Eden) and Kiana Mottahedan (Faye) dance. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Shayan Hooshmand, Gabriela DuPont, Sophie Craig, John McWhorter, Emi Asana, Mimi Wu, Kiana Mottahedan, Abigail Duclos, Alexandra Haddad, and Chicava Tate read through the script. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Kiana Mottahedan (Faye) begins to dance. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Emi Asano (Mariah) speaks with Kiana Mottahedan (Faye). Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Mimi Wu (Eden) bites into a blood orange. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Abigail Duclos looks over a script. Photographed by Sabrina Carlier.
Reviews of Blood Orange
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"Blood Orange" is an absolute triumph for Duclos and the cast, a masterful work that will stay with you long after the lights in Faye’s apartment go out.
Jim Catapano, ArtsIndependent
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"Blood Orange" by Abigail Duclos would not be out of place in an anthology of writers like Shepard and Fornes...
John Osburn, “world enough and time”
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Abigail Duclos’s "Blood Orange" is a creepy foray into grief and loneliness in a world devoid of caring adults, where teenage girls turn to roadkill for solace and escape as they face the trials and tribulations of adolescence.
Mark Rifkin, This Week in New York
Production History
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A full production of Blood Orange was produced by Et Alia Theater and performed at A.R.T/New York Theaters from September 11-27, 2025.
The team was as follows:
Director: Vernice Miller
Associate Director/Choreographer: Amelia Rose Estrada
Faye/Producer: Luísa Galatti
Eden/Producer: Ana Moioli
Faye/Georgia/Producer: Maria Müller
Georgia/U.S. Eden/Producer: Giorgia Valenti
Mariah: Doreen Oliver
Stage Manager: Isabel Criado
Production Manager: Covi Loveridge Brannan
Fight/Intimacy Choreographer: Leana Gardella
Scenic Designer: Ningning Yang
Costume Designer: Whitney Fabre
Lighting Designer: Hayley Garcia Parnell
Sound Designer: Laura Pereira
Deck Manager: Thais Fernandes
Electrician: WhimZee Hanna
Carpenters: Hannah Tarr and Sean Lally
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Blood Orange was a part of Et Alia’s 2024 By The Other Play Development Lab, an intensive two-month workshop in New York, NY.
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Blood Orange was later performed as a workshop performance on October 8, 2023, at the Brick Aux in Brooklyn, NY. The cast and team was as follows:
Cast: Kiana Mottahedan (Faye), Mimi Wu (Eden), Gabriela DuPont (Georgia), Emi Asano (Mariah), John McWhorter (Lucas), Chicava Tate (Mrs. Robinson)
Creative & Production Team: Abigail Duclos (Playwright), Alexandra Haddad (Director), Sophie Craig (Stage Manager), Shayan Hooshmand (Artistic Director), Ellie Houlihan (Choreographer), Kenjiro Lee (Puppet Designer), Elsa Hana Chung (Costume Designer/Publicity Manager)
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Blood Orange was first performed as a staged reading on May 1, 2023, in the Minor Latham Playhouse at Barnard College.
Cast: Miranda Paiz (Faye), Pimprenelle Behaeghel (Eden), Isabel Tongson (Georgia), Alex Prezeau (Mariah), John R. Howley (Lucas), and Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson (Mrs. Robinson)
Creative & Production Team: Abigail Duclos (Playwright) and Skylar Hudson (Director)
VENGEANCE
VENGEANCE
VENGEANCE is a full-length dark comedy, written by Abigail Duclos.
What’s the worst thing somebody’s ever done to you? What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to somebody else?
VENGEANCE is a full-length dark comedy that about recovering from acts of violence, cycles of abuse, and female friendship.
VENGEANCE is set New York City. The present.
Ava Yaghmaie (Mary) and Sarah Michele Guei (Adrienne). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Monica Sanborn (Emme). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Amara Leonard (Shiloh). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Sanjana Taskar (Veronica). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Soph Metcalf (Drew). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Monica Sanborn (Emme) and Soph Metcalf (Drew). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Ava Yaghmaie (Mary). Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
The full cast and team of "VENGEANCE," as they have a Q&A with Jean Lichty and Will DeVary. Photo by Stepan Liubimov.
Production History
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VENGEANCE was performed as a staged reading in August 2025 as part of La Femme Theatre Production’s Women in Agency Festival in New York, NY.
Cast: Monica Sanborn (Emme), Sarah Michele Guei (Adrienne), Ava Yaghmaie (Mary), Sanjana Taskar (Veronica), Amara Leonard (Shiloh), and Soph Metcalf (Drew)
Production Team: Britt Berke (Director), Abigail Duclos (Playwright), and Caro Sutton-Schott (Stage Manager)
HONEYSUCKLE
HONEYSUCKLE
Honeysuckle is a full-length post-apocalyptic horror play, written by Abigail Duclos.
Honeysuckle is set in an apocalypse bunker in North Carolina. The near future.
Two months into Mila’s quarantine in her Evangelical father’s apocalypse bunker, her ex-best friend, Estelle, appears, begging to be saved. The girls, along with Mila’s increasingly controlling boyfriend, try to learn how to survive together during the end times.
Honeysuckle is a full-length horror play that explores the body and all its terrors, queer desire at the end of the world, and the inevitable weirdness of being stuck with your best friend from middle-school in a 6 ft. x 6 ft. room.
The cast of "Honeysuckle" performing at The Bechdel Project. Pictured: Genevieve Maiden (Estelle) and Emory Kemph (Mila)
Emory Kemph (Mila)
The team of "Honeysuckle" at MCC Theater. From left to right: Alexandra Haddad (Director), Abigail Duclos (Playwright), Alyssa James (Estelle), Joan Milburn (Mila), and Ellie Houlihan (Choreographer).
Genevieve Maiden (Estelle) and John R. Howley (Dave)
Ethan Horbury (Paul)
Genevieve Maiden (Estelle)
Alexandra Haddad (Director)
Production History
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Honeysuckle was workshopped in July 2025 as part of MCC Theater’s AMBIES Program in New York, NY.
Cast: Alyssa James (Estelle) and Joan Milburn (Mila)
Production Team: Alexandra Haddad (Director), Abigail Duclos (Playwright), and Ellie Houlihan (Choreographer)
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An updated version of the full play was performed as a staged reading in March 2025 in Manhattan, NY.
Cast: Genevieve Maiden (Estelle), Emory Kemph (Mila), John R. Howley (Christian/Dave), Ethan Horbury (Paul), and Aaron Dorelien (Jesse)
Production Team: Alexandra Haddad (Director), and Abigail Duclos (Playwright)
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An updated version of the full play was performed as a staged reading in March 2025 in Manhattan, NY.
Cast: Genevieve Maiden (Estelle), Emory Kemph (Mila), John R. Howley (Christian/Dave), Ethan Horbury (Paul), and Aaron Dorelien (Jesse)
Production Team: Alexandra Haddad (Director), and Abigail Duclos (Playwright)
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Two scenes from Honeysuckle were performed as a staged reading on March 1, 2024, at The Maker’s Space in Brooklyn, NY.
Cast: Alyssa James (Estelle), Joan Milburn (Mila), and Spenser Valentine (Christian)
Production Team: Alexandra Haddad (Director), and Abigail Duclos (Playwright)
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE
Greenhouse is a full-length performance piece based on Machado de Assis’s novella O Alienista.
Greenhouse tells the story of Dr. Simão Bacamarte, a man who just can’t get enough of science, really wants to have a baby, and is more than a little delusional.
Greenhouse was written by Abigail Duclos and Shayan Hooshmand. Contributing artists and devisers include Henry Alper, Pimprenelle Behaeghel, Sophie Craig, Catt Filippov, Hafez Mohseni, Sil Rivera, Ben See-Tho, Maya T. Weed, Mimi Wu, and Sean Yu.
Hafez Mohseni (Porfírio) and Abigail Duclos (Simão). Photo by Olivia Namkoong.
Catt Filippov (Casa Verde Worker). Photo by Olivia Namkoong.
The cast of "Greenhouse." Photo by Olivia Namkoong.
Mimi Wu (Eva) and Abigail Duclos (Simão)
Sabrina Carlier (Casa Verde Worker) and Pimprenelle Behaeghel (Houseboy). Photo by Olivia Namkoong.
Hafez Mohseni (Porfírio). Photo by Olivia Namkoong.
Mimi Wu (Eva). Photo by Olivia Namkoong.
One of the masks of the Casa Verde Workers, made by Sophie Craig.
Production History
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More to come!
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Greenhouse was workshopped as part of MCC Theater’s AMBIES Program in July 2025. The participating team included Abigail Duclos, Shayan Hooshmand, Sabrina Carlier, Maya T. Weed, Henry Alper, Pimprenelle Behaeghel, Hafez Mohseni, Emily Heimer, and Chisom Awachie.
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The Greenhouse was first performed on December 18, 2023, at the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, New York.
Cast: Abigail Duclos (Simão Bacamarte), Mimi Wu (Dona Evarista), Hafez Mohseni (Porfirio the Barber/Efigenia), Henry Alper (Crispim Soares), Pimprenelle Behaeghel (Martim Brito/Houseboy), Sabrina Carlier (Town Crier), Catt Filippov (Father Lopes), Shayan Hooshmand (Understudy Father Lopes), Maya Weed (Dona Magnolia/Casa Verde Worker #1), Ben See-Tho (Dummer/Casa Verde Worker #2)
Production Team: Shayan Hooshmand (Director/Producer/Co-Playwright), Sophie Craig (Co-Playwright/Producer), Sil Rivera (Stage Manager), Abigail Duclos (Co-Playwright), Catt Filippov (Co-Playwright), Maya Weed (Co-Playwright)
Creative Team: Sophie Craig (Costume Designer), Maya Weed (Set Designer), Sean Yu (Composer)
CAMP CATTYWAMPUS
CAMP CATTYWAMPUS
Camp Cattywampus is a two-act play written by Abigail Duclos in collaboration with Tess Inderbitzin.
Camp Cattywampus is a full-length play with music, poetry, painting, and dance. It is about the grief, love, and rage of being a teenage girl. Camp Cattywampus is set at a performing arts summer camp in North Carolina. The present.
A full-scale production of Camp Cattywampus was produced by the Columbia University Performing Arts League.
All the characters sing an original song by Tess Inderbitzin together. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Brie (Jaeden Riley Juarez) and Noah (Isabel Beatriz Tongson) embrace. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Poppy (Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson) delivers the beginning of a monologue. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Noah (Isabel Beatriz Tongson) sings an original song—written by Tess Inderbitzin—while the other characters dance. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Olive (Bella Williams) laughs at Sacha’s joke. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Noah (Isabel Beatriz Tongson) watches Brie leave. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
The poster for “Camp Cattywampus,” designed by Abigail and Tess Inderbitzin.
Skylar Hudson, posing with the “Camp Cattywampus” poster.
The cast and team of “Camp Cattywampus,” posing after a run-through.
The cast and writers of “Camp Cattywampus.”
The cast and team of “Camp Cattywampus,” posing after the first read-through of the script. Top row, from left to right: Ruth Weaver, Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson, Bella William, Jaeden Riley Juarez, and Isabel Beatriz Tongson. Bottom row, from left to right: Abigail Duclos, Tess Inderbitzin, and Skylar Hudson.
Members of the “Camp Cattywampus” cast and team (and a fan!), posing after coming in third place in the Columbia University ColorFest.
The set of “Camp Cattywampus,” designed by Lily Mooney.
Some of the props of “Camp Cattywampus,“ designed by Laurel Carpenter.
Tess Inderbitzin and Abigail Duclos deliver their pre-show directors’ speech. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Brie (Jaeden Riley Juarez) dances. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Poppy (Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson) monologues. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Sacha (Ruth Weaver) reads one of her poems to the other characters. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Sacha (Ruth Weaver) delivers a half-monologue, half-poem. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Olive (Bella Williams) paints on stage in a movement piece choreographed by Bella, Tess Inderbitzin, and Is Perlman. Photographed by Judy Goldstein.
Production History
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Camp Cattywampus was then produced as a staged reading by ThinkTank TYA in Tampa, Florida.
Cast: Ava Zientek (Brie), Samantha Bollinger (Noah), Ashlin Sullivan (Poppy), Skye Stockard (Sacha), and Audrey Daniels (Olive).
Creative & Production Team: Georgia Guy (Director), Amelia Smith (Stage Manager), Sadie Lockhart (Festival Director), Abigail Duclos (Co-Playwright), and Tess Inderbitzin (Co-Playwright)
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A full-scale production of Camp Cattywampus was produced by the Columbia University Performing Arts League and was performed on November 11th and 12th of 2022.
Cast: Lilly Gasterland-Gustafsson (Poppy), Jaeden Riley Juarez (Brie), Isabel Beatriz Tongson (Noah), Ruth Weaver (Sacha), and Bella Williams (Olive).
Creative Team: Olivia Barbieri (Co-Lighting Designer), Haven Capone (Wellbeing Coordinator), Laurel Carpenter (Props Designer), Lily Collier (Sound Designer), Olivia Kuan-Romano (Assistant Sound Designer), Lily Mooney (Set Designer), Jules Gross (Co-Lighting Designer), Rainier Harris (Co-Costume Designer), Ellie Houlihan (Choreographer), Is Perlman (Artistic Coordinator), and Jaella Wengel (Social Media Manager).
Production Team: Abigail Duclos (Co-Playwright & Co-Director), Tess Inderbitzin (Co-Playwright, Co-Director, & Composer), Skylar Hudson (Stage Manager), Sydney Johnson (Assistant Stage Manager & Co-Costume Designer), Frankie DeGiorgio (Producer), Ryan Puterbaugh (Production Manager), Maylla Patrick (Production Assistant), and Alexis Buncich (Dramaturg).
Reviews of Camp Cattywampus
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Camp Cattywampus…brings together the goofiness and tragedy of teenage girlhood in an original play that’s equal parts funny and heartbreaking.
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The show is so big-hearted, so empathetic, that it’s hard not to love it… Camp Cattywampus makes the progression between different registers of emotion look and feel as natural as it does in real life—a true artistic accomplishment.
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Duclos and Inderbitzin imbue ordinary speech with small details that feel like something you could overhear outside a teenager’s cabin door… It is refreshing to see young, talented playwrights who are part of those generations capture this dialogue realistically.
TEETH
TEETH
Teeth is a 30-minute one-act play written by Abigail Duclos.
Teeth is a one-act play about immigration, opioid addiction, and the matrilineal line of families.
Teeth is set in Steelton, Peynnsylvania. The recent past. March.
The cast and team of “Teeth.” From left to right: Vanessa Mendoza, Adelina Correa, Catherine Herrera, Is Perlman, Abigail Duclos, Jaeden Riley Juarez, and Josie Morkin. Photo taken by John Howley on April 23, 2023.
The cast and team of “Teeth.” From left to right: Josie Morkin, Adelina Correa, Catherine Herrera, Izabella Lizarazo, Abigail Duclos, Amelia Mason, and Is Perlman. Photo taken on May 5, 2022.
The poster for the staged reading of “Teeth,” designed by Abigail.
Behind-the-scenes at WKCR 89.9 FM.
Production History
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Teeth was first performed as a staged reading on May 5, 2022, in Barnard Hall, as part of a festival of student-written work sponsored by Columbia NOMADS.
Cast: Jaeden Riley Juarez (Ester), Catherine Herrera (Anya), Izabella Lizarazo (Mira), Adelina Correa (Josef), Amelia Mason (Winona), Josie Morkin (The Guide)
Creative & Production Team: Abigail Duclos (Playwright) and Is Perlman (Director)
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A second reading of the play, now as a radio show, was performed on WKCR 89.9 FM on April 23, 2023.
Cast: Jaeden Riley Juarez (Ester), Catherine Herrera (Anya), Vanessa Mendoza (Mira), Adelina Correa (Josef), Abigail Duclos (Winona), Josie Morkin (The Guide)
Creative & Production Team: Abigail Duclos (Playwright) and Is Perlman (Director)
POSSESSION
POSSESSION
Possession is an 80-minute play written by Abigail Duclos.
Camp Cattywampus is a full-length comedy-drama about the dybbuk myth, healing from violence in lesbian relationships, and queer identity and religion in the Southern United States.
Possession is set in the basement of Russell Hall at Carolina Southern College, during the weekly meetings of the Jewish Students’ Association.
Stevie (Tess Inderbitzin) battles with her dybbuk.
From left to right: Caroline Egler, Sydney Gerlach, Tess Inderbitzin, Adelina Correa, Jamie-Ann Palmer, and Abigail Duclos.
A poster for “Possession.”
Some of the cast and team of “Possession.” Top row, from right to left: Adelina Correa, Caroline Egler, Jamie-Ann Palmer, and Katie Cherven. Bottom row, from right to left: Sydney Gerlach, Tess Inderbitzin, Abigail Duclos, and Susannah Abrams.
Jamie-Ann Palmer as Kathy “Kit” Campbell.
Sydney Gerlach as Genevieve “Ginger” Lazar.
Tess Inderbitzin as Stevie Sackler.
Ellis (Adelina Correa) and Stevie (Tess Inderbitzin) embrace.
A prop for “Possession,” advertising a Jews of Color Reading Group. Made by Alexis Buncich.
A prop advertising a Yom Kippur service. Made by Alexis Buncich.
The team of “Possession” saying goodbye to The Tank.
The cast poses as Sydney Gerlach (on computer) joins virtually from Paris, France.
A prop from the show, advertising the Jewish Students’ Association of Carolina Southern College. Made by Abigail Duclos.
Production History
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An abridged production of Possession was produced by The Tank, an Off-Broadway venue in Manhattan. It was performed on June 21, 2022, as part of The Tank’s PrideFest.
Cast: Tess Inderbitzin (Stevie), Jamie-Ann Palmer (Kit), Adelina Correa (Ellis), and Sydney Gerlach (Ginger).
Production & Creative Team: Abigail Duclos (Playwright & Co-Director), Caroline Egler (Co-Director, Sound Designer, & Dramaturg), Katie Cherven (Stage Manager), Susannah Abrams (Lighting Designer), Heidi Atlas (Costume Designer), and Alexis Buncich (Props Master).
ANOINTED WITH GASOLINE
ANOINTED WITH GASOLINE
Anointed With Gasoline is a full-length play written by Abigail Duclos.
Anointed With Gasoline is a full-length play about revenge, catharsis, and Appalachia.
Anointed With Gasoline is set in liminal spaces and in Scarborough, Pennsylvania—at various times from 2007 to 2011.
A screenshot from the virtual production of Anointed With Gasoline.
The logo for Anointed With Gasoline, designed by Syeda Anjum.
A Zoom meeting with some of the cast & team of Anointed With Gasoline, after their final show.
The poster of Anointed With Gasoline, designed by Emma Gometz.
Production History
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Anointed With Gasoline was produced NOMADS, an organization at Columbia University dedicated to producing student-written work. It was produced as a fully-developed main-stage show from March 18-20, 2021.
Cast: Isobel Obrecht (Elijah), Deanna Cuadra (Jesse), Alexis Buncich (Miriam), Octavio Vourvoulias (Nick), Bella Fenn (Dr. Wright).
Production Team: Abigail Duclos (Playwright), Kathy Fang (Director), Syeda Anjum (Co-Production Coordinator), Mario Garcia (Co-Production Coordinator), Ruya Tazebay (Technical Director), Sydney Gerlach (Dramaturg), Olivia Sieler (Assistant Stage Manager), Madeleine George (Assistant Director), Anjali Ramakrishnan (Assistant Dramaturg), and Chloe Kok (Publicity Manager).
Creative Team: Kalina Ko (Co-Lighting Designer), Alli Salwen (Co-Lighting Designer), Abigail Smith (Co-Set & Props Designer), Erin Ergun (Co-Set & Props Designer), Emma Gometz (Costume Designer), Isa Pierce (Sound Designer), and Diana Gregoire (Assistant Sound Designer).
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Anointed With Gasoline was produced NOMADS, an organization at Columbia University, as a staged reading on December 4, 2020.
Reviews of Anointed With Gasoline
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Staged across kaleidoscopic flashbacks on Elijah Reye’s 22nd birthday, “Anointed With Gasoline” is a delicate, beautifully acted portrait of queer love and mental illness.
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The play, written by Abigail Duclos (BC ‘23), is a (quite literally) fiery show that deals with queer love, queer rage, and queer healing. Under the director of Kathy Fang (CC ‘24), Anointed With Gasoline blossoms into a moving, aching narrative of a young woman coping with and moving past trauma.
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Here, it feels like a lifetime of suffering and pain is contained in [Duclos’s] words.