LaurA! Force Scruggs
My name is LaurA! Force Scruggs and I am a published, produced and commissioned Chicago playwright. My play, "Punk Grandpa" (all about being free to be yourself through the inspiration of an uninhibited grandpa) was formerly published by Chicago Dramaworks. I am a 2020 Playwright in Residency at Three Cat Productions in Chicago, where I am writing a play about Jane Addams, which will tentatively be produced in 2022 (postponed due to COVID-19). I have been produced by Three Cat Productions, Three Brothers, Unity Players, Vintage Theatre Collective, Chicago Fringe and Elgin Fringe in Chicagoland. I have also been produced by Orlando Fringe, as well as Planet Connections Theatre Festivity and FRIGID in New York City. I was commissioned to write an adaptation of Macbeth, from Lady Macbeth's perspective, set in the context of the modern-day American government, by Three Brothers Theatre. My adaptation, "The Magic of Ladie M.," had readings at Three Brothers' Waukegan Theatre Festival and Three Cats' New Work Festival in Chicago, both in 2018. My play, "Heart of Fairy" (about loss and finding oneself, through the eyes of a fairy), was produced as part of Three Cat's season in Chicago in 2019. I am also a member of The Dramatists' Guild, Playwrights' Center, New Play Exchange, NYC TheaterMakers' Studio and a former Network Playwright at Chicago Dramatists. You can find me at https://newplayexchange.org
