Jill Elaine Hughes

Jill Elaine Hughes

JILL ELAINE HUGHES’ plays have received productions and staged readings in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Atlanta, Boston, Phoenix, Ohio, Toronto, the United Kingdom, and elsewhere. Her plays and monologues have been excerpted and anthologized by Smith & Kraus, Applause Books, and Meriwether Publishing, and she has written plays for the high school drama market which are published and licensed by Brooklyn Play Publishers. Her short plays “The Devil Is In The Details”, “The Perfect Relationship,” and “This Is Your Lifetime” are anthologized in three consecutive annual BEST AMERICAN SHORT PLAYS anthologies alongside the Pultizer- and Tony-winning work of Paula Vogel, Neil LaBute, John Guare, and David Lindsay-Abaire, among others.  In addition to her theatrical endeavors, Jill Elaine is a fiction writer, essayist, and humorist, and has contributed to many newspapers and national magazines, including The Chicago TribuneThe Washington Post,Chicago ReaderMissouri ReviewNew Art ExaminerDialogue, Cat FancyBlack Gate, and many others.  She is also a published novelist. www.jillelainehughes.com www.jamaicalayne.com

Available Plays:
A Matter of Convenience, Comedy-Drama 3W/4M (multicultural cast)
The Man Upstairs, Drama (multicultural cast) 4W/2M
Intelligent Design, Drama 4M/2W