Short Plays


2024

The 24 Hour Plays Los Angeles @ The Hudson Theaters

Directed by: Jacquelyn Landgraf

Starring: Angelique Cabral, Danny Pintauro, Satya Bhabha, Shannon Purser, and Wade Allain-Marcus.

photo credit: Saige Kristian

2021

F*IT CLUB’s Spring Fling: “Happily Ever After” Festival

@ IRT (New York City)

photo credit: Molly Hagan

2022

Barrington Stage Company’s 10×10 New Play Festival

(Pittsfield, MA)

F*IT Club’s Spring Fling Festival — 2021
(photo credit Molly Hagan)

2019

Chalk Rep’s Space Flash! at the Columbia Memorial Space Center (Los Angeles)

A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing


This is the Big One

2017

The 10th Annual Source Festival @ Cultural DC

“Highlights [of the festival] include “This Is the Big One,” Chelsea Marcantel’s artful portrait of six people who experience a roller coaster in drastically different ways.” — The Washington Post

THIS IS THE BIG ONE at Source Festival DC
Photo by Teresa Wood

Dopplegänged

2011

Collaboraction’s Sketchbook 11 Festival @ The Chopin Theatre (Chicago)

2014

The 9th Annual InspiraTO Festival @ Theatre InspiraTO (Toronto, Canada)

2017

Everyday Inferno’s If On a Winter’s Night… Festival (New York City)

DOPPLEGANGED at Sketchbook 11 | Photo via Collaboraction

2009

Collaboraction’s Sketchbook 9 Festival @ The Building Stage (Chicago)

photo credit: Phil Dembinski

2010

Players, Please Theatre Short Play Festival (Lombard, IL)

REVIEWS:

“Exceedingly clever look at the love-hate component in intimate relationships” – Chicago Sun-Times

“Especially good. I suspect the dark comedy will hit uncomfortably close to home for many.” — Chicago Tribune“

A brilliantly claustrophobic rendering of a failing relationship.” – Chicago Journal

“A hilarious examination of a romantic couple arguing over whether to take their relationship to the next stage.” – Windy City Times

Photo Credit: Phil Dembinski

*Audience Favorite Award*


Four Faces

2009

Point of Contention’s ChAos Festival ’09 (Chicago)

REVIEWS:

“An adorable little slice of a modern relationship. Marcantel has a wonderfully modern young urban voice, and her piece is exquisite in its overlapped dialogue and twists.” – The Kid’s Got Moxie

Kevin Crispin n FOUR FACES in Chicago in 2009

Vegetare Vegetus

2013

The Bad Theater Festival @ The Tank (New York City)

VEGETARE VEGETUS Poster

2013

The Hobo Robo Festival 6 @ The Greenhouse Theater Center (Chicago)


The Real Housewives of the Hanesville Pines Trailer Park

2011

The Hobo Robo Festival 2 @ Strawdog Theatre (Chicago)

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE HANESVILLE PINES TRAILER PARK | Photo by Kristina Johnson

Heroics! Adventure!

2013

Co-written with Andy Grigg

The Barter Theatre’s Radio Hour (Abingdon, VA)


Open Season

2013

Broken Nose Theatre‘s Bedchel Festival (Chicago)


Consumables

2012

The Hobo Robo Festival 4 @ Strawdog Theatre (Chicago)


2012

The Hobo Robo Festival 5 @ Strawdog Theatre (Chicago)

INDEPENDENCE DAY at Hobo Robo Festival 5
Photo by Julie Schroll

The Limiting Factor

2012

Jackalope Theatre’s Living Newspapers Festival (Chicago)


2012

Cabaret Vagabond‘s Final Show @ Martyrs’ Live (Chicago)

2013

North by South Theatre LA‘s Winter Rites Festival (Los Angeles)


Global

2011

Jackalope Theatre’s Living Newspapers Festival (Chicago)


Naked Ambition

2011

The Naked 24-Hour Project @ Stage 773 (Chicago)


Just Georgette

2010

Point of Contention’s ChAos Festival ’10 (Chicago)


Dealing

2010

The Inconvenience’s Strapped Festival (Chicago)


Reckless

2008

The Revenants’ 24-Hour Play Festival @ City Lit (Chicago)