Nancy Lu Hoffman
Stage plays
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Launching
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13-year-old Archie sits in the woods with a slingshot, firing small household objects into the night. When big brother Jordan asks what's up, conversation builds about polar ice caps, parents, driving, brothers' duties and more. (10-minutes)
Finalist for 42nd Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival. 2013 Boston Theatre Marathon selection
Hawthorne & Melville: A Play for Two Friends.
Or: The Whale
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In 2015 I saw my friend Moira Brady Averill. Both of us writers, we found out that I had been reading about Nathaniel Hawthorne and she'd been reading about Herman Melville. Melville famously dedicated Moby Dick to his friend Hawthorne. Our meeting becomes a boisterous romp through friendship, writing, girl power, and whales. (40 minutes)
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Developed in residence at The Silverton Theatre Mine in 2018
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photo by Grainne O Carroll of Moira Brady Averill in "We're All Mad Here"
Round Yon Urging, Other and Wild
Five teenagers pull off a classic Christmas prank: nativity figures stolen from local church display. Then what? Lifelong friends are now in a basement smoking weed, playing Christmas Truth or Dare, and thinking about all the things they haven't yet done in their lives. Is tonight the night to do more?
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(90 minutes)
Notes from a Sidekick. Episode 3: Wheels. In which I am in my 8th year, learn how to ride a bike, and then promptly run over my neighbor
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​A comic look at strange family cycles. (one act, 40 minutes)
Workshopped at Wilbury Theatre Group in 2014.
PVD Fringe selection in 2015.
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Midnight Mass
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A typical night at the pub in a small Irish town is disrupted when Annie, the town loony plunks the church chalice on the bar and says, "Pint".
How crazy is she? What would God say and do? And who is the 50-foot-tall man Bridget the bartender dreams of?​ (two acts, 90 mins)
Winner of 2007 RISCA play/screen writing merit award.
Named one of 10 Best Productions of 2007 by Providence Phoenix.
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