Five decades on the stage and the page
Jeanmarie Simpson
Playwright, actor, director, producer, and teaching artist
Plays that give serious attention to the people history pushed aside, written for companies of one to twelve, and available to licence.
In print, second edition 2026
When Churchyards Yawn and Other Plays
Four plays in which the past is not past and the dead are not silent. With a foreword by Chuck Fager.
Read the artist statementI write plays to entertain in the truest sense of the word: to give serious attention to people, questions, and histories that are too often pushed aside.
Jeanmarie Simpson
Where most people start
Three of thirteen. The rest are on the Plays page, filterable by cast size and running time.
- 53countries toured with A Single Woman
- 13plays available to licence
- 24productions directed
- 50years of professional work
Off-Broadway at The Culture Project. Directed by Leonard Nimoy and Zakes Mokae. Supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. The full resume
Staging one of these?
Performance rights are available for universities, schools, community theatres, festivals, workshops, staged readings, and independent productions.