LEANNA KEYES
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FULL PLAYS

An ambulance in the desert
Two Ladies of Vermont
75 minutes | 2 women, 2 men, 1 enby
A queer and trans riff on Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. Four Millennials search for love and their authentic selves.

An ambulance in the desert
Doctor Voynich and Her Children
90 minutes | 5 women
Two traveling herbalists provide abortions in the American Heartland, which have been illegal since the days of the first woman president.

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God Herself Could Not 
Sink This Ship

90 minutes | 2 women, 1 man
Three writers create a high-end boutique for fan fiction and have deal with fictional affection that crosses the line into reality.

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The Real World: Stanford
60 minutes | 12+ people, flexible
A series of sketches about situation new students will face in college and how to handle them, with a focus on gender equity. Co-written with Olivia Haas.

Stir-Fried Strawberries
Stir-Fried Strawberries
75 minutes | 2 women, 1 man
A lesbian couple tries to get pregnant with a little help from their totally-gay-and-not-even-a-little-bit-hung-up-on-one-of-them friend, Gavin.


lower case love | water turning into fire in a glass
lower case love
90 minutes | 4 women
A queer transgender woman and a radical lesbian feminist struggle with their conflicting identities; a queer 'mostly-woman' explores how to be sensual-but-not-sexual with her straight roommate.

BITE-SIZE PLAYS

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Love Serving Love
50 minutes | 3 women
An American legend: how the first trans athlete in women's sports came to coach the greatest tennis star of all time.

Legal-Tender Loving Care | a woman wraps her legs around a man and kisses him
​Legal-Tender Loving Care
30 minutes | 1 woman, 1 man
A 'tall' woman and a 'short' man meet by chance at a public transit station, and he wants to "share his secrets" with her (read: have sex). She agrees... for a price.

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You're My Person
10 minutes | 2 women
Cristina's just been left at the altar. Her best friend Meredith helps put her back together--and explore a new part of herself in the process.

The Kilogram Play | a perfectly machined cylinder of metal
Moxi & Sirna
10 minutes | 2 women/enbys
Moxi and Sirna wake up in a digital assistant retirement community. After a lifetime of serving humans, they have to figure out what an AI wants for itself.

The Kilogram Play | a perfectly machined cylinder of metal
The Kilogram Play
10 minutes | 2 women
Two lesbians steal the "international prototype kilogram"--the definition of the unit of measurement--from the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris, France.

SOLO PERFORMANCE PIECES

Perpetual Autumn | strong thick branches against a brilliant orange canopy
Perpetual Autumn
20 minutes | solemn
"My hips... Lysa gave me my hips. She greets the world with her hipbones, and my bones follow hers when it's important to look like I belong."

a face of community
And She Turns To Me
5 minutes | solemn
"Different is not synonymous with defective. My voice... this is not the voice you were expecting to hear. Doesn't make it wrong."


Unbuckling Orion's Belt | A red moon slides between the clouds
Unbuckling Orion's Belt
20 minutes | comedic
"So it's the lunar eclipse of the full moon on the winter solstice, and at this point I'm like, 'the universe has conspired to make this happen, I should totally follow him into the dark. What could go wrong?'"

Treat your tech well
The Wall Starts Creaking
5 minutes | comedic
"I turn around, and the actors are just making out fiercely, and it occurs to me, if they really hit it off, I could be responsible for babies."

Plays in Progress

Detours for Hummingbirds | three pairs of bare feet cuddle on a bed
Detours for Hummingbirds
Play in Progress | 3 women
A transgender woman provides sperm to her lesbian friends who desperately want a baby girl.