Caitlin Turnage holds a degree in B.F.A Playwriting and Dramaturgy from the University of Houston. She's currently pursuing her masters at Texas State University. She's a co-founder of Ignition Theatre Productions a student run group operating out of the University of Houston. Her play "It's a fine day for a picnic" was featured in the first ever University of Houston ten-minute play fest, and her play "To Charlie" was featured in last years festival. Recently she was named as a National Finalist for the Gary Garrison National Ten Minute Play Contest for her play "Jigsaw Cactus" which was read in Washington D.C. as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The play also went to L.A. where it was performed as part of Scribe Stages "Motel Plays: Lost and Found". Caitlin's one-act play "Routine" was named a National Semi-Finalist of the John Cauble One- Act contest, her one-act "In a Darkroom, The Lord Knows" was recently named the recipient of the National John Cauble Short Play award. Her play “The Holes in Human Flesh” was selected to be developed at the ATHE conference in 2017 and selected as a participant for the 42nd Samuel French OOB festival. She’s a past attendee of the Dorsett Theatre Writer's retreat in partnership with Theresa Rebeck and the Lark.
Plays
A personal take on the Medea Myth:
Cathy is a mother who has shoved her children out of her house with a tendency to hoard. However, when she's diagnosed with Huntington's disease she understands it's time to change--and time to move, but she can't do it without her estranged sons help. When the boys return, they have to come to terms with their mother's hereditary disease, and their own death sentence.
A play about the ability to believe the worst...everytime.
When a returned war vet and his wife decide to go on a couple's therapy retreat they call in their old kid neighbor from back home, little do they know that she's been harboring a secret that could destroy them for years. The family is closer to falling apart then they think.
Recipient of the title National Finalist for the Gary Garrison Ten Minute Play Award (KCACTF)
Produced with Scribe Stages "Motel Plays: Lost and Found"
Produced as part of the University of Houston Ten Minute Play Festival
A prodigal daughter returns home to confront her jigsaw puzzle obsessed father. Both are forced to acknowledge that their happiness is not to be found in the things they pursue, the places they go, or the puzzles they try to fit back together. Father and daughter must make a choice to heal, or shatter.
Selected as a performance in the Unviersity of Houston Ten Minute Play festival.
When a special celebration for their son arrives, a couple decides to make a videotape for him--even if it breaks them apart.
A little girl plays out her entire life inside of a cardboard box, with a friend who's willing to take her there.
When a politician decides to be less Politically correct, and an unemployed father decides to burn off steam--will their union destroy two households?
Based on the Kokopelli Myth. When a stranger comes to Magic city trailer park a group of close minded people are confronted with someone who's not like them.
Two girls attending a christian school deal with the aftermath of the purity culture they've been brought up in and the harmful effects it has caused in both of their lives.
Successes
-Finalist for the Samuel French 42nd Off Off Broadway Festival
-Winner of the National John Cauble Short Play Award 2016
-Gary Garrison Ten minute play Award National Finalist-Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
- Selected to attend the Lark Theatre Dorsett Writer’s Retreat with Theresa Rebeck
- Semi-Finalist MN Shorts ten minute play contest
-National Semi-Finalist for the John Cauble One Act Play award