Presented at Cincinnati Fringe Festival in May/June 2017
A blasphemous exploration into the power of choice.
On a stormy night, a man who isn’t a doctor waits in a hotel room that isn’t very nice for a girl who isn’t what she seems. Her request may threaten his understanding of choice and alter his world for better or worse. By turns playful and blasphemous, the conversation builds to a decision that hinges on belief in oneself and a human’s right to choose.
Larry, chapter 13, verse 2: “Be not forgetful to entertain strangers…”
“The script by Tracy Hoida is very smart, funny, engaging and succinct… LARRY 13:2 is an extremely well-written story, with compelling performances by two talented actors, and expertly directed.”
- Behind the Curtain Cincinnati
Most Memorable Moments On Stage 2017 - Cincinnati Enquirer
“ Hoida's "Be Not Forgetful" reads quick but sticks with you. It is rich with playful dialogue and serious themes, a celebration of what people can become when able to choose what to do with their body. This play is a masterful blending of religious allusions, medical dilemmas, and dark comedy. ” -Daniel Repp, playwright and lyricist
The 40-minute fringe festival offering was later developed into the full-length script, Be Not Forgetful. The script won the National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award (NAPAT) in 2021.
Find the script on the New Play Exchange: Be Not Forgetful
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“All stories end in time at the only place they can.”
On May 1st, 2020, a staged zoom reading of BE NOT FORGETFUL was streamed on Facebook and Youtube.
An angel goes to a back-alley abortion doctor to have her wings surgically removed and opens his eyes to the privilege he has as a human.
Months later, her health deteriorates and they come to blows over the value of mortal life and her desire to embrace the eventual end of all human existence.
What begins as a simple request evolves into a confrontation over the power of choice and our ability as humans to define who we are.
The development of this play at the time of this reading was aided greatly by the CMU Working with Dramaturgs mini-course in the Fall of 2019. Special thanks to dramaturg Elle Faith Norman.
You can watch a recording of the reading to the left or here.
Find the script on the New Play Exchange: Be Not Forgetful
Presented at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival in 2018.
Retired superhero breaks the mold of where heroes come from.
Back in her childhood hometown, indestructible, super-strong, superhero Kait Jones, formerly Kick Jab Girl, is settling into her retirement. Society’s eye has moved to new superheroes and she would be living more or less undisturbed if not for one ardent fan pursuing the only untold story of our hero’s glory days. Her origin story. But when Kait weaves a tale dark and unexpected we are forced to confront our expectations of heroism, grief, and strength.
This production was presented as a partially staged workshop of a script in process. The script is still currently being developed into a full-length piece.
You can watch a recording of the workshop performance here.
Presented at the Cincinnati Fringe Festival in 2019
Kay is cursed. Her relationships are like a broken record, always ending the same. After successfully cutting herself off from her heart for over a year, she realizes she is falling once more. But with death on the heels of her feelings, how far will Kay go this time to protect the man she loves?
“With a macabre plot, groovy tunes, sturdy performances and a complex female lead, Kill You With My Love is well worth a spot on your Fringe itinerary.” - City Beat
“By day, Hoida is part of the Playhouse in the Park’s education staff. But in [their] off hours, [they have] proven to be one of the most adventurous and imaginative playwrights in the area. So prepare for the unexpected if you see this tale about a woman whose loves seem cursed.” - The Enquirer
This 60-minute fringe show is currently being developed into a full-length script titled, Killer Hi-Fi.
Presented as part of Know Theatre of Cincinnati’s Serials! 9: Thunderdome in 2019.
Serials! is Know Theatre’s episodic Monday Night Theatre Party. It’s also a new play incubator that helps playwrights see their work on stage almost instantly, bypassing years of workshopping or staged readings to go straight to performance.
Locked in a defunct tower of a mental hospital, orderly Peter is the prisoner of a delusional patient with a habit of trying to save others from imagined mayhem and monsters. While Katie guards the hospital against all manner of trolls and goblins, she becomes particularly concerned when a dragon takes an interest in surly orderly, Peter. Locking him away should keep him safe. But as the lines of safety and sanity blur, who is truly in distress?
“Puff the Magic Dragon meets Shutter Island.”
The episodic scripts are currently in development to become a full-length production.
You can read Episode 1 here.
Presented at Carnegie Mellon University’s New Works Series in 2021.
(as part of the MFA graduate program in Dramatic Writing )
“The New Works Series is the cauldron in which new ideas, concepts, and performance practices are presented to our audiences by the next generation of dramatic writers. Authored by graduate students in their final year of the Dramatic Writing program at the School of Drama, the series fosters a deliberate collaboration between students of various disciplines, bringing together both undergraduate and graduate students, to mirror the creation of work in the professional world.”
Something strange is happening at the E-z Fix Repair Shop for Electronics and Appliances. In the near future, tinkerer and inventor E-z feels trapped running a repair shop in their small town where they are constantly at odds with their best friend as well as their landlord and ex-boyfriend. E-z only finds respite in their invention of various android friends, most recently their buddy KD who despite being only a head, seems to understand and accept E-z more than the actual humans around them. But bigger problems are on the horizon when a clumsy time traveler with a faulty time machine comes crashing into the shop. Can E-z help repair the time machine before it explodes and wipes out all of existence as we know it? As the world literally comes crashing down, will E-z find the strength to take control of their life? E-Z FIX explores the vivid individuals that live outside the gender binary and the importance of having allies in every journey we take across time and space.
The workshop performance was partially staged online.
Playwright received the Mary Marlin Fisher Award. The award is given to the student who has written the most outstanding & successful play during their training at the School of Drama - Carnegie Mellon University, 2021.
You can read the most recent draft here.
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Know Theatre of Cincinnati
Limited run November 2016
A new tragicomedy about life and love at the end of the world.
For some reason, the world has ended, well… more or less. Archie, a strange young woman, has been exiled and abandoned in a dead city. She passes her time by reading, scavenging, and burning the bodies she finds as she transverses the wasteland.
With jars full of ashes as her only friends, things are going surprisingly well for Archie… until she finds another body that may actually be alive.
Originally written for Serials 4: Thunderdome 2 in 2015, Archie and the Ashes returned to the Know Theatre of Cincinnati as a full-length production.
Directed by Alice Flanders and starring Erin Ward, Robert Carlton Stimmel, and Lormarev Jones, this tragicomic look at human nature at the end of the world is a wholly original story that just might make you look at love and life in a whole new way.
You can read the script on the New Play Exchange here.
Watch the 2016 production trailers by clicking the links below.
Watch either of the two recordings of the production here or here.
This YA script was commissioned in 2018 for Desktop Theatre.
Desktop Theatre is an arts initiative that helps teachers integrate the performing arts with larger-than-life plays made small enough to fit on a child's desk. Desktop Theatre was a recipient of the People's Liberty Grant in Cincinnati, OH in 2018. More about them here.
You can read the commissioned script here.
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Pitch Deck & Series Pilot Teaser
Lucy, a foul-mouthed and depraved motel clerk, finds herself having to play the better half when she is mistakenly possessed by a chaos-hungry demon from hell named Todd. Stuck together, the two form a shaky alliance when the residents of this speck on the map begin to die under bloody circumstances.
Delivery - a short script
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