Writer

“You see the path, and then you don’t, and then you see it again.”
— David Whyte
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Writer/Playwright

Throughout my childhood, I directed siblings and friends in plays - mostly  written or adapted by me - entertaining our families with comedy, cabaret and a smattering of Shakespearean tragedy. When I began doing theatre artist-in-residence programs at schools, I found most scripts written for children were too simplistic and trivial for young people anxious to perform real drama, so I began adapting my own versions of myths, legends, and great literature in a way that retained sophisticated themes and language that was challenging. Some of my favorite writing has been adapting oral histories - the stories and experiences of real people - into docu-dramas like Dreaming Again and Neighborhoods. I’ve written poetry since I first discovered the joy of playing with words, and my current passion seems to be songwriting. What’s next? I’m open to commissions.

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Work by Genevieve Aichele

Writing Credentials

Plays for Adults

  • The Uncertainty Principle, stories from COVID-19, 2021

  • Poster #528, commissioned for the NHTP Elephant-in-the-Room Series®, 2018

  • Memoirs, produced for Tiny Mayhem Series at the Red Door, 2015

  • Finding the Prince, with CJ Lewis & Shay Willard, NH Theatre Project,  2014

  • Dreaming Again: Refugees & Immigrants in New Hampshire, commissioned by NH Humanities Council, 2011

  • Lysistrata, adapted from the play by Aristophanes, with original music by Agnes Charlesworth, lyrics by Genevieve Aichele & Meghann Beauchamp, 2009

  • Any Port in a Storm, produced for NHTP New Works Festival, 2009

  • Resurrection, Gently Gone and Flower Power, one-woman shows, 1999-2011

  • Neighborhoods: What is Home?, commissioned for Portsmouth, NH, 2000

Plays for Youth

NOTE: Licensing for all Youth Scripts available through Leicester Bay Theatricals

  • Once Upon a Time in King Arthur’s Court

  • Challenging Athena

  • Forest Secrets, adapted from the book by Tracy Kane & Kelly Sanders

  • The Theft of Thor’s Hammer

  • The Princess and the Pea

  • The Girl Who Found Fear

  • Persephone

  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

  • The Elephant and the Ant

  • Clever Manka

  • The Children of Lir

  • The Adventures of Hiiaka

Other Writing

  • Ocean Secrets with Tracy Kane, YA novel - available Amazon, Barnes & Noble

  • A Little Bit of Courage, YA novel commissioned by John Stobart Foundation, not yet publicly available

  • “On the Boards” Essay in Becoming Portsmouth, The History Press

  • Numerous poems and chapbooks, including Lunation: Anthology of 114 Women Poets, Senile Monk Press

  • Numerous songs, newspaper articles, and essays - various publications

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