"PLAYS."
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Tilda Swinton Adopt Me Please
co-written with Nicholas Scheppard and Maura Krause, The Greenfield Collective, 2017 / dir. Maura Krause "Both laugh-out-loud funny and intensely affecting...highly intelligent and profoundly touching." -DC Metro "There's a joyous air about actor and playwright Hannah Van Sciver’s company, the Greenfield Collective, even when their material probes dark themes...While the 70-minute show includes some laughs, its conclusion confirms Van Sciver and company’s serious ambitions." -Broad Street Review |
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Fifty Days at Iliam
The Greenfield Collective, 2015 / dir. William Steinberger, lead artist: Hannah Van Sciver "Affectionate, beautifully affecting...richly impressionistic, highly ensemble-driven... a forty-minute performance-poem woven from dance, movement, [and] a surprising amount of music....a deep, daring plunge... a rare confluence of unfiltered, beginners-mind, intuitive creation with mature, rigorous performance technique." - City Paper "Sensual, rhythmic, playful.." - Broad Street Review "Clever, inventive, insightful, and compelling - Phindie |
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Bicycle Face
The Greenfield Collective / Razor's Edge New Orleans / United Solo Off-Broadway @ Theatre Row, 2016 / Wilma Theatre @ Hothouse Crush, 2018 / Passage Theatre, 2019 / dir. David O'Connor "Van Sciver captures the contrasting speech patterns and attitudes of the women and their eras with humor and insight......equally smart, funny, and provocative." -Phindie |
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The Art of Losing, co-created with Emily Fernandez and Christine Freije, The Greenfield Collective, 2017
"Hannah is a graceful writer....All of the choices to deny us standard storytelling were enjoyable and evocative." -Bonaly |
Period Play: 8 Anachronisms From the Future Past, commissioned by the Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival, 2017
"Van Sciver is a really smart writer...I appreciated the beauty and tension of some of her encounters, and the weirdness and joy of others." -Bonaly |
The Magnus Effect, The Greenfield Collective, 2016
*Phindie Critics' Awards: Honorable Mention, Best New Play "...[a] smartly written, often funny, utterly genuine and charming world premiere play...tightly plotted with several thrilling twists and surprises, and a satisfyingly complex and brave ending that feels real." -Broad Street Review "...an exponentially superb show with a wonderfully constructed panoramic view into the turbulence of high anxiety...Each character is developed with depth...[an] action- packed 60 minute[s]. -DC Metro |
Marbles, The Greenfield Collective, 2014
"...the intimate half-hour production considers the big issues of time and cyberspace, and their impact on young lives and deteriorating social skills...the bittersweet story is at times funny and often distressing, with insightful glimpses into the psychological make-up of the characters." - Phindie |