Deb Hiett

Deb Hiett is thrilled to be back at Gulfshore Playhouse, which presented the World Premiere of her play “Miss Keller Has No Second Book” in 2018. “Circle Forward” was selected for workshop at Gulfshore Playhouse’s 2023 New Works Festival, Antaeus Theatre’s “Lab Results” (Los Angeles), and the 2024 Durango Playfest (Colorado) as well as having been a Semifinalist for the 2024 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and the Princess Grace Award in Playwriting.

Some of Deb’s full-length plays include “The Super Variety Match Bonus Round!” (“Ingenious”—The Los Angeles Times), “Miss Keller Has No Second Book” (“Grabs your heart and won’t let go”—Florida Weekly), and “The Escape Thingy” and “The Clearing in the Jacoby,” (both Finalists for the Reva Shiner Comedy Award). Her newest play, “This Is Crazy,” has been selected for the 2026 South Dakota State University Festival of New Plays.

Deb’s short film “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” won “Best Comedy Television Pilot” at the 2020 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival and the 2021 Women’s Comedy Film Festival in Atlanta. Her film “Open House” won the Los Angeles Film Festival/FunnyorDie’s “Make ‘Em LAFF” Showcase, Best Comedy Short at the Women in Comedy Festival, and several others. Her comedic short film “A Bit of Counseling” won the Audience Choice Awards at the Palm Beach International Film Festival, the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival, the “Over the Fence” Short Film Festival (Australia), and the Ojai Film Festival.

As an actress, Deb can be seen in many TV shows and films, including “Barbie,” “The Office,” “Young Sheldon,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place,” the upcoming new season of “The Comeback,” and many more.

Reach her at: DebHiett.com.