Deb Hiett

Deb Hiett’s play “Circle Forward” is receiving its World Premiere at Gulfshore Playhouse, January – March 2026. The play was selected for workshop at Antaeus Lab Results (Los Angeles), Durango Playfest (Colorado), as well as being a Semifinalist for the 2024 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. 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).

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 “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

Reach her at: DebHiett.com.