Deb Hiett
Playwright
Deb Hiett’s new musical “The Sunny Survival Caravan” had its first reading as part of the 2023 Playwrights Union “First Peek” Series (Los Angeles). Some of Deb’s full-length plays include “The Super Variety Match Bonus Round!” (premiered at Rogue Machine Theater, Los Angeles), “Miss Keller Has No Second Book” (premiered at Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, FL), “The Escape Thingy” and “The Clearing in the Jacoby,” (both Finalists for the Reva Shiner Comedy Award). Her play “Call Time” was a Semifinalist in the 2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. She’s twice been a Semifinalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and her play “The Presentation” was selected for the Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival.
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 Los Angeles Film Festival/FunnyorDie’s “Make ‘Em LAFF” Showcase, Best Comedy Short at the Women in Comedy Festival, and Best Video Short at iOWest’s Funny Women LA Festival. She’s also an actress and musician. More info at DebHiett.com.