December 6th, 2025
I’ve got another reading coming up with Sandbox Theatre Collective on Sunday, December 14th, at 6:30pm at Green Shirt Studios in Ravenswood. Come see And Certain Women, a play that in many ways is my prayer for us in these dark times. Come check it out next weekend!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/and-certain-women-staged-reading-tickets-1976198253173
October 10th, 2025
As usual, I keep forgetting to post exciting news! I’m a finalist for Playhouse on the Square’s New Works@TheWorks Playwriting Competition, and my latest play, Your Romeo will be receiving a reading this Sunday at 2pm in Memphis, TN! If you’re in the area, come check it out! Find more details at:
https://playhouseonthesquare.org/newworks
September 11th, 2025
Come join us Monday the 22nd for a book signing! I’ll be chatting with the incomparable Will Wilhelm about our plays being included in the Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays, volume II! If you haven’t yet seen the beautiful theatrical party that is Will’s Gender Play, or what you WIll, you are in for a treat! I’m giddy at the prospect of this conversation and so proud to be bookending this anthology with another badass queer Chicago playwright whose work I love!
August 26th, 2025
I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that my play, Cercle Hermaphroditos, will be published as part of The Methuen Drama Book of Trans Plays volume 2! This is my first full length play to be published, and I’m so honored that it’s happening in the company of such incredible playwrights. The official release date is September 19th. You can pre-order the anthology now at this link:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/methuen-drama-book-of-trans-plays-volume-2-9781350458109/
March 25th, 2025
This Monday, March 31st there’s going to be a special Trans Day of Visibility reading of my play Cercle Hermaphroditos. The reading starts at 7pm at Women & Children First book store. We’ve got a great cast for this one – come check it out!
https://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/event/tdov-play-reading-cercle-hermaphroditos-shualee-cook
December 13th, 2024
I keep forgetting to post about this, but I’m one of four recipients of the LA New Play Project award this year! Which, among other lovely things, means my play Cercle Hermaphroditos will be getting a world premiere in Los Angeles sometime in the next 18 months! It’s been a long journey for this play, and it couldn’t be happening at a more vital, important time for what I feel like it has to say. Big thanks to Paula Holt for this incredible program, and to Theo Motzenbacker, Dean Grosbard, and Graham Wetterhahn for spearheading (and fiercely believing in) this project.
October 4th, 2024
Oof! I’ve gotten terribly behind in posting here. But the reason for my running behind is that I’ve been really busy with lovely theatre things! My play Tempest in a Teapot just had a wonderful world premiere run in St. Louis. The creative team was amazing and put on a show that was a joy to watch. Here’s some images from the incredible work done by the cast and crew of SATE’s production. 
June 29th, 2024
Big news – Super MariOdyssey, a scene I wrote for the Breaking the Binary Festival last year is now published in a new collection by Dramatists Play Service! Bliss: A Collection of Commissioned Scenes and Monologue by TNB2S+ Artists For TNB2S+ Artists contains all the pieces from the lovely BTB Festival finale so expertly crafted by the incredible duo of George Strus And L Morgan Lee. Being a part of that night was pure joy for me, and I’m so glad this work can now go on to be experienced by a wider audience and give trans and nonbinary performers more options for audition and performance! You can purchase the book or inquire about performance rights here:
https://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=6563
May 1st, 2024
In just a week and a half, my play Cercle Hermaphroditos will be receiving a reading in L.A! Co-directors Theo Motzenbacker and Dean Grosbard have been hustling to make things happen with this show for years, and I’m so happy to be working with them again. This script is so special to me, and I can’t wait to revisit this particular world again. It’s being co-presented by the fine folks at After Hours Theatre Company and the Los Angeles LGBT Center on Saturday, May 11th. You can get tickets here:
https://ci.ovationtix.com/36684/production/1198118?performanceId=11456386
You might want to hurry, ’cause they’re going pretty fast! 
January 26th
So the whole end of last year/beginning of this one has been so hectic that I forgot to post about some exciting developments – my play Your Romeo was one of the recipients of the 2023 Nancy Dean Lesbian Playwriting Award! it’s an honor to be included with some truly great playwrights, and I’m excited to see where this particular script goes from here!
January 16th, 2024
I’m starting the year with some exciting news – my play Tempest in a Teapot will be receiving its world premiere this year in Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble’s 24th season! They’re a wonderful, envelope- pushing company that is near and dear to my heart. One of my short plays was featured in their first Aphra Behn Festival, so I’m very honored that the prompt for this year’s festival scripts is in part inspired by Tempest in a Teapot as well. It’s a lovely full circle, and I can’t wait to see what folks make of this very strange play come September.
October 20th, 2023
I’m going to be in New York City next weekend for the fabulous Breaking the Binary Festival. I was honored to have been asked to write something for the festival’s finale, Bliss: A Collection of Commissioned Scenes and Monologues. And I can’t wait to see what the incredible L Morgan Lee does with the piece! If you’re in NYC next weekend, come check us out at 7:30pm on Sunday night
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