Chiara M. N.

Playwright | Lyricist | Screenwriter | Poet


Past projects

planet cabinet

Libretto: Chiara M. N.

Music: Felipe Segovia Sanhueza

The year 2006: The Council of Planets has received a message from NASA that questions whether Pluto is actually a planet. With the deadline to maintain or revoke Pluto’s status quickly approaching, they begin to grapple with the question of what really makes them planets.

Performed at The African Grove Theater — April 2025

Singers: Hannah Banks, Andrew Palmieri, Lav Raman, Regine Torres, Dante D’Antonio, Maddy Glave, Ethan Peterson, Ronnie Spoto, Allie Lewis

Piano: Darren Cohen

Videographer: Micah Joel

Beyond the pale

C0-Composed with Felipe Segovia Sanhueza

Developed at NYU as part of the Choreographers, Composers, and Designers Workshop

Performed at The Jack Crystal Theatre — April 2024

Choreographers: Addie Levandowski and Jack Pallante
Dancers: Clara Gough, Avery Lau, Sophie Tosh
Musicians: Diana Herold, Brian Levels, Jennifer Shaw, Allie Lewis

additional works

POETRY

A Step in My Humble Shoes — Chapbook

A collection of 20 poems

“Mercy”

2022 Dyer-Ives Poetry Competition: First-Place Undergraduate Category
Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

“If You Give an Insomniac a Cookie”

Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

“How to Cope With Funerals”

Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

“2020 as a Psychological Thriller”

Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

“Huckleberry”

Published in fishladder: A Student Journal of Art and Writing

“Dear Dad”

AWP Intro Award: Honorable Mention