JULIET KANG HUNEKE
ACTOR / PLAYWRIGHT
Hi, I’m Juliet! I’m a Chicago-based actor, playwright, teaching artist, and lover of Rupaul’s Drag Race. In 2022, I graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in Theatre, with concentrations in acting and playwriting. When I’m not making theatre, you can find me crocheting a sweater vest or screaming along to Phoebe Bridgers. You can learn more about my theatrical work below!
ACTOR
As an actor, I get excited about working collaboratively and with an outward focus on the audience. Aside from the standard published plays and musicals, I have performed extensively in new play development processes, in devised shows, in Theatre for Young Audiences, and as a long-form improviser. For me, performing is about creating a net positive experience for audience members, and giving them space to imagine new worlds!
PLAYWRIGHT
As a playwright, I create conceptual, larger-than-life, and absurd plays with a purpose. I also champion teenagers/young adults, femininity, queerness, and Asian-American/multiracial identities in my plays. I believe that as a playwright, my job is to build the world I’d want to see, to IMAGINE what it would take to change the real world, and then blow it up theatrically on stage! You can find me on New Play Exchange under Juliet Kang Huneke.
TEACHING ARTIST
I pride myself on seeking to allow every kid I work with to have full agency over what they create, and the freedom to use their imagination fully. At Northwestern, I spent four years with Seesaw Theatre, a theatre company which creates original multi-sensory theatre for disabled young audiences. In the summer of 2022 I was an Education Apprentice at Chicago Children’s Theatre. Currently, I am teaching theatre classes around Chicago with CCT and Porchlight Music Theatre!
