hi there!

I’m Surrey, a New Haven-based theater maker originally from a "right to farm" community and an old mill town in Massachusetts. I write about expansive Queerness in rural America, with one foot planted in reality and the other planted in the mouth of some unrelenting, gurgling creature. I also don’t love bios, but if you’d like to, you can READ MY FULL BIO HERE.

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Summer 2025: Received the Tennessee Williams Scholarship at Sewanee Writers' Conference

Summer 2025: Finalist for New Roots Queer Artist Residency at Walhalla Farm

Spring 2025: ‘Rest, Stop.’ | Reading: The Fire Weeds New Play Festival

Summer 2024: Received the Chesley/Bumbalo Grant for writers of Gay & Lesbian Theatre with the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation

Spring 2024: MFA Playwriting @ Yale School of Drama!

Winter 2024: 'for the fish ' | In Residence: the cell theatre 2024-25 Season

wanna read a play (or two)?

New Play Exchange

here’s some photos of my life

sewanee sewaneeee sewaneeeeee 2025

content note: big ass moths

one week of marriage with my best friend :’)

much more (hopefully) articulate thoughts coming soon w more gorgeous photos from @weddingsbykenneth. but! for now, here’s a lil action shot, grinning from ear to ear from being absolutely su

I’m 1/3 done with grad school, and that makes me feel a little ill if I’m being honest 💕💕💕

we made a play and then we ate some din din :’)

it’s spring break, and now I have time to process the wonderful whirlwind that was NPL. I laughed! I cried! I made a new, expansive world with some amazing people! “Rest, Stop.”

luv is all around us ((my 1st semester of grad school is done?!))

holding a lot of global grief while also saying goodbye to this sweet boy today. Rocky was simply the best dog ever, and I feel so lucky he found our family and liked us enough to stick around for 13 years. (bonus baby Rocky pic at the end) 🐾🩵

she’s the Mother Theresa of Glasgow

back 2 skewl feels like this

For script requests and to get in touch with me, please send an email: surreyhoulker@gmail.com

(I'm pretty good at responding, I swear.)