Coleman Hough
Writing
Biography
Coleman Hough (1961-2024) was a poet, playwright, and screenwriter. Her screen credits included Bubble and Full Frontal, both directed by Steven Soderbergh. Her plays were produced in Los Angeles at Theatre of N.O.T.E. and Padua Playwrights. She performed her monologues in NYC and LA. Her poems appeared in Southern Poetry Review, The Louisville Review, and The Brooklyn Rail. She taught writing and performance workshops at Lehman College, Emerson College, Emma Willard School, and screenwriting in the Masters of Professional Writing Program at USC and in the School of Film at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. She died February 24, 2024 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Known For
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.
Full Frontal
Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
Bubble
Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts takes a comical, yet poignant look at one woman's coming-of-parenthood in the age of technology.
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
Schizopolis
Everyone needs a diagnosis.