Caroline Hull

Born and raised in Longwood, Florida, Caroline has been a weird word girl from the moment she could form cognitive thoughts…and maybe even before that. Actually, definitely before that.

A 2021 graduate of the University of Central Florida with an undergraduate degree in both Theatre Studies and Creative Writing, she immediately went back for more, earning her Master of Arts in Theatre Studies from UCF in 2024. Still not satisfied with her increasingly expensive collection of framed pieces of paper, she headed north to Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing (Playwriting Focus) in 2026.

When she isn’t actively pursuing a never-ending thirst for knowledge, Caroline loves spending time with her truly incredible support system and using her writing to advocate for the communities she calls home. As a queer, disabled writer, she is especially passionate about disability awareness, queer storytelling, and making sure queer and disabled artists get to tell stories in which they are complicated, funny, difficult, boring, joyful, messy, and fully human.

Writing

Caroline’s infatuation with the written word first appeared in the fourth grade, when she began creating elaborate stories about her stuffed animals traveling on fantastical adventures. Her adoration for playwriting came later, after performing in her first student-written piece during her first semester of college. That sense of creating something for an audience, but also for yourself – it was inspiring.

Her first script, Break, received the 2019 American College Theatre Festival (ACTF) Region IV John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play and was invited back to the festival in 2020 for a fully staged production. From there, she had numerous one-act and ten-minute plays developed and produced through UCF’s student-run developmental theatre organization, Project Spotlight. She eventually served as the organization’s Artistic Director during her final semester as an undergraduate before returning as Company Stage Manager while earning her master’s degree—because, as previously established, Caroline has some difficulty staying graduated.

Her first full-length play, As It’s Written, was selected for development through UCF’s new play development program, Pegasus PlayLab, culminating in a virtual staged reading in June 2021. The play was later selected for UCF Celebrates the Arts and received a fully staged performance at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in April 2022. Her ten-minute play Foul Lines received both the Citizen Artist Award and Excellence in Playwriting in the Short Form Award at ACTF Region IV in February 2023 and was later selected for performance at StageQ’s CapitalQ Theatre Festival that June.

Since its conception, Break has found its way to college theatre programs across the country, while monologues from As It’s Written have become popular choices for college students in audition rooms. This is a fact that brings Caroline’s heart an unreasonable amount of joy. I know this for a fact because I am, of course, simply Caroline typing about herself in the third person to maintain a vague illusion of professionalism.

Most recently, during the final semester of her MFA program, Caroline’s one-act play Lifeline was named both the Region V and national recipient of the 2026 ACTF John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play. Now, Caroline is seeking opportunities to develop and premiere her newest full-length play, The Nothing Year, while continuing to write new work, submit existing work, and stare at blank documents until they become plays.

Want to know more? Visit Caroline's New Play Exchange Profile for a breakdown of her original script library!

Performance

Inspired by her father, a musician and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee, Caroline began performing in plays in elementary school. Actually, she would like to formally apologize to all of her family members who had to endure titles such as Shrek the Musical Jr., The Jungle Book Jr., and other various Jr. iterations where she had less than five minutes total stage time. Genuinely, she feels bad, y’all.

As she continued her (painfully) relentless pursuits of educational theatre, she eventually expanded her horizons to include community theatre, choir, and band. She continued her passion for acting and singing at the University of Central Florida, participating in numerous productions throughout her college career. Beyond the stage, she has appeared in multiple short films, filmed some commercials, and has done voice-over work for the purpose of video game development. She is currently represented by Professionally Pretty as an actress (Film/TV/Commercial).

For fun, some of her favorite theatrical roles include, from most recent to least: Little Red/Rapunzel in Into the Woods (Spotlight Performers, Flagler Playhouse), Clarinet Player/Ensemble Singer in Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 (Theater West End, Sanford), Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire (Timucua Arts Foundation, Orlando), Nina in Stupid Fucking Bird (Ensemble Company, Oviedo), Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Spotlight Performers, Flagler Playhouse).

Dramaturgy

After learning more about the significance of research in regard to the development of theatre, Caroline discovered an appreciation for dramaturgy. After a few individual research projects, her first real experience as a dramaturg was for the University of Central Florida's virtual production of Kill Move Paradise in October, 2020. She created multiple deliverables, including a research website, inspired playlists, an actor's packet, and more. Her work was nominated for ACTF Region IV's dramaturgy program, where she received the award for Special Recognition in Digital Dramaturgy. At the festival, she served as dramaturg for the new work An Expansion (a ten-minute play).

In the following year, she worked as dramaturg on UCF's production of the musical First Date, where she was again nominated for ACTF Region IV 2022. At the 2022 Festival, she served as the dramaturg for two ten-minute NPP play scripts entitled Bake for Life and Don't Feed Dead Roses Your Drinking Water. In the fall of 2022, she did dramaturgy for UCF's production of The Interference, for which she ended up receiving an award for Scholarly Research at ACTF Region IV in February of 2023. Additionally, at the 2023 festival, she served as the workshop dramaturg for the new play La Ley de la Vida. In the fall of 2023, Caroline again worked as a dramaturg, this time for UCF’s production of Metamorphoses, where she was again nominated for ACTF Region IV. She worked on this production in collaboration with the incredible faculty dramaturg, Dr. Chloe Rae Edmonson, and together they provided a multitude of resources to the cast and creative team. At the ACTF festival in 2024, Caroline served as the workshop dramaturg for the new play Conquistadores.

If you made it this far in the reading and are still asking yourself…” Wow, what does a dramaturg actually do? I’m not sure,” then fear not! Please do not hesitate to ask. We can always talk about it. Nobody knows anything right away. We’re all clueless at first. Also, dramaturg is a weird word. That’s probably why I like it. Uh…Caroline. Why Caroline likes it.