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Grief Hotel

Paperback – November 18, 2025
By Liza Birkenmeier

Liza Birkenmeier’s Grief Hotel is a sharp, darkly comedic play about loss, reunion, and the uncomfortable business of healing—especially when healing itself becomes a commodity. Set against the backdrop of a missing-person mystery, the play gathers old friends and former lovers as they drift back into each other’s orbit. The disappearance of a mutual acquaintance pulls them together, and soon everyone finds themselves at Aunt Bobbi’s house… despite the fact that all her gatherings are clearly, undeniably cursed.

But Aunt Bobbi believes she can make people feel better—whether through hospitality, rituals, or the blurry line between comfort and performance. As natural and unnatural disasters swirl around them, relationships fracture and re-form, and long-buried emotions threaten to surface. Birkenmeier’s writing is sly, incisive, and painfully funny, capturing the absurdity of modern grief culture with intimate precision.

A cutting, contemporary work ideal for theatre lovers, readers of queer drama, and performers seeking new, character-driven material. Available through Queerazon.com, your home for plays, scripts, and LGBTQ+ literature.