DJ Hills (they/them) is a cross-genre writer for the page, stage, and screen.​

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A queer and trans artist, DJ aims to create and collaborate on stories that elevate historically excluded voices and experiences.

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DJ's play Horsegirl & Cowdaddy will premiere at the Wilma in September 2026 before transferring to Soho Rep in 2027.

 

Other plays include The Caelumids (Ashland New Plays Festival), come straight home (Great Plains Theatre Commons), and TRUNK BRIEF JOCK THONG (The Queer Ensemble; shortlist, Yale Drama Series). DJ’s plays have additionally been developed with The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference, The Workshop Theater, and Boston Court Pasadena. Their short plays …in daylight and big and small were part of Theater Masters TAKE TEN 2022 and 2023, respectively, and subsequently published by Concord Theatricals.

 

DJ's poetry chapbook Leaving Earth was published by Split Rock Press. Other writing appears most recently in Primer, The Worcester Review, and The Thalweg. 

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DJ has been a Lambda Literary Fellow in Screenwriting and a resident of Substratum and Tofte Lake Center. They are currently a resident of New Dramatists.

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Proudly born and raised in the shadow of the Appalachians, DJ divides their time between home and other Mid-Atlantic cities.