PLAYS
RADIO GALAXY
Caught between two fathers and deep-seated racism, a teenaged boy tries to save the life of a sister he never knew he had.
Optioned for future production.
Reading, TRU New Voices reading Series, June 2017
Workshopped with Passage Theatre Company's Play Lab, Spring 2016
ABDUCTED
Based on her past experiences as a teen, a 57 year-old woman believes she is going to be abducted - permanently - by extra-terrestrials. Not only must she make peace with leaving her home, business, and family, but she must convince her grown children and boyfriend that she hasn't lost her mind.
Reading, Playhouse 22, April 2018
Reading, The Barrow Group, April 2015
Reading, Workshop Theatre Company, September 2014
ADVANCED WOMEN
Inspired by the lives of Phoebe and Alice Cary, famous authors of the 1850’s, ADVANCED WOMEN questions the sacrifice of love and family for career and independence. What is revealed are the very same issues and controversies that face men and women of the 21st Century.
Winner, Todd McNerney Playwriting Award 2009, College of Charleston
Staged Reading at 2010 Piccolo Spoleto Festival
Invited to The Great Plains Theatre Conference Playlabs 2010, Omaha, NE; staged reading
Finalist, W Keith Hedrick Playwriting Contest & Staged reading at HRC Showcase Theatre in Hudson, NY, October 2009
Reading, Luna Stage Company, Montclair, NJ, November 2008
THE BABY GAME
Two couples - one straight, one gay - are desperate for parenthood. They are promised the same baby by one young birth-mother, who yearns for family herself. What ensues is an emotional and legal competition for the unborn child.
Winner, Fulton Theatre, PA, New Play Discovery Award 2012
Finalist, New Jersey Playwrights Contest, William Patterson University 2014
Reading, Penobscot Theatre's Northern Writes Fifth Annual Playwriting Festival, Bangor, Maine, June 2011
Reading, What Exit? Theatre at the Burgdorff Cultural Center, Maplewood, NJ, April 2010
31 BOND
Inspired by true events, 31 BOND follows a doomed love triangle which led to one of New York City's most sensational crimes of the 19th Century.
Reading, North American Actors Assoc. Playreading Festival Competition, Soho Theatre, London, June 2007
Commissioned & Produced, The Brooklyn Lyceum, NYC, 2003
THE TEXT OF SEX
A sixteen year-old High School student is arrested for "sexting" her teen-aged boyfriend. What neither her parents, the school, or the police understand is - this is true love.
Produced, New York International Fringe Festival 2014
Staged reading, Women Playwrights Festival, Centenary Stage Company, NJ April 2012
Reading, Luna Stage Company, NJ, April 2012
Workshop Production, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY Company, January 2012
Reading, Soho House New York, November 2011
UNFIT
Surrounding the 1927 Supreme Court case, Buck V. Bell, UNFIT follows the lives of defense attorney Aubrey Strode, advocate for compulsory sterilization of "unfit" patients under State care, and Carrie Buck, one such victim.
DEAR AMERICA,
Life long best friends turn against one another when under suspect of bombing their High School.
Production, New York International Fringe Festival, NYC, August 2006
Workshopped, Push Productions, NYC, 2005
Reading, The Looking Glass Theatre, NYC August 2001
Reading, Titan Theatre Company at the Westbeth Theatre Center, NYC, March 2003
BACK BURNER MURDER
A young woman's ideals of unconditional love are challenged when her fiance commits murder.
Workshop Production, Six Figures Theatre Company Artists of Tomorrow Festival, November 2006
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2006
Reading, Women’s Project & Productions, First Look Series, NYC, April 2002
ELEPHANT NIGHT
A woman must come to terms with her father's death when confronted by her mother's frailty.
Workshop Production, The Riant Theater, NYC, December 2000
Staged Reading, Provincetown Playhouse, NYC, 1999
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2000
Finalist, John Golden Award 2000
Finalist, Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship Award, 2000
Caught between two fathers and deep-seated racism, a teenaged boy tries to save the life of a sister he never knew he had.
Optioned for future production.
Reading, TRU New Voices reading Series, June 2017
Workshopped with Passage Theatre Company's Play Lab, Spring 2016
ABDUCTED
Based on her past experiences as a teen, a 57 year-old woman believes she is going to be abducted - permanently - by extra-terrestrials. Not only must she make peace with leaving her home, business, and family, but she must convince her grown children and boyfriend that she hasn't lost her mind.
Reading, Playhouse 22, April 2018
Reading, The Barrow Group, April 2015
Reading, Workshop Theatre Company, September 2014
ADVANCED WOMEN
Inspired by the lives of Phoebe and Alice Cary, famous authors of the 1850’s, ADVANCED WOMEN questions the sacrifice of love and family for career and independence. What is revealed are the very same issues and controversies that face men and women of the 21st Century.
Winner, Todd McNerney Playwriting Award 2009, College of Charleston
Staged Reading at 2010 Piccolo Spoleto Festival
Invited to The Great Plains Theatre Conference Playlabs 2010, Omaha, NE; staged reading
Finalist, W Keith Hedrick Playwriting Contest & Staged reading at HRC Showcase Theatre in Hudson, NY, October 2009
Reading, Luna Stage Company, Montclair, NJ, November 2008
THE BABY GAME
Two couples - one straight, one gay - are desperate for parenthood. They are promised the same baby by one young birth-mother, who yearns for family herself. What ensues is an emotional and legal competition for the unborn child.
Winner, Fulton Theatre, PA, New Play Discovery Award 2012
Finalist, New Jersey Playwrights Contest, William Patterson University 2014
Reading, Penobscot Theatre's Northern Writes Fifth Annual Playwriting Festival, Bangor, Maine, June 2011
Reading, What Exit? Theatre at the Burgdorff Cultural Center, Maplewood, NJ, April 2010
31 BOND
Inspired by true events, 31 BOND follows a doomed love triangle which led to one of New York City's most sensational crimes of the 19th Century.
Reading, North American Actors Assoc. Playreading Festival Competition, Soho Theatre, London, June 2007
Commissioned & Produced, The Brooklyn Lyceum, NYC, 2003
THE TEXT OF SEX
A sixteen year-old High School student is arrested for "sexting" her teen-aged boyfriend. What neither her parents, the school, or the police understand is - this is true love.
Produced, New York International Fringe Festival 2014
Staged reading, Women Playwrights Festival, Centenary Stage Company, NJ April 2012
Reading, Luna Stage Company, NJ, April 2012
Workshop Production, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, NY Company, January 2012
Reading, Soho House New York, November 2011
UNFIT
Surrounding the 1927 Supreme Court case, Buck V. Bell, UNFIT follows the lives of defense attorney Aubrey Strode, advocate for compulsory sterilization of "unfit" patients under State care, and Carrie Buck, one such victim.
DEAR AMERICA,
Life long best friends turn against one another when under suspect of bombing their High School.
Production, New York International Fringe Festival, NYC, August 2006
Workshopped, Push Productions, NYC, 2005
Reading, The Looking Glass Theatre, NYC August 2001
Reading, Titan Theatre Company at the Westbeth Theatre Center, NYC, March 2003
BACK BURNER MURDER
A young woman's ideals of unconditional love are challenged when her fiance commits murder.
Workshop Production, Six Figures Theatre Company Artists of Tomorrow Festival, November 2006
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2006
Reading, Women’s Project & Productions, First Look Series, NYC, April 2002
ELEPHANT NIGHT
A woman must come to terms with her father's death when confronted by her mother's frailty.
Workshop Production, The Riant Theater, NYC, December 2000
Staged Reading, Provincetown Playhouse, NYC, 1999
Finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 2000
Finalist, John Golden Award 2000
Finalist, Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship Award, 2000
