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KISS ME SOMEWHERE ELSE
When tiny Teena meets giant Eddie, love seems impossible yet inevitable, until Teena's monstrous Mother insists Eddie's forlorn Father keep their kids apart. Yet the opposite happens: to all of them. An incongruous comedy, where love changes everyone.
FEAR LESS
EST/Sloan commission. Orva, fearless, because of a damaged amygdala, and Nadine, the neuroscientist who studies her. This play examines the complex role of fear in two women’s lives.
A STORY ABOUT A GIRL
Once upon a time there was a neurodiverse girl named Bethany, who met a boy with no friends, named Warren. They make their own language of love, friendship and ultimate betrayal as they journey through life with and without each other.
2023 Axial Theater reading with Tyler Bey, Camila Cano-Flavia, Colby Minifie, Petro Ninovskyi, Pernell Walker, Zane Pais.
STRING FEVER
In this comedy, which starred Cynthia Nixon and Evan Handler, Lily juggles the big issues: turning forty, being single, and the scientific Theory of Everything. “An appealing romantic comedy populated by oddball characters.” —NY Daily News. “Where kooky, zany, and madcap meet…whimsically winsome.” —NY Magazine.
ACAPULCO
It's 1966. Meet Doris, a soon to be divorced New Yorker, her boyfriend who dyes his chest hair, her sociopath husband, her laundress mother-in-law, and the Whore of Brooklyn. A swinging 1960’s comedy—that isn't.
GIRL GONE
When Tish’s topless-dancer best-friend is brutally murdered, she becomes obsessed with who killed her and why. “The mysteries of life, death and survival in the city, of friendships among women and relationships between the sexes are explored.” —NY Times. “…an authentic and authentically theatrical voice.” —Variety.
LIKE MIRIAM
I KNOW
When Daniel, 70s, comes home after another failed audition, Lila, 70s, is kicking him out. Surprise. Then another. And another.
Read by Dorothy Lyman and Rick Malone, directed by Susan Cinoman, at the Westport Country Playhouse, 2023. Produced at Ensemble Studio Theater with Beth Dixon and Jack Davidson.
THEY FLOAT UP
It's post Katrina New Orleans, and Joan, 40s, from upstate NY, wants Darnell, 20s, to help her find a job as a bar dancer. A comedic drama with a political heart.
Produced in Dublin, Ireland with Susannah DeWrixon and Kwaku Fortune. Produced at Ensemble Studio Theater, with William Jackson Harper and Kellie Overbey.
THINGS BETWEEN US
A collection of nine short plays, incuding these four:
2B (or not 2B)
Heartbroken on a Friday night, Franny is confronted by a charming bee with a buzzy proposal. Produced in Lima, Peru, 2023. First Produced at Actors Theater Louisville. Recorded by William Jackson Harper and Jenn Harris.
Dear Kenneth Blake
A Cambodian refugee writes letters to a homeless man.
Produced at Ensemble Studio Theater. Recorded by Jodi Long and Matthew Cowles.
Joe and Stew’s Theater of Brotherly Love and Financial Success
Can two cockroaches who survive a nuclear blast save the theater?
Produced by All Seasons Theater. Directed by Warren Leight.
Tunnel of Love
A young woman without a vagina, creates one.
First produced by Naked Angels and Ensemble Studio Theater, NYC.
A VERY VERY SHORT PLAY
FREEZE TAG
When Andrea tries to buy a newspaper from Aldrich, in New York's 1990’s East Village, two young women will never be the same. “Gripping... the revelations rise from the amusing to the hilarious.” – The New York Times “An extraordinary play... unforgettable.” – Backstage
