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February 2025

On March 9 at 5 p.m., City Theatre of Miami will be presenting a reading of my short play The Immaculate Contraception as part of its City Reads series at Books & Books in Coral Gables, Florida.

September 2024

On November 7, Rebound Productions is producing my short play Family Emergency for a second time, with a brand new cast, as part of its Emerging Artists Festival at The Hen & Chickens Theatre in London. Rebound previously presented the same play in November 2023 in its New Writing Showcase at the Etcetera Theatre, also in London.

June 2024

Soapbox Stageworks of Monterey, California, will be producing my short play The Immaculate Contraception as part of its Women’s Series at Wave Street Studios in August. Three performances:

  • Thursday, August 1, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Friday, August 2, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Sunday, August 4, at 1:00 p.m.

Once again this week (June 9-15), I will have three different plays performed in three different cities in the same week.

Vidalia Theatre Company is producing my short play All Sales Final as part of Summer Harvest 2024: A Collection of 10 Minute Plays that Explore the Theme of “Unexpected Goodbyes” in Doraville and Norcross, Georgia. Six performances:

  • Friday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Saturday, June 15, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Sunday, June 16, at 3:00 p.m.

  • Friday, June 21, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Saturday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Sunday, June 23, at 3:00 p.m.

Creative Ammo, Inc., is producing my short play Trite and True in the Downtown Urban Arts Festival at Theatre Row Off-Broadway. One performance:

  • Thursday, June 13, at 8:00 p.m.

Fusion Theatre Company is presenting a staged reading of my short play Just Another Day at the Airport with six other plays in The 2nd Seven: Short Works Festival — Uninvited Guests in Albuquerque, New Mexico. One performance:

  • Monday, June 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Pend Oreille Players Association will be producing my short play Just Another Day at the Airport in their One Act Play Festival at the Pend Oreille Playhouse in Newport, Washington, this August. Three performances:

  • Friday, August 16

  • Saturday, August 17

  • Sunday, August 18

May 2024

The Central PA Theatre and Dance Fest will be presenting an encore reading of my short play All Sales Final, a winner of the 2023 Playwriting Competition, during this year’s festival, taking place the weekend of June 21 to June 23.

Just released: Beautiful comic-book superhero-themed artwork celebrating the 2024 Downtown Urban Arts Festival, produced by DUAF’s Graphic Designer Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, known for his superhero series La Borinqueña. My short play Trite and True will be featured along with Gretchen Suárez-Peña’s play Searching for Abuelo on June 13.

TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE for my short play Trite and True in the Downtown Urban Arts Festival at Theatre Row Off-Broadway!

Two strangers. One subway station. Not just another New York City cliché.

A quirky comedy on a double bill with Searching for Abuelo by Gretchen Suárez-Peña, Trite and True is part of DUAF’s 22nd season “featuring New York City premieres by two-time Tony winner Savion Glover, Tony nominee reg e gaines, and new theatrical work by 16 of the best new and emerging playwrights from across the country.”


One performance:

  • Thursday, June 13, at 8:00 p.m.

Directed by Jenn Susi
Featuring
Kara F. Green* as Person A
Julia Cassandra* as Person B
Alyssa Carter as Person C

*Member Actors’ Equity Association

This Saturday, May 18, I will have three different plays produced in three different cities on the same day.

A Call to Conscience Interactive Theater for Social Change and Bread & Roses Missouri is producing my new short play The Immaculate Contraception with five other Plays About Public Health in the second half of their Social Justice Shorts Play Festival at the Greenfinch Theater and Dive in St. Louis. Two performances:

  • Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Sunday, May 19, at 4:00 p.m.

B3 Theater of Phoenix is producing my short play All Sales Final with nine other plays in its 7th Festival of Shorts at Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place (SNAP) in Scottsdale, Arizona. Six performances:

  • Friday, May 17, at 7:00 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 18, at 2:00 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 18, at 7:00 p.m.

  • Friday, May 24, at 7:00 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 25, at 2:00 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m.

The Phillips’ Mill Community Association is producing my short play Trite and True as part of its musical comedy cabaret show, The Mill’s Guide to the Best Vacation Ever! at the Phillips’ Mill in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Four performances:

  • Wednesday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Thursday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Friday, May 17, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 18, at 7:30 p.m.

April 2024

The Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, Kentucky, will be producing my new short play Just Another Day at the Airport as part of its Summer Shorts 2024 festival in July.

The St. Louis Actors’ Studio has selected my short play Trite and True from hundreds of scripts as a semifinalist in the LaBute New Theater Festival.

February 2024

A Call to Conscience Interactive Theater for Social Change and Bread & Roses Missouri will be producing my new short play The Immaculate Contraception as part of their 2024 Social Justice Shorts Play Festival, taking place May 17 to 19 at the Greenfinch Theater and Dive in St. Louis.

B3 Theater of Phoenix will be producing my short play All Sales Final with nine other plays in its 7th Festival of Shorts in May.

B3 Theater of Phoenix, Arizona, has selected my short play All Sales Final as a finalist for its 7th Festival of Shorts.

The performance of my short play Trite and True in the 2024 Downtown Urban Arts Festival at Theatre Row has been scheduled for June 13, time TBD.

January 2024

The Vidalia Theatre Company of Atlanta will be producing my short play All Sales Final as part of its Summer Harvest 2024 festival in June.

My short play Trite and True has been selected for production, along with 15 other plays, in the 2024 Downtown Urban Arts Festival, this June at Theatre Row Off-Broadway.

December 2023

My short play Trite and True is a finalist for the 2024 Downtown Urban Arts Festival, to be held in June, Off-Broadway at Theatre Row. The 24 finalists were selected from over 300 submissions by Artistic Director and Tony and Grammy nominee Reg E. Gaines.

October 2023

On Thursday, November 23, at 9 p.m., Rebound Productions is producing my short play Family Emergency in its New Writing Showcase at the Etcetera Theatre in London.

My short play Trite and True has received an Honorable Mention from the Phillips’ Mill Community Association of New Hope, Pennsylvania, in its 6th Annual Emerging Playwright Competition.

August 2023

On Sunday, November 26, my short play All Sales Final will have a virtual reading with seven other plays at the Central PA Playwriting Festival.

The Brewster Theater Company of Carmel, New York, is producing my short play All Sales Final with six other plays in the Third Annual Playwright Festival. Three performances:

  • Friday, September 22, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Saturday, September 23, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Sunday, September 24, at 2:00 p.m.

Directed by Vince Umbrino
Featuring
Ben Kistinger as Manager
Stacey Cohen as Nora
Kevin McCarthy as Ted

July 2023

My short play All Sales Final has been selected as a winner of the 2023 Central PA Theatre & Dance Fest Playwriting Competition.

June 2023

I have been selected as a semifinalist for Chisa Hutchinson’s Signpost Fellowship for writers of color.

May 2023

The College of Charleston will present two staged readings of Closet Space as part of Stelle di Domani at the 2023 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, featuring staged readings of the winners and runners-up from the last three years of the Todd McNerney Playwriting Award. Two performances:

  • Friday, June 9, at 4 p.m.

  • Saturday, June 10, at 4 p.m.

Directed by Todd McNerney
Featuring
AP Hart as Margaret
Teresa Elj as Shelly
Glenda Byars as Rhonda
Hunter Harrell as Kendra

The College of Charleston Department of Theatre and Dance has selected my play Closet Space as the winner of the 2023 Todd McNerney National Playwriting Award.

My play Good Neighbors was also a finalist for the award in 2020.

Everybody’s Theater Company of Upper Dublin Township, Pennsylvania, is producing my new short play All Sales Final with six other plays in First Flights: A New Works Showcase. Three performances:

  • Friday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 20, at 2:00 p.m.

  • Saturday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m.

March 2023

My short play All Sales Final was selected as a semifinalist in the Heartland Theatre Company’s 2023 10-Minute Play Festival “The Waiting Room.”

The Halle Cultural Arts Center of Apex, North Carolina, is producing my short play Family Emergency with six other plays in LITE Theatre 2023: Laugh, Inspire, Think, Encourage. Two performances:

  • Saturday, March 11, at 7:30 p.m.

  • Sunday, March 12, at 3:00 p.m.

October 2022

On Tuesday, October 11, at 7 p.m., the Music Theatre of Connecticut will be presenting my play Closet Space as part of MTC New Voices: A Reading Series of New Plays by Contemporary Playwrights.

Directed by Amy Griffin*
Featuring
Alison Lea Bender* as Kendra
Janet Dickinson* as Rhonda
Cristina Farruggia* as Shelly
Sara Fetgatter as Margaret
Stage Managed by Jim Schilling

*Member Actors’ Equity Association