Selected Short Plays
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The Chip
1 F, 1 M
A struggling artist agrees to let an advertising firm insert a computer chip in her head.
● Published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2018 by Smith & Kraus. Editor: Lawrence Harbison
● Production, Red Phoenix Theatre in Adelaide, Australia (2023). Director: Hayley Horton
● Production, Santa Paula Theater Center in Santa Paula, CA (2019). Director: Leslie Vitanza
● Production, Otherworld Theatre in Chicago (2017). Director: Juan Castañeda
● Production, The Navigators in New York (2017). Director: Sharifa Williams
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Tracy and Her Dream Guys
2 F, 2 M
A stressed-out young woman tries to escape her demanding life by fleeing into the world of her dreams.
● Published in The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019 by Rowman & Littlefield. Editor: Lawrence Harbison
● Production, Stockton Civic Theatre in Stockton, CA (2022). Director: Shawn Carrington
● Production, Otherworld Theatre in Chicago (2018). Director: Rory Jobst
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When Killer Animals Go Nuts
2 M, 2 F
An exaggeration-prone TV voiceover man goes searching for love.
● Production, Short + Sweet South India in Chennai, India (2024). Director: Srinivasan Vaidyanathan
● Production, Gulfport Community Players in Gulfport, FL (2023). Director: Ron Zietz
● Production, Over Our Head Players in Racine, WI (2023). Director: Rich Smith
● Production, Raven Theater in Healdsburg, CA (2020).
● Production, Tree City Playhouse in Sylvania, OH (2019). Director: Danita Binkowski
● Production, Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, OH (2019). Director: Ann Hedger
● Production, Phoenix Stage Company in Oakville, CT (2018). Director: Debbie Goodman
● Production, The Second City in Chicago (2013). Director: Jeff Poole
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The Action Hero's Wife
2 M, 2 F
A woman trapped inside a Hollywood action movie tries to break free of the clichés that define her life.
● Production, Santa Paula Theater Center in Santa Paula, CA (2019). Director: Tammy Mora
● Production, Phoenix Stage Company in Oakville, CT (2019). Director: Rodney K
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Never Say Die
1 M
A 103-year-old man is determined to outlive his enemies.
● Published in Monologues for Headspace Theatre: Radical Thinking Inside a Box by Smith & Kraus (2019). Editor: Michael Dixon
● Production, Stage Wright in Chicago (online, 2021). Director: Thomas Murdock
● Production, Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA (2020). Director: Richard Strand
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The Pandaroo
1 M, 1 F
A zookeeper who cares for genetically engineered animals struggles to protect her job and her favorite hybrid creature: a pandaroo.
● Production, Otherworld Theatre in Chicago (2017). Director: Grace Gimpel
● Finalist: The Navigators, Lift-Off New Play Series (2017)
● Production, The Artistic Home in Chicago (2016). Director: Devon Carson