Full-Length Productions:
- The Grief Dialogues (Contributing Writer), National Tour, 2017
- Sister Sister, Northern Light Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2016 (Nom: 2017 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award, Best Original Play)
- Still Life, Forward Flux Theatre, Seattle, WA, 2015
- Big City, Trustus Theater, Columbia, SC, 2015 (Winner, Trustus Playwright’s Fest)
- Romeo Chang, Overtime Theatre, San Antonio, 2015 (Winner ATAC Globe Award, Best Production)
- Big City (Workshop Production) Hangar Theatre, Ithaca, NY, 2010
- Double Vision, NY International Fringe Festival & Fringe off-B’way Encore Series 2007
- Hitting the Wall, Arielle Tepper Madover’s Off-Bway Summer Play Fest, 2006
- Absolute Flight: A Reality Show With Wings, (NY International Fringe Fest 2006)
- Boy Girl Boy Girl, Trinity Rep, Providence R.I.
- The Woman With Orange Hands (10 min) Actors Theatre of Louisville and Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Selected Readings and Workshops (NYC and Regional)
Still Life
Cherry Lane, NYC, dir. Shelley Butler (produced InProximity)
Urban Stages, NYC, dir. Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Geva Theatre, Rochester, NY, dir. Padraic Lillis
Sister Sister
AracaWorks, NYC, dir. Mark Brokaw (w/ Marin Ireland and Heidi Schreck)
Rattlestick F*&king Good Play Festival, NYC, dir. Sam Pinkleton (w/ Joanna Day)
Hitting the Wall
Playwrights Horizons, NYC, dir. Mark Brokaw
Victory Gardens, Chicago, dir. Sandy Shinner
The Captives
Theatre 167, NYC, dir. Ari Laura Kreith
Garry Marshall Theatre, LA, dir. Michael Shepperd
Stella Adler Studio, NYC, dir. Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Rogue Machine, LA, dir. Elina De Santos
The Blank Theatre, LA, dir. Shana Rosenthal
Route 66, Chicago, dir. Frances Limoncelli, Juried by the Goodman, Northlight and Timeline Theatres.
Palm Beach Dramaworks, dir. Bruce Linser
Big City
Second Stage, NYC, dir. Mark Brokaw
Thoughts and Prayers
Garry Marshall Theatre, LA, dir., Nancy Davis
Romeo Chang
Reading/Podcast, Forward Flux Productions, Seattle
The Lovebirds
Excerpt in Rattlestick Theatre's JAM, NYC, May, dir. Daisy Walker
Comparative Drama Conference, Orlando, dir. Hillary Cooperman
Earth Matters On Stage Festival, Anchorage
Recent Productions of Short Works (selective list)
- Standing Up, Left Coast Theatre, San Fransisco, October 2018
- Sacred Space, Neil LaBute New Play Festival, St. Louis, July 2017
- Shut Up And Dance, Women in Theatre Festival, NYC, June 2017
- 1:24 A.M., Towne Street Theatre, L.A., April, 2017
- Spark, Boston Theatre Marathon, May 2017
- Cleavage and The Number, 5x5, Theatre East, NYC, May 2016
- Freezer Burn, Athena Theatre Co., NYC May 2016
- The Faint Taste of Cat Food and Sour Milk, BostonTheatre Marathon, May 2016
- The Number, Eastern States Theatre Assoc. Festival of New Works, April 2016, Assoc. of Theatres in Higher Eduction Conference, Chicago, Aug 2016, Firehouse Center for the Arts, Newburyport, MA, Festival of New Works, Jan. 2016
- Three A.M., Whoop ’n Wail, London, Feb. 2015
- Rox-N, Miss Thang, Elephant Theatre, LA
Recent Awards, Honors, Distinctions, Selective List (Recent)
- Finalist, 2019 Ashland New Play Festival for THE CAPTIVES
- THE CAPTIVES Placed in Beth Henley's 2019 Henley Rose Competition, Reading May, 2019
- Winner, 2017 Israel Baran Award for Still Life (Awarded by Theatricum Botanicum, LA)
- Kennedy Center, 2017 “Page to Stage” Stage-Reading of Sister Sister
- Winner, Neil Labute New Theatre Festival, for Sacred Space (2017) and Shut Up and Dance (2018)
- Finalist, 2017 Boston Court Theatre New Works Festival, LA, for The Lovebirds
- Still Life nominated for 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
- Still Life makes the 2015 Kilroy List (Honorable Mention)
- Smith & Kraus’ “Best of” 2016 and 2017 collections, contributing writer
- The Lovebirds, Finalist, Boston Court New Play Reading Series, LA
- Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, NYC, named Associate Playwright, 2016
- Company One Theatre, Boston, joined PlayLab Unit, 2016-17, mentor Kirsten Greenidge
- The Captives, Current Semi-Finalist, 2019 Ashland New Play Festival: Placed in Beth Henley's 2019 Henley Rose Competition; 2018 Grand Prize Winner, Collective Consciousness Theatre, New Haven; 2017 Finalist in: Assoc. of Theatre in Higher Ed., Award of Excellence; Austin Playhouse New Play Festival; and Bridge Theatre’s Playwright of the Year, Winner 2016 Julie Harris Award
- ONLY ONE is a finalist in Kitchen Dog Theatre's 2019 New Works Festival, Dallas
Development Opportunities
- In NYC: Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, Roundabout, Rattlestick, Women’s Project, EST, New Georges, AracaWorks, Urban Stages, Cherry Lane, Stella Adler Studios, Athena Theatre Co., Modern-Day Griot
- Regionally: Geva, Victory Gardens, Route 66, Elephant Theatre, The Blank, Hangar, Theatricum Botanicum, Rogue Machine, Collaboraction, Company One, Chicago Dramatists Workshop, Brandeis University, and Association of Theatres in Higher Education
Additional Selected Awards, Honors, Distinctions
- Boston Theatre Marathon (Winner, 6 times)
- Capital Stage Playwrights Revolution (Winner)
- Six Women Playwrights Festival (Winner)
- Bloomington Playwrights Project (Winner)
- Fusion Theatre’s “The Seven” (Winner)
- Artemisia Theatre Fall Festival (Winner)
- Center of the World Festival Peer Choice Award (Winner)
- Theatre For the New City Dream Up Festival (Winner)
- Abingdon Theatre’s Christopher Brian Wolk Award (Finalist)
- Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon (Finalist twice)
- Woodward/Newman Drama Award (Finalist twice)
- O’Neill National Playwrights Conference (Semi-Finalist twice)
- Sundance Playwriting Lab (Finalist)
- Bay Area Playwrights Festival (Finalist Twice, Semi-finalist)
- Labyrinth Theatre Summer Intensive (Finalist)
- Princess Grace Award (Finalist/Semi-Finalist 5 times)
- Heideman Award (Finalist/Semi-Finalist 4 times)
- Phoenix Theatre New Play Festival (Finalist)
- American Science Theatre Contest (Finalist)
- Alleyway Theatre Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition (Finalist)
- Reverie Productions Next Generation Playwrights Award (Finalist)
- Brandeis University Artist-in-Residence
- Sanguine Theatre Project Playwright (Finalist twice)
Educational Arts Program
Stella Adler Acting Studio Summer Teen Program, NYC, Staff Playwright.
Publications
- The Woman With Orange Hands, Ten-Minute Plays For Two Actors: The Best of 2002/2003, edit. by Michael Bigelow Dixon and Liz Engelman, pub. by Smith and Kraus.
- Rox-N, Miss Thang and Three a.m. Boston Theatre Marathon, pub. by Smith and Kraus.
- Inclusion in the Smith and Kraus Monologue APP.
- Sister Sister and Still Life, pub., Indie Theatre Now Digital Library, 2016.
- Romeo Chang and Still Life, included in Best Monologues of 2016, pub. by Smith & Kraus
- Sister Sister and The Lovebirds included in Best Monologues of 2017, pub. Smith & Kraus
- Standing Up, Best Five Minute Plays of 2016, Pub. by Applause.
- Faint Taste of Cat Food and Sour Milk, Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2017, pub. Smith & Kraus
- Spark, Best Ten-Minute Plays of 2018, pub. Smith & Kraus
Related Experience:
Teaching:
- University of Massachusetts, Visiting Playwriting Instructor
- Brandeis University, Artist-in-Residence/Playwriting Instructor
- Miami of Ohio, Guest Lecturer/Script Development
Membership:
- New Georges, NYC, Affiliated Artist
- Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, NYC, Associate Playwright
- Athena Theatre Co., NYC, Member, Playwrights Group
- Company One Theatre, Boston, PlayLab Member (Kirsten Greenidge, Mentor)
- Writers Theatre of New Jersey "Women Playwrights of NJ"
Other Creative Accomplishments:
Journalist working for several daily news organizations, including United Press International, and freelancing for a number of newspapers, including The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and San Francisco Examiner.
Literary Posts and Excerpted Reviews:
- Jenni Werner, Literary Director/Resident Dramaturg, Geva Theatre
“This is a gorgeous play, at once heart breaking AND optimistic, if that's possible. There's grief, certainly, but there's also humor in this play, which was a surprise to me on the first read. Where do we turn when we don't know how to go on? The play would be wonderfully powerful in an intimate setting.”
- Edmonton Journal:
“When it comes to Northern Light Theatre’s mandate of dark and provocative productions that challenge audiences, Sister Sister delivers and satisfies.”