"Keoni" | Pace University | Photo: Hunter Francisco | 2022
"The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats" | Playwrights Project | Photo: Daren Scott | 2022
"But This Is Us From Here" | Playwrights Round Table | Photo: Wayne Sysock | 2022
"Darth & Luke" | Fade to Black Reading Series | Photo: Rudy Mui | 2023
"Nettle" | University of Nebraska Omaha | 2022
"You've Reached Justin" | Gather by the Ghost Light Podcast | Photo: Jonathan Cook | 2022
"Normal Heights" | Loud Fridge Theatre Group | Photo: Prine Photography | 2023
"You're Working the Checkout at Albertsons" | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | 2021
You lead us through a series of micro-vignettes starring your man-child boyfriend, Keoni. Keoni dreams of Jay-Z riding the back of a manatee. Keoni won't throw his socks away, even though one has a hole on the toe of it. Keoni’s detector app spots a ghost right next to you. Keoni told your mother you were adopting twins. Keoni tests your patience, but you love him.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 2M | Runtime: 10
Script + Rights → NPX
Production History:
2023 - Playwrights Round Table, Orlando, FL
2023 - University - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
2022 - University - Pace University, New York, NYKeoni
You're Working the Checkout at Albertsons
“ ...pitched somewhere between 'Welcome to Night Vale' and Tennessee Williams... ” - The Daily Princetonian
A grocery store clerk leads you through a series of touching and hilarious second-person vignettes. The hot guy who works across the street buys a can of AriZona Iced Tea and a pack of Juicy Fruit. A customer drops her bottle of Barefoot Chardonnay. The hot girl who works across the street buys a bottle of Diet Pepsi. Your co-worker adopts an alien. You slip into a parallel universe where everyone has the head of a tabby cat. You're very lonely and you just want to be touched.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 1 M or F | Runtime: 10
Script + Rights → NPX
Development:
2020 - Reading - Theatre Is the Cure, San Diego, CA
2020 - Reading - House of International Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 - Reading - Guest House Theatre, Madison, WI
Production History:
2022 - University - Theatre Intime, Princeton University, New Jersey
2021 - University - Pace University, NYC
2021 - University - Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
2020 - University - Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PNDaniel only planned for a night out of clubbing with his best friend and crush, Justin. But before they can meet, monsters fall from the sky and begin attacking the city. When Justin won't answer his phone, Daniel starts out through the carnage and chaos to rescue him, leaving voicemails along the way. "You've Reached Justin" blends sci-fi and horror with romance to deliver a heart pounding short about the complexities of crushes and monsters.
Published by Stage Partners as part of the short play collection, "Ten(ish): Horror." It can be read for free if you register with the site.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 2M | Runtime: 10
Script + Rights → Stage Partners
Production History:
2022 - Podcast - Gather By the Ghost Light
2022 - University - Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Development:
2023 - Reading - Roustabouts Theatre Co., San Diego, CAYou’ve Reached Justin
The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats
When Quincy is assigned to work with Victor in a weekend program for teenagers who have been arrested for drug related crimes, a friendship is the last thing she sees with him. The pair soon discover two stray cats in need of food, and Quincy finds that she and Victor may work well together after all. "The Pros and Cons of Feeding Stray Cats" is a humorous and heartbreaking tale about friendship, choices and cats.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 1F, 1M | Runtime: 30
Script + Rights → NPX
Development:
2022 - Commission - Playwrights Project, San Diego, CA Simple homes. Quiet streets. An ice cream shop. A record shop. A coffee shop. The faces are friendly. The schools are clean. A nice little neighborhood. But don't look too closely. Things are not what they seem. Beneath the neon blue lighted neighborhood sign on the intersection of Adams Avenue and Felton Street, a welcoming committee gathers in the middle of the night to tell bizarre stories of sci-fi, fantasy and horror, all set in the historical San Diego, California neighborhood of Normal Heights.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 1F, 2M | Runtime: 30
Script + Rights → NPX
Production History:
2023 - Loud Fridge Theatre Group, San Diego, CANormal Heights
At a cozy Disneyland dining table, Erica, a recently released woman grappling with the complexities of her past, tries to reconnect with her distant teenaged son, Julian. Through shared slices of pizza, Julian introduces Erica to Princess Tiana, a Disney icon she missed during her time behind bars. "But This Is Us From Here" is a stirring exploration of redemption, second chances, and the enduring magic of the bond shared between a mother and her son.
Audience: 12+ | Cast: 1F, 1M | Runtime: 10
Script + Rights → NPX
Development:
2021 - Reading - Cleveland Public Theatre, Cleveland, OH
Production History:
2022 - American Lives Theatre, Indianapolis, IN
2022 - Playwrights Round Table, Orlando, FLBut This Is Us From Here
In a city where supernatural beings hide among humans, a young witch's public display of magic puts their secret world at risk. Pearl, leader of the ghosts, calls a meeting with Kyle, the stubborn leader of the witches, Anthony, the empathetic leader of the werewolves, and Nico, the rebellious leader of the vampires. As they debate the young witch's fate, old tensions and relationships resurface. "Nettle" reveals how the extraordinary can touch even the most ordinary lives.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 1F, 3M | Runtime: 30
Script + Rights → NPX
Development:
2024 - Reading - San Diego Black Collective, San Diego, CA
Production History:
2024 - University - Columbia University Players, New York, NY
2022 - University - University of Omaha NebraskaNettle
Darwin and Lucas, brothers and b-boys, were on the rise to early 2000s fame as dance duo, Darth and Luke. But when Darwin came out of the closet on live television, it put an end both to their dreams of stardom and their relationship. Years later, Lucas makes an unexpected visit to the Los Angeles pizza shop Darwin runs with his husband, Yona, offering a proposal and hiding a secret.
Audience: 14+ | Cast: 2M | Runtime: 10
Script + Rights → NPX
Development:
2023 - Reading - Fade to Black Fest, Houston, TX