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plays,
​projects, 
​plus

i write plays for friends and strangers. 
​here's what's been going on with some of them: 

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Knock, knock.  It's THE DING DONGS!  Ithaca's adventurous KITCHEN THEATRE COMPANY will present
​my favorite fever dream this coming Jan 31 - Feb 19; their intrepid new leader REBECCA BR​ADSHAW directs.  
Tickets and details are here; if you're into snow, gorges, and bold, intimate experiments, meet me there.  
Thrilled to have had WESTMINSTER included as part of the BOLD New Works Series at the magical JUNGLE THEATER
in Minneapolis. ALISON RUTH directed a wonderful reading of this dog-eat-dog comedy. 
HUDSON STAGE COMPANY's wholehearted production of OFF PEAK enjoyed a beautiful run at 59e59 last fall.  
 JESS CHAYES directed supercouple NANCE WILLIAMSON and KURT RHOADS 
in this two-hander about forgiving, forgetting, and the healing power of the Hudson Line. 
The NEW YORKER used a lot of nice adjectives about us here and KENNETH JONES put together this generous piece.
This little-play-that-could will be published and available for licensing by TRW Plays; drop me a line and I'll put you in touch. 
So excited to join this year's BMI Musical Theatre Workshop as a lyricist. 
Lucky to be spending                  
 Lots & lots of time                        
 Working on the ending               
 ​of a perfect rhythm-- shoot.      
My play DINDIN premiered with the home team, the HARBOR STAGE COMPANY. 
The Boston Globe labeled us a critic's pick, local journalists called the production "electric" and "masterly",
and we got to smash a lot of plates and glasses.  In our spare time, we also turned the script into a feature film,
​so if you missed it, you can catch it soon at a (movie) theater near you.
 So happy to have linked up with the dangerously talented KATE CORTESI, EMILY ZEMBA, and victor cervantes jr. 
for the THE POOL, a pop-up theater company. Our plays, including my "wonderfully destabilizing" THE DING DONGS,
ran in rep at NYC's beloved New Ohio.  It was a real party.
Grateful to have been commissioned by the HUNTINGTON THEATRE COMPANY to create a short audio play
for their uplifting Dream Boston series.  My micro-play McKIM eavesdrops on a minor dustup
between bookworms at the BPL; it's available here for your listening pleasure.
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