Plays
News:
- First Day of School has simultaneous world premieres, produced by SF Playhouse in San Francisco, and by 1812 Productions in Philadelphia.
- Little Duck selected for publication in Best American Short Plays 2008-2009.
- First Day of School to be produced in Forth Worth, Texas by Amphibian Productions, opening July 8, 2010.
- Full-length play (3M, 4W) about sex and marriage.
- Awarded a commission from San Francisco’s Magic Theatre.
- Featured in National New Play Network's showcase '07.
- Produced by SF Playhouse in fall of '09.
- San Francisco Chronical review.
- SF Theater Blog review.
- For All Events review.
- San Francisco Bay Guardian review.
- San Francisco Arts Monthly interview.
- Produced by 1812 Productions in fall of '09.
- Broad Street review.
- Philadelphia Inquirer interview.
- A TV company deals with the ins and outs of collaboration.
- One-act play (2M/3W) produced in Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2009.
- New York Times review.
- CurtainUp review.
- Time Out review.
- That Sounds Cool review.
- Epoch Times review.
- YouTube interview.
- EST Production photos.
Paul Bartholomew, Steven Boyer, Geneva Carr, Julie Leedes, and Jane Pfitsch, as directed by Jamie Richards.
Photos by Zack Brown.
Light Years
- Four college students improvise identities.
- Full-length play (2M/2W) produced at Playwrights Horizons in the fall of 2001.
- Published by, and performance rights handled by Playscripts, Inc.
- Scene featured in Best Stage Scenes 2003 (Smith and Kraus).
- Playwrights Horizons interview.
- Playbill article and photo.
- Opening night photo.
Light Years, Part One: Freshman Year
- One-act play (2M/2W) produced in Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2000.
- Published by, and performance rights handled by Playscripts, Inc.
- Also published in Best American Short Plays 1999-2000 (Applause Books), and in The Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2000 (Faber and Faber).
- New York Times review.
- Curtain Up review.
- Photos from Louisiana Tech performance, taken by Michael Rasbury.
The Art Room
- A Feydeau farce re-imagined in a mental ward.
- Full-length play (3M/3W) first produced at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in the spring of 1999.
- Subsequently produced at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre in the summer of 2003.
- Published in Plays From the Woolly Mammoth (Broadway Play Publishers).
- Nominated for Kesselring Award for Best New American Play, 1999.
- Boston Globe review.
- Photos from the Wellfleet production, taken by Ben Arons.
- Program note.
Night Rules
- One-act play (2M/2W) produced in Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2001.
- Village Voice review.
Reunions
- One-act play (2M/3W) produced in Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2002.
- Curtain Up review.
- New York Times review.
- Selected for publication in Best American Short Plays 2002-2003 (Applause Books), due out in August, 2007.
Guilt
- One-act play (2M/2W) produced by the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Take Ten Festival in the spring of 2003.
- Published in 10 Minute Plays From the Actors Theatre of Louisville: Volume 6 (Samuel French).
The News
- One-act play (2M/2W) produced in Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Marathon 2007.
- Village Voice Review
- Theater Mania Review
- Variety Review
- Produced by Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Project in the West Coast Marathon 2004.
- Published in Best American Short Plays 2004-2005.
- Performance rights handled by Playscripts, Inc.
Swing States
- Assorted takes on mid-life lunacy.
- Full-length play (2M/2W) comprised of 7 scenes for 4 actors: Old Friends, Night Rules, Guilt, Reunions, The News, Teenagers Doing It in the Back Yard, At the Beach.
- Though most of the scenes have been produced on their own they have yet to be produced all together, as they were meant to be.
- For script contact .
Of Two Minds
- A mother and her teenage daughter become involved with the same man.
- One-act play (3M/2W) produced in Ensemble Studio Theatre Marathon 2003.
- Curtain Up review.
- New York Times Review.
- For script contact .
The Mauve LeClaire
- Labiche's classic farce An Italian Straw Hat about a wedding day nightmare, transplanted to our jittery times.
- Full-length play (4M/4W) presented in Ensemble Studio Theatre/LA Project's winterfest in March of 2005.
- For script contact .
Little Red Riding Hood
- The classic fairytale, thoroughly bastardized.
- One-act play (2M/3W) published in Best American Short Plays 1992-1993 (Applause Books).
- Also published by, and performance rights handled by Playscripts, Inc.
- Frequently performed across the United States and overseas, the play has been translated into Spanish, Greek, Turkish, and Icelandic.
- The first 50 theater groups to perform Little Red Riding Hood.
- Photo from production of Little Red Riding Hood by The Armadillo Theatre Group, Fournos Theatre, Athens, Greece (2000).
Comic Shorts
- Comic sketches and short plays, such as Creative Writing, Negotiation, Toast, All the Way Safe, and DeLEARium, have been frequently performed such venues as MCC, Adobe Theater, Home/Lunatic Fringe Festival, the American Place Theatre/Women's Project, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Public Theater/No Shame Festival, and the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
Bleep This Bleep
- Four people who seem to be in a reality show seem to share certain basic values until they seem to start strangling one another.
- One-act play (2M/2W) first performed at Earl Hamner Theater.
