I just found out that my poem/monologue/playlet THE TRYST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, a slightly raunchy retelling of the classic Twas The Night Before Christmas, was selected to be a part of the Reasonable Facsimile Theatre Company’s 2009 “Another Year and Still No Witty Title Chicago Christmas Spectacular!” I’m thrilled. More information to follow as it comes to me.

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So, turns out, after all of my ups and downs with grad school, I will be starting in the Rutger’s MFA Playwriting program in four weeks! Lee Blessing runs the program, and I had the pleasure of getting to know and work with him at the Sewanee Writers Conference in July. And as it turns out, they had an incoming student back out at the last minute, and they needed a replacement. I can’t imagine what the next three years of my life are going to be like, but I know I’m going to make the most of it. New Jersey – here I come!

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AIR @ Orlando GLBT Center

August 1, 2009

As part of the reading series Queer Quills, my play, AIR, will be read at the Orlando Center (946 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, FL) this Sunday, August 2nd @ 7pm

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Kangagirl Productions and Heidi Dog Productions have resurrected their popular playreading series. Listen to GLBT classics and new works read and directed by some of Central Florida’s finest talent without the trappings of props, costumes, and sets. In the homey comfort of The Center, it’s like watching a play in your own living room! Each reading is followed by an informal chat over refreshments. Readings are the first Sunday of every other month at 7pm. Proceeds from a suggested donation of $5 benefit The Center.

Cast: Nate Bartman, Samantha O’Hare, and Scottie Campbell

This reading would not be possible without the support of John DiDonna, John Sullivan, and Micheal Vance.

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HALLELUJAH @ Bakerloo Theater Project

July 31, 2009

My ten-minute play, HALLELUJAH, is going to be performed Friday, July 31st and Saturday, August 1st as part of Bakerloo Theatre Projects’s The Story Project.
I, along with three other writers, were asked to write short plays based on or inspired by a short story by an American writer. I chose Kate Chopin’s “The Story Of [...]

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Sewanee Writers Conference 2009

July 26, 2009

Just returned from the Sewanee Writers Conference where I had the pleasure of meeting and working with Lee Blessing and Dan O’Brien, among many new playwright friends. It took a while to adjust to the schedule of eating breakfast, going to a lecture, eating lunch, going to workshop, going to a reading, going to have [...]

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Goodbye Vermont

May 5, 2009

So my time at Northern Stage has come to an end, and it’s not going to be easy to come back to NY. I have made a whole slew of new friends at the theater and also with many of the actors and directors who joined us for the last two weeks of the project. [...]

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Bakerloo Theatre Story Project

April 17, 2009

My friend William Addis, who runs the Bakerloo Theatre Project in upstate New York, just asked me to write a short play either adapted from or inspired by an American author, and the first person that pops in my head is Zora Neal Hurston, but I don’t know if she wrote any short stories. I [...]

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LOST PERSONS is a Great Plains Theater Conference Finalist!

February 13, 2009

LOST PERSONS has been selected for a Play Lab at the 2009 Great Plains Theatre Conference, but unfortunately, due to timing (and funds) I will not be able to participate. But it is good to know that other people are responding to the play – in a good way, of course. I’ll definitely apply again [...]

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Northern Stage (VT) Residency

February 2, 2009

Today I begin my residency as a playwright/teacher with Northern Stage Theater Company for their Project Playwright 2009 program. I’ll be going around to 10 Vermont and New Hampshire schools teaching playwriting to 5th and 6th graders, as well as selecting finalists for Project Playwright 2009.

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Goodbye Dramatists Guild Members :(

October 1, 2008

I have decided to leave the Dramatists Guild, as I am hoping to focus more energy into my writing and submit more. Thanks to the Kennedy Center Intensive, I am at a place in my writing where I feel comfortable, and happy again, with my writing to submit it to theaters. I’m also going to [...]

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KIDS ‘R US @ Orlando GLBT Theatre Festival

September 1, 2008

My ten-minute play, KID ‘R US, will be included in the Orlando GLBT Theatre Festival, running Sunday, Sept. 14 and Sept. 21st. Check back for more information!

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Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive 2007

July 22, 2007

Back from the Kennedy Center Summer Playwriting Intensive for a second year, and I learned more about myself and my writing than I anticipated. The intensive teaches that to become a better writer you have to be the best person you can be, which usually means looking in and recognizing the good with the bad. [...]

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Hello Dramatists Guild Members!

April 16, 2007

I have just begun a new full-time job as Director of Membership at The Dramatists Guild of America, which is the professional association of playwrights, composers and lyricists. It’s pretty great, as I get to talk to writers just like me all day long and travel to cities across the U.S. to help build a [...]

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