News and Updates

My new play YOUNG NEGRESS STEPPING OUT OF THE RIVER AT DAWN has been published in the Great Plains Theatre Conference Reader: 2013 Mainstage . As one of only five plays selected, this new book highlights my work alongside other rising playwrights. It also represents the next step in the life of this play - with more to come.

I'm very excited to be diving into a workshop with The Drawing Board (NYC) to explore my new play THE MORE BEYOND . We had a great reading earlier this year and I am grateful to have the chance to take this next step, and hear the script in detail. I've partnered with director Joshua Gelb to bring scenes to life, and I'm looking forward to a great time. A story of wreckage and recovery, this play follows an underwater treasure hunter from Key West, FL trying to find a sunken ship, and his own lost glory. Cast: 33 characters played by 17m, 4f (plus chorus and a guitarist) Locations: Multiple

After an amazing week in Greenville, SC, I'm so happy that my new play YOUNG NEGRESS STEPPING OUT OF THE RIVER AT DAWN was chosen as the winner of the 2013 Centre Stage New Play Festival . Thanks very much to an amazing cast and director, Ahsha Daniels, who worked so hard to make this reading a challenging, enjoyable evening. We had an incredible audience response, and I was grateful for the chance to hear the play aloud, and learn more about this story.

I am thrilled to be selected as a Playwright-in-Residence with the Tennessee Repertory Theatre for their 2013-2014 Ingram New Works Lab. Over the next nine months, I'll be flying down to Nashville to develop a brand new play, culminating in their New Works Festival next May. From their website: "The Ingram New Works Lab is intended to be an artistic home for emerging playwrights to share work, hone craft, receive direction, and springboard themselves into the next phase of their writing career, providing a fertile environment for the emergence of great new plays." With a mission statement like that, you can bet it will be a good time! I am very excited to work with these amazingly generous and supportive people. More to come.

I'm thrilled to announce that my new play YOUNG NEGRESS STEPPING OUT OF THE RIVER AT DAWN has been selected for the 2013 Centre Stage New Play Festival in Greenville, SC. As one of only three plays selected, I will enjoy a week of workshop, rehearsal, and a formal presentation. This story has been a labor of love since the very beginning, and I am so glad to have the chance to share it with new audiences.

My new play YOUNG NEGRESS STEPPING OUT OF THE RIVER AT DAWN will enjoy a Main Stage reading next week at the 2013 Great Plains Theatre Conference in Omaha, NE. I've had a great time working with the director D. Scott Glasser and composer Mark Bruckner, and I'm very excited to share this new play. UPDATE: Winner of the Holland New Voices Playwright Award

Midtown meets Key West this month in a reading of my new play THE MORE BEYOND with one of NYC's hottest theatre clans. The Drawing Board tackles meaty, challenging work, in an informal, collaborative setting, and I'm honored to be part of their schedule. Plus they have a roster deep enough to produce this reading - 34 characters! - without (almost any) double casting. THE MORE BEYOND follows a Spanish treasure galleon in 1622 that sinks off the coast of Florida, and a modern-day treasure hunter from Key West as he tries to piece his life back together and find lost glory. WHERE: MEC - 825 Seventh Ave, 2nd floor. (Bring photo ID) WHEN: Monday, February 25, 2013 at 7:00 PM