News and Updates

My play TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A POEM IN HONOR OF LIFE will be produced by The Salvage Company (NYC), as part of the 2018 New York International Fringe Festival. After a year off, FringeNYC is back with a re-imagined celebration of new work in a curated program. We're very lucky to be part of it, and to share this intimate, timely piece. Starring real-life husband-and-wife actors Monica Wyche and Dean Poynor, this immersive, site-specific production examines grief and healing after unimaginable loss. For dates, times, and tickets: The Salvage Company UPDATE: Check out this blog post on The Clyde Fitch Report about the origin of the play and the challenges of immersive production. UPDATE: Final shows have sold out. Tickets still available for Wed. Oct 24

" Up-close and personal " " Compelling " " Transformative " " A+ "   - Charleston City Paper Review " Powerful " " Urgent "   - "What to Watch" " Intimate " " Shining gems "   - Post and Courier The Salvage Company (NYC) presents a new production of my play TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A POEM IN HONOR OF LIFE as part of the 2018 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC. Starring real-life husband-and-wife actors Monica Wyche and Dean Poynor, this immersive, site-specific production examines grief and healing after unimaginable loss.

  It’s always fun to be in the rehearsal room working on a new play. This week I had the special honor of watching the phenomenal work of some of my favorite artists: actors Chris White and Monica Wyche , and director Anne Tromsness . They are bravely exploring my play TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A POEM IN HONOR OF LIFE for a production coming to Charleston, SC in summer 2018.

My new play TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A POEM IN HONOR OF LIFE will have an exclusive run in Columbia, SC in March. The NiA Company is presenting the show in a site-specific production that draws the audience into the story. In keeping with NiA's mission to bring work to the community, the show can be seen at two locations: Tapps Arts Center in downtown Columbia, and also EdVenture Children's Museum in the Vista. I'm thrilled to see the amazing acting work of Darion McCloud and Bonita Peeples in this piece, and I'm grateful that Heather Leigh is directing. -- UPDATE: Here's a great preview article published by the Columbia Free Times .

Watch out, Saxpahaw. We're back! The Solar Theatre Project returns to Culture Mill for a milestone check-in as part of our extended residency. Over the course of two years, we will develop a new play entirely powered by renewable energy. I'm excited to continue working with the unstoppable Mikhael Tara Garver and Carl Faber in the creation of this piece, and I look forward to reconnecting with the amazing and multi-talented team of Tommy Noonan and Murielle Elizéon .

I have a chance to hear a new play being read this month by one of my favorite NYC teams - The Drawing Board . They're a committed troupe of theatre and film artists who present readings and discussion of new work. Come check out this brand new two-hander: CHRISTINA HARING AND JASON LANGE - Two college freshmen at an Evangelical Christian school navigate the passions and pressures of first love, surrounded by a watchful community, and under the eyes of a jealous God. WHEN: Monday, October 24, 2016 at 7:00 PM WHERE: MEC - 2nd Floor 825 Seventh Ave. @ 53rd St., NYC 10019 (Bring photo ID)

My new play FALL DOWN SEVEN will be presented as part of the Olmsted Salon " Cave Plays " reading series. (It's not *really* a cave - it's a basement in Gramercy - but it's historic and beautiful and maybe a little spooky.) FALL DOWN SEVEN explores some of my own personal fascinations: parenting, martial arts, and following your dreams even if they're out of step with the current century. "Jim always dreamed he'd be a Samurai when he grew up. But he's a dad. Living in Brooklyn. When trouble comes looking, in the form of a bullying incident at his son's school, Jim seizes the chance to teach some life lessons. But what is the place of honor in a fallen world?" Directed by James Yaegashi Featuring: - Shane McRae - Tina Chilip - Crystal Dickinson - Alton Alburo - Debargo Sanyal WHEN: Friday, September 30, 2016 at 8:00 PM WHERE: "The Cave" at Calvary St. George's Church - 209 E. 16th St, New York, NY 10003...