News and Updates

My new play THE SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY will have a reading with The Drawing Board (NYC) coming up this month. I'm glad to be working on this play in a safe environment, and I'm excited about the great cast they've assembled. Featuring: - Peter Husovsky - Michael Perrie Jr. - Rachel Lynn Jackson WHEN: Monday, February 25, 2019 @ 7:00 PM WHERE: The Drama League Theatre Center | 32 6th Avenue, New York, NY 10012

I'm thrilled to announce that I have been selected as a Playwright in Residence with the 2018 - 2019 Ingram New Works Lab at Nashville Repertory Theatre . During the course of the Lab Year, I'll have the chance to work on a brand new play in the safety of a pre-commercial environment.

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 .