Playwriting

I have been writing plays since I was in high school and am proud to have my work produced in professsional theatres, community theatres, colleges, and universities throughout the US and Canada.

Whether it is a Gen X-flavored adaptation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt, a historical drama about Ireland's most famous poet, a cosmic fantasia featuring Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, and Leon Trotsky, or a musical about the legacy of Nina Simone, I am constantly challenging myself to rethink what is possible onstage.

My work with Caryl Churchill and José Rivera has encouraged me to embrace non-linear narrative and magical realism in the latest phase of my playwriting career.

You will find basic descriptions of my most current plays in the table below. Feel free to reach out by using my Contact Form or by clicking Licensing Details below to request a perusal script or to learn more about performance fees and guidelines.

Vertical Image of Four African American Women of Different Ages Wrapped in Shawls Decorated with the American Flag

Simply Simone:
The Music of
Nina Simone

Co-written with
David Grapes and

Vince di Mura

Synopsis

Throughout his life, Ireland’s national poet W. B. Yeats was as known for his wandering eye as he was for his potent modern verse.

In this lyrical play inspired by real events, aging poet Yeats meets and falls in love with Margot Ruddock, an English poet and actor forty years his junior, during his final tumultuous years.

Unable to resist Margot’s budding talent, wild energy, and her dark eyes, Yeats embarks upon a compelling latter-day journey of inspiration and desire. Margot becomes both secret lover and unwitting Muse, with tragic consequences.

Cast Breakdown: 3M/2W

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Co-Written with David Grapes and Vince di Mura

Child prodigy. Jazz superstar. Civil rights activist. Political exile.

Nina Simone was all of these things, and more. One of the true divas of the 20th century and a genuine musical powerhouse, she defined a generation and defied classification.

Silky, soulful, and untamed, her voice will put a spell on you. She’ll melt your heart, she’ll chill you to the bone.

But watch out! Cross her and she’ll lash back, leaving you singing the blues!

Cast Breakdown: 4W

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Co-written with David Grapes

DRACULA: THE CASE OF THE SILVER SCREAM features an exciting and sexy new film noir treatment!

It is Hollywood 1948, and a bloodthirsty killer is stalking the beautiful starlets of Tinseltown.

Fearing her life is in danger, Lucy Murray goes to the one man she knows can crack the case, Abe Van Helsing: a hard-boiled private eye with his own mysterious connection to the killer.

Cast Breakdown: 7M/5W plus extras

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Synopsis

FRIDA'S APRON is an almost true cosmic comic anti-historical fantasia based on a 1933 Detroit newspaper article that naively labeled Frida Kahlo a "dabbler," following in her esteemed husband Diego Rivera's artistic footsteps.

In FRIDA'S APRON, a chance encounter between Frida and Detroit News art critic Florence Davies explodes into a Surrealistic, time-shifting dinner party with Salvador Dalí, Josephine Baker, Leon Trotsky, Federico García Lorca, and a talking portrait of her husband Diego.

"History makes rumors of us all."

Cast Breakdown: 4M/4W

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