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I like a twist at the end. 

Bang out beginnings. A ghost here or there. A voice from the past. I like to write about people who want justice or a connection of some kind or a future but are terrified to go get it. My plays are about three women who want to kill their husbands. A lawyer who pretends to forget. A couple who might fall in love and save the world. A family wrestling with the aftermath of JFK’s assassination - and how they will survive the 60s. My plays happen in hotel rooms, kitchens, and cemeteries. They take place during every decade beginning with the 1940s.

  • MOSES

    One night in the Bronx, Moses loses everyone and everything he loves. Filled with remorse, he begs God, "You forget about me and I'll forget about you? But God has other plans for Moses. A one-person play about love, faith, and going it alone.

    DEVELOPED BY THE CAPE COD THEATRE PROJECT

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    Grant Harrison in MOSES directed by Johanna Gruenhut at Theater J. Photo by Ryan Maxwell Photography.

  • THE PENGUIN PLAY

    When Henny, a respected scientist who studies penguins, boards her research ship to Antarctica, Paul, a rich American passenger, chases her down to ask a favor. Instantly they are at odds about the future of the planet. Could this chance encounter change their minds, and maybe even their lives? A ten-minute play inspired by the research of Dr. Heather Lynch. Commissioned by the Science on Stage program at Stony Brook University's Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science.

    Pictured with Dr. Heather Lynch at THE PENGUIN PLAY for Stony Brook University's Science on Stage.

  • INANA

    A haunting love story about an Iraqi museum curator’s desperate attempt to save an ancient and precious statue before the US invasion. This drama of high-level good intentions, international intrigue and unfolding romance draws its fascinating premise from events in the modern Middle East.

    WINNER OF THE FRANCESCA PRIMUS PRIZE
    WINNER OF THE EDGERTON NEW PLAY AWARD
    SUSAN SMITH BLACKBURN FINALIST

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    Demetrios Troy and Atra Asdous in INANA directed by Kimberly Senior, TimeLine Theatre. Photo by Laura Goetsch.

  • THE SMELL OF THE KILL

    Three women want to kill their husbands and get the chance. Nicky’s husband has been indicted for embezzlement. Molly’s husband is stalking her and Debra’s husband is leaving her for another woman. When the men mistakenly lock themselves in a basement meat locker the women are faced with a life or death decision—should they leave them men out in the cold or let them thaw? This wicked comedy asks the question: if you could kill your husband, would you?

    BROADWAY DEBUT

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    Pascale Arbillot, Anne Charrier, Valerie Kargenti in CHAMBRE FROIDE (The Smell of the Kill) directed by Sally Micaleffe, Le Pepiniere Theatre Paris France. Photo by Francoise Berthier.

  • STRING OF PEARLS

    Four actresses play 27 characters who covet, steal, bestow and misplace a lustrous strand of pearls. This 90 minute play details the twists and turns in relationships between husband and wife, mother and daughter, two friends, even a woman and her memories as the necklace passes through each woman’s hands. Love, loss and destiny are intricatelythreaded together in this comedy/drama.

    OUTER CRITICS NOM FOR BEST NEW PLAY

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    Antoinette LaVecchia and Mary Testa in STRING OF PEARLS directed by Eric Simonson, Primary Stages. Photo by James Leynse.

  • MAP OF HEAVEN

    Lena’s painting career is on the rise; her beautiful maps of places real and imaginary are about to be shown for the first time. But when her radiologist husband makes a fateful decision her life is upended. A contemporary story, MAP OF HEAVEN explores the overwhelming consequences of a single lapse in ethical judgment.

    WINNER OF THE EDGERTON NEW PLAY AWARD

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    Angela Reed and Stephanie Jannssen in MAP OF HEAVEN directed by Evan Cabnet, Denver Center Theatre.

  • BACKSLIDING IN THE PROMISED LAND

    In a world gone mad would you surrender your identity to save yourself? Enid and Herman Grosch erased their Jewish identities when they arrived in America. Now, they must confront old and unresolved fears as their long-kept secret begins to unravel. While Herman helps an Orthodox Jewish family wrestle with their son's terminal illness, he is forced to confront the demons of his past, upsetting the balance of his marriage and questioning the nature of his soul. Who is he really?

    "A must-see … comes straight from the heart." -The Post-Standard

    "Stunning theatre … A beautifully crafted and detailed script … as masterful and moving an experience as any you are likely to have in a theater." -Auburn Citizen

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    Directed by Robert Moss, Syracuse Stage.

  • MEZZULAH, 1946

    The war is over and the women who work the line at the Boeing airplane plant are all given pink slips. But not everyone is anxious to return to life before the war. A story about women in a small town: a poet whose marriage is in jeopardy, a widow who gave up on love gets a chance to find it again, a brilliant teenager who demands to be the architect of her own dreams.

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    Directed by Lou Tyrrell, Florida Stage.