My work as a playwright explores how people navigate the spaces between the ordinary and the absurd. I am drawn to family dynamics, shifting identities, and the quiet desperation that hides beneath humor. Across my plays, characters confront loss, love, and responsibility in settings that are familiar yet slightly off-kilter—a cemetery, a backyard, a basement call center, a commencement stage. Everyday situations become vehicles for exploring how we connect, cope, and occasionally break apart.

My writing is comic and character-driven, blending realism with a sense of the surreal. I like to take something ordinary—a conversation, an appliance, a social ritual—and follow it until it reveals something deeper about how people live and adapt. My process begins slowly, adding details and connections until the play begins to speak on its own. I never impose an ending; I listen for the one that feels inevitable.

Theatre, to me, is the perfect home for imagination. I am inspired by Sam Shepard’s raw intimacy and Irene Fornés’ inventive theatricality, both of which remind me that the stage can hold contradiction, mystery, and beauty all at once. Whether writing about grief, work, or absurd consumer culture, I strive to create plays that make audiences laugh, think, and recognize themselves. My goal is to reveal the strange logic of human behavior and the unlikely grace that can emerge from chaos.