Before pursuing playwriting, I spent three years working in the West Wing of the White House, and then as a speechwriter in the U.S. Senate.

Many of my plays focus on politics and current events: a 25-year old who commits a mass shooting, a moderate Republican Senator fighting the partisan tide in Washington, a graveyard for suicide bombers in Afghanistan, a police officer battling drug cartels in Mexico.

I’m interested in telling stories that we see every day on the front page of our newspapers, and using them to inspire a discussion about the problems in society and what we can do to redress them. I’m interested in asking the questions that Americans are reluctant to ask, without vilifying either side and exploring views that I disagree with.