Artistic Statement

Artistic Statement

tldr:
Straddling the line between humor and suspense
Seamlessly weaving together the magical and the mundane
I love poetic language and poop jokes.

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My plays combine fierce intellectual drive and deep emotional insights into the nature of friendship and the intersections of identity, work relationships, and family history.

I am on the hunt for the exact rhythm of five-people-talking-over-each-other-about-absolutely-nothing. It’s an endless puzzle. I love writing plays that celebrate/confront group relationships. I want the audience to feel like they’re simultaneously being let in to a secret club, and running to catch up with what’s happening.

My work is filled with rapid-fire Humor Sandwiches - poop joke, emotional realization, poop joke.

I’m interested in what continual physical presence does to an atmosphere — the impact of silence on stage over time.

I love riding that high-wire between despair and dad humor. I obsess over finding moments in life where the magical and mundane rub right up against each other. I love writing impossible moments in to my plays: "200 dead horses fall from the sky. She turns inside out. They dance underwater."

I’m here to share the way it feels to be in a body, to celebrate queerness and being alive.