2019 Semi-finalist - Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Maddie is broke and unemployed, with a chronically ill kid who needs surgery. She has one thing going for her: she’s an extraordinary fencer, and she just turned 50, so she can try out for the Veterans’ World Championships. When Maddie makes the controversial decision to give custody of her son to his deadbeat dad so she can train, she is knocked out of the qualifiers by Donna, a transgender woman. “It's not fair!” other fencers argue, but Maddie says, “Maybe we just need to pick up our game.” Donna, realizing Maddie’s extraordinary skill, bribes another woman to quit the team, so Maddie can take her place. Bold in their defiance of expectations, resolute in their struggle against injustice, and mentally programmed to win, Donna and Maddie become compatriots and confidants in fencing and in life. They help each other navigate discrimination, motherhood, and the mistakes they made in the past, and carry Team U.S.A. to victory.

FULL-LENGTH - SUITABLE FOR ZOOM Set in exurban Virginia in the 80s, "The Mischief Maker" follows Jo, a 15-year-old Catholic school girl, who rebels against her hyper-religious mother Jane by making mischief at school and at work—and by flirting with 20-year-old Tim, who manages the local stereo shop. Jane’s attempts at controlling her daughter always fail, until she reveals to Jo she had been abused by her uncle as a child and doesn’t want the same thing to happen to her daughter. Painfully, Jo agrees to break up with Tim. But when Jane punishes her for sneaking beers to drink at an amusement park with her girlfriend, Jo lashes back by seducing Tim on an old mattress in the woods. With no recourse, Jane shows up with a car jack and ends the spiral of defiance once and for all. "The Mischief Maker" explores a mother and daughter caught in a cycle of violence, anger, and manipulation—and the failed attempts to break through it with compassion.

FREE READING Monday March 6th at 7pm at Urban Stages, NYC. Deets: urbanstages.org. Cece, a childless widow, finds memories and words slipping away, one by one. With limited funds and no safety net, she goes online to find a husband while she still has looks and wits. When the men she finds turn vile and abusive, she uses her chemistry skills to dispatch of them, one by one. Inspired by the true story of serial-killer Isao Kakehi (the "Black Widow" of Japan), THE WIDOW explores a woman's desperate attempts to avoid aging alone.

IN DEVELOPMENT. Dorothea is a wealthy, blind divorcee in her 70s who has been living in isolation for decades. When a friend convinces her to underwrite a new dance troupe, she encounters Theo, a spirited young dancer. Theo befriends Thea and uses her mansion for elaborate performances and decadent parties. Dorothea is happier than ever--she feels young again and full of joy. Then she gifts Theo the carriage house of her estate. Suddenly, her estranged, suspicious son shows up with a surprise visitor designed to foil this new-found friendship.

10 MINUTE PLAY. Honoria has gone into labor but she's about to lose an 300-million-dollar real estate deal. If she could only get back to the office! Madcap delivery-room farce where everyone has their own interest: wife, husband, midwife, donut delivery guy, demigod purporting to be the real father--until the baby cops on to the madness...and makes a surprising maneuver.

10-MINUTES - SUITABLE FOR ZOOM OR PODCAST/RADIO - Froozy, Bub-Bub, and Lex have been playing on their parents’ bed for four days, wondering why their parents won’t wake up from their nap downstairs. Meanwhile, the children have eaten all the food in the house. They have no choice but to be grown-ups now, and go downstairs to wake them up. Deep inside, they know what they will find.

10 MINUTE MONOLOGUE - SUITABLE FOR ZOOM. See YouTube link for production by Hudson Theatre Works. Creature crouches beneath the cupboards, calling out to their beloved chunk of cheese, abandoned on the other side of the kitchen. Creature wants to run back, but is too afraid of humans running in and out of the kitchen....and Mr. Pussy-woose! Can Creature find the courage to make a mad dash?

10 MINS - SUITABLE FOR ZOOM. Judges Choice Award - Acronym Plays Contest 2020 @ Urban Stages, an off-Broadway theatre. On Sid’s first day at college, his Grandpa visits and helps him appreciate his awkward name.

"Betrayal" meets "Dangerous Liaisons" … but with lesbian cellists. "The Lovers" is a story of grand romantic deception told in reverse chronological order. The play opens with the passionate reunion of Anthony and Ren after a painful 10-month separation. Although in love with Ren, Anthony had refused, on his honor, to leave his wife, Jae … unless she took a lover, too. This has finally happened, freeing Anthony and Ren to be together again. What Anthony doesn’t know is that Jae’s lover was Ren, who pretended to fall in love with Jae in order to tear her away from Anthony.