Artistic Statement

Artistic Statement

I found theater when I was growing up in Pittsburgh, PA. I learned early that there's nothing better than getting together with theater folk and telling a thrilling story.
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My plays are about the working class living in the Mon Valley. I seek to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, make the mundane poetic, and make heroes out of flawed folks.

I write plays that make you sit forward in your seat, hold your breath, and laugh. Stories that entertain an audience with twists and turns like the Jack Rabbit at Kennywood.

My plays can be done anywhere for any budget. They have simple sets with emphasis on the oral tradition of theater. They are working class plays for working class theaters.

They're written in the Western Pennsylvania dialect known as yinzer. Many will say they think the dialect ugly, but it's beautiful to me. It's home to me.