Leigh Flayton

Aliyah tells the story of the Davis family, a year after 23-year-old Evan immigrated to Israel and six weeks after October 7. Now, on the day before Thanksgiving 2023, Evan returns to his family home for the holiday where, unbeknownst to him, his parents plan to try to convince him to stay in the United States, culminating in a combustible gathering of three generations of Jews considering the state of the world — and the security of Jewish people in America.

Frances Nolan works as a live-in nanny/researcher in Frank and Patricia McGuire’s Classic Six Manhattan apartment. Twenty-five years later, Frances returns to the apartment and faces questions about her motives: Is Frances merely curious to revisit the place where she learned hard truths about marriage, power and accountability? Or does she plan to expose long-buried secrets?

** "It's A Free Country" debuted in July 2023 at the SheNYC Theater Festival in New York City**

"It's A Free Country" tells the story of Louisa “Lou” Clay, the author of a cult classic feminist novel that has just premiered as a TV series — and it’s a massive hit. But this new wave of attention has compelled the always-reclusive Lou to leave her home in New York City and hunker down in her country house.

Following Lou is a slew of unintended consequences, owing to America’s current political climate and the rage against the patriarchy that is the hallmark of the show. So, when a death threat arrives at Lou’s apartment, her niece, Ramona, who recently moved in, and Lou’s longtime agent and friend, Nell, join Lou in the country, where the trio tries to ascertain the severity of the threat — and evade any attempts on Lou’s life.

But as the visit unfolds, the women learn of additional threats that go beyond Lou, while festering grievances are revealed and Lou makes a decision that will irrevocably alter each of their lives.

In 1959, Isak Dinesen, the intrepid author of "Out of Africa," traveled for the first time to America, where she wanted to meet Carson McCullers and Marilyn Monroe. McCullers, a pen pal and admirer of Dinesen's, and an old friend of Monroe's, invited the women — and Monroe's husband, the playwright Arthur Miller — to luncheon at her home along with "Sister," McCullers's live-in cook, nurse and dear friend.

For years, the Hill family has revolved around the oldest daughter, Shelley, a mentally ill woman now in her late 30s. Shelley has been diagnosed with cancer, and her parents have enlisted her brother and sister to keep this information from Shelley in the fear that it might cause another suicide attempt. With an empathetic doctor who hasn’t asked the question — who has the right to make Shelley’s treatment decisions? — the family has some difficult choices to make, as well as secrets to keep.