My characters come from all walks of life: a rich white art dealer/astrophysicist/ chess grandmaster; a poor black homeless trans teen; a 100-year-old man; a blind Spaniard who bargains for his death; a mother from Westchester, NY; a derrick man on an oil rig. Often there is a dangerous frontier that must be crossed for a character to be the person they want to be. Sometimes they risk everything they know of life to become this person. They might fail because they are delusional to begin with. But that doesn't mean they fail at everything or their struggle isn't glorious. I am interested in the truths people find too painful to look at straight on and make comedy out of it. I try to expose what is underneath the ideas we use to shield us from reality. I want us to laugh at these strange and ego-bound ideas that steal our lives.