FULL LENGTH, MUSICAL: The 33rd Annual Tri-State Young Writers' Triathlon invites you to watch and marvel as a bright crop of eighth-grade creative writers compete against each other for the coveted prize of publication!

Among these writers are Nathan Miller, an excitable novelist-in-training with dreams of fame, Sasha Sandberg, a disciplined essayist in search of glory, and Sakura Harmon, a timid, formalist poet hoping to prove herself worthy. Their mentor, eighth-grade English teacher Mr. Hawthorne, hopes to impart lessons from a life of literary aspiration--and their many, passionate rivals hope to take each of them down.

A musical for the self-important, creatively vibrant middle schooler in all of us, Published! blends the high-octane world of Shonen anime and manga with the often muted and lonely world of being a writer to tell a story about finding one's voice, following one's passions and learning the hard lessons of pursuing the career of an artist.

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FULL LENGTH: A play in the tradition of the American family drama that engages with questions of family within and beyond the nuclear unit, Three Damned Letters concerns a core bond of brotherhood and love between two men, college students and fraternity brothers -- and how, years later, that bond has become estranged and severed altogether.

David, the younger brother, goes to his older brother Jesse’s family’s house on the eve of Jesse’s funeral. What he finds waiting for him is painful memory, tender moments of connection and an uncannily familiar sense of secrecy. Jesse has left behind a legacy, and also a trail of guilty, broken hearts. His sudden death shocks the family and causes each member to reckon with their past, and contend with the challenge of working toward a brighter future together. While in the company of a family attempting to heal wounds old and new, David must face his own guilt--and find a path toward the love his heart yearns for.

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ONE ACT, HOUR-LONG: Maybelline Applegate is the coolest girl in school. At least, that's what her best friends Colleen and Patricia think. Her not-quite-fellow classmates find her insufferable, if occasionally intriguing, her professors don't quite know what to do with her, and her school's headmistress, Wilhelmina Crotchkey, seems intent on keeping her from attracting too much attention to the school, lest the institution garner a less than savory reputation.

The Susan B. Anthony College of Motherhood Arts and Sciences is an all girls school designed for the training and rearing of child-rearers, child-bearers, midwives and caretakers of all kinds. It's no place for a budding intellectual like Maybelline, who was raised to love the forbidden fruits of literature--but then, neither, too, is the world at large, which looms menacingly just beyond the school's walls.

A brief glimpse into an imagined alternate reality where the gender binary is not only strictly policed but institutionally reinforced, "Maybelline" tells the story of a young, radical Midwifery major and her efforts to carve out a place for women's minds in a world that devalues and denigrates them at every turn. It is an as-yet unfinished play, either needing another act or another storytelling medium to explore its world fully.

DRAFT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS OF 12/08/22 - Contact me if you're interested in reading the new draft!

TEN MINUTE: After a chance run-in with Dr. Hasenpfeffer during his travels, a wayward divorcee finds himself on the chopping block. The Traveler's only chances of survival lie in currying favor with this seemingly amoral scientist. Will this 'alchemist's gambit' pay off? Or will this traveler's life be cut tragically short?

TEN MINUTE: Mo and Clancy have been close friends for years. Now, Mo is headed to college, and she wants Clancy to come with her. There's only one problem: Clancy is not exactly good at standardized tests. Oh, and he doesn't want to go to college. Oh yeah, and he's Mo's imaginary friend. Can Mo's guidance counselor help her make the right decision for them both?

TEN MINUTE: On this day, Portnoy awoke with a start. What would happen to Portnoy on this day was something no one could have foreseen. It all started going wrong when he found the man hiding behind his curtain.

TEN MINUTE: As childhood friends and next door neighbors, Nadia and Caleb couldn't have been more different. At least, that's what they thought, before Nadia invited Caleb to spend time with her and her friends after school. In the aftermath of that fraught hangout session, Nadia seeks to apologize and make up for a friendship she believes went wrong somewhere.

TEN MINUTE: A metaphysical comedy about the perilous responsibility of being a creator, So You Want To Create A Universe? concerns the preparation of one God for their role as the Almighty. Aiding this God as a mentor is The One Who Came Before, a grizzled veteran of creation seeking to impart wisdom before fading away into oblivion. When the reality of managing reality begins to weigh heavily on God, The One must deliver some tough love to the omnipotent charge in their care. Will God rise to this momentous occasion? Or will the pressure of making a perfect universe prove too great to bear?

TEN MINUTE: Chip has been burning the candle at both ends, and Jessica is determined to help him get to the bottom as to why. A college dorm heart-to-heart ensues between two friends, learning how not to distract themselves from the things and people who matter most.

Part 2 of Tales From The Hill

New Draft 4/13/22!

TEN MINUTE: As two chance acquaintances reunite, tensions build as the two young men discuss identity and anxieties about growing up underneath the queer umbrella. A moment of culmination and release, Relax, Bro serves as the end of Act 1 of Tales From The Hill.

Part 4 of Tales From The Hill

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TEN MINUTE: Chip and Brett made it through the summer with their budding, private relationship intact, but now that they are spending more time together on campus, they have begun to deal with a few issues--namely the dynamics of PDA. With the judgments of freshman year friends looming, Brett's anxieties around being openly affectionate--and openly bisexual--may threaten to end their relationship before it has even begun.

Part 6 of Tales From The Hill

New draft uploaded 10/04/22!

TEN MINUTE: Chip has been avoiding facing a world without Brett. Brett has been wading through life without Chip... but no longer. Today, he's going to get him to take him back. This would be a lot easier for Brett to navigate if Chip wasn't so popular; Jessica has a word or two for her best friend, and she's done being patient. It's now or never.

Where it all began, and where it all ends... or begins again?

Part 8 of Tales From The Hill

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MONOLOGUE: After the death of her abusive husband, Robert's mother Tonya is happy that she and her son now have a chance at a brighter future, but there's one thing she wants him to know for certain. Before he goes out to play, Tonya approaches her son, words of love and support in her heart.

Written and uploaded with permission from Scott Sickles, author of PLAYING ON THE PERIPHERY: Monologues and Scenes For and About Queer Kids, from which this monologue was inspired.

MONOLOGUE: A college senior delivers his final speech to a room of his fraternity brothers.

Excerpted from my full length play, Three Damned Letters.