After her estranged parent’s phone line has been disconnected, Moira Lane begrudgingly returns to the home she abandoned eight years ago only to find things far worse than she could have feared. Her father, William, has taken to peeing in coffee mugs and her mother, Bonnie, claims to have had a miraculous birth. Believing the “baby” to be her youngest daughter reincarnated, Bonnie is convinced that Faeries in the woods have blessed the family with a second chance. As a terrible storm moves in, Moira must battle her family’s madness and navigate the years of guilt and grief feeding the storm if she has any hope of getting out alive.

Developed at The Hawthornden International Writer’s Retreat and Theatricum Botanicum

Conferences: Great Plains Theatre Conference, 2014

Finalist: Jerome Fellowship, 2010

Semi-Finalist: O’Neill Playwright’s Conference, 2010 and Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2010

These plays have been written to be performed outside and from a distance. The actors do not get close to each other! Pieces range in tone and style: An epic battle between a couple of rowdy germs and hand sanitizer, friends exchanging bread and coping strategies, a pair of dinosaurs facing down the end of an era, a new couple's first (but socially-distant) non-Zoom date... In total, there are twelve fun, weird, short plays and monologues to choose from!

I originally envisioned these plays being performed in community neighborhoods like a parade - with the actors driving to selected stopping points where each short play/monologue has its moment. Then actors get back in their cars and move on to the next stopping point to perform for the audience on that street. People could watch from their lawns, all socially distant and safe! How fun! BUT - that's not the only creative way to get theatre out of the box and into your community. These pieces could be performed as drive-up theatre (like a drive-in movie) or in any other number of creative ways. The essential thing is: Have fun with a new performance space/style! Be safe! And select as many of the pieces in this collection as works for you. Also, don't be afraid to incorporate some dance numbers - socially distant of course - or other fun performances. Does someone in your company juggle? Eat fire? Are they a contortionist? Create as many non-acting acts as works for you/your company and have fun bringing theatre to your community!

**These are all brand new pieces. I am happy to workshop any of them as needed with your company!**

When the end of the world interrupts Jack’s busy day at the office, he is more then a little depressed at the prospect of spending his final moments with Pete, his pet rock. Not long after his office caves in however, Tori, a free spirited accountant from down the hall, hammers her way through his office wall with her high heel. He is looking for salvation; she’s just looking for the bathroom. Together they find the answers, but not in the forms they expect. You see, God has a little plan of her own, and it requires a higher commitment than either Jack, or Tori, have ever had to make before.

*This play may be performed as a 1-act utilizing the first act of the script only. In this case, the script will call for 1 W, and 1 M.

Developed with NEW Plays NEW Voices at UCLA Playreading Series

Winner: Marianne Murphy Women & Philanthropy Award in Playwriting

Five short plays for 2 or 3 actors. Free to use for educational purposes. Written to be performed online during quarantine. Please let me know if you use these - would love to see the final results and hear about your process.

A chicken tries to dispose an unplanned egg the best way she knows how, but her nosy neighbor can't keep his trunk out of her business.

A #TheatreActionGunControl play written in response to the Aztec, NM shooting in Dec 2017.