FULL-LENGTH PLAYS

SOLASTALGIA (2 - 1CN + 1CM)
On the first day of a Ten-Step Climate Grief program, a biracial non-binary neurodivergent teen, suffering from anxiety after losing their home in a wildfire, clashes with an older white man grappling with depression after his hometown burned to the ground. As the two navigate the program’s steps, the Gen Zer begins to bond with the Gen Xer, even forgiving his ties to Big Oil. But when his revelation of a painful secret shatters this fragile trust—and gets them both lost in the forest—the two must confront hard truths to get back home. SOLASTALGIA is an eco-grief two-hander about finding hope in the ruins of climate change.

ABIGAIL (4 - 2CW + 2CM)
When a renowned stage diva funds an out-of-town try-out of “The Crucible" hoping to resuscitate her husband’s dying directing career, he puts the production in peril by casting an AAPI beauty influencer—with no acting experience—as Abigail and an accomplished Black Broadway star as Proctor. As the influencer digs into the play, her objections to its misogyny, as well as to the director’s behavior, upends the play and all its players. With days to go before previews, the production is doomed… unless the two woman can resolve their differences. ABIGAIL explores intergenerational conflict around issues of consent and exposes how the excuses we make for our revered giants work to perpetuate the cycle of predatory behavior.
an O'Neill, Ashland New Plays Festival, Bay Street Title Wave, and Blue Ink Award finalist

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MARVEL-OUS MONICA; IN WHICH MONICA LEWINSKY IS A SUPERHERO HELL-BENT ON REVENGE (8 - 5F + 3M)
As Monica Lewinsky rehearses for her TED Talk, her PTSD keeps getting in the way, sending her spinning, literally, into an alternate universe where she’s Marvel-ous Monica, a superhero hell-bent on revenge. But when her quest to save the Pretty Young Coed from The Lecherous Professor is foiled by the mighty matriarchal superhero Nasty-Woman, Marvel-ous is faced with the challenge of her lifetime. Will Marvel-ous Monica learn the secret of Nasty-Woman, forever radioactive due to her husband’s character flaws? Will Marvel-ous be able to escape the clutches of her number one nemesis, Tricky Trippster? And finally, will Monica Lewinsky finally be able to give her Talk by making peace with her traumatic past? Combining humor, fantasy and verbatim theater elements, MARVEL-OUS MONICA; IN WHICH MONICA LEWINSKY IS A SUPERHERO HELL-BENT ON REVENGE offers an overdue #MeToo look at the slut-shamed young woman at the center of a notorious political scandal.
•Selected: The O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
•Selected: Valdez Theater Conference
•Semifinalist: Bay Area Playwrights Festival
•Second rounder, Austin Film Festival
•Semifinalist: NAP Series

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MUSICALS

TRUE HERO
Book & Lyrics (in-progress)
Ambitious TV Reporter Molly wants a story. Eager Probationary Firefighter Patrick wants a fire. It's September 10th, 2001 and unfortunately, both their dreams are about to come true. But when Molly shares Patrick’s story with a public hungry for hyperbole in the aftermath of September 11th, she undermines the firehouse’s attempt to recover, much to the chagrin of Cassidy, the seasoned fireman of the house. Set against the backdrop of the post-9/11 media circus, True Hero juxtaposes a love story set in firehouse culture with comedic satire as evident in songs that include “Go Shopping!” “Ground Zero Hero” and “Ode to Staten Island.”