Selected Short Plays

  • The Chip

    1 F, 1 M

    A struggling artist agrees to let an advertising firm insert a computer chip in her head.

    ● Published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2018 by Smith & Kraus. Editor: Lawrence Harbison

    ● Production, Red Phoenix Theatre in Adelaide, Australia (2023). Director: Hayley Horton

    ● Production, Santa Paula Theater Center in Santa Paula, CA (2019). Director: Leslie Vitanza

    ● Production, Otherworld Theatre in Chicago (2017). Director: Juan Castañeda

    ● Production, The Navigators in New York (2017). Director: Sharifa Williams

  • Tracy and Her Dream Guys

    2 F, 2 M

    A stressed-out young woman tries to escape her demanding life by fleeing into the world of her dreams.

    ● Published in The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019 by Rowman & Littlefield. Editor: Lawrence Harbison

    ● Production, Stockton Civic Theatre in Stockton, CA (2022). Director: Shawn Carrington

    ● Production, Otherworld Theatre in Chicago (2018). Director: Rory Jobst

  • When Killer Animals Go Nuts

    2 M, 2 F

    An exaggeration-prone TV voiceover man goes searching for love.

    ● Production, Gulfport Community Players in Gulfport, FL (July 2023). Director: Ron Zietz

    ● Production, Over Our Head Players in Racine, WI (2023). Director: Rich Smith

    ● Production, Raven Theater in Healdsburg, CA (2020).

    ● Production, Tree City Playhouse in Sylvania, OH (2019). Director: Danita Binkowski

    ● Production, Fine Arts Association in Willoughby, OH (2019). Director: Ann Hedger

    ● Production, Phoenix Stage Company in Oakville, CT (2018). Director: Debbie Goodman

    ● Production, The Second City in Chicago (2013). Director: Jeff Poole

  • The Action Hero's Wife

    2 M, 2 F

    A woman trapped inside a Hollywood action movie tries to break free of the clichés that define her life.

    ● Production, Santa Paula Theater Center in Santa Paula, CA (2019). Director: Tammy Mora

    ● Production, Phoenix Stage Company in Oakville, CT (2019). Director: Rodney K

  • Never Say Die

    1 M

    A 103-year-old man is determined to outlive his enemies.

    ● Published in Monologues for Headspace Theatre: Radical Thinking Inside a Box by Smith & Kraus (2019). Editor: Michael Dixon

    ● Production, Stage Wright in Chicago (online, 2021). Director: Thomas Murdock

    ● Production, Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA (2020). Director: Richard Strand

  • The Pandaroo

    1 M, 1 F

    A zookeeper who cares for genetically engineered animals struggles to protect her job and her favorite hybrid creature: a pandaroo.

    ● Production, Otherworld Theatre in Chicago (2017). Director: Grace Gimpel

    ● Finalist: The Navigators, Lift-Off New Play Series (2017)

    ● Production, The Artistic Home in Chicago (2016). Director: Devon Carson