Written
My father was a passionate amateur actor in a community theatre outside of Albany. With his encouragement I penned a few early scenes and plays while homesteading in Vermont after college. Based on this work I was accepted to the MFA playwriting program at the Yale School of Drama.
Instead of finishing the program I moved to the East Village where I had my first plays produced at Playwright’s Horizons, Theater Genesis, and Ellen Stewart’s La Mama ETC. I then began to write short fiction as well, leading me to the MFA program in fiction at Columbia University. Shortly after completing the program I co-authored a children’s book, The Kooken. A bit later, inspired by my Corgi, Ned, the Kooken’s illustrator and I collaborated on a cartoon series called NedToons.
Over the past few years I have refocused on play writing. As a member of Emerging Artist’s Theatre (E.A.T.), I have had several plays produced both by E.A.T. and other theatres in New York and on the West coast.
I have also delved into television writing—having conceived a satirical series based on American historical, and occasionally apocryphal, characters.
Below you can view a list of my published and produced works, as well as read samples of my work.
Published Works
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story, “Getting to know You”, XIB
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story, “A Small History”, CRAZY QUILT
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story, “Montana Fix”, AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW
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Children’s Story, “The Kooken”, Published Henry Holt & Co
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story, “The Hunter”, RAVEN CHRONICLES
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story, “Move”, TIMBUKTU
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story, “Jeanette”, OUTERBRIDGE
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story, “The Dentist”, THE AMARANTH REVIEW
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story, “The Battle of Millerton”, THE QUARTERLY
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story, “Harry and Mimi”, PASSAGES NORTH
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story, “Julia and the Bitch”, THE PORTABLE LOWER EAST SIDE
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story, “Crossing Williamsburg Bridge”, THE PORTABLE LOWER EAST SIDE
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story, “Golfers in the Fog”, OUT LOUD ANTHOLOGY
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story, “Wind Harp”, ROI FAINEANT PRESS
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story, “Chez Jules”, RAVENS PERCH
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story, “Home”, FRONT RANGE REVIEW
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story, “The Invitation”, LOWESTOFT CHRONICLE
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story, “The Battery”, ORACLE
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story, “Bounty”, NONBINARY REVIEW
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play, “Once Upon a Time a Man Came Out of the Dark”, NEW QUARTO EDITIONS
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poem, “Sunday Morning”, KOSMOS
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poem, “Columbus in His Flower Garden”, KOSMOS
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poems, “3 Poems”, TRUCK
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poems, “3 Poems”, PRIMER
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poem, “On Seeing Daumier’s ‘Before Moreau’s Picture at the Salon”, PIVOT
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poems, “Girl in History”, “Interim”, PIVOT
Original Plays Produced
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Oli’s Ice cream Suit, West Coast Repertory Theatre, Costa Mesa, CA
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Oli’s Ice Cream Suit, WPA Theatre, NYC
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An Ordinary Evening With My Grandmother, Theatre Genesis, NYC
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Once Upon A Time A Man Came Out of the Dark, Theatre Genesis, NYC
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Coupled, Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC
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Barnum’s Last Life, La Mama ETC, NYC
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The Investigation of JT, Playwrights Horizons, NYC
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Woman in a Red Dress, Where Eagles Dare Theatre, NYC
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Washington’s Wooden Teeth, Emerging Artists Theatre, (EAT) NYC
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Gram’s Play, EAT
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Memory Like a Pale Green Clock, EAT
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Bone Appetite, EAT
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Old Flame, EAT
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Layout, EAT
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Cezanne On a Clear Day, EAT
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Deceit, Theater For the New City, (TNC), NYC
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Versailles, TNC
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Old Flame, TNC
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Goldfish, TNC
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The Country Play, TNC