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selected big plays<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Arrow of Time<\/a>
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In the near distant future, work is closer than family and we continue to never quite notice the true value of time. The years pass by, the secrets to their importance washed away by the immutable existence of entropy. By the time they’re old, what will the Arrow of Time reveal to Cheryl, Bob, and Paul?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Exponential Festival, 2023 Audio Production<\/em><\/a><\/strong>
Official Selection, 2024 NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival<\/a><\/strong>
Audio Production of the Year, Young-Howze Theatre Journal<\/em>
Sound Designer of the Year (Leonie Bell), Young-Howze Theatre Journal<\/em>
Dramatic Performance of the Year (Ben Holbrook), Young-Howze Theatre Journal
Dramatic Performance of the Year Nominee (Susannah Perkins), Young-Howze Theatre Journal
<\/em>Listen or watch on YouTube<\/a>
Read on NPX<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

u are the dream<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Didi and Dada are two early humans excited for the future, unaware of the progress and technology that is to come long after they stare at the moon. 30,000 years later, Fuu and Goten meet in an AOL chatroom on the cusp of adulthood. How did it once feel to dream behind our eyes and wait at the screen, anticipating a response? Will we ever do this again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exponential 2025 @ The<\/strong> Brick<\/strong><\/a>
Clubbed Thumb Commission
Pipeline Theatre’s PlayLab, Semi-Finalist
<\/em>Workshop, Brick Aux, dir. Carl Holder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hub<\/strong><\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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In the midst of puberty, 12-year-old Marissa discovers The Hub, a chat room where a group of young losers and outcasts can do or be anything, and together escape the confines of reality. Under the alias Ami-chan, Marissa begins her first relationship with a sixteen year old gamer, but soon finds that even online, it’s hard to hide who she really is. As Marissa learns to grow up in this new digital frontier, she will begin to understand just how much control she has over her own existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Playhouse 22 Reading Series, dir. Genevieve Blaise<\/em>
Semi-Finalist, Princess Grace Fellowship
<\/em>Semi-Finalist, Fault Line Theatre’s Irons in the Fire<\/em>
<\/em>Read on NPX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extraordinary Machine
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From the days of mailing lists and message boards to the now seamless world of iPhones and social media, Extraordinary Machine is an intimate three-act examination of computer programmer and activist Aaron Swartz’s relationship with technology, and how his story mirrors the arc, and ideals, of the Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ensemble Studio Theatre\/Sloan Commission
Leap of Faith Session, Lucille Lortel Theatre
<\/em>2022 Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize, Final Shortlist<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing Remained But Voice And Bones<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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In second grade, Narcissus visits overweight Mel and informs her that she is cursed to search for perfection but to never find it. Unable to grapple with this truth, she spends a lifetime letting this curse define every relationship, even those between her past selves. Only Mel can find a way to break out of a cycle of self-hatred that keeps her from realizing what is truly beautiful about her body and her existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clubbed Thumb Reading Series, dir. Jessi D. Hill<\/em>
Theater Accident’s Hit & Run Series, dir. Jessi D. Hill<\/em>
Semi-Finalist, New American Voices Playwriting Festival<\/em>
Semi-Finalist, Normal Avenue NAP Series
Workshop Theater, Spring 2022 Intensive<\/em>
Read on NPX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

gumshoe (an online noir)<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Gumshoe\u2019s brother has gone missing. He hasn\u2019t been seen since the election was certified. Once an activist and now a doomer, Gumshoe dwells inside, solving online mysteries for the right price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arthouse INKubator New Play Program<\/em>
Under Construction 4 \/ The Road writers’ group
Reading @ Dramatists Guild Foundation (dir. Dina Vovsi <3)<\/em>
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selected lil plays<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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An Instant Message<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the age of dial-up, a New Jersey teen saves up lunch money to buy a phone card to call her boyfriend in Kansas. Their first conversation might’ve gone like this. Or so she remembers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A top 12 Finalist, Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival
Semi-Finalist, Clinical Trials, Pharmacy Theater
Originally developed with Clubbed Thumb, dir. Arpita Mukherjee<\/em>
Read on NPX<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batabid<\/em><\/strong>
Drexel University Playwriting Scholarship, 1st place<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Breeze From August<\/em><\/strong>
Buck’s County One Act Festival: Best Production<\/em>
Buck’s County One Act Festival: Excellence in Writing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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support + development
<\/strong>SoundLab, The Brick Theater
Early Career Writer’s Group, Clubbed Thumb
Road Theatre’s Under Construction 4 Writer’s Group
Arthouse INKubator New Play Program<\/p>\n\n\n\n

fun beautiful stuff<\/strong>
22\/23 SohoRep Writer-Director Lab with Leonie Bell, Finalist
NJ Council on the Arts Individual Artists Fellowship, Finalist
Clubbed Thumb, The Constitution Commission
Ars Nova PlayGroup, Semi-Finalist
Colt Coeur Artistic Residency, Semi-Finalist
Arthouse Inkubator, Finalist
Nominee, 2018 & 2019, Playwrights’ Center, CORE Apprentice
Nominee, New Jersey Governor’s School of the Arts, Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

publications
<\/strong>Theatre Unbound’s Bittersweet Monologue Book<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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teaching<\/strong>
Playwriting Workshop Instructor, Women’s Performance Workshop, The Strand Theatre<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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