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Playwriting Resume

Productions

MAGPIE, Bainbridge Performing Arts Studio Series, Bainbridge Island, WA

HIJAB, Island Theatre, Bainbridge Island, WA

CHILMARK, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Martha’s Vineyard

THE LOUDEST MAN ON EARTH, TheatreWorks of Silicon Valley 

THE SUM OF ME, Spokane Civic Theater, Spokane 

LOSING THE SHORE, BCKSEET Productions, Philadelphia

THIS ISLAND ALONE, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Martha’s Vineyard 

A NICE PLACE TO LIVE, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston 

TWELFTH NIGHT, American Sign Language translation with A. Blue, P. Novak, et al, Prince Music Theatre, Philadelphia

HIJAB, Co-op Theater East, NYC 

BACKYARD CONSPIRACY, SPARK Theatre Festival, Philadelphia 

BEN, THE MUTE, Festival of Ten, SUNY Brockport, NY 

Staged Readings and Workshops (Partial)

MAGPIE, Attic Salt Theatre, Ashville, NC

CHILMARK, New York Theatre Workshop, NYC

TALL POPPIES, The Dramatists Guild of Philadelphia

MAIN LINE, Tristan Bates Theatre, West End, London

THE ME GENERATION, The Landing Theatre, Houston, TX

THE ME GENERATION, Fullerton College, California

THE LOUDEST MAN ON EARTH, dir. Pam Berlin, New York Theatre Workshop

THE LOUDEST MAN ON EARTH, dir. Liz Diamond, New York Theatre Workshop 

FAMILY BELONGINGS, dir. Leigh Silverman, NYC 

FAMILY BELONGINGS, dir. Pam Berlin, NYC

A NICE PLACE TO LIVE, dir. Adrian Blue, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse 

THIS ISLAND ALONE, dir. Adrian Blue, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse

Commissions

LOSING THE SHORE, BCKSEET Productions, Philadelphia 

THE LOUDEST MAN ON EARTH, Philadelphia Theater Workshop 

BACKYARD CONSPIRACY, Luna Theatre Co., Philadelphia 

A NICE PLACE TO LIVE, with Adrian Blue, Wheelock Family Theatre, Boston 

THE EXPERT PANEL, Recovery Conference, Richmond, VA

Awards, Grants and Residencies

Rising Artist Award, Attic Salt Theater, Ashville, NC (MagPie)

Yaddo, April 2018, Saratoga Springs, NY (new work)

Arteles, July 2017 artist resident, Haukijärvi, Finland (Blast Wave)

Banff Centre, Banff, Canada. Leighton Artist’s Colony Fellow (new work)

New American Voices, Landing Theatre, Houston TX. (Tall Poppies)

New American Voices, Landing Theatre, Houston TX. (The Me Generation/MagPie)

Edgerton Foundation New American Play Award 2013 (The Loudest Man on Earth)

Georgia College and State University Arts and Letters Prize for Drama (The Sum of Me)

Teaching Experience

Private Teacher. Playwriting 2018-Present

Island Theatre , Writing the 10-minute play., 2024

Faculty, Naslund-Mann School of Creative and Professional Writing, 2021

As Is Theatre Company, Intro to Playwriting 2019

Monroe Correctional Complex, WA 2017

Bainbridge Performing Arts Studio School. Introduction to Playwriting 2018-19

“Power to the Playwright: Surviving the Audience Talkback” Spalding University, KY

“Language in Space” Odd Socks Theatre, Wellington, NZ, 2011

Beginning & Intermediate Playwriting, Wilma Theater Studio School, PA, 2007-2009

“Exploring Shakespeare’s Text in Three Dimensions” New Zealand Drama School, Wellington NZ, 2009

Revolution in Sign Conference, Gallaudet University, 2008

Modern Languages Association, Washington, DC, 2005

Education and Affiliations

MFA in Writing – Playwriting, Naslund-Mann School of Creative and Professional Writing, Spalding University. 2012

BA, Yale University. With distinction, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. 1998

Association of Writers and Writing Programs

The Dramatists Guild

Actor’s Equity Association

SAG/AFTRA


(Acting resume available upon request)

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