Creative/Theatrical Writing
AWARDS
2013 Massachusetts Cultural Council Dramatic Writing Fellowship
2014 Best Script Award, The Resurrectionists, Silver Spring Stage
2017 David L. Shelton New Play Award, KCACTF Reg. IV
2018 David L. Shelton New Play Award, KCACTF Reg. IV
PLAYWRITING HISTORY
Anna Karenina on the Acela Express (full-length)
2018. Reading, Hollins Playwrights Lab New Play Festival - Roanoke, VA.
2018. Reading, Panndora Productions Out of the Box Festival - Long Beach, CA.
Community Garden (full-length)
2017. Reading, Hollins Playwrights Lab New Play Festival - Roanoke, VA.
2018. David L. Shelton Award, KACTF Reg. IV
Cold (full-length)
2016. Workshop, The Wilbury Theatre Group - Providence, RI.
2016. Reading, Ivy Theatre Company - New York, NY.
2016. Reading, Hollins Playwrights Lab New Play Festival - Roanoke, VA.
2016. Reading, Actors Theatre of Newburyport NSRTC - Newburypoart, MA.
2017. Workshop production, Hollins Playwrights Lab/Mill Mountain Theatre Winter Festival of New Works - Roanoke, VA.
2017. Workshop production, The Wilbury Theatre Group.
2017. Finalist, Woodward/Newman Drama Award, Bloomington Playwrights Project - Bloomington, IN.
2017. Semi-finalist, Princess Grace Award, New Dramatists.
2018. Commendation, KCACTF National Festival
2018. Outstanding Production of a New Work, KCATF National Festival (Hollins Playwrights Lab workshop)
2018. Selected for The Mix, by Steppenwolf Theatre.
Cain+Abel (full-length)
2014. Reading/workshop, The Wilbury Theatre Group.
2015. World Premiere, The Wilbury Theatre Group.
Haunted (full-length)
2014. Finalist for Sanguine Theatre Company Project Playwright – New York, NY.
2014. Semifinalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.
2014. Workshop/reading, 2X4 Repertory Theatre.
Medea of the Big Box Store: A Workplace Tragedy (A Comedy) (full-length)
2014. Reading, Acadiana Repertory Theatre - Lafayette, LA.
2015. Developmental production - Acadiana Repertory.
Communion (full-length)
2013. Developmental workshop and reading, The Wilbury Theatre Group.
2015. Developmental workshop and reading, The Wilbury Theatre Group.
2016. Finalist, SETC Getchell Award for New Plays.
Something-Summer, Might-Have-Been (full-length play for young audiences)
Commissioned by the Delta Grand Theatre – Opelousas, LA. World premiere, March 2014.
Get Rough With Me! (An Unromantic Comedy) (full-length)
2013. Self-produced workshop, February 2013.
2014. Self-produced premiere, March 2014.
Carol: A Broken Chain (full-length)
2012. Commissioned and premiered by Acadiana Repertory Theatre, Lafayette, LA.
Stainless: A Love Story (one-act)
2013. Premiered at Boston Playwrights Marathon – Boston, MA.
The Resurrectionists (one-act)
2013. Premiere, Black Box Theatre One Act Festival – Cranston, RI.
2014. Production. Silver Spring Stage One Act Festival – Silver Spring, MD. (*Winner, best script.)
Eaten by Another Dog (full-length)
2013. Massachusetts Cultural Council Dramatic Writing Fellowship.
2013. Semi-finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference.
A Fine Romance (one-act)
2011. Staged reading, Culture*Park – New Bedford, MA.
2012. Premiere, 3P Festival at the Majestic Theatre – Corvallis, OR.
2012. Production, Pick of the Vine Festival at the Little Fish Theatre – San Pedro, CA.
A Killing Frost (one-act)
2012. Premiere, Black Box Theatre One Act Festival – Cranston, RI.
Why Don’t We Just Play Salad Bowl? (one-act)
2011. Reading, Barrington Public Library – Barrington, RI.
2013. Premiere, Black Box Theatre One Act Festival – Cranston, RI.
Once Upon a Time in a Big, Old House (one-act)
2014. Premiere, TalkStory Theatre – New London, CT.
Hair of a Dying Winter (one-act)
2010. Staged reading, Culture*Park – New Bedford, MA.
2013. Premiere, Black Box Theatre One Act Festival – Cranston, RI.
Fragile Thing Cracks (full-length)
2013. Developmental reading, Argos Productions – Boston, MA.
2013. Developmental reading, Panndora Productions – Long Beach, CA. October
2014. World Premiere, Panndora Productions.
2014. Regional premiere, Acadiana Repertory Theatre.
2016. Published by Polychoron Press.
Tig (full-length, after Antigone)
2008. Self Produced Premiere – Providence, RI.
Lizzie Borden is a Bitch (full-length)
2006. Staged reading, Culture*Park – New Bedford, MA.
2007. Workshop production, Culture*Park.
2008. Premiere, Culture*Park.
2011. Production, Culture*Park at the Seacoast Fringe Festival, Portsmouth, NH.
TRAINING
Southern New Hampshire University, B.A. in Creative Writing (Summa cum laude)
Stony Brook Southampton, 2012 Summer Playwrights Conference
Instructor: Steven Adly Guirgis
Sandra Feinstein Gamm Theatre, 2013 Master Class
Instructor: Lila Rose Kaplan
Hollins Playwright's Lab, M.F.A. in Playwriting (in progress)
RESIDENCES
Playwright-in-Residence, The Wilbury Theatre Group – Providence, RI (2013-2017)
Company writer, Acadiana Repertory Theatre - Lafayette, LA (2013-2015)
Member: DGA
ESSAYS
Magic - 2011. This I Believe, RI. WRNI Radio
The Thing That Worked - October 2011, Hippocampus Magazine. (2011 Pushcart Prize Nominee)
The Fall - December 2011, Hippocampus Magazine.