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Full-Length Plays
Un Hombre: A Golem Story
(1W/2M) A modern-day golem story about a recently widowed single mother who makes a clay man that comes to life and serves as a Bar Mitzvah and Spanish tutor for her 12-year-old son.
* FINALIST: Jewish Plays Project
* FINALIST: Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival
* FINALIST: Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 22nd Annual New Play Contest
* FINALIST: Wild Imaginings Epiphanies
* SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Street Theatre Title Wave Festival of New Works
* SEMI-FINALIST: Ashland New Play Festival
Production History (click to see more)
READINGS
J Fest The Whole Megillah New Play Festival - San Diego, CA (September 2024)
Directed by Patrice Amon
Featuring Carla Navarro, Austyn Myers, and Danny Myers
TRU Reading Series - New York, NY (February 2024)
Directed by Farah Alvin
Featuring Natascia Diaz, Tim Jones, and Ben Sadowsky
Skeleton Rep(resents) at Episcopal Actors Guild - New York, NY (June 2023)
Directed by Ben Freeman
Featuring Tamra Paselk, Jesse Castellanos, and Sebastian Ruiz
NJ Play Lab @ Luna Stage - West Orange, NJ (May 2023)
Directed by Stephen Nachamie
Featuring Evy Ortiz, John Keller, and Loren Turner
Skeleton Rep(resents) Salon Series - New York, NY (September 2022)
Directed by Callie Considine
Stage Managed by Daniel Scarantino
Dramaturgy - Emily Claire Schmitt
Featuring Michelle Jasso, Jesse Castellanos, and Sebastian Ruiz
Wild Imaginings - Waco, TX (June 2022)
Round the Bend Theatre - Saugerties, NY (April 2021)
Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga
Featuring Maria Elena Maurin, Russell Roberts, David Dancyger & Robert Ariza
Exquisite Potential
(3M/1W) All parents think their children are great. Alan Zuckerman just happens to think his son, David, is the Messiah.
* WINNER: True False Theatre, Second Annual Polygraph Tests Residency
* WINNER: New Jersey Playwrights Contest
* WINNER: True False Theatre, Second Annual Polygraph Tests Residency
* WINNER: Across The Generations New Jewish Play Festival
* WINNER: Dezart Performs' Play Reading Series
* FINALIST: Woodward/Newman Drama Award
* SELECTION: Alliance for Jewish Theatre National Conference
* SEMI-FINALIST: Seven Devils Theatre Conference
Production History (click to see more)
PRODUCTIONS
Jewish Repertory Theatre - Buffalo, NY (January 2021)
Directed by Adam Yellen
Theatre Ariel - Philadelphia, PA (October-November 2019)
Directed by Deborah Baer Mozes
Featuring Chase Byrd, Hannah Gold, David Pica, and Bob Weick
Project Rushmore - New York, NY (July-August 2014)
Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga
Featuring Bob Ader, Matt Biagini, Rachel Evans and Vince Gatton
Dezart Performs - Palm Springs, CA (November 2013)
Directed by Jeanette Lyons Featuring Adina Lawson, Michael Shaw, Garnett Smith, Scott Smith
New Jersey Playwrights Contest - Wayne, NJ (April 2013) Directed by Edward Matthews
Featuring Patrick Little, Joe Raik, Matthew Ronofsky, Erin Zapic
READINGS
Gallery Players - Columbus, OH (June 2020)
Directed by Giselle Siegel
Featuring Eric Neuenschwander, Nina Martin, Benny Zelkowicz, Lauren Bandman, Brad Barbin, Eliza Martin and Giselle D'Souza Siegel
Bema Productions - Victoria, BC (January 2019)
Alliance for Jewish Theatre National Conference - Philadelphia, PA (October 2018)
Directed by Noah Herman
Hudson Stage Company - Armonk, NY (December 2016)
Directed by Stephen Nachamie
Featuring Farah Alvin, Ari Butler, Jonathan C. Kaplan, and Mark Nelson
Interplay Jewish Theatre - Cleveland, OH (November 2015)
Directed by Scott Miller
Featuring Curt Arnold, Anjanette Hall, Wendy Kriss, Chris Richards & George Roth
Project Rushmore - New York, NY (2014)
Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga
Featuring Matthew Amira, Rachel Evans, Michael Grew & Vince Trani
Dezart Performs' 5th Annual Play Reading Series - Palm Springs, CA (2013)
Directed by Jeanette Lyons
Featuring Hal O'Connell, Daniela Ryan, Michael Shaw, Garnett Smith, Scott Smith
True False Theatre, Polygraph Tests - New York, NY (2013)
Directed by Anni Weisband
Featuring Bobby Kruger, Jerry Raik, Joe Raik, Rachel Wenitsky
New Jersey Playwrights Contest - Wayne, NJ (2013)
Directed by Gina Guerrieri
Featuring Robert Barwick, Jay Ludwig, Nikki Simz, Justin Zimmerman
Lark Play Development Center - New York, NY (2012)
Directed by Suzanne Agins
Featuring Stephen Kunken, Benjamin Pelteson, Liz Wisan, Bob Kaliban
Project Rushmore - New York, NY (2011)
Directed by Sydnie Grosberg Ronga
Featuring Rachel Evans, Kyle Hester, Marc LaVasseur, Vince Trani
The Garage Theatre - Teaneck, NJ (2011)
Directed by Suzanne Agins
Featuring Philip Hoffman, Sarah Kate Jackson, David Ross, Eric Sutton
Congregation Dor Hadash - San Diego, CA (2011)
Directed by J. Mark Newman
Featuring Steven Deutsch, Katherine Bothwell, Jonathan Maxwell, Steve Smith and Eli Schneider
Long Drive Home
1M - Based on the New York Times bestseller by Will Allison, Long Drive Home tells the compelling story of a devoted father whose perfect life is shattered by a single, fleeting error.
* SELECTION: Theatre Aspen Solo Flights
Production History (click to see more)
READINGS
Theatre Aspen - Aspen, CO (September 2024)
Directed by Hannah Ryan
Featuring Jeffrey Binder
the cell - New York, NY (May 2023)
Directed by Andrew Binger
Featuring Chris Richards
Tracy Jones
(3W/1M) Tracy Jones has rented out the back "party room" of Jones Street Bar and Grill: the Place for Wings and Things. Tracy Jones is throwing a party to which she's invited every woman in the world who is also named Tracy Jones. Tracy Jones has been sitting for over an hour alone, nursing her Diet Coke, waiting for any other Tracy Joneses to show up. Tracy Jones' epic loneliness is about to be tested beyond anything she ever imagined.
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* WINNER: Best Original Script - City Pulse Awards
* WINNER: Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 21st Annual New Play Contest
* FINALIST: ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition
* FINALIST: B Street Theatre's New Comedies Festival
* FINALIST: Trustus Theatre Playwrights' Festival
* SEMI-FINALIST: Bay Area Playwrights Festival
* SELECTION: Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays
* SEMI-FINALIST: Normal Ave. Productions NAPSeries
Production History (click to see more)
PRODUCTIONS
Art House Productions - Jersey City, NJ (2023)
Featuring Helen Coxe, Ciara Chanel, Therese McGinn, and Fernando Contreras
Directed by Alex Tobey
Island City Stage - Wilton Manors, FL (2023)
Featuring Irene Adjan, Matthew Buffalo, Niki Fridh, and Sara Grant
Directed by Andy Rogow
Williamston Theatre & Tipping Point Theatre - Williamston & Northville, MI (2022)
Featuring Steve DeBruyne, Allison Megroet, Madelyn Porter, and Emily Sutton-Smith
Directed by Tony Caselli
CenterStage Theatre - Rochester, NY (2022)
Featuring Vicki Casarett, Christopher Conway, Erin-Kate Howard and Natalia Stornello
Directed by Lindsay Warren Baker
READINGS
Chameleon Theatre Circle - Bloomington, MN (December 2020)
Featuring Kari Elizabeth Godfrey, Maxine Ford, Marcie Berglund, and Andrew Troth
Directed by Lauren Diesch
Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre - Summit, NJ (May 2020)
Featuring Angela Della Ventura, Jillian Mauro, Jason Szamereta, and Harriet Trangucci
Directed by Laura Ekstrand
Fenimore Art Museum - Cooperstown, NY (March 2020)
Featuring Karen Butler, Emma Pastor, Lissa Sidoli, and John Draper
Directed by Karen Butler
The Bechdel Group - New York, NY (December 2019)
Williamston Theatre - Williamston, MI (December 2019)
Southeast Texas Festival of New Plays - Beaumont, TX (August 2019)
Featuring Gina Hodges Martin, Remi Kimball, JJ Jackson, and Angel Guidroz Suitt
Directed by Sean McBride
INKubator New Play Festival - Jersey City, NJ (May 2019)
Featuring Cyd McDowell, Brittani Murphy, Will Nolan, and Melissa Schaffer
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
Branwell (and the other Brontës): an autobiography edited by Charlotte Brontë
(5W/1M) Branwell Brontë has always been desperate to keep up with his brilliant sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Jealous of his sisters' successes, he uses their only common bond of stories and fantasy to lead his siblings into magical worlds in an attempt to escape their harsh realities. But when the magic of their created worlds begins to crash, Branwell and his sisters fight to keep destruction and loss away.
Production History (click to see more)
PRODUCTIONS
The Loft Ensemble - Los Angeles, CA (March 2022)
Featuring Jessica Dowdeswell, Marc Leclerc, Maia Luer, Naomi Phyl, Calvin Picou, Natasha Renae Potts, and Sarah Sommers
Directed by Sarah Nilsen
READINGS
The Blank Theatre Company's Living Room Series - Los Angeles, CA (November 2018)
Featuring Britt Crisp, Madylin Durrie, Brigid Kelley, Emma Latimer, Marc Leclerc, Amanda Lyn Toan
Directed by Bree Pavey
Writer's Theatre of New Jersey Soundings Series - Madison, NJ (January 2018)
Featuring Michael Keyloun, Matilda Lawler, Polly Lee, Rileigh McDonald, Elodie Morss, Joey Parsons, and Monica Wyche
Directed by Ari Laura Kreith
The Tribe Theatre Company - Brooklyn, NY (May 2017)
Featuring Johnny Pozzi, Pascale Smith, Leah DeGruchy, Alicia Moeller, Gracie Fotjik, and Elka Chowdhury
Directed by Mandy Heiser
Unseen & Unheard - New York, NY (December 2016)
Featuring Devin Burnam, Breanna Foister, Candace Janee, Natalie Johnson, Erin Mallon, and Aubrey Quinn
CAP21 - New York, NY (August 2016) Featuring Michael Keyloun, Polly Lee, Rileigh McDonald, Joey Parsons, Analise Scarpaci, and Monica Wyche
The John Wilkes Booth High School for the Performing Arts Presents: The Most Inclusive, Least Offensive Play Ever: An After School Special
(5W/3M) When the parents of The John Wilkes Booth High School for the Performing Arts threaten to remove the theatre program because they realize that all theatre is offensive, the scrappy students of JWB and their drama teacher race to save their beloved department by producing the most inclusive and least offensive play ever.
* FINALIST: B Street Theatre's New Comedies Festival
* SEMI-FINALIST: Campfire Theatre Festival
Production History (click to see more)
PRODUCTIONS
Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Art - Lehigh, PA (October 2024)
READINGS
Company of Fools - New York, NY (April 2020)
Featuring Anastasia Marchelos, Emily Thaler, AmberRose Dische, James Camacho, Emily Gallagher, Regan Teller, James Hamrick, Jennifer Schiller, and Francis Stallings
The Brooklyn Generator - New York, NY (May 2016)
Directed by David Eggers
Featuring Elissa Bonito, Katie Braden, Brandon Davidson, Max Duane, Michael Grew, Christine Hope, Polly Lee and Monica Wyche
Rosaline Wrecked It All
(Cast of 20) If only Rosaline had gone to the party, Romeo and Juliet would never have met and all would be OK in Verona. In this modern-day sequel to Romeo and Juliet, Rosaline is blamed for everything that went down and fights to clear her name and place the blame where she feels it belongs - anywhere but on her.
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PRODUCTIONS
Bergen County Academies - Hackensack, NJ (November 2021)
A Real Boy
(4M/3W) Terry Hill loves her kindergarten students and when she fears that one of them is not being raised appropriately, she decides to take matters into her own hands and keep the child in her classroom to raise as her own. Things are complicated by the fact that this child’s parents happen to be puppets - and Terry fears the boy’s emerging strings will keep him from being a real boy.
* SEMI-FINALIST: PlayPenn
* SEMI-FINALIST: MTWorks Newborn Festival
* SEMI-FINALIST: Ashland New Play Festival
* SEMI-FINALIST: Dayton Playhouse's FutureFest
Production History (click to see more)
PRODUCTIONS
Last Act Theatre Company - Austin, TX (August 2018)
Directed by Chelsea Beth and Matrex Kilgore
Featuring:Chelsea Manasseri, Yamina Khouane, Brandon Sterret, Adam Martinez, Sean Moran, Emily Christine Smith, Roxanna Taylor, and Genevieve Schoeder-Arce
Lighting Design by Courtney DeGinder; Props and Stage Mangement by Mindy Griffin; Scenic Design by Chris Conard; Puppets by Rachel Steed, Courtney DeGinder, Brock England and Mindy Griffin
Ivy Theatre Company & Athena Theatre - 59E59 Theatre, New York, NY (August 2017)
Directed by Audrey Alford
Featuring Jamie Geiger, Jenn Remke, Brian Michael, Jason Allan Kennedy George, Alexander Bello, Kelley Selznick, Katie Braden, and Danie Steel
Assistant Director: Morgan Barba; Co-Producer & Marketing Director: Veronique Ory; Set Designer: Ann Beyersdorfer; Lighting Designer: Jenn Fok; Costume Designer: Tristan Raines; Sound Designer: Megan Culley; Puppet Designer/Builder: Eric Wright-Puppet Kitchen; General Manager: Mae Frankeberger; Production Stage Manager: Stephanie Kay Garcia; Assistant Stage Manager: Gabriel Aguilar
This Is Water Theatre - Bryan/College Station, TX (July-August 2014)
Directed by Andrew Roblyer
Featuring Aleksander Kalouze, Amy Guerin, Danitra Luers, Da'Rel Johnson, Jessica Lemmons, Macey Pendergast and Maxwell Duane
Production Management by Amy Russell; Dramaturgy by Eleanor Owicki; Stage Management by Michelle Schovaers Wagley; Graphic Design byJessica Martinez; Puppet Research and Design byJovan Martinez, Justin Miller and Steven Wagley
READINGS
Quarantine Players (May 2020)
Featuring Larrisa Norris, Lori Brooks, D. Scott Graham, Heather Plank, Jessie Roberts, Christine Tankersley, Leslie Ann Ross, and Jacob Diamond
State of Play Productions and Ivy Theater Company - New York, NY (March 2016)
Directed by Audrey Alford
Featuring Katie Braden, Kim Gainer, Derek Rudley, Kristen Vaughan, Levi Wilson, Michelle Concha and Adam La Faci
StrangeDog Theatre - Montclair, NJ (April 2014)
Directed by Artem Yatsunov
Featuring Megan Greener, Michael Lasry, Michelle Lupo, Annie Lutz, Gary Martins, Jerome Shuler & Shannon Sullivan
Athena Theatre - New York, NY (April 2014)
Directed by John Michael DiResta
Featuring Spencer Aste, Wynoami Glasser, Kelly Jean Lloyd, Kelly McAndrew, Brian Miskell, Veronique Ory, Andy Phelan & Ren Santiago
Puppetry by Randy Ginsburg and Monica Lerch
The Dramatists Guild Friday Night Footlights - New York, NY (December 2012)
Featuring Maulik Pancholy, Brad Oscar, Polly Lee, Robert Michael Johnson, AJ Heekin, Margaret O’Connor, Monica Wyche & Will Nolan
Community
(2W/2M) Christopher Marshall has just been cast as George in Mt. Laurel Community Players' production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He invites Zach, the young, Black actor who's been cast as Nick, over for a drink to give him some actorly advice - and possibly to kill him. Whatever works. When the production's Martha and Honey show up uninvited, they find themselves caught in this play about a play (within a play?) tackling deadly issues like race and, perhaps even more dauntingly, community theatre. This ferocious comedy asks questions about how we view stories about race and the not-just-color blindness that many have when trying to talk about it.
* SEMI-FINALIST: Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference
* SELECTION: Caleb Reese Festival of New Plays and Musicals
* FINALIST: Road Less Traveled Productions National Playwright Residency Program
* FINALIST: Seven Devils Theatre Conference
* SEMI-FINALIST: Premiere Stages Play Festival
* SEMI-FINALIST: March Forth Productions Summer Reading Salon
Production History (click to see more)
READINGS
Playwrights on Park, Playhouse on Park - West Hartford, CT (July 2017)
Directed by Sasha Bratt
Featuring Ed Bernstein, BK Dawson, Angie Joachim, and Sarah Kozlowski
Caleb Reese Festival of New Plays and Musicals, Phoenix Theatre - Pheonix, AZ - (May 2017)
Directed by William Partlan
Featuring Mike Alexander, Maria Amorocho, Angelica Howland, and Greg Lutz
A Work in Progress Theatre Company - Baltimore, MD (April 2017)
Directed by Alisa Brock
Featuring Scott Burke, Katie Jeanneret, Josh Thomas, and Laura Weeldreyer
Bay Street Theater's New Works Festival - Sag Harbor, NY (April 2016)
Directed by Rob Urbinati
Featuring Jodi Capeless, Lindsay Nicole Chambers, Mark H. Dold & Reggie D. White
Writer's Theatre of New Jersey Soundings Series - Summit, NJ (February 2016)
Directed by James Glossman
Featuring Wayne Pyle, Anthony Wills, Angela Della Ventura & Jenelle Sosa
Luna Stage New Moon Reading Series - West Orange, NJ (January 2016)
Directed by Stephen Nachamie
Featuring John Frenzer, Reggie D. White, Jodi Capeless & Emily Skeggs
una casa/a home
(3M/4W) The Schwartz Family were Russian Jews who lived in a house in Barrio Logan in San Diego, CA in 1940. The Flores family moved from Mexico and lived in the same house in 1960. Over 50 years later, D.J. Schwartz knocks on the door to meet the house’s current inhabitants. He discovers that no one has really left the house…Ever.
* FINALIST: Landing Theatre Company New American Voices Play Reading Series
* FINALIST: Route 66's Development Series
* FINALIST: Rorschach Theatre's Magic in Rough Spaces Festival
Production History (click to see more)
READINGS
Magic Time at Judson Church - New York, NY (April 2014)
Directed by John Michael DiResta
Featuring Cynthia Bastidas, Ben Estus, Sal Garcia, Rollin Gardner, Michael Keyloun, Heather Oakley and Teresa Yenque
The Big City (in development) Book & Lyrics by Stephen Kaplan, Music by Corey Samuels
A Kafkaesque comic book tale of one man’s journey to become the Mayor of the “Big City,” and the people who mysteriously die along the way. A cross between How To Succeed... and Sweeney Todd.
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READINGS
BMI Musical Theatre Workshop - New York, NY (1999) Directed by Will Nolan Featuring Farah Alvin, David Eggers, Brad Oscar, Warren Loy, Christopher Puckett, Amy Coady, Tammy Samuels