The Garden of Monsters:
Cast: 3F / 3M
Running Time: 2 hours
In the waning days of WWII, a Jewish GI encounters a Holocaust survivor and the last shred of hope in all the world. In the year 2045, a theatre director rehearses a new play about the liberation of Dachau and forgets how to hope when she learns she has a fatal disease. In a 16th century Italian garden, hopeful lovers make irrevocable choices. In present-day London, a woman crosses paths with a mysterious clown on a secret mission to heal the world. Intermission promises the end of the universe and dirty vodka martinis for everyone! As the stories and lives intertwine, hope, itself, travels a perilous journey.
Script History
Reading, The English Theatre of Rome
Reading, The Ethereal Mutt, Seattle, WA
Workshop, Seven Devils Playwrights Conf, McCall, ID
Reading, id Theater Co, New York, NY
Reading, Portland (OR) Theatre Works
Reading, Wordsmyth Theatre, Houston, TX
Reading, Echo Theatre Co, Dallas, TX
Production, Key City Public Teatre, Pt. Townsend, WA
Story Uff Poor Sea Village Gerl
Cast: 3F / 3M
Running Time: 2 hours
In the waning days of WWII, a Jewish GI encounters a Holocaust survivor and the last shred of hope in all the world. In the year 2045, a theatre director rehearses a new play about the liberation of Dachau and forgets how to hope when she learns she has a fatal disease. In a 16th century Italian garden, hopeful lovers make irrevocable choices. In present-day London, a woman crosses paths with a mysterious clown on a secret mission to heal the world. Intermission promises the end of the universe and dirty vodka martinis for everyone! As the stories and lives intertwine, hope, itself, travels a perilous journey.
Script History
Reading, The English Theatre of Rome
Reading, The Ethereal Mutt, Seattle, WA
Workshop, Seven Devils Playwrights Conf, McCall, ID
Reading, id Theater Co, New York, NY
Reading, Portland (OR) Theatre Works
Reading, Wordsmyth Theatre, Houston, TX
Reading, Echo Theatre Co, Dallas, TX
Production, Key City Public Teatre, Pt. Townsend, WA
Story Uff Poor Sea Village Gerl
Cast: 1F / 1 M
Running time: 90 minute
Can poor gerl from teenytiny sea village become verymuch faymoose, find happiness, excitement, maybe even luff? Please to join thees gerl on travels from village to mountain to brothel and beyond.
Script History
Reading, Ethereal Mutt, Seattle
Reading, Northwest Playwright Alliance, Olympia, WA
Reading, id Theater Co, New York, NY
Reading, Ethereal Mutt, Seattle
Reading, Northwest Playwright Alliance, Olympia, WA
Reading, id Theater Co, New York, NY
Tales From The SaltMines
Cast: 4F / 2M
Running time: 2 hours
On her first day in an anonymous office, an artist-slash-temporary-secretary butts heads with American mass culture's rabid aversion to creativity. A farce about art, sex, and the transmigration of souls.
Script History
Staged Reading, Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Staged Reading, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Ojai, CA
Reading, New Plays 2001, The Prop Theatre, Chicago, IL
Staged Reading, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA
Finalist, 2000 National Playwrights Conference
FirstACT Commission, ACT Theatre, Seattle
Staged Reading, Matrix Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Staged Reading, Ojai Playwrights Conference, Ojai, CA
Reading, New Plays 2001, The Prop Theatre, Chicago, IL
Staged Reading, A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, WA
Finalist, 2000 National Playwrights Conference
FirstACT Commission, ACT Theatre, Seattle
The Six Basic Rules
Cast 2F/1M
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min
James and Louise barely know each other when they elope after a whirlwind, week-long courtship. Now they ve got their whole lives ahead of them to figure each other out. A farce about marriage.
Script History
Production, Union Garage, Seattle
Staged Reading, Mill MountainTheatre, Roanoke, VA
Semi-Finalist, McLaren Memorial Comedy Festival
Prize, Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Competition
Staged Reading, Empty Space Theatre, Seattle
Workshop, Seattle Playwrights Alliance
Production, Union Garage, Seattle
Staged Reading, Mill MountainTheatre, Roanoke, VA
Semi-Finalist, McLaren Memorial Comedy Festival
Prize, Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Competition
Staged Reading, Empty Space Theatre, Seattle
Workshop, Seattle Playwrights Alliance
The Urn Of Drew
Cast 3F/2M
Running Time: 1 hr 50 min
When everybody's favorite relative turns up dead, the Fink family can't quite figure out how to let him go. How will they ever come to terms with their loss, with themselves and with each other when they can't even fiugre out what to do with the, er, um, ah ...ashes. A black comedy about grief.
Script History
Workshop, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
Reading, Script Tease, Hollins College & Mill Mountain
Theatre, Roanoke, VA
Finalist, 1997 Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Comp.
Staged Reading, Jane Doe Theatre Ensemble, Seattle
Finalist, 1992 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Staged Reading, Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles
Staged Reading, Burbage Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Workshop, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference
Reading, Script Tease, Hollins College & Mill Mountain
Theatre, Roanoke, VA
Finalist, 1997 Mill Mountain Theatre New Play Comp.
Staged Reading, Jane Doe Theatre Ensemble, Seattle
Finalist, 1992 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
Staged Reading, Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles
Staged Reading, Burbage Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
The Eighteenth Mitzvah
Cast 4F/5M
Running time 2 hr, 40 min
A fable of the Old World, a story set in a Ukrainian shtetl in the year 1820. The play weaves together the journey of an itinerant scribe who is commissioned to hand write a copy of the Torah, a tale about an orphan girl of fifteen married against her will to a much older man, and stories from the Talmud which illustrate Jewish law and human frailty.
Script History
Workshop Production, Freehold Studio Theatre, Seattle
Finalist, 1999 Dorothy Silver Prize
Staged Reading, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Staged Readings, Cornish College & Hugo House
Finalist, 1999 Studio Project, Theatrework, Santa Fe, NM
First Prize,Richard Hugo House New Play Competition
Reading, The Group Theatre, Seattle
Workshop Production, Freehold Studio Theatre, Seattle
Finalist, 1999 Dorothy Silver Prize
Staged Reading, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts
Staged Readings, Cornish College & Hugo House
Finalist, 1999 Studio Project, Theatrework, Santa Fe, NM
First Prize,Richard Hugo House New Play Competition
Reading, The Group Theatre, Seattle
The Visible Horse
Cast 1F/1M
Running time 90 min
On the first anniversary of his father's death in a car accident, Scott accidentally conjurs Dad back from the great beyond. Unfortunately, Dad arrives as a monster who sets up shop under the bed.
Script History
Production, The Court Theatre, Los AngelesPublication, Women Playwrights: Best Plays of 2001, Smith & KrausProduction, Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WAFellowship, Artist Trust, SeattleStaged Reading, On The Boards & Seattle Playwrights AllianceReading, Ensemble Studio Theatre Summer Institute,1997Workshop / Staged Readings, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Waterford,CTStaged Reading, AHA! Theatre, SeattleReading, Bailliwick Theatre, ChicagoReading, Primary Stages, New York
Hell On Wheels
Cast 2F/4M
Running Time: 2 hrs
Marta & Greg have the perfect solution for salvaging their crumbling marriage-pack up the kids and head out to discover America in a used motor home. A comedy about children, divorce, and very large vehicles.
Script History
Commissioned by the Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New PlaysProduction, Empty Space Theatre, Seattle, 1993Reading, National Theatre Colony, Palenville, NY, 1992Staged Reading, Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New Plays, 1992
The Lily & Lou Show
Cast: 2F / 1 M
Running Time: 2 hrs
In the ongoing battle for control over Allison's life, her parents Lily and Lou know just how to play it when everything hits the fan. It's uphill for Allison all the way in a comedy about the adult child of ...parents.
Script History
Production, Mae West Fest, SettleAdaptation, ITV (Thailand) television specialReading, Paradise Theatre, Chimacum, WAReading, Live Girls!, Seattle
Dreams of Baby
Cast: 2F/2M
Running Time 1 hr 40 min
As her waters break and she goes into labor, it occurs to Anne that it might just be a little too late to back out! A farce about labor & delivery.
Script History
Best Medicine Productions, Toronto Fringe FestivalProduction, Equity Library Theatre, ChicagoProduction, Shattermask Theatre, St. Louis,Best New Play 1993 Footlight Awards, The Seattle TimesProduction, Jane Doe Theatre, Seattle,Staged Reading, Philadelphia Festival Theatre for New PlaysWorkshop Production, Seattle Actors Collective,