UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
THE UNDERSTANDING (Staged Readings)
Nicu's Spoon Theater, New York, NY
April, 2008COFFEE WITH PEARL
George Street Playhouse
New Brunswick, NJ
June 2008
PRODUCTIONS, READINGS, AND AWARDS
ALLEGRO (One Act Play, part of Grace Notes)
- Finalist, One-Act Contest, Riant Theatre, New York, NY, March 1999
- Monologue performed in an international evening of readings, Gibsons, Canada, March 1999
BELLES OF THE MILL (musical drama)
- Staged reading, The Theater Project, Cranford, NJ, September 2007
- Midtown International Theatre Festival, New York, NY, July-August 2002 (Extended Run!)
- Full-score demo recording, New York, NY, February 2002 (available upon request)
- Private readings, New York, NY, February 2002 & November 2001
THE BELLES OF THE MILL (full length historical drama)
- Rehearsed Reading, Women's Theatre Co. of New Jersey, Madison, NJ, September 2001
- Runner-Up, Play category, America's Best Writing Competition, April 2001
- Rehearsed Reading, Oberon Theatre Ensemble, New York, NY, February 2001
- Finalist, Stageplay category, Moondance Film Festival, Boulder, CO, January 2001
- Runner-Up, Coe College Playwriting Competition, Grand Rapids, IA, January 2001
- Rehearsed Reading, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, April 2000
- Staged Reading, New Jersey Repertory Company, Long Branch, NJ, March 2000
- Staged Reading, New York Play Development, New York, NY, December 1999
CLARY'S EXODUS (full length comic drama)
- Staged Reading, Villagers Theatre Company, Somerset, NJ, February 2002
- Staged Reading of excerpts, Winningstad Theatre, Portland, OR, September 2001
- Staged Reading, Flatiron Playhouse, New York, NY, August 2001
- Honorable Mention, Jane Chambers Playwriting Competition, 2001
CODA (Ten Minute Play, part of Grace Notes)
- Reading, Stormy Weather Players, Newburgh, NY, February 2001
- Staged Reading, Hunter College, New York, NY, May 1999
COFFEE WITH PEARL (Ten Minute Monologue)
- Benefit Performance, George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, June 2008
- The Theater Project, Cranford, NJ, November 2007
- Her-Rah! ICWP Readings to celebrate International Women's Day, March 2002
(Selected for both NYC & North Dakota readings programs)- Premiering in "7 Deadly Sins" at Looking Glass Theatre, New York, NY, December 2001
GRACE NOTES (full length family drama)
- Looking Glass Theatre, New Works Forum, New York, NY, December 2000
- Gemini Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, February 2000 (Read the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette review)
- Winner, Pittsburgh New Plays Festival 1999 (four winners chosen from over 130 entries)
- Staged Reading, New York Play Development, New York, NY, December 1998
LENNON, A LIFE (full length biographical play with music)
- Equity Showcase Production, Club House Theatre, New York, NY, November 1995
- Equity Showcase Production, TwinFish Productions, New York, NY, October 1994
- Equity Showcase Production, Chelsea Nameless Playhouse, New York, NY, October 1991
- Staged Reading, 1-2-3 Studios, New York, NY, December 1990
- Staged Reading, National Theatre Institute, Waterford, Connecticut, April 1988
NERISSA'S QUEST (Youth theatre play with music based on Irish myths; score by Betsy Small)
Demo Recording, July 2002 (available upon request)
POOL OF TEARS (Ten Minute Play based on Alice In Wonderland)
- Premiered in "The Alice Project" at Looking Glass Theatre, New York, NY, May 2001
PRELUDE (Ten Minute Play, part of Grace Notes)
- First Winner, Write Angle Productions Ten Minute On-Line Play Contest, March 2000
PURIM PIECE (Ten Minute play for young actors)
- Purim Festival, West End Reconstructionist Synagogue, New York, NY, March 2000
RONDO (Ten Minute Play, part of Grace Notes)
Reading, Stormy Weather Players, Newburgh, NY, February 2001
SOWING THE SEEDS (One Act Play, part of Grace Notes)
- Women's Work Festival, The Sackett Group, New York, NY, March 1999
- Semi-Finalist, F.E.A.T. Contest, Phoenix Theatre, 1998
THE UNDERSTANDING (Full Length Drama)
- Staged Readings, Nicu's Spoon Theater, New York, NY, April 2008
- Staged Reading (scene), ICWP Celebrates International Women's Day, NYC, March 2007
- Staged Reading, The Theater Project, Cranford, NJ, January 2007
- Finalist, Y.E.S. New Plays Festival, 2007
- Finalist, Larry Corse Playwriting Award, 2007
WHEELIES (Ten Minute contemporary drama)
- Reading, Ludlow 10, New York, NY, April 2002
- Reading, Stormy Weather Players, Newburgh, NY, February 2001
- Shock Troupe, John Houseman Studio Too, New York, NY, October 1999
THE WICKHAM WAY (Ten Minute contemporary comedy)
- Staged Reading, The Theater Project, Cranford, NJ, April 2007
PUBLICATIONS
Playwright's Notebook for The Belles of the Mill: A Musical Drama
(chronicling the collaborative process of adapting my original play into a musical)
Scene 4, A Contemporary Journal of Theatre & Film (January-May, 2001)
Collaborating with composer/lyricist Jill Marshall-Work
Playwright's Notebook for Clary's Exodus
Scene 4, A Contemporary Journal of Theatre & Film (June-December, 2000)THE BELLES OF THE MILL
Scene 4, A Contemporary Journal of Theatre & Film (July, 2000)
GRACE NOTES
Scene 4, A Contemporary Journal of Theatre & Film (February, 2001)THE BELLES OF THE MILL (excerpts)
- Audition Monologs for Student Actors II, Meriwether Publishing
- Best Stage Scenes 1999, Smith and Kraus
- Best Women's Monologues 1999, Smith and Kraus
CLARY'S EXODUS (2 monologues)
- Coming out in 2008 in an ICWP collection to be published by JAC
GRACE NOTES (excerpts)
- Millennium Monologs, Meriwether Publishing
- Audition Monologs for Student Actors II, Meriwether Publishing
- Best Stage Scenes 1998, Smith and Kraus
- Best Women's Monologues 1998, Smith and Kraus
- The Ultimate Scene Study Series, Vol. IV: 104 Short Scenes For Four Actors, Smith and Kraus
POOL OF TEARS
- Printed by Brooklyn Publishing, Fall 2001
RELATED WRITING AND DISTINCTIONS
Subject of interview about playwriting in absolutewrite.com - March, 2001. Comments welcome!
Quoted in "The Future of the American Stage" by Christina Hamlett in Writer On Line,
October and November 2000.Bella Magazine, subject of feature interview on playwriting, April 2000
"Poetry, Music, Water and 'Time Out Of Joint': Marina Carr's Portia Coughlan and The Mai." Delivered at American Conference for Irish Studies National Convention, Roanoke, VA, May 1999
"The Origins of the Abbey Theatre, 1897-1904" in Irish Theatre Forum, Issue IV (Autumn 1998)
Recipient of MENSA Award, 1998
Recipient of Roberts Fellowship, C.U.N.Y./Hunter College, Fall 1997
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Insight For Playwrights, a monthly marketing newsletter ~ Editor
International Centre for Women Playwrights
Member, Board of Trustees ~ Editor of SEASONS Quarterly NewsletterThe Looking Glass Theatre, Playwrights Lab, New York, NY (2002-2004)
The Dramatists Guild, Associate Member
The Theater Project, Cranford, NJ, 2006-present
Founding/Artistic Director, TwinFish Productions, Inc., NYC theatre company (1991-96)
EDUCATION
- M.A. in Theater, C.U.N.Y./Hunter College, New York, NY (2000)
Teachers included: Eric Bentley, Stanley Kauffmann, Vera Mowry Roberts, Jonathan Kalb
- B.A. in English Dramatic Literature and Theatre, Wheaton College, Norton, MA (1989)
- National Theatre Institute, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, Connecticut (1988)
Teachers included: Michelle Bach, B. Rodney Marriott, G.W. Mercier, Ernest Schier, Shelley Wyant
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