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my play, the devil smokes American Spirits: a play in ten cigarettes has been published by Next Stage Press. Available here.
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i was recently a semi-finalist for the Pipeline PlayLab, 2024 cohort @ Pipeline Theatre Company
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i am happy to share that i am a recipient of the 2023/2024 Liberty Live biennial commission through Premiere Stages, for my play-in-progress, Upstage(d), inspired by the history of Asbury Park’s music scene and the storied Upstage Club. The Liberty Live Commission is a unique opportunity to develop and produce new plays that celebrate New Jersey’s rich and diverse history.
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i will be contributing to The Ground on Which We Stand, a multi-writer, site-specific performance exploring the history and impact of The James Howe House from 1780 to the present day. The Howe House is the first property in the Township of Montclair, NJ to be owned by an African American and formerly enslaved person, and has been the site of much current controversy. Four performances take place outdoors in Montclair on April 29th and two performances indoors at Luna Stage on April 30th. More information here.
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my play ashland: a shakespeare play will be developed at The Tank, workshop performances, May 17-21 2023. tickets available here.
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a new draft of my play danse macabre: a kiss of death (formerly titled the old santa fe) will have a reading for PlayDate at Pete’s @ Pete’s Candy Store on April 17 at 6:30pm.
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my play ashland: a shakespeare play will have a reading at The Actors Studio, for the Playwrights/Directors Unit, April 26, 2023
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along with Peter Dougherty, i will be performing our mobile original adaptation of the Irish folktale, Jack and the Devil for Halloween/Samhain as part of leave no trace theatre’s beyond the veil programming, Oct 30-Nov 1.
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i have been accepted as an Artist-in-Residence at the first ever Eco Week at Fresh Ground Pepper's annual artist residency, BRB 2022
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i have recently been accepted as a member of the legendary Actors Studio Playwrights/Directors Unit, 2022.
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my play ashland: a shakespeare play has been named a semi-finalist for the Premiere Stages 2022 Premiere Play Festival.
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my play inside a mask has been selected for Emerging Artists Theatre’s 2022 Spring New Work Series, and will be presented on April 8 2022 @ 7pm. more details soon.
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a monologue from my play the devil smokes American Spirits: a play in ten cigarettes will be published in Smith & Kraus’s Best Men’s Stage Monologues of 2022, to be available later this year.
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my recent play in development, ashland: a shakespeare play, is now in the semi-finalist round for the New Jersey Play Lab 2022 Residency.
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i am very excited to be joining the INKubator New Play Program 2021/2022 cohort as a playwright in residence @ Art House Productions.
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my play the devil smokes American Spirits: a play in ten cigarettes will be developed at The Tank, November 2021. workshop performances on Nov 16 & 17. stay tuned for more info soon.
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named a semi finalist for the Pipeline Theatre Company’s 2021/2022 Pipeline Playlab.
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I am honored to be participating in Full Circle 2021: a collaboration between Premiere Stages and Matheny Arts Access, for which we will collaborate with clients with complex medical disabilities in the creation of a filmed work of theatre. Oct 4-6.
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my crazy idea, leave no trace theatre, will begin its east coast programming, September 2021, with the fire pit: reading series and plays/hikes in the Hudson Valley and Northern New Jersey. visit our website here for updates.
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i’ve been chosen for the 2021 Kennedy Center Playwriting Intensive at The Kennedy Center in DC (virtual this year)
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i will be joining McCarter Theatre Center’s Education Program as a Teaching Artist, Summer 2021
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my play Call of Queens had a virtual reading @ New Jersey Play Lab, PlayGym New Play Development Forum in May, 2021