Here is a list of short plays* that were produced
* plays that clock in under 45 minutes.
A STICKY MEMENTO
Nerd rage and Midwestern values collide when a tourist comes to Harvard University, only to realize she has little tolerance for rich kid drama. 1W, 1M [10 Min Audio Play]
Commissioned and Produced by the Huntington Theatre in 2011 for the Emerging America Festival
A TALE OF TWO EMMAS
Young Emma needs to write an essay about the Statue of Liberty and finds help from an unlikely source. An educational play about Emma Lazarus commissioned by the Visitors Center at the Statue of Liberty. 2M, 2W [One Act]
Commissioned and Produced at the Visitors Center, Statue of Liberty in Summer 2011
Script can be read here.
BRIEF SELECTION FROM NOTEBOOKS & LETTERS OF FAMOUS DECEASED AMERICAN NOVELIST NOT TO BE NAMED
At a panel discussion, three academics obsessed with the life of a famous deceased novelist realize their interests are more personal than professional. 3 Actors [10 Min]
Commissioned and Produced by the First Floor Theater in Chicago, as part of FitzFest, a festival of new work inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Summer 2016.
CLAIM
A son calls his estranged mother to ask if she would claim his body if he was one of the victims of the Pulse shooting. A short play about reckoning with family and future. 2M, 2W [10 Min]
Commissioned and Produced by Missing Bolt/No Passport as part of the After Orlando benefit with over 25 presentations in the United States and London, 2016-17.
CUSTODIANS
After a rowdy night, Brian finds a woman covered in goo in his parents’ kitchen. She claims she is from the future. That’s when things get weird. 2M, 1W [Short One Act]
Produced by Lesser America in September 2011 as part of TOO MUCH TOO SOON evening of short plays
EDGAR AND PATRICK
On a field, a bully and his victim meet and discover they share more than they think. 2M, 1F [10 Min Play]
Produced as part of benefits for The Trevor Project, “It Gets Better” Campaign and Pride Weekend NYC, throughout 2011, as well as the 2012 Boston Playwrights Marathon and Rattlestick’s 2013 Theatre Jam, and Play By Play: Festival of New One Acts at Stageworks/Hudson in July 2013
I AM A GREAT BIG BALL OF SADNESS AND I WANNA HURL MYSELF FROM YOUR ROOF
At a swanky, rooftop party in New York City, three guests try to get past their cocktail smiles. 2M, 1W [10 Min Play]
Produced as a site-specific play at a private roof deck in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn in 2011
Also adapted into a short film by the author. Watch here.
I (HEART) KANT
Four women who call the Garden State home are lost, stifled by dead-end jobs and unfinished dissertations, until a mysterious encounter with the Kantian sublime. 4W, 1M [One Act]
Produced by Collaborative Arts in New Brunswick, NJ in March 2009, The Committee in New York in Sept 2006, Rude Guerrilla in Orange, CA in July 2003, Back Pocket Theater in Seattle in March 2002, and Moving Arts in Los Angeles in 2001
"A nimble, knowing one-act with an admirable script carefully structured to appear free-flowing." -- The New York Times
"Obscenely funny, deeply disturbing." -- Los Angeles Times
"A splendidly adroit play about misery." -- Backstage
" A captivating slice-of-life drama that's humorous and intensely honest." -- Backstage West
INTRO TO FICTION [VIRTUAL]
During virtual office hours, a professor discusses his student’s latest short story. Her characters feel too close for comfort for the professor. Teacher and student must both reckon with how to write a good ending.
Produced virtually Stage West Theatre in Fort Worth, TX, New Antiquities Theatre Company in Hobbs, NM and Firebrand Theatre Company in Little Rock, AR in September-October 2020.
Published by Dramatists Play Service in the TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: PLAYS FOR ONLINE THEATRE anthology.
PSEUDOEPHEDRINE
Ted calls his college friend Annemarie as he falls through the sky, ready to reminiscence about college and his love of pseudoephedrine. A chorus of Indigo Girls fans help them out. 1W, 1M plus a chorus of actors (5-15) [10 Min Play]
Produced by Collaboraction in April 2009 as part of SKETCHBOOK and the 2010 Boston Playwrights Marathon
Included in the anthology Boston Playwrights Marathon XII (Smith & Kraus, 2011)
TECMESSA
Ajax’s concubine, his son and his half-brother wonder what remains now that the great warrior is dead. A riff on Ajax. 2M, 1W [10 Min Play]
Produced by Target Margin as part of their evening on the GREEKS in 2007
TERMINATION OF THE SPECIES
When Henry finds a VHS tape in his basement, little does he suspect that it contains a message from Steve, an extraterrestrial who must end the world tonight. 2M, 1W [10 Min Play]
Produced by Collaboraction in June 2011 as part of SKETCHBOOK
WHITE PEOPLE
Billy and Pam share a moment of unexpected New England intimacy on the Boston T, leaving these two strangers to ask: is happiness possible when you’re a Masshole? 3M, 1F [10 Min Play]
Produced as part of the 2009 Boston Playwrights Marathon
Included in the anthology Boston Playwrights Marathon XI (Smith & Kraus, 2010)