I am more interested in subtext and gray areas than anything spelled out for me in a language I can understand
News & Recent Productions
Beautiful Cages
Buried Down Shallow
Interview with BPR Jan 2022
Letters to Joe
No One Gives a Crap About VH1
Sherlock Holmes & the Pepper Perpetrator
Sherlock Holmes & the Pepper Perpetrator (Radio Play)
something i cared about
The Education of Ted Harris
The Shorthand Job
Currently in Production
Read a sample of The Shorthand Job – a Collaboration with George Awad.
Produced by The Magnetic Theatre, 2022.
Cast: 3f/1m
One Act – 90 minutes
Callie and Omar are a successful, middle-aged couple that have been married for years. Only, they haven’t been merry in years. For the record, they used to be quite happy but somewhere along the line they stopped listening to their better voices. Therapy and counseling proved ineffective. Desperate, they decide they have no choice but to open up their marriage to someone who may be just their type. But of course, they aren’t married to the idea.
Read a sample of Beautiful Cages
Beautiful Cages, Live Reading, The Magnetic Theatre, April 2020
Beautiful Cages, slated for production, The Magnetic Theatre, September 2022
Two Act
Cast: 11; 7f/4m | Genre: comedy, drama | Keyword: forbidden love, nostalgia, flashbacks, patriarchy, A family drama, broken home, single mother, birdcages, war, secrets, family secrets, south USA
A daughter learns the truth about her conception and in turn, herself. Using flashbacks and real time, this twisted story of forbidden love and family secrets unveils the pain in believing we are trapped and the lengths we will go to in order to keep caged our dark nostalgia.
Other Full Length Plays:
Read a sample of something i cared about – A Collaboration with Travis Lowe & Jason Phillips
Read a sample of Buried Down Shallow
Buried Down Shallow, Live Reading, Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective, 2020
Cast: 6-10 | Genre: Drama
Themes: American patriarchy, 1930s, future America, future is female, postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, marriage, gender stereotypes
We move back and forth from the world of THEN to the world of SOON, as marriage, presidency, parenthood, and postpartum depression are viewed by the separate lenses of patriarchy vs matriarchy
Read a Sample of The Education of Ted Harris
The Education of Ted Harris
Produced by Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective, 2019
Cast: 7; 4f/3m | Genre: comedy, drama
Two Act
Themes: metoo, TimesUp, forbidden love, lesbian, LGBTQ, A family drama, cancer, consent, underage drinking, Appalachia, south USA
A family struggles, each in their own way, to deal with a matriarch’s illness. Long-buried secrets come to light as family members are forced into close proximity. Told through flashbacks and in real time, this provocative piece of storytelling explores issues around consent, physical intimacy, and emotional intimacy.
Ten Minute & One Act Plays:
No One Gives a Crap About VH1
Cast 3M | 1 F
10 minute
Themes: glory days, musicians, county music, romance, unrequited love, fame.
Johnnie & Jayne are reuniting for their comeback tour. Only everything stands in their way.
This 10 minute play is currently being developed into a full length with original country music by local artists.
Gladiolus
Performed reading by The Beaumont Community Players, 2021
Winner of the Southeast Texas Festival of Plays
One Act
Cast: 3 M | 1 F
Themes: infertility, racism, southern gothic, homosexuality, marriage.
This southern gothic tale peers into the life of Ellie and Hank and a day that changed their lives…or didn’t.
Sherlock Holmes & the Pepper Perpetrator
Cast: 11 | Genre: comedy, mystery, thriller, parody/spoof, radio drama, zoom
Themes: plays about theatre, old time radio plays, Sherlock Holmes, Oscar Wilde, plays for children, ripe for Zoom.
Radio Plays
Read a sample of Sherlock Holmes and the Pepper Perpetrator
Sherlock Holmes and the Pepper Perpetrator,
Produced by IC Imagine Public Charter School 2020.
Produced by Fusion Academy ATX, 2021
Cast: 11 | Genre: comedy, mystery, thriller, parody/spoof, radio drama, zoom
Themes: plays about theatre, old time radio plays, Sherlock Holmes, Oscar Wilde, plays for children, ripe for Zoom.
Things have gone awry at the Pennypincher’s Theatre in 19th century London, and immediate action must be taken. It’s time to call in the professionals to solve this mystery! This radio drama includes Shakespearean performances, sword fighting, moments from The Pirates of Penzance, and a witty visit from Oscar Wilde. Perfect for children
Read a sample of Letters to Joe
Letters to Joe, Produced by Mars Hill University, 2020
Cast: 6-10 gender varies | Genre: Drama | Themes: postpartum, postpartum depression, metoo, TimesUp, matriarchy, patriarchy, female president, marriage, death of child, south USA, abuse, political unrest, women, women’s rights
Awards
The Education of Ted Harris
Mountain Xpress Artist’s influences Award for Favorite Happenings in 2019
Gladiolus
Winner of the Southeast Texas Festival of Plays
Past Productions
Beautiful Cages
Produced by The Magnetic Theatre, 2022
The Shorthand Job
A Collaboration with George Awad
Produced by The Magnetic Theatre, 2022
something i cared about
A Collaboration with Travis Lowe & Jason Phillips
Produced by The Magnetic Theatre, 2021
Gladiolus
Performed Reading by The Beaumont Community Players, 2021
Sherlock Holmes and the Pepper Perpetrator
Produced by Fusion Academy ATX, 2021
Buried Down Shallow
Live Reading by Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective, 2020
Sherlock Holmes and the Pepper Perpetrator
Produced by IC Imagine Public Charter School 2020
Letters to Joe
With contributions from the MHU scriptwriting class
Produced by Mars Hill University, 2020
The Education of Ted Harris
Produced by Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective, 2019