Original Work


VERBATIM DOCUMENTARY THEATRE / Ethnodrama:
 

University of Aberdeen – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Collaboration
(2019) Exploration of verbatim performance techniques with second-year acting students at Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and artistic affiliates in NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, Aberdeen, Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland, and New York, NY.

The (Act)ion Project
(2019) Co-created with Sarah Bellantoni and students from The Chapin School, The Chapin School, New York, NY.

Lying Demagogue Audio Recording Project
(2018) Verbatim audio recordings created for a research study conducted by Ezra Zuckerman Sivan (MIT), Minjae Kim (Northwestern), and Oliver Hahl (Carnegie Mellon), NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, New York, NY.

The Kavanaugh Files
(2018) Co-created with Keith R. Huff, in collaboration with Heleya de Barros, Daryl
Embry, Suzy Jane Hunt, Scott Michael Morales, Robert Thaxton Stevenson, and Rachel Tuggle Whorton, NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, New York, NY.(2019) The Kavanaugh Files: LIVE. Part of the Hornets’ Nest at Geva Theatre Center, Rochester, NY.

Boxed Out
(2018) Co-created with Ryan Weible and students from Bentley School, Lafayette, CA.
(2019) Edinburgh Fringe Festival, American High School Theatre Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland.
(2019) Gateway Theatre, San Francisco, CA.
(2019) The Athenian School, Danville, CA.
(2019) College Avenue Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, CA.
(2018) Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA.

No(body) but nobody
(2018) In collaboration with Laura Cabochan, NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, New York, NY.

The Grab ‘Em Tapes
(2018) NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, New York, NY.

Of a Certain Age
(2018) produced by NYU Steinhardt's Program in Educational Theatre, in collaboration with the Verbatim Performance Lab and The Actors Fund,
Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

The Moore / Jones Challenge
(2017) Co-created with Keith R. Huff, in collaboration with Ryan Conarro, NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, New York, NY.

The Lauer / Conway Flip
(2017) NYU Steinhardt’s Verbatim Performance Lab, New York, NY.

Her Opponent
(2017) co-created with Maria Guadalupe.
Provincetown Playhouse, NYU Steinhardt, New York, NY.
The Jerry Orbach Theater, New York, NY.
  *** Nominee, Best Unique Theatrical Experience - 2017 Off Broadway Alliance Awards

We Were All Young Once 
(2015) co-created with Sarah Bellantoni and students from The Chapin School, The Chapin School, New York, NY.

Towards the Fear: An Exploration of Bullying, Social Combat, and Aggression
(2014) Commissioned by NYU Drama Therapy Program’s As Performance Series, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

Project | Hope
(2012) Commissioned by University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Department of Theatre and Dance, Charlotte, NC.

open heart
(2010) New York International Fringe Festival / LaMaMa, New York, NY.
(2009) 404 Studios (staged reading), New York, NY.

The Class Project
(2008) NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Pless Theatre, New York, NY.

Cartographic Musings
(2006) NYU Program in Educational Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Ireland.

An Teorainn/Edge
(2006) NYU Forum on Ethnotheatre and Theatre for Social Justice, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.
(2005) NYU Program in Educational Theatre, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin, Ireland.

Words to Live By
(2002) (workshop) NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Pless Theatre, New York, NY.

fag / hag
Co-created with Kate Nugent.
(2000) Philadelphia Fringe Festival / Mum Puppet Theatre, Philadelphia, PA.
           New York International Fringe Festival / Charas El Bohio, New York, NY.
(1999) AC/DC Festival, That Uppity Theatre Company, St. Louis, MO.
          University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.
          University of Massachusetts, Curtain Theater, Amherst, MA.
          Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA.
          Thorns Performance Space, Northampton, MA.


Plays:
 

III
(2008) New York International Fringe Festival / Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, NY.
   *** Winner, FringeNYC’s Overall Excellence Award for Outstanding Play
   *** Published in Best American Short Plays, 2008-2009 (Applause Books) 
(2007) NYU Steinhardt, Pless Theatre(workshop), New York, NY.

empty 
(2005) University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Department of Theatre and Dance, Charlotte, NC.

mindlynes 
(2002) Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY.

At Wit’s End: You Are Here
(2001) Co-created with Kate Nugent. Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Philadelphia, PA.

full of grace . . . 
(1998) Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, Northampton, MA.
   *** James Baldwin Playwriting Award


Site-Specific Performances:
 

Animating the James & Ann Whitall House at Red Bank Battlefield 
(2015) Commissioned by the Gloucester County Cultural & Heritage Commission.
Performed at the Whithall House and surrounding battlefield grounds at Red Bank Battlefield Park, National Park, NJ.

ga(y)ze
(2015) co-created with Troy Hourie. Commissioned by the Program in Educational Theatre’s Forum on Site-Specific Performance. Performed on 14th Street between 3rd Avenue and Irving Place, New York, NY.


One-Acts:
 

Bromancing the OK 
(2015) Performed as part of In Real Time, a collection of one-act plays.
NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

Lakeside Lullaby 
(2015) Performed as part of In Real Time, a collection of one-act plays. NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

The Power of Johnny
(2015) Performed as part of In Real Time, a collection of one-act plays. NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

Very Vanilla 
(2015) Performed as part of In Real Time, a collection of one-act plays. NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

How do you say “window” in Italian? 
(2015) Performed as part of In Real Time, a collection of one-act plays. NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

M Squared
(2015) Performed as part of In Real Time, a collection of one-act plays. NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Provincetown Playhouse, New York, NY.

Mother’s Milk 
(2013) Commissioned by Blindspot Collective, New York, NY.
(2014) Performed as part of Play/Date at Fat Baby, New York, NY.
(2013) Performed as part of Play/Date at The Penny Farthing, New York, NY.

“someone’s in the kitchen with Dinah” 
(2008), Learning Stages, Wenonah, NJ.

Homage to Edvard Munch
(2007), NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Pless Theatre,
New York, NY.

nsa
(2007) University of Massachusetts, Department of Theater, Rand Theater, Amherst, MA.

That’s Not How You Do It
(2003) University of Massachusetts, Department of Theater, Rand Theater, Amherst, MA.


One-Acts for Young Actors:
 

“Like” Like
(2015) Commissioned by Blake McCarty as part of Hall Pass
          Produced by Grace Church School, New York, NY, and Canyon Crest Academy,
          San Diego, CA.

A Whole Latte 4-1-1 
(2013) Commissioned and produced by Mary McDowell Friends School,
           Brooklyn, NY.
(2017) Produced by NYU Steinhardt Youth Theatre Ensemble, Pless Theatre, New York, NY.
*** Available from Heuer Publications

Fan Club Unplug 
(2012) Commissioned and produced by Mary McDowell Friends School, Brooklyn, NY.
(2018) Produced by NYU Steinhardt Youth Theatre Ensemble, Pless Theatre, New York, NY.

You Know 
(2009) Produced by NYU Steinhardt, Program in Educational Theatre, Pless Theatre, New York, NY, and Learning Stages, Wenonah, NJ.

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