Plays

SPUTNIK IN SUBURBIA 

An offbeat love story about a young man trying to make sense of the year America became hysterical about the Space Race.  A Cold War fantasia about lost dreams, a lost young mother, and a lost Russian space dog.

THE KARPOVSKY VARIATIONS

A dark comedy about the diaspora of a Jewish family, set in airports.

THE SOUND OF BIRDS YOU DON’T EXPECT

A serious comedy about a teenager and her grandmother challenging each other’s politics, life choices and family memories.

RUNNING AFTER BOBBY

A seriocomedy about a diverse collection of characters – and a nation – struggling to overcome disillusionment.  The play centers on a teenager in 1969 trying to fix his broken family by resurrecting the spirit of his recently murdered hero, Senator Robert F. Kennedy.

DREAM OF A DEER AT DUSK 

A  lyrical drama focusing on an idealistic 15-year-old girl trying to rescue a 27-year-old autistic man from the persecution of their small town.  Finalist, National Playwrights Conference.

FREEDOM HIGH

Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer of the Civil Rights Movement

DANCING ON THE EDGE

A tragicomedy about dance pioneer Isadora Duncan’s fateful visit to Russia, soon after the Soviet Revolution.

THIS TAINTED EARTH

A lyrical drama inspired by Greek myths around Iphigenia and Agamemnon.

GORGEOUS INTENTIONS

A serious comedy set at an arts colony

AMERICANS IN ASIA QUARTET

STORM IN THE IRON BOX

Inspired by the life of Dr. Wilhelm Reich, inventor of the orgone box

ONE-ACT PLAYS