Plays

Grace (2005)

  • Based on true family story behind the Birmingham Church Bombing of 1963
  • Read a one-page synopsis
  • Key characters are a strong-willed lower-class white woman (lesbian) who testified against her Klansman uncle, and the spirit of Denise McNair, the youngest of the four girls killed in the blast
  • Second Prize, National History Play Contest
  • Development Grant, Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation
  • Minor productions in Bradenton and St. Petersburg, FL in 2006 and 2007
  • Workshop at Abingdon Theatre NYC in 2004
  • Assisted by dramaturg Chris Angermann
  • Rights have been obtained
  • Read a review by Mark E. Leib

Man with Blue Guitar (2011)

  • Based on the life and poetry of Wallace Stevens
  • Workshop / showcase production in Sarasota and St. Petersburg with director and cast from Asolo Conservatory
  • Read a one-page synopsis

Wallace Stevens at Key West (2004)

  • One-act predecessor to Man with Blue Guitar
  • Commissioned by LiveArts Peninsula Foundation
  • Winner of Florida Playwrights Process Award
  • Production at Eckerd Theater in Clearwater, FL

The Good Life (2000)

  • A couple buys a beach house in a last-ditch effort to save their marriage
  • Scenes produced by Columbia Dramatists in NYC
  • Assisted by dramaturg Anthony Patellis