Playwrighting
Theatre as Education
Storytelling opens minds and hearts to new ideas and ways of being.
Much of my writing focuses around mental health and public health concerns. I have written sketch comedy, stand-up comedy, and monologues for Artreach, inc. on the topic of mental illness, recovery, problem gambling, and healthcare inequity.
Independent playwrighting projects include Gun Training for Teachers, a full length play exploring gun violence in American schools through the eyes of public school teachers, and King of Hearts, a short play in which a college student navigates her first day is a psychiatric unit.
Talkback for Gun Training for Teachers
Chestnut Street Playhouse
Annual Playwrights Festival, 2024
Flightless Birds
Mayfly 2020
Photo by Kato McNickle
Theatre as Play
I take the art of being silly very seriously.
I love to find the silliness within the sadness.
Life is unpredictable and that can make for some pretty fantastic comedy.
Plays
King of Hearts
College freshman Cori finds herself admitted to a psychiatric unit for suicidal ideation and is stuck trying to decide if she's willing to take an active part in her own recovery when an unexpected conversation with a young man named Harrison in recovery for heroin addiction changes her perspective.