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Playwrighting

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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.

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Talkback for Gun Training for Teachers
Chestnut Street Playhouse
Annual Playwrights Festival, 2024
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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

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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.

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