My play KAIJU is having a reading this week with The Road Theatre as part of their 16th Annual Summer Playwrights Festival! It'll take place on Thursday, July 16th, at 8 p.m. at their theatre space in North Hollywood (10747 Magnolia Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA). Here's a brief synopsis:

Two 250-foot-tall monsters debate the morality of the destruction they just caused. A group of human theatergoers argues after the play they just watched. Destruction becomes conversation and conversation becomes destruction in this satire of monster movies, post-show talkbacks, and the self-cannibalization of live theatre.

The reading is being directed by Ryan McRee and features an all-star cast of Road ensemble members, including Leandro Cano, Cherish Monique Duke, Clay Hollander, Jessica Jade Andres, Nicole Royster, Chase Cargrill, Krishna Smitha, Michelle Gillette, and Kate Huffman. Phew! Click here for tickets.

I'm especially excited about this because KAIJU, despite being written five years ago, has never had an in-person public reading, and given the subject matter of the play, it's kind of crucial. It'll also be my first full-length being presented in Los Angeles (or anywhere in California for that matter).

So if you're in the LA area, come on out and say hi and stay for the talkback afterward. It should be a ton of fun. Big thanks to Ryan and the team, and to The Road for supporting my work!

Tickets for Sundown Collaborative Theatre's production of my play The Amphibians are now live! If you're in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (or plan on traveling here), click here to nab 'em.

Sundown has been a dream to work with, keeping their commitment to the show after it had to be postponed a full year. The show dates are July 27th–29th and July 4th–6th, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. All shows are at the Theatre Denton Annex (2201 S Interstate 35E), with an ASL-interpreted performance on July 6th. Check out the official poster art below, designed by Ames Brennan, and watch this space (and theirs!) for press, show photos, and more.

Big thanks to director Taylor Hoyt, the stellar cast and crew, and Sundown as a company for being so adventurous and treating my work with such care! This one's gonna be special.

On June 12th, my play The Tusk Hunters will be having a reading with The Workshop Theater as part of their Lab Series! I'm a huge fan of these folks and developed the play with them as part of their Winter Intensive back in 2023. So it's great to see it get a more fully realized presentation in front of an audience.

The reading takes place at Open Jar Studios (1601 Broadway) on Thursday, June 12th, at 3 p.m. It'll be directed by my frequent collaborator Dina Vovsi, featuring Peter Bradbury, Peter McNally, and Erik Lochtefeld, with stage management by Olivia Mancini. Tickets are pay-what-you-can and be purchased here.

Big thanks to The Workshop for supporting my work, and hope to see you there!

In just a couple of weeks, a reading of my play The Tusk Hunters will be going up as part of Gloucester Stage's Water's Rising Festival, an annual showing of new plays that explore the climate crisis. For my money, it's a very important and unique festival that has some vital ties to the theatre company's community. Here's what Gloucester Stage has to say about it:

The theater’s home in Gloucester has more than 62 miles of shorelines, with the building itself located in FEMA’s high-risk flood zone. What makes this location a beautiful destination contains an equally foreboding future as we see sea levels rise year after year. We are excited to present WATER’S RISING for our second year. By pairing art with advocacy, we can deepen our connection to our earth’s future.

Developed extensively last year with The Civilians' R&D Group, The Tusk Hunters focuses on the morality of woolly mammoth de-extinction and its viability as a method to combat climate change. Sub-themes include masculinity over time and the toll scientifically revolutionary ideas take on those tasked with actually executing them. The reading is directed by Alex Lonati and takes place on Sunday, April 27th, at 7 p.m. Two other wonderful plays, TERRA FIRMA by Barbara Hammond and Mox Nox by Patrick Gabridge, will also be happening over the weekend. Each reading is followed by a talkback and discussion with a climate expert. Click here for tickets.

Enormous thanks to Gloucester Stage for developing my work and creating such a locally (and globally) potent festival. See you in Massachusetts!

It's been a minute! I'm coming out of hibernation to announce that my short play "Wound Woman" is being produced by Chicago's Otherworld Theatre as part of their 7th Annual Science Fiction & Fantasy Paragon Festival. The festival runs April 17th through 27th at Otherworld's bustling theatre space in Andersonville (3914 N Clark St) and features a ton of really cool genre plays.

"Wound Woman" is a short script I wrote over a decade ago for a play festival in Tallahassee, Florida, so I'm really excited to see it go up in Chicago—my favorite city in the world and the one that still feels the most like home. It runs as part of the festival's Fantasy & Fairytales program, with performances on April 19th, 24th, and 27th at 8:30 p.m. Click here for tickets, the full festival schedule, and more info.

Big thanks to Otherworld for supporting my work. And watch this space in the coming weeks for more announcements about a ton of exciting projects that are getting some new life. More soon!

Matawan, my play about the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916, is getting its New York premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company's Acting School!

Directed by Nicky Maggio, this will be the fourth production of the show and features conservatory students Josh Bloom Garrett Hannigan, David Najam Liskow, Zoe Loveless, Jack Lyme, Eli Nuss, Alfredo Reyes, Kate Sweitzer, Nhat Trinh, and Bar Zivlin. It runs October 3rd through 8th at the Atlantic's Stage 2 space (330 W 16th St).

I don't want to spoil anything here, but Nicky's concept for the shark and the humans she encounters is truly unique and evocative. I can't wait to see it. Click here for tickets, and come say hi after the show!

Last year, I was lucky enough to see my play The Amphibians selected by Think Tank Theatre down in Florida as part of their TYA Playwrights Festival. The script received a wonderful reading, and I got to spend a fun-filled week in Tampa, right near where I grew up.

Now, I'll be headed back in a few weeks for Think Tank's full production of the show, which is going up as the featured mainstage in this year's festival! I love everything about Think Tank, and can't wait to see the show fully realized in the community where I was raised—and where the play itself takes place.

The Amphibians runs August 22nd–25th at JCC On the Cohn Campus. You can find more info on showtimes, tickets, and the stellar production team here. I'll be down there all week, so if you're in the area, come on by and say hi. And be sure to check out the work from the other awesome playwrights in the festival, including Baylee Shlichtman (who I've written alongside at The Workshop Theater), Gwyneth Strope, and Larry Rinkel.

See you soon, Florida!

A couple big pieces of news for my play The Amphibians! 

First, the production at Sundown Collaborative Theatre in Denton, Texas, has been moved to July of 2025 due to unforeseen circumstances outside of the theatre company's control. They—and I!—very much look forward to bringing it to you next summer.

Second, the show is getting a third production from Cypress Productions in Lexington, Kentucky! They did a truly bang-up job with my short play "A Seed," and I can't wait to see what they do with one of my full-lengths. The puppet design really is something else, as is the below poster created by Claire Thompson. It miiight be my favorite marketing image from any of my shows, ever.

We run August 15th–17th at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. Click here for tickets.

Big thanks to Joan and their team for treating my work with such care and ambition. And watch this space for some more amphibious news very soon...