Resume

NOVEL

  • “The Agent”
    Victoria Clifford leads a few secret lives. The biggest one is the elegant scam—the perfect crime—she’s about to pull off for the sixth time.  But with her brother and aunt in on the scheme and both of them causing problems this time around, the gig may be up. Or not.

FULL LENGTH PLAYS — STAGED READINGS/ WORKSHOPS:

  • “Talking Tenderloin” – A.K.A. “Speaking the Language” (drama)
    A high-powered, arrogant attorney suddenly goes from being in the top 1% to the bottom 1% and dramatically changes her perspective on people, her current circumstances and her purpose in life.
    • Finalist, Waterworks, Live Arts – Charlottesville, Virginia
    • Semi-finalist, Future Fest – The Dayton Playhouse, Dayton, OH
    • Quarterfinalist, ScreenCraft Stage Play Competition
    • Staged Reading, City Lights Theatre, San Jose, CA – with audience talk-back – see review
  • “Imprint” (drama)
    Katja has a severe anxiety disorder. And it isn’t all in her head.  An offhand remark by a near stranger sets in motion Katja’s discovery of epigenetic trauma and a shocking, long-held secret that explains her condition.
    • AACT New Play Festival – semifinalist
    • Finalist, Shawnee Playhouse Full Length Play Contest – Shawnee, Pennsylvania
    • Staged Reading, Shelton Theater, San Francisco, CA – with audience talk-back
  • “The Way it Works” – A.K.A. “The Nature of things” (comedy)
    It’s an alternate universe, where women are in charge and men have to contend with gender discrimination and a glass ceiling.
    • Reading Series finalist, Napa Valley Players, Napa, CA
    • New Works Festival semifinalist, Garry Marshall Theatre, Burbank, CA
    • Finalist, Tennessee Williams Play Festival, New Orleans, LA
    • Semifinalist, Landing Theatre, New American Voices, Houston, TX
    • New Play Reading Series semifinalist, Wordsmyth Theatre Company, Houston TX
    • Berkeley Rep Playwriting Workshop, Berkeley, CA
  • “Maggie and Charlotte” (drama)
    Is it possible to have hope, happiness and dementia at the same time? 
    • Winner, Scribe Playwriting Competition
    • Staged Reading, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA – with audience talk-back
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Talking Tenderloin
Talking Tenderloin image
Talking Tenderloin

SHORT ONE-ACT PLAYS — FULLY PRODUCED (unless otherwise noted):

  • “Bingo”
    • Camino Real Playhouse, San Juan Capistrano, CA
    • Players Backstage Theatre, Sarasota, FLA
  • “Black Nun Hoodie”
    •  Little Fish Theatre, San Pedro, CA
  • “Candy Thief”
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
    • Blue Pearl Theatrics, NYC – (staged reading)
    • Catherine Hickman Theatre, Gulfport, FLA
  • “The Doctor Will See You Now”
    • Zoom Reading, Play by Play, Oakland, CA.
  • “Equal Opportunity”
    • The Actors Studio Newburyport, Newburyport, MA
    • The King’s Shorts Festival, Nova Scotia, CAN
    • Shelton Theatre, San Francisco, CA – (Playwrights’ Center SF staged reading)
  • “The Fortune Teller”
    • Short and Sweet Festival, Hollywood, CA
  • “French Laundry”
    • Smirk, San Francisco, CA
  • “Helicopter”
    • Phoenix Stage Company, Oakville, CT
  • “Jupiter”
    • The Actors’ Studio of Newburyport – 5th Annual Short Play Festival 
    • Theatre In the Raw One-Act Play Writing Contest – third place, Vancouver
    • The Actors’ Studio of Newburyport – 5th Annual Short Play Festival 
    • Theatre In the Raw One-Act Play Writing Contest – third place, Vancouver
  • “Logan Comes of Age”
    • “Best Short Plays 2018”, Shelton Theater, San Francisco, CA
    • Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NYC
  • “Miracle on Memory Lane”
    • Long Beach NY Inaugural Play Festival
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
    • Long Beach NY Inaugural Play Festival
    • Rhino Studio, Pompton Lakes, NJ
  • “Not My Type”
    • Towne Street Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
  • “Number 57”
    • Grosse Pointe Theatre Ten Minute Play Festival
    • Long Beach NY Inaugural Play Festival
    • Finalist, “Stage It, 2022,” Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
    • Long Beach NY Inaugural Play Festival
    • Tomo Suro Players, “About Love Festival” – Vancouver, CAN
  • “Pandumbic”
    • Playwrights’ Center San Francisco – Best Short Plays 2020
  • “Post Partum”
    • Short and Sweet Festival, Sydney, AUS
    • Pegasus Theatre, Sonoma, CA
  • “The Rent”
    • Theatre In the Raw One-Act Play Writing Contest – social issues recognition, Vancouver
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
  • “Ring of Truth”
    • Durango Arts Festival
    • Nylon Fusion Fate/ Reality Festival, NYC, NY
    • Rhino Studio, Pompton Lakes, NJ
    • Women in Theatre, “Kauai Shorts,” Kauai, HI
    • Finalist, Durango Annual “10-Minute Play Festival,” Durango, CO
  • “Seats 32 A and B”
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
    • Rhino Studio, Pompton Lakes, NJ
    • Piano Fight, San Francisco, CA
  • “Sin of Omission”
    • Zoom Reading, Play by Play, Oakland, CA.
  • “They Didn’t Hurt Us” (monologue)
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
  • “Time’s Up”
    • Semi-finalist, Vanguard Arts Collective Impossible Fest
  • “Typecast”
    • Short and Sweet Festival, Hollywood, CA
  • “Unplugged” – Zoom production
    • Fringe of Marin – Short Play Festival
    • Central PA Theatre and Dance Festival, PA
Black Nun Hoodie
Logan Comes of Age
Number 57

Selected Published Short Stories:

  • “Tweaking Fate,” Hospital Drive
  • “Jupiter,” Gravel
  • “Speaking the Language,” Thrice Fiction
  • “The University,” Loud Zoo
  • “Imprint,” Magnolia Review

Selected Published Essays:

  • “The Woman Who is Not My Mother,” Biostories
  • “Breakthrough in Weight Loss Research, “America’s Funniest Humor Showcase
  • “A Tale of True Horror in Marin,” Marin Independent Journal