FULL LENGTH
Decadent Acts (drama, 7w/3m)
Set in the late 1980s New York, Decadent Acts chronicles the story of a lesbian couple struggling against legislated discrimination. When television personality Farah White falls fatally ill, her partner, professor Jolene Shatila, along with their daughter Nicole, are faced with unexpected challenges that will change their lives forever. From child custody laws to hospital visitation rights, Decadent Acts spotlights the harsh reality of discriminatory regulations against same-sex partners, plumbing emotional and political depths with grace and searing honesty.
2017 Dixon Place, Workshop
2010 Robert Moss Theater, Production
2009 Co-Op Theatre East, Production
2008 Co-Op Theatre East, Staged Reading
2007 Pace University Honors Thesis, Workshop
2006 Pace University Student Directing Festival, New York City
Awards:
2010 PCTF's "Planet Activist Award"
There Are No Camels in Beirut (autobiographical drama, 3w/2m)
What does it mean to be on the wrong side of a conflict? There Are No Camels in Beirut is the story about living in Beirut during the 2006 war.
2015 Culture Project, Workshop
2014 Estrogenius Festival, Staged Reading
2014 Co-Op Theatre East, Staged Reading
Documentary (drama, 12w/2m)
Documentary uses testimonial-style theatre to share the story of a 16-year-old suburban high school student trying to find her identity. When Ariel Valeria falls for a mysterious new student, Fatima Zee, the homophobic attitudes of the school take their toll on the young women. Documentary combines a contemporary love story with the personal narratives of young adults experiencing similar issues.
2010 Brecht Forum, New York City, Staged Reading
2008 Gene Frankel Theatre/Co-Op Theatre East, Production
2006 Pace University Student Directing Festival, New York City Production
2006 Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre, Staged Reading
2005 TADA! Theatre, New York City, Staged Reading
Awards:
TADA! Youth Theatre's "Young Writer of the Year Award"
SHORT PLAYS
WWAGD: What Would Amy Goodman Do? (10-minute one-act, dark comedy 2w/1m)
A post-apocalyptic broadcast of Democracy Now featuring guest President Chris Christie (formerly NJ Governor)
2014 Co-Op Theatre East, Radio COTE - Listen Here
Riding in Cars with Hezbollah (10-minute one-act, drama 1m/1w)
Amidst the 2006 war, an American student and Lebanese cab driver attempt returning back to Beirut.
2012 Culture Project's IMPACT FESTIVAL, Performance
2011 Co-Op Theatre East, Staged Reading
The Walking Tour (10-minute one-act, dark comedy 3w)
This play is a walking tour set in post-apocalyptic Tompkins Square Park, New York City.
2013 Fresh Perspectives Festival
Dee Tee Goes to Washington (10-minute one-act, dark comedy 3w)
In the year 2033 Dee Tee (Formerly Dzhokhar Tsarnaev) is a reality TV star. His publicists have discovered a problem and must act quickly to save him (and their own careers) from the public's outrage over a sex tape.
2013 Co-Op Theatre East, Radio COTE - Listen Here
The Best Little Whore In Texas (10-minute one-act, drama 2w)
A sixteen-year-old's third abortion prompts a doctor to question access to birth control, contraception and the newly adopted "Personhood Amendment".
2011 Co-Op Theatre East, Staged Reading
Live from Pod 305 (10-minute one-act, drama, 2w)
At the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women, two pod mates discuss the concepts of revisionism and escape through a nightly grassroots radio broadcast from Pod 305.
2011 Manhattan Theatre Source's Estrogenius Festival, Production
2010 Co-Op Theatre East, Staged Reading
Standing In Front of 9/11 Waiting for the End of the World (10-minute one-act, comedy, 1m/1w)
Professional disaster tour guides Toby and Rachel are in need of some quick cash. While standing in front of the World Trade Center site, they attempt to create a business plan that will demolish the competition of the surrounding street vendors and 9/11 memorabilia peddlers.
2011 Altruistic Theatre Company, Production
2010 Co-Op Theatre East, Staged Reading
1-800-DIAL-A-DAD (10-minute one-act, 2w)
Two women invent a special service for people with "daddy issues".
2011 Testogenius Festival - Manhattan Theatre Source, Production
MONOLOGUES
"Fairy Tales" (non-gender specific)
Years later, a 9-11 survivor comes to terms with what they witnessed on that morning.
2020 Adapted to short film called Rapture
2019 Soulful Theatre, Louisiana