PLAY HISTORY
PUBLICATIONS
Ten-Minute Plays
Rachel Holds Court Excerpt in: Later Chapters, Applause Books; Diana Amsterdam (editor)
Critical Care In Serious Daring: Creative Writing in Four Genres, Oxford U. Press; Lisa Roney (editor)
Give and Take Best Ten Minute Plays 2013, Smith & Kraus; Laurence Harbison (editor)
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Best Ten Minute Plays 2012, Smith & Kraus; Laurence Harbison (editor)
Critical Care Best Ten Minute Plays 2009 for Two or More Actors, Smith & Kraus; Laurence Harbison (editor)
Prized Begonias Best Ten Minute Plays 2007 for Two Actors, Smith & Kraus; Laurence Harbison (editor)
The Hotel Lobbyist Art Age Press Publications, Senior Plays; Bonnie Vorenberg (editor)
How Could You? Art Age Press Publications, Senior Plays; Bonnie Vorenberg (editor)
Rachel Holds Court Art Age Press Publications , Senior Plays; Bonnie Vorenberg (editor)
Forget-Me-Not eTens, Original Works Publishing; Jason Goldberg (editor)
Unconditionally Scenes from a Diverse World, ICWP, JAC Publications; Karin Diann Williams (editor)
Monologues
Turn! Turn! Turn! Best Women Stage Monologues 2018, Smith & Krause, Lawrence Harbison (editor)
Spreadin' the News 222 More Comedy Monologues, Smith & Kraus; Carol Boynton (editor)
Bereavement Group 222 More Comedy Monologues, Smith & Kraus; Carol Boynton (editor)
Black Sheep One on One: Playing with a Purpose, Applause Books; Bob Shuman & Stephen Fife (editors)
Safety Pin The Journal of Law and Family Studies, Vol. 2009, Number 2
Raison d'etra Mother/Daughter Monologues Volume 1: Babes and Beginnings, JAC Publications; Emily Cicchini (editor)
She Says Young Women's Monologues from Contemporary Plays, Meriwether Publications; Gerald Lee Ratliff (editor)
P.O.U.G.H.K.E.E.P.S.I.E. 161 One-Minute Monologues from Literature, Smith & Kraus; Irene Ziegler (editor)
PRODUCTIONS
Short Plays - Selective
First Do No Harm What She Said Festival, Duluth Playhouse, MN
I Love Lucy Short + Sweet Canberra, Australia
Can You Hear Me Now? Artistic New Directions, Eclectic Shorts, Shetler Studios, NYC
Can You Hear Me Now? Short + Sweet Sydney, Australia
Little Black Dress TARTE One Act Play Festival, West Side Theatre, NYC
Saving Grace Warner Theatre International Playwrights Festival, Torrington, CT
I Love Lucy Short + Sweet Festival, Stella Adler Academy, Hollywood, CA
Turn! Turn! Turn! Birdhouse Theatre Edgefest, Campus Blackbox Theatre, GA
The Best or Nothing A New Memory: An Evening of 10 Minute Plays, Athena Theatre, Symphony Space, NYC
One Foot in Front of the Other In: More Courage, Jewish Women's Theatre and NewGround, a Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change, CA
Little Black Dress The New American Theatre One-Act Festival, LA, CA
Protocol LSSC Short Play Festival, Fine Arts Center Theatre, Leesburg, FL
Turn! Turn! Turn! Artistic New Directions, Eclectic Shorts, Shetler Studios, NYC
Responsible The New American Theatre One-Act Festival, LA, CA
First Do No Harm 16th Annual New Voice Play Festival, Old Opera House Theatre, WV
The Last Resort Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY
Little Black Dress Birdhouse Theatre Edgefest Festival, Campus Blackbox Theatre, GA
To Every Thing There is a Season Articulate Theatre Company, TADA, NYC
The Path of Least Resistance In: Reckoning With Dad, Jewish Women’s Theatre, LA, CA
Brooklyn v. Manhattan Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY
Love Lines Urban Stages 36 Hour Play Festival, Urban Stages, NYC
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Spring Shorts Festival: And a Thing Called Love, OnStage Atlanta, GA
F.U.B.A.R. Plays Against Humanity, Rising Sun Performance Co., Theater Lab, NYC
Transformation BolderLife Festival, Denver, CO
1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Children are Terrifying, Rising Sun Performance Co., Theater Lab, NYC
Bereavement Group The Barrow Group Fast Play Fest, NYC
Ode to Jagged Little Pill Detention Series, Primary Stages, Jimmy's No. 43, Primary Stages
Fool Me Twice Gallery Players, Brooklyn, NY
In Fine Print In: The Art of Forgiveness, Jewish Women’s Theatre, LA, CA
P.C. Artistic New Directions, Eclectic Shorts, Theatre 54, NYC
Aboard the Guy V. Molinari Spring Festival of Short Works, Bradley U., IL
Saving Grace Core Ensemble, Barrow Group, NYC
Give and Take Paw Paw Players One Act Festival, Paw Paw, Michigan
In Fine Print 7th Annual InspiraTO Festival, Alumnae Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Rachel Holds Court & 48 FAB Women @ Barrow Group, Barrow Theatre, NYC
Give and Take Artistic New Directions Eclectic Shorts, Shetler Studios, NYC
Prized Begonias BRIFT Showcase, Lyric Theatre, Stuart, FL, directed by Burt Reynolds
Aboard the Guy V. Molinari NYC Iconic Plays, Ego Ectus Productions, Theatre 54, NYC
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt NYC Nuts 6, Aching Dogs Theatre, Hudson Guild. NYC
The Hotel Lobbyist Plays for a Summer Night, Polaris North, NYC
Give and Take Moments of Play, Salem Theatre Company, MA
Aboard the Guy V. Molinari City Theatre’s Summer Shorts, Miami, FL
Civil Disobedience Kansas City Women’s Playwriting Festival, Potluck Productions, MO
The Hotel Lobbyist Artistic New Directions Eclectic Shorts, Shetler Studios, NYC
The Hotel Lobbyist Salon Series, Jewish Women’s Theatre, CA
Civil Disobedience Heartland Theatre Company, Bloomington, IL
Oh, Baby Chatterton’s Short Subjects, Where Eagles Dare, NYC
Knock Knock F.A.C.T. Productions, Jorias Theatre, NYC
The Magic Spell You Cast Stage Door Productions, Fredericksburg, VA
The Magic Spell You Cast Instant Theatre Festival, Ten Grand Productions, NYC
Critical Care Heartland Theater Company, Bloomington, IL
Ideal Grace Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Original Play Festival, NYC
Unconditionally First Annual Tip My Cup Festival, Duplex Cabaret Theatre, NYC
Ideal Grace 15-Minute Play Festival, American Globe Theater, NYC
Ideal Grace Short Play Festival, Flint City Theatre, Flint City, MI
Prized Begonias Summer Shorts, Playwrights Round Table, Orlando, FL
Womb Mates NYC’s 15-Minute Play Festival, American Globe Theater, NYC
Weeping Willow Theatrix, Drop Your Shorts Play Festival, NYC
Prized Begonias TheatreWorks, Memphis, TN
Full-Length Plays/Series
An Evening With Bara Swain Burt Reynolds Institute, Jupiter, FL, directed by Burt Reynolds
It’s All Greek to Me Theatre Under the Stars, Plymouth, NH (children’s theatre tour)
Damsels in Distress Theatre Under the Stars, Plymouth, NH (children’s theatre tour)
The Goldberg Variations Sticks & Stones Productions, Payan Theatre, Roy Arias Studios, NYC
Small Acts of Kindness Jewish Theatre Workshop, Baltimore, MD
She Says Turnip Theatre Featured Artist Series, NYC, directed by Joseph Massa
I Love You, Three Citistage Players, Ten-Ten Theater, NYC, directed by T.J. Turgeon
AWARDS & HONORS - Selective
24 Short-listed, Everyday Inferno Theatre Company, NYC
Insulation Winner, Festival 56 New Works Festival, Grace Performing Arts Center, Princeton, IL
Can You Hear Me Now? Semi-finalist, Pick of the Vine, Little Fish Theatre, CA
I Love Lucy Short-listed, Short + Sweet Kolkata, Auckland & Queensland
The Last Resort Short-listed, Short + Sweet Sydney
Responsible Short-listed, Short + Sweet Hollywood & Kolkata
Protocol Audience Favorite, LSSC Short Play Festival, Fine Arts Center Theatre, FL
Little Black Dress Judge’s Award & Audience Choice Award, Birdhouse Theatre, GA
First Do No Harm Silver Stage winner, Old Opera House’s 16th Annual New Voice Play Festival, WV
Little Black Dress Finalist, Arts & Letters Prize in Drama
Responsible Finalist, Arts & Letters Prize in Drama
Saving Grace Honorable Mention, Old Opera House New Voice Festival, WV
First Do No Harm Finalist & reading, Methods & Madness, Denton Community Theatre, TX
I Love Lucy Shortlisted, Brief ‘N Bold Festival, The Writer’s Center, Singapore
Brooklyn v. Manhattan Finalist & reading, 2014 Raymond J. Flores Series, NY
I Love Lucy Finalist, ATHE Conference, Phoenix, AZ
The Hotel Lobbyist Finalist & reading, City Theatre’s Prize for Best Short Playwriting, Miami, FL
The Hotel Lobbyist 2nd Prize & reading, $1,000, Methods & Madness, Denton Comm. Theatre, TX
Spreadin’ the News Semi-finalist, ATHE Conference, Miami, FL
Big Man Semi-finalist, Spotlight On: One Person Playwriting Competition, LA, CA
Civil Disobedience Finalist, Fusion Theatre Company, NM
She Says (Full-Length) Semifinalist, Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award
Prized Begonias Winner, Tennesee Williams Theatre Festival, Memphis, TN
The Life-is-Good Feeling (Full-Length) Winner, The Writer's Voice Playwriting Award, American Kaleidoscope Theatre, NYC
Aboard the Guy V. Molinari Heideman Award Finalist, Actors Theatre of Louisville, KY
The Hotel Lobbyist 1st place winner & reading, Int’l Jewish Short Play Competition, Boca Raton, FL
It’s All Greek to Me (Full-Length) 1st place winner & reading, Multi-Arts Playwriting Competition, Amherst, MA
Unconditionally 1st place winner & reading, Raymond J. Flores Short Play Festival, NYC
The Hotel Lobbyist 1st place winner & reading, Raymond J. Flores Playwriting Prize
Safety Pin 1st place winner & reading, Lamia Ink International One-Page Play Festival
Ideal Grace 1st place winner & production, Dubuque Fine Arts Players Nt’l One-Act Play Contest, IA
STAGED READINGS - Selective
Ten-Minute and One-Act Plays
In Solidarity The Back Room Plays, Bechdel Group, Jimmy's 43, NYC
Can You Hear Me Now? The Slogan Plays, Urban Stages, NYC
Brooklyn v. Manhattan Play With Your Food, JIB Productions, CT
Civil Disobedience Play With Your Food, JIB Productions, CT
Viable ATHE New Play Development Workshop, Chicago, IL
Casual Friday F.A.C.T. Reading Series, NYC
Turn! Turn! Turn! She Speaks, Flush Ink Productions, Ontario, Canada
Little Black Dress Core Ensemble, Barrow Group, NYC
The Hotel Lobbyist Interplay Jewish Theatre, Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Ohio
Twenty-Four Primary Stages Playwriting Festival, NYC
Responsible New Moon Short Play Festival, Luna Stage, NJ
Spreadin’ the News She Speaks, Flush Ink Productions, Ontario, Canada
How Could You? Urban Stages, NYC, directed by Frances Hill, featuring Lynn Cohen
Full-Length Plays/Series
Big Apple Bytes Rising Sun Performance Company Laboratorium, Governors Island, NYC
Providence FAB Women, Barrow Group, NYC
Providence The Bechdel Group, Jimmy's 48, NYC
She Says Kaufmann Theater, NYC, with Florencia Lozana and Patricia Mauceri
That Life-is-Good Feeling American Kaleidoscope Theatre, NYC
Open Hearts Playformers Spring Festival of Staged Readings, NYC
FILMS – Play adaptations
Protocol Richard Brauer Productions
Flagler Film Festival, FL
Mende International Film & Cultural Arts Festival, FL
Fastnet Film Festival, Schull, Ireland
Prized Begonias Pfeiffer Pfilms
Palm Beach International Film Festival (short comedy)
First place, Shorts Section, 27th Fort Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival, FL
Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Miami, FL
Critical Care Pfeiffer Pfilms
Fort Lauderdale Int’l Film Festival, FL (short drama)
Palm Beach International Play Festival
Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Miami, FL
Safety Pin Project Y Theatre, Access Theatre, NYC (In: Before & After)
Staten Island Ferry Project Y Theatre, NYC (Sight/Site Festival)
WRITING GRANTS – Plays and Dramatic Readings of Literature
Kaufmann Theater, American Museum of Natural History, NYC
Grant recipient ($800-$3000) for reading or production of one-act and full-length plays and dramatic fiction
Your Health Comes First ... You Can Always Hang Yourself Later - a dramatic reading of selected stories
Amazing Graces, a full-length play for adult venue; directed by Fred Murhammer
It’s All Greek to Me, a children’s theater performance; Sticks and Stones Players, directed by Heidi Klinger
Mary - a dramatic reading of selected stories, from an adult novel-in-progress; directed by Jude Schanzer
The Sun, the Moon, the Stars and I, a children's theater performance; Sticks and Stones Players
She Says, a full-length play reading; Sticks and Stones Presentation, directed by Jill Mitwell
“C” is for Cat, Crow and Crocodile, a children's theater performance, Sticks and Stones Players
A Rose by Any Other Name, a one-act play; Open Hearts Production, directed by T.J. Turgeon
I Love You, Three, a full-length play; Open Hearts Production, directed by Rica Martens
Heart to Heart, a one-act play; Open Hearts Production, directed by James Leggi
Double or Nothing, a one-act play; Vibrations, Inc., Productions in Deaf Awareness
COMMISSIONS
Barbary Coast (10-minute play), Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC
Welcome Home, Max ... Love, Bob & Harry (full-length play), Vibrations, Inc., Productions in Deaf Awareness, NYC