ABOUT ME
Thanks for visiting my site! I’m a playwright and theatre-maker living in New York City. I started writing when I was the Director of the Performing Arts School at Zachary Scott Theatre Center (ZACH) in Austin, TX. With over 6,000 theatre students I wrote original plays for young audiences as well as plays for young performers.
After I moved back to NYC, I was Managing Director for Urban Stages where I contributed to the development of new plays by a brilliant roster of diverse playwrights. I then completed my M.F.A. in Playwriting at CUNY Hunter College where I studied with the gifted and generous Tina Howe and Mark Bly.
My plays feature strong women who may need to discover their own strength. I love to explore the mysteries of language, clashes of culture, and our relationship to the natural environment.
And I love writing for young audiences! There is nothing more truthful and brave than children. And although my plays and musicals may be a rollicking romp with talking animals, there is also a sense of risk and urgency. Characters have difficult decisions to make about real-world dilemmas. I truly enjoy celebrating the buoyant spirit of young audiences while also honoring their fierce intelligence.
When I’m not writing plays, I’m teaching Theatre and Communication/Media Arts on the faculties of Baruch College, Marymount Manhattan College, and Fordham University. I’m also proud to be Playwright-in-Residence for
Voices Inside/Out, a playwriting program for incarcerated men, and to lead writing workshops for all ages.
Feel free to click on my resumé for a list of recent productions, theatre companies, honors, and awards. And even better, please drop me a note! Would love to share more about the work, or to create a new theatre piece together.