For Performance Rights: Contact the author. Plays can be found through New Play Exchange.

THROUGH THE TREES, AN ELEGY FOR STAGE

UNINVITED (workshop production and may be produced as a companion work with Migratory Birds) In UNINVITED, a hungry man breaks into what he believes is an empty house on a rainy evening. When the woman comes home, she is confronted with a choice and what it means when there is nowhere else to go. (CAST: 1 M, 1 F of similar age)

DUET (2024 Maine Playwrights Festival) produced by Acorn Productions with performances at Portland Stage Studio Theatre, DUET is a conversational dance between a couple whose individual memories shape the telling of a shared story. (CAST: 2 actors, any gender)

MIGRATORY BIRDS (finalist for Maine Literary Award with a workshop production at Emery Arts Center) Martin and his wife struggle to pay the mortgage on a house they rent to Dan and his young daughter. Dan can’t afford to pay the rent or feed his daughter. The play takes place in multiple environments, including alleys where people live. (CAST: 3-5 actors playing multiple roles)

ALL THE GOOD THEY GAVE US (winner of Maine Literary Award with a workshop at Emery Arts Center) A daughter returns to the family home on the Maine coast for a long weekend to see her father. It is the anniversary of a tragic event in her family’s history. Their visit unravels when neighbors arrive and shared memories tell a different story. (CAST: 4 actors – Father, Daughter, Neighbors)

RUBY RED a moment in the life of (finalist for Maine Literary Award with a workshop reading with The Playwrights Collaborative) An older husband and wife share a lunch of pears and memories in a brief play, a love story for ten-minute play festivals. (CAST: 1 M 1F )

BRIDGE (a play in memory of Charlie Howard January 31, 1961–July 7, 1984) produced in various theatres, BRIDGE is a free royalty work for companies that reach out to educate, provide support and understanding for LGBTQ people. The main character is named to honor Charlie Howard and true events that led to his murder. The other characters and location are nameless, emphasizing how this tragedy could happen anywhere. Like so many similar stories from today’s headlines, BRIDGE underscores how personal and societal responsibilities belong to everyone. Most often played on a bare set with pieces moved to create the bridge, the play segues between past and present to reveal each character’s story within a shared community. (CAST: 8-10 various ages, including high school-aged actors)

GOOD MEDICINE (a play for Casa Materna, Nicaragua in collaboration with Women’s Empowerment Network) Old Jenny has been caring for women in need for generations. When a medical doctor arrives in the rural town, people begin to question the old woman’s cures and “midwifery.” (CAST: 8 actors, various ages)

IF  (Commissioned work for university orientation programs on campus sexual assault with first performances at University of Maine Farmington, CAST 6-8)

CRACKED SHELLS (Commissioned work for Healthy Community Coalition/Peace in our Families Domestic Violence Response Project) Three stories of domestic violence are woven into a dialogue of others to examine the lived experience of what it means to confront and sometimes escape abusive relationships. Post-play discussions, though not required, provide an opportunity to inform audiences of local support programs. (CAST 6-8, including roles for 2 children)

DESCRIPTIONS/CAST Available for the following works by contacting the playwright:

JELLY MOONSHINE (Workshop production)

KITCHEN SCENES (Workshop production and Lillian Nordica Celebration of Women in the Arts)

SONGBIRD (a play composed in response to our military involvement in Iraq, initial production in Brunswick with The Theatre Project)

STARS FALLING (Maine Playwriting Award acceptance for staged reading at Portland Stage Studio Theatre)

MOTHER FISH (Vermont Playwriting acceptance for staged reading/Brattleboro Players and Maine Women’s Studies Conference)

BEYOND EVE (winner of New England Festival of New Works)