EDUCATION MFA, creative writing - Spalding University (Nov. 2018) PhD, political science - University of California Irvine (2011)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Board Member, Pear Theatre (2020-present) Member, Same Boat Theater Collective (2019 - present) Member, Dramatist's Guild (2015 - present) Member, Pear Playwrights' Guild (2011 - present) Board member, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco (2012 – 2019) Resident Playwright, Custom Made Theatre Company (2018)
PRODUCTIONS Coffee Lady, one-act comedy. Upcoming Feb. 2022. Awesome Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Bellona, or the Mother of All Bombs, a monologue. TBD (postponed due to COVID-19). Avalonia 7 Theatre Festival, Neptune Beach, FL. Sleeper Cells, ten-minute comedy. TBD (postponed due to COVID-19). Vanguard Arts Collective, Chicago, IL. Red Star, Blue Star, ten-minute drama. Feb. 12-13, 2021. Saint Peter's Players, Redwood City, CA. (virtual production) The More Things Change, ten-minute comedy. Feb. 12-13, 2021. Saint Peter's Players, Redwood City, CA.. (virtual production) Exposure, 10-minute comedy. Sept. 25-Oct. 4, 2020. U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz, Kaiserslautern, Germany. ---------. TBD (postponed due to COVID-19). Theatre@First, Somerville, MA. ---------. May 15-June 14, 2020. Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA. (virtual production) Mister the Bear, 10-minute drama. May 3-19, 2019. Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA. The Ills We Do, 10-minute drama. Dec. 7-9, 2018. Laughing Pig Theatre, Mesa, AZ. A Mind Full of Venom, 10-minute drama. May 3-30, 2018. Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA. Ferryman, one-act drama. April 13-21, 2018. Black Sheep Theatre, Rochester, NY. Demoted, one-act comedy. April 11, 2018. Awesome Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Ageless, or the Revolt of the Flesh. Full-length drama. Dec. 1-9, 2017. Quantum Dragon Theatre, San Francisco, CA. A Baker's Dozen. 10-minute comedy. June 15-17, 2017. PianoFight’s ShortLived competition, San Francisco, CA. Stella Wind, 10-minute comedy. May 5-28, 2017. Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA. Caeneus & Poseidon, full-length drama. March 10-April 2, 2017. Dragon Theatre Second Stages Series, Redwood City, CA. The Suicide Coaster, 10-minute comedy. July 22-30, 2016. Artists' Exchange, Cranston, RI. -------. August 5-28, 2016. Pegasus Theater Company, Guerneville, CA. Wave-Walker, 10-minute drama. May 13-28, 2016. Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA. Sleeper Cells, a 10-minute comedy. April 7-9, 2016. PianoFight’s ShortLived competition, San Francisco, CA. The Pequod Meets the Ocean Steward, 10-minute comedy. October 8-11, 2015. Theatre Westminster, New Wilmington, PA. -----. March 13-April 5, 2015. Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA. Pythagorean Triplets, 10-minute comedy. August 6-9, 2015. Little Black Dress INK, Prescott Center for the Arts, Prescott, AZ. Zero Hour: The Mars Experiment, a team-written drama. July 17-August 8, 2015 at Wily West Productions, San Francisco, CA. Wilted Holly, 10-minute comedy. March 12-14 and April 16-18, 2015. PianoFight’s ShortLived competition, San Francisco, CA. Marvin’s Last Wish, Infiltrators, and Xtinguin, three short comedies. July 17-Aug 16, 2014. “Superheroes,” Wily West Productions, San Francisco, CA. Brew, Drink, Repeat, 10-minute comedy. June 7-28, 2014. Sheherezade Festival, Wily West Productions and the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Jinshin Jiko, one-act drama. May 24-25 and 30-31, 2014. Fringe of Marin, San Rafael, CA. ——-. June 10, 2012. Source Festival, Washington, DC. (a shorter version of the play) Plain Jane, 10-minute comedy. March 15, 2014. 24-Hour Play Festival, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Like a Dog, 10-minute drama. November 7, 2013. “Food for Thought: Hunger in the Suburbs,” Lakeshore Players/COLLAGE, White Bear Lake, MN. Auto-Incorrect, 10-minute comedy. September 28 and October 5, 2013. Pint Sized Play Festival, Fishguard and Cardigan, Wales, UK. —–- April 12-27, 2013. Sheherezade Festival, Wily West Productions and the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. The Lost Melody, 10-minute drama. April 5-28, 2013. Pear Slices 2013, Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA. One Last Night Stand, 10-minute comedy. May 11-26, 2012. Sheherezade 2012, Wily West Productions and the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. No Dogs Go to Heaven, 10-minute comedy. May 11-31, 2012. Pear Slices 2012, Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA. The Perfect Cup, 5-minute comedy. February 9-14, 2012. Erotic Shorts, Working Theatre Collective, Portland, OR. Paul der Krake, 10-minute comedy. March 18-April 9, 2011. Sheherezade 2011, Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Necromance, 10-minute comedy. October 14-28, 2010. Quickies Festival, PianoFight Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Support Group for the Mortally Challenged, 10-minute comedy. October 7-31, 2010. Shelterskelter 2010, Shelterbelt Theatre, Omaha, NE.
READINGS AND WORKSHOPS Obsession, ten-minute drama. Reading (virtual). Upcoming July 17, 2021. Talking It Out Festival. Dead People, full-length drama. Reading (virtual). Nov. 13, 2020. Pear Theatre, Mountain View, CA. La Fee Verte, full-length comedy. Reading (virtual). September 14, 2020. Good Medicine Rep, Gaithersburg, MD. Ageless. Full-length drama. Reading (virtual). May 16, 2020. Santa Monica Repertory Theatre. ----. May 1, 2020. Reading (virtual). Four Walls Theater Company. ----. March 23, 2019. Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA. ----. Nov 15, 2016. Quantum Dragon Theatre, Berkeley, CA. Exposure, 10-minute comedy. Reading. July 15, 2019. Red Bull Theater, New York, NY. Ferryman, one-act drama. Reading. April 18, 2019. Ross Valley Players, Ross, CA. ----. Oct. 14, 2016. Reading. San Francisco Olympians Festival. Bellona, or the Mother of All Bombs. Reading. Oct. 13, 2018. San Francisco Olympians Festival. The Mourner, full-length drama. Reading. Sept. 23, 2018. Custom Made Theatre, NYC. ------. Workshop production. April 6-14, 2018. Custom Made Theatre, San Francisco, CA. —–. Reading. August 8, 2017. Custom Made Theatre, San Francisco, CA. —–. Reading. May 9, 2017. Custom Made Theatre, San Francisco, CA. The Execution of Croesus, full-length drama. Reading. May 6, 2018. Custom Made Theatre, San Francisco, CA. Wheel of Fortuna. One-act comedy. Reading. October 20, 2017. San Francisco Olympians Festival. Hedetet, or Cry It Out. 10-minute comedy. Reading. October 6, 2017. San Francisco Olympians Festival. The Eighth Circle, 10-minute comedy. Reading. July 25, 2016. Red Bull Theater, New York, NY. La Fee Verte, full-length comedy. Developmental production. Feb. 5-13, 2016. Acadiana Repertory Theatre, Lafayette, LA. Wave-Walker, 10-minute drama. Reading. November 5, 2015. San Francisco Olympians Festival. Terra Incognita, a serial play co-written with Jennifer Roberts and Elizabeth Flanagan of Ex Nihilo Theater. Reading with live sound effects. October 2015-October 2016. Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland, CA. La Fee Verte, full-length comedy. Reading. July 19, 2015. Paper Wing Theatre, Monterey, CA. —–. December 7, 2014. Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View, CA. —–. October 7, 2013. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. —–. December 2, 2010. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Pythagorean Triplets, 10-minute comedy. Reading. July 11, 2015. Little Black Dress INK, Samuel French Bookshop, Los Angeles, CA. —–. May 16, 2015. Little Black Dress INK, Sculpted Entertainment, Auburn, AL. The Suicide Coaster, 10-minute comedy. Reading. Audience choice winner at Playwrights’ Cagematch, June 15, 2015, Douglas Morrisson Theatre, Hayward, CA. Caenis and Poseidon, full-length drama. Reading. October 7, 2014. City Lights Theater, San Jose, CA. —–. June 17, 2013. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. —–. (One-act version) December 14, 2012. San Francisco Olympians Festival 2012. The Pequod Meets the Ocean Steward, 10-minute comedy. Reading. July 14, 2014. Short New Play Festival, Red Bull Theater, New York, NY. Ptolemy Epiphanes, one-act drama. Reading. April 7, 2014. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Murder, 10-minute drama. Reading. January 31-February 2, 2014. “Best of the Rest,” Santa Cruz Actors’ Theater, Santa Cruz, CA. —–. July 12, 2013. Magnolia Arts Center, Greenville, NC. Prince of the City, one-act drama. Reading. November 14, 2013. San Francisco Olympians Festival 2013. Friar Lazaro, or the King of Terrors, full-length drama. Reading. August 6, 2013. City Lights Theater, San Jose, CA. —–. October 8, 2012. Spooky Cabaret, Wily West Productions, San Francisco, CA. —–. June 11, 2012. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. —–. May 17, 2011. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Croesus, or the Autonomous Man, full-length drama. Reading. October 12, 2011. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. Pere-Lachaise, 10-minute drama. Reading. June 17-18, 2011. Summer Shorts, Broadway West Theatre, Fremont, CA. —–. October 23, 2010. Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights, Los Angeles, CA. The Widow of Sisyphus, full-length drama. Reading. May 11, 2010. Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco. PUBLISHED PLAYS Mister the Bear, in The Louisville Review, Fall 2019. Wave-Walker, in The Louisville Review, Spring 2018. The Eighth Circle, in Best of Red Bull, published by Steele Spring Stage Rights, 2017. The Pequod Meets the Ocean Steward, in Best of Red Bull, published by Steele Spring Stage Rights, 2016. Auto-Incorrect, in Pint-Sized Plays vol. 3, published by Pint-Sized Plays, 2015.
AWARDS AND HONORS Semi-finalist, 2019 Princess Grace Award (The Mourner) Finalist, 2019 Bay Area Theatre Festival (The Mourner) Finalist, 2019 PlayPenn Conference (The Mourner) Finalist, 2019 Prize for Women Writers, Kentucky Women’s Theatre Conference (La Fée Verte) Finalist, 2015 Theatre Bay Area TITAN award Finalist, 2014 Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation’s New Play Contest (Caeneus and Poseidon) Finalist, 2013 Pride Films and Plays Women’s Work Contest (Caeneus and Poseidon) First Place, 2013 Ohio State Newark New Play Contest (La Fee Verte) Winner, September 2012 Play of the Month, NYCPlaywrights (The Lost Melody) Finalist, 2011 Red Bull Theatre New Play Festival (King Sisyphus) Semi-finalist, 2011 O’Neill Playwrights’ Conference (The Widow of Sisyphus)