Ten-Minute Plays
Human Programming
Synopsis:
Can you train an AI to feel empathy? When one researcher builds an AI therapy bot, his request for help leads to unintended consequences.
Characters: 2 (1F, 1M)
Staged Reading:
Best of Playground-NY, April 24, 2023 at The Producers Club, New York, NY
Virtual Production:
Playground-NY, November 28, 2022, New York, NY
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Frogs
Synopsis:
Did you know that more than a third of all frog species are threatened with extinction? Maya does, and she's making sure the whole school does too.
Characters: 2 (1F, 1M)
Virtual Production:
Playground-NY, March 27, 2023, New York, NY
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Masculinity Complex
Synopsis:
Sigmund Freud's daughter—unmarried, childless, and a renowned psychoanalyst in her own right—confronts her father about her life choices. The 10-minute play version of AN INTERPRETATION OF ANNA.
Characters: 2 (1F, 1M)
Virtual Production:
Playground-NY, January 10, 2022, New York, NY
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The Queen of Ireland
Photo by Lisa LaGrande
Synopsis:
The Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, England, 1593. Queen Elizabeth I receives an unusual petitioner: the Irish Pirate Queen Grace O'Malley, come to negotiate for the freedom of her son, who has been arrested by the English for treason. But from the second she walks in, it's clear that Grace isn't like any other subject Elizabeth has met before; this could even be the one woman who has the upper hand over the Queen of England. Who could win this battle of wills?
Characters: 2 (2F)
Production:
Turn to Flesh Productions, June 1, 2019 at El Barrio Artspace, New York, NY
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Loving Grandma Jean
Synopsis:
Marianne can't understand why her daughter Amy won't speak to her Grandma Jean. Amy can't understand why her mom won't mind her own business. Then things get spooky when Grandma Jean starts answering back.
Characters: 4 (3F, 1M)
Reading:
The Bechdel Group, February 20, 2017 at Jimmy's No. 43, New York, NY
Other Credits:
Loving Grandma Jean was also selected as a finalist for the 2019 Eden Prairie Players' Collection of One Acts.
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50 Meters
Photo by Bryan Cash
Synopsis:
A modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet, from fair Rosaline's point of view.
Characters: 3 (2F, 1M)
Virtual Production:
The Rude Mechanicals, October 24, 2020, Richland, WA
Staged Reading:
Turn to Flesh Productions, November 28, 2017 at El Barrio Artspace, New York, NY
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Susceptible to Fire
Synopsis:
"Well, he was sorta asking for it, dressing in such flammable clothing. If he didn't want to get set on fire, he should have stayed indoors." A reflection on the sexism and bigotry of internet comments sections.
Characters: 3 (2F, 1M)
Production:
The Dirty Blondes, January 31, 2016 at Theaterlab, New York, NY
Staged Reading:
Playwrights at the Grand, October 13, 2017 in Brooklyn, NY
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