Short synopses of my full-length plays: (click on the titles for more detail)
Tightly Bound.: An evening of short plays for an all-woman cast.
(minimum cast: 4 women. maximum: 18 women.)
The bonds of love and necessity run deep in these plays, whether in young mothers trying to cope with the pressures of parenthood, two castaways in a lifeboat trying to stay sane, a sister saying goodbye before going into space with aliens, or an adoptive mother and birthmother battling over a child they both love. Whether sisters, mothers, neighbors, or castaways, these women are deeply intertwined in each other’s lives.
Pieces of Whitey.
Full-length comedy about well-meaning white people. 3m,3w.
Pieces of Whitey is a fast-paced, highly theatrical exploration of our national obsession with race. Fred (a white playwright) attempts to lead a more integrated life, and ends up engaged in a bizarre journey of racial awakening. He and his wife end up adopted a black baby, and even simple things like grocery shopping and going to the video store take on a surreal tinge. Also, a new medical test reveals that a middle-aged white couple aren’t as white as they thought--and they struggle to adjust.
God's Voice.
Full-length historical drama. 4m,2w.
A dark, often surrealistic look at the creation of the English Bible. William Tyndale, John Tewkesbury, and John Frith will endure any hardship, including exile, torture, and even death, to bring the Bible to the common man and reform the English Church.
Blinders. Order from Original Works Publishing
Full-length satire. 1m,3w,4 chorus members.
Scientists have discovered two people exactly alike-not twins, but two identical human beings. Their freakish celebrity power threatens to engulf the world. One newspaper reporter's struggle to tell the truth leads her on a twisted comic, odyssey.
Nominated Best New Play, 1998, Denver Drama Critics Circle.
"Bitingly clever. A challenging, imaginative piece." Denver Post
"A delightfully wicked satire... A zany, no-holds barred fun house." Off-Off Broadway Review
Reading the Mind of God.
Full-length drama. 5m,3w.
A fierce struggle of wills between the astronomers Tycho and Kepler in the year 1600. Young Kepler desperately needs Tycho's help to describe the workings of the cosmos, but the powerful, older man fears losing his place in History.
Nominated Best New Play, 1997, Denver Drama Critics Circle.
Winner, Festival of Emerging American Theatre
"A wonderful script, lively and intelligent... A major triumph." Rocky Mountain News
"Its message about the ego's role in scientific discovery is as timeless as the stars, and its humanity is as palpable." Westword
"Fascinating and timely." Indianapolis Star
Hearing Voices.
Full-length drama. 4m, 5w.
Wendyl and Tina are haunted by ghosts from their painful pasts. Their desire to love each other must find a way to drown out the cacophony of voices that threaten to overwhelm their lives.
In A Glass Cage.
Full-length drama. 2m,1w.
In exchange for a small fortune, a young writer agrees to spend a year enclosed in a glass booth. What will he sacrifice for his dreams of the future? His marriage? His sanity?
Never Say Die.
Full-length drama. 2m,2w.
When an actor finally embraces failure, his world comes crashing down.
The Split.
Full-length comedy. 3m,2w
A scientist creates a device that splits him into two halves, one male and one female. First the machine breaks, then his female half runs off with his wife's lover-he's in desperate straits.