THE WORD at The Road & “Wound Care”

I’m thrilled to be back at the Road Theatre with my new play “Wound Care” through THE WORD reading series on Monday, March 24th at 7:30pm! It’s been a long and winding road (a wonderful one, actually – nods to the Playwrights Union, PlayGround and Company of Angels!) with this…

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A Taste of NOT CAKE at The Road

What a treat! And at the same time, what a trip… I’m super excited to invite audiences to a reading of Not Cake, an Angeleno play about privilege and class, appropriation and agency as part of The WORD at The Road on Monday, November 6th at 7:30pm. Info Here I gotta say…

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Setting “Dead People’s Dishes” Onstage

I hope you can join me on Monday, June 6th at 7:30 pm, for a reading of DEAD PEOPLE’S DISHES at The Road Theatre in NoHo. Feeling very lucky to back in the theater, working again with director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck. And we’ve got an amazing cast drawn mostly from the…

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“adaptation.resilience”… on the boards at the Road!

Yowza! This has been a ride. Two years ago (yeah, in the before times: fall 2019) I was honored to be selected as one of the playwrights comprising Road Theatre Company’s inaugural Under Construction Playwrights Group. There were 11 of us, building our new plays from the ground up, aiming…

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Red Naugahyde Fun in Road’s SPF 12

What a great time with such incredible artists! I was thrilled when The Road Theatre invited me to be part of their Summer Playwrights Festival again, this time with my comedy about negotiations, acceptance and belonging, The Big Red Naugahyde Booth (or, Would-be Elks)… online! This is a play that I’ve…

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Re-Visiting “Space Available”

Would love for you to join this incredible team Monday 3/29 at 7pm PT for The WORD @ The Road virtual reading of my dark comedy “Space Available,” followed by a talkback!  Excited to share the work of director Mía Y. Anderson and incredible actors at The Road Theatre Company…

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Under Construction: “adaptation.resilience”

One year later… Or actually, a little over a year! Fall, 2019 I started work on a new full length play built from the ground up, “adaptation.resilience,” as part of The Road Theatre‘s first “Under Construction” cohort. Such a fantastic experience, working for a Covid-extended period with dramaturg Jessica Broutt…

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Under Construction: The Zoom Series & “Reach”

A huge gift. That’s what I’ve been given this year from the peeps at the Road Theatre Company. Well, me and 10 other playwrights. More about the amazing Under Construction playwrights group later; let’s just say that it’s been a life saver staying connected to this cohort of amazing writers…

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Love These Ladies! Back @ The Road #luckyplaywright

I’m so glad to get another chance to play with director Laura Stribling and a bunch of fab actors in new reading of INTO THE GOBPILE through The Word @ The Road on October 14! It’s been terrific digging into this play, which has been supported by The Road Theatre…

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Returning to the Road with “Into the Gobpile”

There are some plays… I’m so so so pleased to be exploring Into the Gobpile – which is (I think) a different sort of play for me – with the wonderfully talented artists at The Road Theatre Company. This is a play that’s sort of a (backwards?) love letter to…

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