Playwriting
Take a look at my plays here, read them in full on New Play Exchange (or send me an email to get a perusal copy), and let me know if one of them feels like a good fit for you or your organization.
The work of the playwright isn't complete until it comes to fruition in collaboration with other creatives and an audience bears witness.
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Full Length Plays
The Way He Looks At You
(4M)
Love can look like a lot of different things, but one thing is certain: love shouldn’t hurt. In the case of Will and Brandon, the hurt is subtle, lurking just beneath the surface, whereas in the case of Jason and Christian, the hurt is heavy, even tangible. Yet bruises of the heart can hurt just as much as bruises of the flesh, and uniquely queer complexities make untangling relational dynamics even more difficult.
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"A look at gay relationships rarely if ever seen depicted on stage." -Dallas Voice, 2024
Production/Award History
Workshop, Wild Imaginings, 2022
Finalist, So.Queer Playwriting Festival, 2023
Finalist, Morgan Wixson New Works Festival, 2023
Staged Reading, Richmond Triangle Players, 2023
Staged Reading, OutCry Theatre, 2023
Best Male Monologues, Smith and Kraus, 2024
Production, Resolute Theatre Project, 2024
Queer Camp
(4F, 1M, 1NB)
Where do straight women turn when they’ve reached the bottom of the barrel of modern dating? When they find themselves only willing to choose the bear (if you know, you know), what is left for them to do?
Queer Camp!
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When Jennifer escapes her abusive husband and runs away to Queer Camp, she isn’t so sure about the other wannabe Lesbians in attendance. Not to mention the fact that a gay man is somehow supposed to be the one teaching her to be attracted to women. (Make that make sense.) Despite her best efforts, queerness doesn’t come as easily to her as she might have hoped, and when her husband shows up to bring her home, all hell breaks loose.
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Production/Award History
Finalist, Pegasus Playlab 2025
Staged Reading, OutCry Theatre, 2026
Staged Reading, Second Thought Theatre 2026
Living In Light
(5-21 Actors; minimum 2M, 3F)
Living in Light explores not only the nuances of domestic violence, but the resiliency of those who have survived it. When Beth and Trevor, both abuse survivors themselves, meet Kira in a local coffeeshop, they open up with her in the hopes that she will see the truth of her own relationship. These three main characters, in fact, are composites based on research, in which 25 survivors were interviewed about their experiences. And here, in a local coffeeshop, their stories are told. At once a love letter to survivors and a means of education and prevention, Living in Light celebrates difficult conversations about topics which too often get left in the dark. ​
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Living in Light was commissioned by Hope.Rise.Thrive., a domestic violence advocacy organization. It received a workshop by the commissioning organization in 2024.
Gray
(3M, 1F)
Gray is a modern retelling of Oscar Wilde’s A Picture of Dorian Gray. It gives nod to the original story while placing the characters within a contemporary context and bringing issues of power dynamics, consent, and sexual freedom to the forefront. Purposefully raising more questions than it provides answers, Gray forces audiences to consider who is truly at fault within the tragedy that unfolds. With lovers scorned, deaths determined, elicit affairs, blackmail, and unexplained magic, Gray contains all of the palpable tension that has made Oscar Wilde’s novel so beloved, while elevating it to be a new story all its own.
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Production/Award History
Workshop, Wild Imaginings, 2023
Best Male Monologues, Smith and Kraus, 2025
One-Act Plays
Worth A Try
(1M, 1F)
10 min
Meredith is getting ready for a first date but is having reservations. Jacob, her supportive gay best friend, is keeping her company. Things go a bit off the rails, however, when she discovers that he has a crush on the same guy she just asked out. Will bestfriendship prevail?
Production/Award History
Staged Reading, Wild Imaginings, 2023
Audio Production, Broken Arts Entertainment, 2024
Staged Reading, Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival (Official Selection), 2025
Production, Dobbins Conservatory, 2025
Production, Seoul Players, 2025
Try As I Might
(2M)
10 min
Martin and James are getting ready to attend a funeral. But for gay couples, family gatherings are often a source of strife, let alone gatherings that are already emotionally charged. As the couple prepares to leave, they reflect on themselves, their relationship, and the father who has passed.
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Production History
Production, Playwrights Round Table, 2025
Production, Windmill Arts, 2025
TRY
(2M)
10 min
Randall and Grayson are on an uncomfortable first date, during which it is revealed that Randall is not exactly who Grayson thought he would be going on this date with. A quick yet incisive look at whether ‘beauty is skin-deep,’ told through the lens of two gay men, Try is a play that forces us to ask what a healthy start to a relationship even looks like. Is fairness more important than honesty? And how do we know when to give up and when to try?
Production/Award History
Staged Reading, Dragon Egg Productions, 2022
Semifinalist, Pick of the Vine Festival, 2023
Staged Reading, Wild Imaginings, 2023
“To create one’s own world takes courage.”
-Georgia O’Keeffe