Objective
To tell wild, dramatic stories in small, funny ways.
I find great joy in taking small, seemingly insignificant moments - moments that might be relegated to the background in our everyday lives - and rendering them vividly, unabashedly, on the page. This act of uncovering the grand nature of these small moments, I think, is a testament to my love of theatricality: of leaning into everything that is only possible on the stage. I thrive on that unique sense of possibility that dramatic writing offers and aspire to bring that same spirit to other mediums.
I like quiet stories. I like creating heartbreak and tragedy (and making people laugh while I do). I like creating lesbian characters who (might) end up together and lesbian characters who have been so damaged by the world (or by their own self-destructive nature) that they might never be happy. But that “might” is what’s most important to me. I like sending hope out into the world, but also: I like telling stories that might encourage an audience to go out and find their own hope.
current projects
sex/work
Full-length play; drama
A thirty-year-old virgin. A wife and mother who has sex for money. An ageing conservative news anchor and a stripper who steals phones. None of them quite know how to be women in the world, but Emma, approaching thirty like a freight train ready to derail, seems to struggle more than most. sex/work is an unflinching exploration of what happens when a young woman determined to forge a connection that feels true is thrust into a world built on transactions.
Finalist: NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting Competition, 2024
Premiering at Playhouse on the Square in January, 2026!
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In Plain sight
Half-hour pilot; dramedy
Lucy is trying to prove herself at her new job teaching English at St. Francis of Assisi High School. Celia is conducting polls about her teacher's sexual appeal. And Rachel is just trying to hold it all together after decades of teaching at the same school - but she is definitely not attracted to Lucy. Nope. Not even a little bit.
Quarterfinalist: Filmmatic Short Screenplay Awards Season 9
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I'm not the darkness: the kellyanne conway story
Full-length play; tragicomedy
As Kellyanne Conway struggles to decide whether it was worth throwing away her values to get a man no one ever thought could be President elected to the highest office in the country, she finds herself attacked from all sides: her kids hate her, people want her dead, and no one thinks she can sing.
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care: a play about fear
Full-length play; comedic drama
Rebecca, an agoraphobic woman with rheumatoid arthritis, has to confront her own fears and insecurities when Amy, a college dropout living with her parents, starts bringing her groceries (at the behest of her mother). When faced with the choice of what to do with their lives, both women test the limits of their own vulnerability and their desire to change.
Currently being developed with the help of Renaissance City Rep!
Talk to me about
MSNBC
Our Current Political Climate
Dogs
Jen Silverman
Carmen Maria Machado
Australia
Severance
Sarah Ruhl
Education
Northwestern university, evanston
M.F.A. IN WRITING FOR THE SCREEN AND STAGE
Graduated June 2018
Monash university, australia
B.A. (HONOURS), ENGLISH LITERATURE AND THEATRE STUDIES
Graduated May 2016