Past Readings and productions
Scroll down for more information about previous readings and productions I've been involved in!
festival of new work, northwestern university, 2018
As our final showcase, all twelve graduating M.F.A. students in our program got the chance to see a short piece or excerpt performed as a staged reading in our beloved Annie May Swift Hall. I chose an excerpt from Darling/Daring/Caring/Done, a play about two queer female actresses who don't know how to feel about each other or their fame, which was directed by Helen Young and featured Maria Stephens and Adrienne Matzen.
Alice Fitzgerald and Sarah McCormick, she will fade at the finish, 2014. Photography by Jessie Labiris.
she will fade at the finish, melbourne fringe festival, 2014
Directed by Jessie Labiris, this full-length play about a dysfunctional therapy group and its intrepid-yet-fragile leader was performed at Elevator Studios, a dance space that we transformed for the week-long run.
sway, national mfa playwrights
festival, 2017
After being selected by Theater Masters to participate in their annual festival, I was able to workshop this short play in Aspen and then see it produced at the Theater for the New City in New York, directed by Stephen Cedars. In just ten minutes, Sway unpacks the casual cruelty of talkback radio and the struggles of an actress who has "chosen" to sell out.
The rock and the hard place,
chicago dramatists, 2017
Another deep dive into the motivations and manipulations of Kellyanne Conway, this short play focusses on her pro-life stance and her appearance at the 2017 March for Life in Washington, D.C. It was performed as a rehearsed reading at Chicago Dramatists in the spring of 2017 and later led to my full-length play, I'm not the darkness.