Plays

UPSTATE

Seeking fulfillment after a move to upstate New York, Nathaniel and his husband Myles decide to adopt an infant daughter. The play opens on the day the couple has returned her to the adoption agency.

2 M 

Originally commissioned by Denizen Theatre and featured as a workshop at the Studio of Key West’s FIRST LOOK New American Play Series in February of 2024.

THE CANNIBALS OF MCGOWER COUNTY*

In the heart of Texas, Lindalyn returns to her foreclosed barbecue restaurant to collect a few belongings and say goodbye. However, a confrontation with the property’s new out-of-town owner creates an avalanche of friction and hostility. Blue collar rage, the vanishing middle-class, and deep-rooted family trauma collide in this small town carnage. 

3 F / 2 M 

THE STERLING SPARKLER SAVIOR*

Set in a once grandiose mansion in the Deep South, matriarch Violet Sterling reminisces about her lost youth as an irresistible fireworks model. Violet now spends her days lamenting being a retired “sparkler girl” and tracking the unraveling of her son, Wade, who blatantly mismanages the family fireworks business. This charade culminates when confronted with the man responsible her husband’s murder, forcing this family to accept their harrowing past.

1 F / 3 M 

* Part of the SOUTH trilogy. 

A PLACE NO ONE CAN SEE 

Vic Hanger, a seasoned hitch hiker, returns to his coastal Maine childhood home after learning of his mother’s abrupt death. Complications ensue when he encounters the gruff Kaye Fagan, who reveals surprising information regarding his origin–all while he attempts to evade the wrath of one of the island’s most powerful men.

1 W / 3 M

SMITHTOWN 

One tragic incident connects four Smithtown strangers. Each of them wrestles with their own guilt and responsibility in the death of a local college student.  

2 M / 2 F

(Also available in Zoom format.) 

BOOMERANGED

A senseless mass shooting at a Walmart supercenter leaves four survivors wondering how best to survive. Told in four chapters–ranging from the basement of a YouTube at-home crafter to an Amish farm to a grocery store parking lot–BOOMERANGED is an irreverent and chilling response to gun violence in America. 

3 F / 3 M 

OUT OF ICELAND 

Caroline Miller, a travel writer from New York, falls off Iceland’s Askja volcano while researching her latest book. The volcano’s American overseer, Hal, nurses her back to health and the two strike up an unlikely bond. Complications arise when they return back to Askja and a trickster Icelandic troll, Thor, throws roadblock after roadblock in their way. Faced with mortality, they confront their feelings for one another while desperately trying to get out of Iceland. 

1 F / 1 M 
1 Gender Nonconforming Actor

TOUCH 

Rover is a runaway deep in the woods of Appalachia and is also running from his secret past. With the help of the local forest overseer, Havana, he decides whether to bid farewell to his younger brother once and for all. 

2 M / 2 F