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PROFESSIONAL PLAYWRITING EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Member: DRAMATISTS GUILD INC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

FULL<\/strong>-LENGTH PLAYS<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Going Concern (Brooklyn) <\/em><\/span>Drama, 85 Minutes, 2F, 2M
\nSynopsis<\/strong>
\nA basement level grocery\u00a0 store in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn shortly after the events\u00a0 surrounding the death of a child and the stabbing of an Orthodox Jewish man in\u00a0 1991. The riots that followed are more than The Orthodox Jewish couple who own\u00a0 the store can endure and they are now packing up and preparing to leave. Before they go, they\u00a0 receive a visit from the Korean woman, Soon-Lee Kim who is to be the new owner.\u00a0 They also meet an African American businessman named Henry. Act II takes place\u00a0a year later. Soon-Lee has\u00a0 apparently shot and killed a man who tried to rob her.\u00a0 Soon is visited by Henry, who turns out\u00a0 to be the brother of the victim in the shooting. What follows is a cat and mouse game between the two as racial differences and misunderstandings become\u00a0 the basis for hatred and the lust for revenge.<\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong> New Play<\/p>\n

Gargoyles<\/span><\/em> Comedy\/Drama, 90 Minutes, 3F, 2M
\nSynopsis<\/strong>
\nA full-length play in which five people come together on the remote \u201cIsland of Unlimited Potential\u201d where they will be subjected to a rigorous program of self-improvement by the resident self-help for success Guru, Marty Martinson. All will find themselves connected by this mysterious place where collective dreaming is common and wish fulfillment is not just a dream.<\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong>
\nSemi-Finalist, Centre Stage New Play Festival, SC 2009
\nStaged Reading- Icarus Theatre Ensemble, Ithaca, NY, 2007<\/p>\n

The Medicine Show (A Play With Music)<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 Drama, 95 Minutes, 1F, 5M, 5Musicians
\nSynopsis<\/strong>
\nDr. Elmer Boggs and his traveling medicine show\u00a0caravan weave their way through the early twentieth century Midwest selling snake oil and flimflam to the locals\u00a0 while his young daughter, deformed by a birthmark on her face, serves as the\u00a0central attraction and recipient of a miraculous transformation during each\u00a0show. An updating and refashioning of the famous tale, The Birthmark, by\u00a0Nathaniel Hawthorne, exploring themes of beauty, desire and betrayal.<\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong>
\nThe NYC International Fringe Festival 2007<\/p>\n

Home Instruction<\/em> <\/span>Drama, 90 Minutes, 1F, 2M
\nSynopsis<\/strong>
\nIn a time of adolescent unrest, when school personnel are faced with random acts
\nof violence and an impending sense of fear both for and of the student body,\u00a0this play takes a personal look at the student\/teacher relationship. A month\u00a0 away from his sixteenth birthday, when his mother can legally sign him out of\u00a0 school, ELI is kicked out for his risk-taking and violent behavior. To fulfill\u00a0 his legal requirements and to avoid being sent back to juvenile detention, ELI\u00a0 is banished to the local library where he has to do time with CABIROY, his home\u00a0 instructor.\u00a0Ghosts\u00a0 from CABIROY’S\u00a0 past and an angry temper challenge him as he fights for self-control and\u00a0discovers a way into this troubled boy\u2019s mind by sharing with him some of the\u00a0troubles in his own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong>
\nStaged Reading – Vital Theatre Company, NYC, 2002
\nStagedReading- Circle East Theatre Company, NYC, 2001<\/p>\n

\u00a0When Words Fail…\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Romantic Fantasy, 90 Minutes, 1F, 1M principles and 6 actors playing multiple roles
\nSynopsis<\/strong>
\nChosen to be a part of the NYC INTERNATIONAL FRINGE FESTIVAL and produced Off-Off-Broadway at the JOHN HOUSEMAN STUDIO THEATRE, this is an experimental piece developed with an ensemble of actors through a workshop process.
\nOriginally conceived as an extended one-act, this piece has now been developed into a completed full-length play and is featured in a newly published anthology, PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM, <\/i>edited by Martin Denton.<\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong>
\nThe Ilium Theatre Festival,Ithaca,NY, 2002
\nJohn Houseman Studio Theatre, NYC, 1999
\nThe NYC International Fringe Festival, 1998
\nThe Present Company, NYC, 1997<\/p>\n

Jesus Saves <\/em><\/span>Drama, 110 Minutes, 1F, 5M
\nSynopsis<\/strong><\/span>
\nHank Barnett is a used car salesman in a small town somewhere in the Northeastern part of the U.S. When his business sags, his only salesman, Billy and he desperately look for a way to sell cars. A visit from a pencil selling prophet, the Believer, gives Barnett an idea. He decides to play the controversy angle and sell his cars with the slogan, “JESUS SAVES AND SO CAN YOU.” The free publicity he expects does occur, but he gets more than he bargains for when a powerful local priest, Father Randall Dryer decides to fight back.<\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong>
\nReading\u2013 Pacific Resident Theatre Company,Venice,CA, 2008
\nStaged Reading – Expanded Arts, NYC, 1998<\/p>\n

When You\u2019re Dead, You\u2019re Dead\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Comedy, 110 Minutes, 1F, 2M principles and 4 actors playing multiple roles
\nSynopsis<\/strong>
\nA full-length comedy that follows the possible
\nlast days of Oliver Reese, a compulsive gambler with more than a few loose ends
\nto tie up in his life. When he wakes up in a hospital room, the very fact of his existence is questioned by the hospital staff. What starts out as an argument about life or death becomes a journey into the nature of his soul.This is a play about second chances and redemption and about what can happen when you push your luck with both.<\/p>\n

Production History<\/strong>
\nStagedReading- Icarus Theatre Ensemble,Ithaca,NY2003<\/p>\n

ONE<\/span><\/strong>-ACT PLAYS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Words Upon The Window-Pane<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>Adapt. From Yeats, Drama, 30 Minutes, 7F, 3M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nWellsCollege,Aurora,NY2010<\/p>\n

The Blessing\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Drama, 15 Minutes, 1F, 2M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nRutgersU.Play Festival, New Brunswick, NJ2008<\/p>\n

The Catcher In Bed-Stuy\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Drama, 20 Minutes, 1F, 2M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nHowling Moon Cab Theatre Co., NYC, 2006<\/p>\n

TEN<\/span><\/strong>-MINUTE PLAYS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Between You and Me\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Comedy, 10 Minutes, 2M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nFinalist, Curan Rep\u2019s Notes From the Underground Festival, NYC, 2011<\/p>\n

Jack and Jill in Christmastown\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Comedy, 10 Minutes, 1F, 1M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nEndtimes Productions, NYC, 2010
\n**Short Play Lab, <\/em>Blackbird Studio, NYC 2010<\/p>\n

Bicycle Boy Comedy<\/span><\/span> 10 Minutes, 2M
\nProduction History<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>
\nRutgersU.Play Festival, New Brunswick, NJ2009<\/em><\/p>\n

Rain<\/em><\/span> Drama, 10 Minutes, 1F, 1M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nRutgersU.Play Festival, New Brunswick, NJ2008<\/p>\n

An Otherwise Empty Room<\/span><\/em> Comedy\/Drama, <\/strong>10 Minutes1F, 1M
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nExpanded Arts, NYC, 1999<\/p>\n

ONE<\/span><\/strong>-ACT PLAY COLLECTIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In Five Boroughs – A Collection of Plays about NYC<\/em> <\/span>Comedy\/Drama, Five One-Acts, 100 Minutes, Multiple roles
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nExpanded Arts, NYC, 1999
\nStagedReading- Win Atkins Theatre Project,Hoboken,NJ, 1996
\nStagedReading- Joseph Papp Public Theatre, NYC, 1995<\/p>\n

The On Being Series<\/em> <\/span>Comedy\/Drama, Three One-Acts, 90 Minutes, Multiple roles
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nHome For Contemporary Theatre, NYC, 1990 (HERE)<\/p>\n

Beauty And Sin (The Hawthorne Plays)<\/em><\/span> Adapt. Short Stories From Hawthorne, Drama, 110 Minutes, Multiple roles
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nStagedReading- Inertia Theatre Company, NYC, 2002<\/p>\n

RADIO PLAYS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow<\/em> (A Radio Play)<\/em><\/span> Adapt. from\u00a0Joseph\u00a0Giardina after\u00a0Irving
\nRadio Comedy\/Classic Halloween, 60 Minutes, Multiple roles
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nWellsCollege,Aurora,NY2010
\nOffworld Theatre Co.,Piermont,NY2008
\nIcarus Theatre Ensemble,Ithaca,NY2001
\nWCPE Radio,Union County Coll.,NJ, 1999<\/p>\n

The Keeper (A Radio Play)<\/em><\/span> Radio Drama, Series of Six 30 Minute Segs., Multiple roles
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nBroadcast by WCPE Radio,Union \u00a0 County Coll.,NJ, 1995
\nJoseph Papp Public Theatre & WBAI, NYC,1992<\/p>\n

Sid Berkeley, Radio Slave (Radio Series)<\/em><\/span> Radio Comedy Series, Two 30 Minute Segments, Multiple roles
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nHome For Contemporary Theatre, NYC, 1991 (HERE)<\/p>\n

YOUNG AUDIENCES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Boy Who Lost His Sock<\/em> <\/span>Adapt. From Gallagher, Comedy, Children\u2019s Theatre, 60 Minutes,
\nProduction History<\/strong>
\nThe Kitchen Theatre, Ithaca, NY, 1999
\nThe Youth Theatre of NJ, Sparta, NJ, 1994<\/p>\n

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