Plays
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Murmuration Theater
Full-length play
(5f., 2m.)
A group of friends escape to the Berkshires for a week-long getaway almost a year after their friend Abby’s untimely passing. Despite their efforts to keep their pasts outside the walls of their secluded AirBnB cabin, their grief continues to haunt them until they have no choice but to confront it or die trying to avoid it. A play about bugs, strangers in the woods, and the unrelenting grasp of guilt.
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Directed by Dennis Corsi
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Developmental History
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Recognized as a finalist for the Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival (2023)
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Staged readings as part of “Forklift” at the Loading Dock and “No ETA presents...” at the Tank (2022)
SLASH / HER
Loading Dock & PlaygroundNY
Full-length play
Three slashers enter the woods with three different plans. A horror-comedy of errors in three acts.​​
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Directed by Rabiah Rowther​​
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Developmental History
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A ten-minute version of the play was created as part of PlaygroundNY's Monday night Playground. It was invited to make an encore performance as part of "Best of Playground" (2024)
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A reading of the full-length version was performed at Loading Dock Theater as part of the Saturday Scaries Reading Series (2025)
GAY ST.
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater's Block by Block
Full-length play
(2m.)
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By chance (or interview), "Puck," a college student, meets Michael, a 70-year old former resident of Gay Street. While Michael longs to build a friendship despite the years between them, Puck is interested in one thing only: finishing his play.
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Directed by Jacob Basri
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Developmental History
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Development Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s Block by Block (2021)
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Reading Greenwich Village Historic District 50th TheaterJam at the Cherry Lane Theater (2019)
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A ten minute excerpt was recorded and presented as a site specific audio walking tour as part of Rattlestick Playwrights Theater’s Block by Block (2021) featuring performances by David Greenspan and Daniel Liu.
WannaBillions
Loading Dock Theater's Forklift 2024
Full-length play
(4m., 3 f.)
An ambitious executive assistant is whisked off to the most expensive resort in the world by his billionaire mentor, employer, and lover. At the resort, the elite are able to role-play minimum wage jobs in a Wannado City (an indoor role-playing amusement center) replica as a form of humbling. A farcical meditation on wealth, power, and (net)worth, this play examines how we make ourselves larger (or smaller) than we are to succeed in a capitalist world.
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Directed by Jacob Wahba
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Developmental History​
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Staged readings as part of “Forklift” at the Loading Dock (2024)
Rigged: the Game Show
2025 Cohen New Works Festival at UT Austin
Interactive Experience
An immersive experience that welcomes its audience into the wacky world of reality television, where they will have actual influence on the events of the evening.
Now, imagine: you are a production assistant showing up for the first day of your new job working behind-the-scenes of your favorite reality-competition show. Then, enter the contestants— a group of hopefuls ready to give it their all for the chance to win a grand prize of one million dollars. The competition is only getting started and it is anybody’s game.
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Choose-your-own-adventure as you watch the competition unfold, with chances along the way to decide who goes home and who wins. With 24 possible outcomes, no two shows are the same!
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Directed by Julia Kreutzer​​
Photos by Sarah Navarrete courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin