Playwriting

RED RED RIVER

After Sam’s father, Cliff, passes away, Sam returns to the family’s North Carolina farm to handle the estate. His plans are disrupted by the arrival of Wade, a father without a son, and Hutch, a lost son. In grief’s most life affirming and surreal moments, Cliff’s death and life become unmoored, looping and cycling, blurring the line between present and past.

Red Red River is an exploration of time, love, and death.

Self produced reading, October 2019.
4M
Coldtowne Theatre. Austin, TX

MAGPIE

A faceless deconstruction of youth, identity, and love told through poetry and music.

Self produced reading, June 2019.
4M
Buzzmill. San Marcos, TX

FOREST SONG OR A POEM TO YOUR FATHER

“I’m into the trees. I was spruce. I was brown eyes.
I was suburban living. I was perfume and vanilla moisturizers.”

A meditation on fragile masculinity. A satire of love songs. Semantic consistency and the obfuscatory power of language.

Texas State Theatre Department, May 2019.
1M, 1W
San Marcos, TX

BELFRY FAT

An abandoned daughter, a peacock preacher, a fight over a will, a bad sermon and family secrets. Reconciliation is a hard thing.

After the passing of the church’s matriarch, two siblings work to find a way forward but splinter over a dark secret.

Texas State Theatre Department, April 2019.
1M, 1W
San Marcos, TX

HOLY SPIRITS

Holy Spirits is an investigation into family, masculinity and generational trauma.

Having lost the custody battle over his son, James forms a new family, giving those without purpose new guidance. After Ray, the first inductee, is executed, the family unravels and those still alive fight to escape.

Self produced reading, August 2018
4M

Buzzmill. Austin, TX

FIENDS

The last night of a marriage. As time runs out on a makeshift honeymoon, a chosen alternative to divorce, a husband and wife use art to explore the past and future of their relationship.

Self produced, March 2016

2M, 2W
Portland Stage Black Box. Portland, ME