ONE ACT PLAYS

Shadows

John and Christine met in high school when he was seventeen and she was thirteen. They fell passionately, uniquely in love, but forbidden by Christine’s father to see each other, were never able to pursue a romantic relationship. After having gone their separate ways, they meet for the first time in thirty-five years, shadowed by their exuberant young selves. Against a backdrop of regret, longing, and diverging life stories, they reach for the love that remains while all else changes.

Production History:
Riot Act New Play Festival, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, September, 2026

This Land

When four aging sibling Aunties uber to their great-niece’s graduation, they discover a shared Lebanese heritage with driver Charbel. A refugee who arrived in the US at the age of 10, Charbel’s unresolved trauma intensifies family dynamics as issues of ownership, belonging, status, and privilege reveal themselves during the emotional car ride. Stakes are raised, vulnerability is laid bare, and Charbel discovers that salvation rooted in relationship might just change history.

One Man’s Trash (short one-act)

When volatile Cee, a white divorcée, visits an exhibit of “discarded object” art and is confronted by an unexpected blast from her past, she reacts with less than complete restraint. Nate, an African-American security guard, attempts to intervene, and their verbal sparring over what separates and unites, and what it means to be trash, leads to unexpected physical consequences.

Production History:
Millibo Art Theatre Women’s Theatre Festival, Colorado Springs, April 2019

Help - Not Just Anybody (short one-act)

Interrupted in a questionable attempt to reclaim and restore a precious gift underhandedly taken from her daughter, Gail finds herself charmed, forgiven, and transformed by surprisingly welcome assistance from sales clerk Trey.

Production History:
Lakeshore Theatre Players, 15th Annual 10-Minute Play Festival, White Bear Lake,
MN, June 2019
     Denver Center's for the Performing Arts Off-Center Bite Size, Denver,
November, 2018 (Finalist, staged reading)

Fuel (short one-act)

It's Mariel's divorce day, and she's invited her old friends Jody and Bill to come over for moral support. When she learns that Bill was a Burning Man Black Rock Ranger the same year she was there, Mariel's creative juices fly as she brings the Playa home.  Her fiery installation has a critical flaw, however, but Bill steps in to redeem the moment.

Production History:
     Part of the collaboration Wedding Cake Vodka, Dirtyfish Theater Company, Denver,
     March 2016

Superheroes (short one act)

The Dark Star Patrol, a fictional group of Real Life Superheroes, has a code of honor when it comes to crime fighting and altruism. Newcomer Zygote pushes that code to the limits, and in so doing, unravels and complicates relationships between friends and lovers at their traditional dawn meeting.  

Production History:
     Part of the collaboration The Playground, And Toto Too Theatre Company,
     Denver, November 2014