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  • James Buchanan High School

    James Buchanan High School

    I graduated from James Buchanan High School in rural Mercersburg Pennsylvania, known to the locals as JB. The namesake of my school is from America’s 15th President, James Buchanan, known until recently as America’s “worst” president, as well as the only one from Pennsylvania. The “Do Nothing President,” as he was known, was America’s only…

    August 31, 2022
  • National TCG Conference

    National TCG Conference

     I was proud to be a member of the host committee and contributor with the National TCG Conference held in Pittsburgh this year.  Although my work is not highlighted in any way in this article – which is to say – as rosy as this article is – Pittsburgh theatre is all of the wonderful things…

    July 8, 2022
  • My Play Featured in Broadway World

    My Play Featured in Broadway World

    Check out the Broadway World feature for my play “In Our Time” presented for the TCG National Conference in partnership with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. https://www.broadwayworld.com/pittsburgh/article/New-Play-Inspired-By-ICU-Physicians-Interviews-and-Hemingway-IN-OUR-TIME-to-Be-Held-This-Month-20220610

    July 8, 2022
  • Robert Icke’s “Oresteia” at the Park Avenue Armory Blew My Freaking Mind  

    Robert Icke’s “Oresteia” at the Park Avenue Armory Blew My Freaking Mind  

    I’ve worked 20 years in the theatre and I don’t believe I’ve ever had to actively self-soothe myself by saying, “This is just a play.  This is just a play.”  I had to work to DISTANCE myself from a 3,000 year old play.  Utterly astounding show.  Also check out my short play, “Helen at the…

    July 8, 2022
  • Theatre-making Moms

    Theatre-making Moms

    I vividly remember my son Jonas as a 1-year old crying every time I packed my rehearsal bag.  On the day pictured here, he adamantly refused to go to 3 year-old preschool.  After I was gone for weeks and weeks in the evenings and night, he refused to be dropped off in the morning, so on this day…

    July 8, 2022
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Playwright, Director, Theatre Thinker

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