SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
~ The Quadroon and the Dove ~
~ Nominee - 2012 National Partners of American Theatre Playwriting Award (NAPAT), Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Semi-Finalist - 2012 Ashland New Plays Festival, Ashland, OR
~ Finalist - 2011 Phoenix Theatre 14th Annual Hormel New Works Festival - Phoenix, AZ
~ Finalist - 2011 Wordsmyth Theatre Company's New Play Reading Series - Houston, TX
~ Reading - The Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN
~ Staged Reading - Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, MA
~ Gift of an Orange (Inspired by Tennessee Williams'Gift of an Apple) ~
~ Winner - Nor'Eastern Play Writing Contest - Vermont Actors Repertory Theatre, Rutland, VT
~ Winner and Production - New Urban Theatre Laboratory's Love Experiment - opening their 2012-2013 season - Boston, MA
~ Finalist - Stone Soup Theatre Double (XX) Festival 2012, Seattle, Washington
~ Finalist - Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre Nor'Eastern Playwriting Contest 2012, Rutland, VT
~ National Semi-Finalist - 2011 John Cauble Short Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festuval Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Finalist - North American Actors Association Playreading Festival - 2011 - London, England
~ Award Winner 2011 One-Act Play Contest - Bottle Tree Productions, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
~ Another August ~
~ Production - Know Theatre, July 5-7, 2012 - Binghamton, NY
~ National Semi-Finalist - 2012 John Cauble Short Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Staged Reading - Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
~ Reading with improvised music inspired by the play - Fifth Letter Productions - Studio 59, Torrington, CT
~ Bones of Home ~
~ Production - 2011 Estrogenius, A Celebration of Female Voices - Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY
~ Production - 2011 West Coast Players One-Act Festival - West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL
~ Production - 2011 Theatre One Productions - New Plays Works Festival, Middleboro, MA
~ Regional Finalist - 2011 National Ten-minute Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Staged Reading - 2011 SANCTUARY PLAYS Benefit Challenge - Abingdon Theatre, New York City, NY~ Staged Reading - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
~ Proverbs ~
~ Production - New Urban Theatre Laboratory's Five and Dime, Boston, MA
~ Production - Puttin' on Your Shorts 3 - Poor Mouth Theatre Company, New York, NY
~ National Selection - Association for Theatre in Higher Education - New Play Development Workshop, Chicago, IL
~ Who You Got to Believe ~
~ Publication - The Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010 - Edited by Barbara Parisi - Published by Applause Books
~ National Semi-Finalist - 2010 Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY
~ Publication, Production, Winner and Encore Production - EstroGenius Short Play Series, New York, NY
~ Production - Potluck Productions Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival, Kansas City, MO
~ Staged Reading, Winner and Nomination for Special Recognition - 10-Minute Play - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region One
~ Production and Winner - Panoply Arts Festival, Theme "Home is Where the Heart is," Huntsville, AL
~ Production and Winner - West. T. Hill Theatre, Danville, KY
~ Alternate Selection - Association for Theatre in Higher Education New Play Development Workshop, Los Angeles, CA
~ Staged Reading and Winner - PlayMakers "Shorts" Festival, Hamden, CT
~ Staged Reading - Stageworthy - The Strand Theatre, Boston, MA
~ Sliding~
~ Commissioned Piece - 2011 "Will Work For"...presented by Three Tattoos, New York, NY - Sliding
~ Production - Boston SWAN 2012 - Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston, MA
~ Other Writings ~
~ Production - SLAMBoston, Another Country Productions, Boston, MA - Everything Has a Season
~ Staged Reading - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - Everything has a Season
~ National Finalist - Full-length play - Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA -Trinity
~ Commissioned Production - Center for Dance Arts, Torrington, CT - A Christmas Dream
~ Commissioned Production - Center for Dance Arts, Torrington, CT - A Christmas Santa
~ Featured Publication - In the Eye: A Collection of Writings, Thunder-Rain Publishing, Alamagordo, NM - Wearing Silk
~ National Honorable Mention - Asheville Writers' Workshop, Asheville, NC - Drift
~ National First Runner-up - Louisiana Literary Journal, Thibodaux, LA - Phoenix
~ National Publication - Louisiana Literary Journal, Thibodaux, LA - Stillness: 8/29/05
~ Publication - Mad River Anthology, Winsted, CT - Study of Herself and No Feathers
~ Publication - Mad River Anthology, WInsted, CT - Silent Morning
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
~ Dramatists Guild of America
~ Association of Writers and Writing Professionals
~ Association for Theatre in Higher Education
~ International Association of Women Playwrights
~ The Playwright's Center
EDUCATION
~ Summer Playwriting Intensive - Kennedy Center - Washington, DC - 2010
~ Master of Fine Arts (MFA) - Creative Writing - Writing for Stage & Screen - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - 2010
~ Baccalaureate of Arts (BA) - Creative Writing and Literature - Vermont College, Montpelier, VT - 2008
~ Associate in Arts (AA) - Liberal Arts, Valedictorian- Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT - 2006
WRITING & THEATRICAL EMPLOYMENT
~ Adjunct Professor - University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE - Graduate and Undergraduate Theatre and Playwriting - Present
~ Interdisciplinary Professor - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - Graduate Theatre and Playwriting - Present
~ Director of Production - Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Provincetown, MA - 2009 to Present
~ Production Manager - Association for Theatre in Higher Education New Play Development Workshop, Los Angeles, CA - 2010 to Present
~ Production Manager - Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Provincetown, MA - 2008
~ Developer - Writing Arts Program - Warner Center for Arts Education, Torrington, CT - 2007 to Present
~ Writing Instructor - Playwriting, Fiction, Memoir, Graphic Short Story - Warner Center for Arts Education, Torrington, CT - 2007 to Present
~ Stage Management Instructor - Warner Center for Arts Education, Torrington, CT - 2007 to Present
~ Workshop Instructor - Setting as Character - Bowling Green State University's Winter Wheat, Bowling Green, OH - 2007
~ Stage Manager
Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival - 2007
Cornwall Players, Cornwall, CT - 2006
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT - 2006
Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT - 2005 to 2010
~ Editor, The Pulse, Litchfield County Medical Association Newsletter - 2000 to Present
~ The Quadroon and the Dove ~
~ Nominee - 2012 National Partners of American Theatre Playwriting Award (NAPAT), Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Semi-Finalist - 2012 Ashland New Plays Festival, Ashland, OR
~ Finalist - 2011 Phoenix Theatre 14th Annual Hormel New Works Festival - Phoenix, AZ
~ Finalist - 2011 Wordsmyth Theatre Company's New Play Reading Series - Houston, TX
~ Reading - The Playwrights Center, Minneapolis, MN
~ Staged Reading - Boston Playwrights Theatre, Boston, MA
~ Gift of an Orange (Inspired by Tennessee Williams'Gift of an Apple) ~
~ Winner - Nor'Eastern Play Writing Contest - Vermont Actors Repertory Theatre, Rutland, VT
~ Winner and Production - New Urban Theatre Laboratory's Love Experiment - opening their 2012-2013 season - Boston, MA
~ Finalist - Stone Soup Theatre Double (XX) Festival 2012, Seattle, Washington
~ Finalist - Vermont Actors' Repertory Theatre Nor'Eastern Playwriting Contest 2012, Rutland, VT
~ National Semi-Finalist - 2011 John Cauble Short Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festuval Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Finalist - North American Actors Association Playreading Festival - 2011 - London, England
~ Award Winner 2011 One-Act Play Contest - Bottle Tree Productions, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
~ Another August ~
~ Production - Know Theatre, July 5-7, 2012 - Binghamton, NY
~ National Semi-Finalist - 2012 John Cauble Short Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Staged Reading - Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
~ Reading with improvised music inspired by the play - Fifth Letter Productions - Studio 59, Torrington, CT
~ Bones of Home ~
~ Production - 2011 Estrogenius, A Celebration of Female Voices - Manhattan Theatre Source, New York, NY
~ Production - 2011 West Coast Players One-Act Festival - West Coast Players, Clearwater, FL
~ Production - 2011 Theatre One Productions - New Plays Works Festival, Middleboro, MA
~ Regional Finalist - 2011 National Ten-minute Play Award, Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Region One (New York City and state plus New England)
~ Staged Reading - 2011 SANCTUARY PLAYS Benefit Challenge - Abingdon Theatre, New York City, NY~ Staged Reading - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
~ Proverbs ~
~ Production - New Urban Theatre Laboratory's Five and Dime, Boston, MA
~ Production - Puttin' on Your Shorts 3 - Poor Mouth Theatre Company, New York, NY
~ National Selection - Association for Theatre in Higher Education - New Play Development Workshop, Chicago, IL
~ Who You Got to Believe ~
~ Publication - The Best American Short Plays, 2009-2010 - Edited by Barbara Parisi - Published by Applause Books
~ National Semi-Finalist - 2010 Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY
~ Publication, Production, Winner and Encore Production - EstroGenius Short Play Series, New York, NY
~ Production - Potluck Productions Kansas City Women's Playwriting Festival, Kansas City, MO
~ Staged Reading, Winner and Nomination for Special Recognition - 10-Minute Play - Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region One
~ Production and Winner - Panoply Arts Festival, Theme "Home is Where the Heart is," Huntsville, AL
~ Production and Winner - West. T. Hill Theatre, Danville, KY
~ Alternate Selection - Association for Theatre in Higher Education New Play Development Workshop, Los Angeles, CA
~ Staged Reading and Winner - PlayMakers "Shorts" Festival, Hamden, CT
~ Staged Reading - Stageworthy - The Strand Theatre, Boston, MA
~ Sliding~
~ Commissioned Piece - 2011 "Will Work For"...presented by Three Tattoos, New York, NY - Sliding
~ Production - Boston SWAN 2012 - Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Boston, MA
~ Other Writings ~
~ Production - SLAMBoston, Another Country Productions, Boston, MA - Everything Has a Season
~ Staged Reading - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - Everything has a Season
~ National Finalist - Full-length play - Saints and Sinners Literary Festival, New Orleans, LA -Trinity
~ Commissioned Production - Center for Dance Arts, Torrington, CT - A Christmas Dream
~ Commissioned Production - Center for Dance Arts, Torrington, CT - A Christmas Santa
~ Featured Publication - In the Eye: A Collection of Writings, Thunder-Rain Publishing, Alamagordo, NM - Wearing Silk
~ National Honorable Mention - Asheville Writers' Workshop, Asheville, NC - Drift
~ National First Runner-up - Louisiana Literary Journal, Thibodaux, LA - Phoenix
~ National Publication - Louisiana Literary Journal, Thibodaux, LA - Stillness: 8/29/05
~ Publication - Mad River Anthology, Winsted, CT - Study of Herself and No Feathers
~ Publication - Mad River Anthology, WInsted, CT - Silent Morning
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
~ Dramatists Guild of America
~ Association of Writers and Writing Professionals
~ Association for Theatre in Higher Education
~ International Association of Women Playwrights
~ The Playwright's Center
EDUCATION
~ Summer Playwriting Intensive - Kennedy Center - Washington, DC - 2010
~ Master of Fine Arts (MFA) - Creative Writing - Writing for Stage & Screen - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - 2010
~ Baccalaureate of Arts (BA) - Creative Writing and Literature - Vermont College, Montpelier, VT - 2008
~ Associate in Arts (AA) - Liberal Arts, Valedictorian- Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT - 2006
WRITING & THEATRICAL EMPLOYMENT
~ Adjunct Professor - University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE - Graduate and Undergraduate Theatre and Playwriting - Present
~ Interdisciplinary Professor - Lesley University, Cambridge, MA - Graduate Theatre and Playwriting - Present
~ Director of Production - Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Provincetown, MA - 2009 to Present
~ Production Manager - Association for Theatre in Higher Education New Play Development Workshop, Los Angeles, CA - 2010 to Present
~ Production Manager - Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival, Provincetown, MA - 2008
~ Developer - Writing Arts Program - Warner Center for Arts Education, Torrington, CT - 2007 to Present
~ Writing Instructor - Playwriting, Fiction, Memoir, Graphic Short Story - Warner Center for Arts Education, Torrington, CT - 2007 to Present
~ Stage Management Instructor - Warner Center for Arts Education, Torrington, CT - 2007 to Present
~ Workshop Instructor - Setting as Character - Bowling Green State University's Winter Wheat, Bowling Green, OH - 2007
~ Stage Manager
Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival - 2007
Cornwall Players, Cornwall, CT - 2006
Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winsted, CT - 2006
Warner Theatre, Torrington, CT - 2005 to 2010
~ Editor, The Pulse, Litchfield County Medical Association Newsletter - 2000 to Present