I think plays should be big and imaginative. They should fill up the entire space with risk-taking magic. They should give us something that we can't get at home watching Netflix in our pajamas, by testing the boundaries of what live performance can do.

But...I also believe plays should be anchored in empathy. They should embrace the smallest, most intimate of human moments. The kind that can only be shared by people breathing in the same dark space. That connection, to me, is when theater feels most alive.

FULL-LENGTH PLAYS
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Bodies of Water

​"What would you say to one last swim, huh?
​For old times' sake?
It'll be fun..."

R plus J (a new play)

"We’ll put our initials right here... and that way this place is ours, see? That way they can stay there forever."

The Kitchen Table Plays

"A kitchen table is a monument. A kitchen table is a bloodline...
​Don't you know anything?"

Survival Town, or
​The Life And Death Of Miss Atomic Bomb

"All those tiny atoms...there's no telling what will or won't happen when the right combination of them collides."

Svergin​ata

"You can be a painter people remember."
"​I'd like that. I’d like very much to be remembered for something."

The Unwritten City

"In a few months, when the city wakes back up again, everything will look different to you. Everything will look new."

YOUNG AUDIENCES

The Amazing Ava's Great Escape

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A production of
​Urban Stages Outreach, 2018/19

directed by Ilanna Saltzman


​"You know, everyone wants me to give up. My parents think I should focus on science and math in school. And my friends all say magic is for babies. They all know it's not real. And I know it too, deep down. I guess I just want to believe in something. I want to believe I can make it real." 

SHORT PLAYS
(selected scripts available at NPX)

This Is (a love story)  (2018)
Last Call (a ghost story)  (2018)
Just Animals  (2018)
Edge of the World  (2017)
The War at Home  (2017)
Split Seconds  (2016)
Survival Town  (2016)
Advances  (2015)
The Counter  (2015)
Breakwater  (2014)