Select photography and video from my work as a playwright, heightened by directors such as Ava Kepple, Violet Regan, and Savannah Reich.
Playwriting
norma jeane: pop culture phenom, sex symbol, and sad, sad girl, directed by Violet Regan. Photography by Paola Nogueras, featuring performers Riley Irvine and Gideon McDonald.
The Fairy and the Snapdragon, directed by Ava Kepple. Audience photography by John Flak, featuring Del Ziegman as Princess Cordelia and fellow theatremakers Fadi Skeiker and Tyler Ecoña in the audience.
Norma Jeane six-minute highlight clip, “Locker Room Talk” into “Wannabe”. Directed by Violet Regan. Featuring cast members Aidan Yates, David Richardson, Paige Mullen, Riley Irvine, Gideon McDonald, and Hazel Foley.
The Fairy and the Snapdragon, directed by Ava Kepple. Photography by John Flak, performers include Finn Powers, Olivia Berkson, Felicity Mundy, Charlie Nicolini, Del Ziegman, and Isabel Penn.
David Archuleta is God, showcase excerpt directed by Savannah Reich. Filmography by Jack Thornley, featuring Ryan Alise as Stage Directions, Ella Kahan as Shelby, Sophia Palese as Maddie, Jordan Neff as Abbie, and Sydney Taper as Samantha.
'' but, like… what are your plays about ? ''
Hazel Foley as The Girl, Before in norma jeane, directed by Violet Regan.
I’m Glad You Asked!
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one-act, 60 minutes, 3 w/gnc, 2m/gnc, 2m
Set in Marilyn Monroe’s psyche, norma jeane is a meditation on womanhood, sexuality, commodity, revenge, and regret. A hot girl play from hell. An exploration, a love letter, an apology, and a portrait. A true and false biography. This play is a loud labor of love for a woman who will never know how many people empathize with her experiences, her feelings, and her extremes today. Watch as she breaks through and takes agency over her healing process, with a cast of ghosts and demons from her past waiting in the wings.
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one-act, 90 minutes, 5 w/gnc 1m
A ragey contemporary take on the myth of Medusa, Snake Girl tackles a complicated triangle of tension between alternative band kid Maren, volatile “golden-boy” Peter, and uptight suburban princess Ali. Queerness, victimhood, vengeance, and small-town sexual assault stigma all propel us towards a cathartic, Carrie-eque prom night finale that nobody will forget.
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10 minute play, 2w, 1gnc, 1m, 2+ any
Cordelia is the daughter of Mother Earth, princess to a lush, underground woodland utopia. When her mother grows ill due to the neighboring kingdom’s pollution, Cordelia swears to right this wrong and return peace to her home. A climate change play for young audiences about roots, becoming who you’re meant to be, family, returning home, and hows.
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one-act, 90 minutes, 6w/gnc
Six tweens. 2008. The American Idol finale. David Archuleta vs. David Cook, and if you’re not voting Archuleta you’d better watch your effing back because we are in 13-year-old Samantha Caputo’s house, bitch. Her house, her rules. And, in case you’re unaware of who won in 2008, let me just say: shit’s about to get incredibly real.
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10 minute play, 3w/gnc
An ex-Toddlers-and-Tiaras star enters her first day of real job training as an employee at Claire's. The sarcastic assistant manager is her trainer, a chainsmoking lesbian around the same age as her. They butt heads, fight Karens, and form the beginnings of an unlikely bond as the training shift unfolds.
*Full scripts coming soon on New Play Exchange.