Playwright
Sorrow, 1882
3 Actors, Any Gender
Running time: 75 minutes
Sorrow, 1882 is a meditation on Van Gogh’s trials with addiction, mania, and suicidal ideation, and his relationships with the people who loved him. Through the unreliable eyes of the artist in the throes of his illness, the piece is based on the letters Vincent wrote to his brother Theo, published by Theo’s wide, Jo van Gogh-Bonger. The play is written in blank verse in an effort to paint with words the way Van Gogh painted so beautifully with color.
Premiered at the Rosemary Branch Theatre, November 2024
Staged Reading — CKC Productions
Valdez Theatre Conference — Play Lab 2025 — Alternate
Danae (In Development)
9 Actors, F/NB
Running time: 60 minutes
A piece in verse inspired by the Greek myth of Danae, princess of Argos, and the Lyric Poets of Greece by Antipater of Thesalonike. Upon hearing the Oracle’s prophecy that he is to be murdered by his grandson’s hand, King Akrisios locks his daughter in a bronze tower in the middle of the sea. In her imprisonment, she falls pregnant by Zeus disguised as the golden sun. The cast of nine women act as a Chorus, aiding Danae as she faces another day of Zeus’ sunlight. How does one face another day when day itself is your keeper?
First developmental reading, November 2024