Full Length Plays
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LOOKING FOR THE PONY (3w, 1m) BUY
Eloisa is finally ready to leave an unwanted career to pursue a life-long dream when her sister Lauren is diagnosed with breast
cancer. Lauren's perfect life and Eloisa's second chance collide as the sisters grab hands and embark on a roller-coaster ride of
treatment, ambition, loss and acceptance. As funny as it is heart-breaking, LOOKING FOR THE PONY is a fast-paced journey
dedicated to the fierce love of two sisters.
WORLD AVOIDED (5w, 5m) CONTACT ME
World Avoided tells the story of the most successful climate change agreement, the Montreal Protocol. Based on research and eye witnessing, the play begins with the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons were destroying the ozone layer and concludes with the passing of the historic Kigali amendment that will save a half a degree of global warming. EST/Sloan Commission. Reading First Lights Festival, Feb 7 17. Developed at Lark Play Development Center.
Based on experiences attending Montreal Protocol international diplomatic meetings.
STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (3w, 2m) CONTACT ME
Sameer, a Moroccan man living in New York illegally, and Miriam, a Jewish-American, fall in love. A favor Sameer asks of Miriam
results in their arrest. Sameer is suspected of terrorism and Miriam of money laundering. Strait of Gibraltar is a new play that
examines the impact of the Patriot Act on our rights. This is the world we live in; is it the world we want?
DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS (3w, 1m) CONTACT ME
Sean Lynch announces to his beloved wife, Fiona, they are dropping their cultured New York life and returning to his family’s
ancestral home in Ireland. Fiona is not going anywhere; she has just won a green card for her maid Esperanza to save her
daughter from the poverty of Guatemala. When Fiona’s sister Kat arrives looking for her step-daughter Lily, one of Sean’s
employees, the truth gradually emerges. A pitch black comic thriller, DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS examines the
American Dream and American identity in the face of eroding ethics.
TUNNEL VISION (2w) CONTACT ME
When two women find themselves "stuck" in a foreign space, these strangers struggle to maintain their composure while competing
for the audience's attention--anything to avoid having to face their fears and failures or to admit their unexpected attraction to one
another. However, to move forward they will have to face their pasts, each other and themselves. TUNNEL VISION is about
betrayal, loss and love. What is it to have your deepest desires witnessed? Can something new and unexpected rise out of the
ashes? Can we make the life, love, self that we want?
ME YOU US THEM (2-3m, 1-2w) CONTACT ME
Two B-Boys find each other in a vacant lot anywhere in the world, while a woman sits alone at her desk searching for answers on
the Internet. Another kid arrives on the scene and an explosive connection is made between the boys and the woman’s
Avatar. Bound by a search for the Center of Things, the four new friends invent the ultimate battle plan.
ONE NATION UNDER (4w, 2m) BUY
A modern tragedy centered on the fall of a Federal Bench Judge poised to be picked for the Supreme Court. Set in 2004-2005, the
Judge compromises her principles, setting off a ricochet of damage that impacts her son, her clerk, a single mother serving in Iraq,
the solder’s son and sister, and herself. ONE NATION UNDER is about the laws of the land and the laws we each, as individuals,
choose to live by.
BOTTOM OF NINE (2m, 2w) CONTACT ME
Set during the deciding 2004 Yankees/Red Sox championship game, avid Red Sox fans face the truth about their team, themselves
and their town.
ECLIPSE (1w, 1m) BUY
This "Twilight Zone" comedy explores how the world we inhabit is created by the choices we make. Pedestrian rage destroys New
York City and the rest of the world. Two corporate consultants survive. He’s the boss, she’s a lesbian. Somebody says no. They
both discover their capacity for war and peace. A soul-searching, side-splitting romp.
HOOK & EYE (4w, 1m) CONTACT ME
The 1952 coming-of-age story of four Boston sisters juxtaposed against the evolution of the Jewish-American comic triggers
questions about family allegiance, gender identity, materialism and mainstream American mores divorced from Jewish religious and
cultural traditions. The play reflects on the ongoing expression, borrowing, morphing and assimilation of individual, cultural and
national identity.
Eloisa is finally ready to leave an unwanted career to pursue a life-long dream when her sister Lauren is diagnosed with breast
cancer. Lauren's perfect life and Eloisa's second chance collide as the sisters grab hands and embark on a roller-coaster ride of
treatment, ambition, loss and acceptance. As funny as it is heart-breaking, LOOKING FOR THE PONY is a fast-paced journey
dedicated to the fierce love of two sisters.
WORLD AVOIDED (5w, 5m) CONTACT ME
World Avoided tells the story of the most successful climate change agreement, the Montreal Protocol. Based on research and eye witnessing, the play begins with the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons were destroying the ozone layer and concludes with the passing of the historic Kigali amendment that will save a half a degree of global warming. EST/Sloan Commission. Reading First Lights Festival, Feb 7 17. Developed at Lark Play Development Center.
Based on experiences attending Montreal Protocol international diplomatic meetings.
STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR (3w, 2m) CONTACT ME
Sameer, a Moroccan man living in New York illegally, and Miriam, a Jewish-American, fall in love. A favor Sameer asks of Miriam
results in their arrest. Sameer is suspected of terrorism and Miriam of money laundering. Strait of Gibraltar is a new play that
examines the impact of the Patriot Act on our rights. This is the world we live in; is it the world we want?
DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS (3w, 1m) CONTACT ME
Sean Lynch announces to his beloved wife, Fiona, they are dropping their cultured New York life and returning to his family’s
ancestral home in Ireland. Fiona is not going anywhere; she has just won a green card for her maid Esperanza to save her
daughter from the poverty of Guatemala. When Fiona’s sister Kat arrives looking for her step-daughter Lily, one of Sean’s
employees, the truth gradually emerges. A pitch black comic thriller, DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS examines the
American Dream and American identity in the face of eroding ethics.
TUNNEL VISION (2w) CONTACT ME
When two women find themselves "stuck" in a foreign space, these strangers struggle to maintain their composure while competing
for the audience's attention--anything to avoid having to face their fears and failures or to admit their unexpected attraction to one
another. However, to move forward they will have to face their pasts, each other and themselves. TUNNEL VISION is about
betrayal, loss and love. What is it to have your deepest desires witnessed? Can something new and unexpected rise out of the
ashes? Can we make the life, love, self that we want?
ME YOU US THEM (2-3m, 1-2w) CONTACT ME
Two B-Boys find each other in a vacant lot anywhere in the world, while a woman sits alone at her desk searching for answers on
the Internet. Another kid arrives on the scene and an explosive connection is made between the boys and the woman’s
Avatar. Bound by a search for the Center of Things, the four new friends invent the ultimate battle plan.
ONE NATION UNDER (4w, 2m) BUY
A modern tragedy centered on the fall of a Federal Bench Judge poised to be picked for the Supreme Court. Set in 2004-2005, the
Judge compromises her principles, setting off a ricochet of damage that impacts her son, her clerk, a single mother serving in Iraq,
the solder’s son and sister, and herself. ONE NATION UNDER is about the laws of the land and the laws we each, as individuals,
choose to live by.
BOTTOM OF NINE (2m, 2w) CONTACT ME
Set during the deciding 2004 Yankees/Red Sox championship game, avid Red Sox fans face the truth about their team, themselves
and their town.
ECLIPSE (1w, 1m) BUY
This "Twilight Zone" comedy explores how the world we inhabit is created by the choices we make. Pedestrian rage destroys New
York City and the rest of the world. Two corporate consultants survive. He’s the boss, she’s a lesbian. Somebody says no. They
both discover their capacity for war and peace. A soul-searching, side-splitting romp.
HOOK & EYE (4w, 1m) CONTACT ME
The 1952 coming-of-age story of four Boston sisters juxtaposed against the evolution of the Jewish-American comic triggers
questions about family allegiance, gender identity, materialism and mainstream American mores divorced from Jewish religious and
cultural traditions. The play reflects on the ongoing expression, borrowing, morphing and assimilation of individual, cultural and
national identity.
Librettos
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Lf&Tms (Under Development)
Co-book with Ariel Aparicio, Music and Lyrics by Ariel Aparicio. Bobby Kittridge has been rocking for decades and he still wants stardom more than ever. Will he get there with two new hot young back-up singers and his old dedicated crew?
ROOM 16 ( Under Development) Contact Me
Music by Stephen Sislen, lyrics by Stephen Sislen and Ben Winters. ROOM 16 tells the story of the events leading to the Watergate break-in. G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt meet at the White House in 1971 and set off on a series of covert actions culminating in the infamous failed burglary. Sally Harmony, the pair’s fresh-faced young secretary, grapples with politics, loyalty and the shattering disappointment of growing up. With a score spanning America popular musical styles from swing and big band to folk and early '70s rock, and an ensemble portraying other Watergate notables. ROOM 16 is a fast-paced and darkly comedic look inside American political history.
THE BALLAD OF ROM AND JULZ (Musical – Under Development) Contact Me
Book by Andrea Lepcio • Lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis • Music by Brooke Fox When Julz, the reining queen of Verona High, falls hard
for Rom, transitioning from F to M, boundaries between public and private, male and female, and love and hate erode.
CENTRAL AVENUE BREAKDOWN | Contact Me
co-librettist with Kevin Ray and Dominic Taylor. Music and lyrics by Kevin Ray. Additional Story by Suellen Vance
It’s 1940s Los Angeles and the hottest place to be seen is Central Avenue, in the shadow of Hollywood where hot swing blows all
night long at clubs like Jack’s Chicken Basket and the Club Alabam. Brothers Bill and Jim Marcel are sax players struggling to carve
out their own legacies, but first they must overcome a destructive rivalry, addiction, and tragedy before it’s too late.
THE GOLD (Musical – Under Development) Contact Me
Co-bookwriter with lyrics and music by Philip Yosowitz. Beginning at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and ending in Israel in the1950s, The
Gold is the epic story of Joseph Cohen's pursuit of “"the gold". The Gold is a celebration of the enduring spirit of a purposeful life,
honoring courage hope, and a stand against hatred.
THE BRONX CASKET CO. (Musical – Under Development) Contact Me
Lyrics and Music by DD Verni (founder/composer and bass guitarist for pioneer metal band OVERKILL)
Co-book with Ariel Aparicio, Music and Lyrics by Ariel Aparicio. Bobby Kittridge has been rocking for decades and he still wants stardom more than ever. Will he get there with two new hot young back-up singers and his old dedicated crew?
ROOM 16 ( Under Development) Contact Me
Music by Stephen Sislen, lyrics by Stephen Sislen and Ben Winters. ROOM 16 tells the story of the events leading to the Watergate break-in. G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt meet at the White House in 1971 and set off on a series of covert actions culminating in the infamous failed burglary. Sally Harmony, the pair’s fresh-faced young secretary, grapples with politics, loyalty and the shattering disappointment of growing up. With a score spanning America popular musical styles from swing and big band to folk and early '70s rock, and an ensemble portraying other Watergate notables. ROOM 16 is a fast-paced and darkly comedic look inside American political history.
THE BALLAD OF ROM AND JULZ (Musical – Under Development) Contact Me
Book by Andrea Lepcio • Lyrics by Cheryl L. Davis • Music by Brooke Fox When Julz, the reining queen of Verona High, falls hard
for Rom, transitioning from F to M, boundaries between public and private, male and female, and love and hate erode.
CENTRAL AVENUE BREAKDOWN | Contact Me
co-librettist with Kevin Ray and Dominic Taylor. Music and lyrics by Kevin Ray. Additional Story by Suellen Vance
It’s 1940s Los Angeles and the hottest place to be seen is Central Avenue, in the shadow of Hollywood where hot swing blows all
night long at clubs like Jack’s Chicken Basket and the Club Alabam. Brothers Bill and Jim Marcel are sax players struggling to carve
out their own legacies, but first they must overcome a destructive rivalry, addiction, and tragedy before it’s too late.
THE GOLD (Musical – Under Development) Contact Me
Co-bookwriter with lyrics and music by Philip Yosowitz. Beginning at the 1936 Berlin Olympics and ending in Israel in the1950s, The
Gold is the epic story of Joseph Cohen's pursuit of “"the gold". The Gold is a celebration of the enduring spirit of a purposeful life,
honoring courage hope, and a stand against hatred.
THE BRONX CASKET CO. (Musical – Under Development) Contact Me
Lyrics and Music by DD Verni (founder/composer and bass guitarist for pioneer metal band OVERKILL)