Full Length PLAYS
BRING HER BACK
Anna, a high school senior, unravels after reading her rejection letter from NYU: Steinhardt, her father's alma mater. Her suicide leaves her parent's marriage in tatters. Tom, Anna's father, puts a pen to paper and travels to another dimension, a steampunk world in which he believes he can save his daughter--but at what cost?
Anna, a high school senior, unravels after reading her rejection letter from NYU: Steinhardt, her father's alma mater. Her suicide leaves her parent's marriage in tatters. Tom, Anna's father, puts a pen to paper and travels to another dimension, a steampunk world in which he believes he can save his daughter--but at what cost?
FAILING HEARTS
Aubrey and Sam are faithful Latter-day Saint women. Married to their husbands in the temple. Sam, a mother to her first child. Aubrey, a lawyer struggling with her faith for the first time.
Aubrey and Sam's growing friendship sparks rumors in the congregation and fear in their homes. Aubrey must decide which path she will take: Eternal salvation with her husband or earthly happiness with a woman.
Aubrey and Sam are faithful Latter-day Saint women. Married to their husbands in the temple. Sam, a mother to her first child. Aubrey, a lawyer struggling with her faith for the first time.
Aubrey and Sam's growing friendship sparks rumors in the congregation and fear in their homes. Aubrey must decide which path she will take: Eternal salvation with her husband or earthly happiness with a woman.
THE RIVETERS
UCR's 2017 New Play Festival Production
When Baptist minister Jimmy Sawyer breezes into the fictitious town of Narrow Gate, Arkansas, he gathers quite the dangerous following, intent on bringing bloodshed and destruction to the unrepentant townsfolk. Three women, from all different walks of life and sensibilities, come together in giving Jimmy his just desserts. They are The Riveters.
UCR's 2017 New Play Festival Production
When Baptist minister Jimmy Sawyer breezes into the fictitious town of Narrow Gate, Arkansas, he gathers quite the dangerous following, intent on bringing bloodshed and destruction to the unrepentant townsfolk. Three women, from all different walks of life and sensibilities, come together in giving Jimmy his just desserts. They are The Riveters.
One Act Plays
MALEFICIUM
1590's England. Young Jane Fairchild disappears from her home in the dead of winter. Margaret Fairchild, Jane's mother, is adament a rumored witch has taken her daughter and cursed her family. The boundary between mother and witch dissolves as Jane discovers a mother's love exists in the most unlikely of women.
1590's England. Young Jane Fairchild disappears from her home in the dead of winter. Margaret Fairchild, Jane's mother, is adament a rumored witch has taken her daughter and cursed her family. The boundary between mother and witch dissolves as Jane discovers a mother's love exists in the most unlikely of women.
MERCY MEAL
UCR's 2016 New Play Festival Production
Half an hour after burial of her mother and his ex-wife, Natalie and James meet in a Blimpie's sandwich restaurant in Provo, Utah. They partake of a feast. A feast of religion. A feast of forgiveness. A mercy meal.
UCR's 2016 New Play Festival Production
Half an hour after burial of her mother and his ex-wife, Natalie and James meet in a Blimpie's sandwich restaurant in Provo, Utah. They partake of a feast. A feast of religion. A feast of forgiveness. A mercy meal.
Ten Minute Plays
THE SHOELACE
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's 2013 Region VIII Winner and National Semi-Finalist
Produced in BYU's Microburst Theatre Festival
Distinguished Production of a New Work: KCACTF National Award
Meet Emily: a Mormon. Meet Mitch: an atheist. Together, they formed an unlikely but deep bond. On the last night of their relationship, difficult questions surface: What does the word "faith" mean? Who am I? And, ultimately, can we stay together?
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's 2013 Region VIII Winner and National Semi-Finalist
Produced in BYU's Microburst Theatre Festival
Distinguished Production of a New Work: KCACTF National Award
Meet Emily: a Mormon. Meet Mitch: an atheist. Together, they formed an unlikely but deep bond. On the last night of their relationship, difficult questions surface: What does the word "faith" mean? Who am I? And, ultimately, can we stay together?
SHOWTIME
Backstage, Linda readies her daughter as Cinderella while Grace pins in her daughter's Tiana tiara before the final round of the Baxter High School Disney Princess Beauty Pageant. After the two girls are called onstage, Linda and Grace remain in the dressing room, their old rivalry/best friend relationship reaching a boiling point.
Backstage, Linda readies her daughter as Cinderella while Grace pins in her daughter's Tiana tiara before the final round of the Baxter High School Disney Princess Beauty Pageant. After the two girls are called onstage, Linda and Grace remain in the dressing room, their old rivalry/best friend relationship reaching a boiling point.
full length screenplays
ELIX
Chloe, an apprentice in the Intergalactic Protection Agency, accompanies her father and senior agent in eliminating the Immortals, a vicious alien race. A rescue mission gone awry lands Chloe on Elix, the Immortal's home planet. Over the course of her captivity, Chloe discovers her true identity and must decide where her allegience lies.
Chloe, an apprentice in the Intergalactic Protection Agency, accompanies her father and senior agent in eliminating the Immortals, a vicious alien race. A rescue mission gone awry lands Chloe on Elix, the Immortal's home planet. Over the course of her captivity, Chloe discovers her true identity and must decide where her allegience lies.