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1. I'M NOT GAY! - 6M,1F. Full-Length (80 min). A man so terrified by his own libido
goes to great lengths to prove how "not gay" he really is - including murder. The
result is comic mayhem, and one very dark farce. It ran for 4 months in Iceland
and featured on their version of MTV. Critics say, "Audiences are choking with
laughter!" In fact, one woman reportedly needed CPR on opening night!
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2001
---Translated into Icelandic as Eg Er Ekki Hommi! in 2004
---Performed at the Loftkastalinn Theatre in Reykjavic, Iceland in 2005
---Performed at TSI/Play-Time in Manhattan in 2005
(There is a 10-min version available as well)
---10-min performed at SUNY Albany in 1999
---10-min performed at The Shandaken Play Fair in 2001
---10-min performed at The University of Georgia in 2001
---10-min performed by The Talented Talent Brothers in 2005
---10-min performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
---10-min won "Best Comedy" Award at The Author's Playhouse New Author Festival in 2005
2. WHERE'S JULIE? - 5M,4F. Full length (90 min), 15-year old Julie runs away from
home, gets pregnant, and contemplates abortion. Yes, it's a COMEDY. In fact, it's
a wild zany thrill ride of a farce that incorporates audience interaction, irreverent
social humor, and the smashing of high-end electronic items.
---Winner of the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region II Short Play Award in 2001
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2001
---Published in Best Students One-Acts: Volume 7 in 2002
---Performed at The Town & Gown Playhouse in 2003
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2006
3. ATTIC - 3M,1F. One-Act (35 min), A dark, poetic journey into the mind of a
schizophrenic; it combines poetry, audience interaction, and dark humor in a
unique storytelling environment, inspired asthetically by Edgar Allan Poe.
---Winner of the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV Short Play Award 2004
---Performed by The Incumbo Theater Company in 2004
---Published by Original Works Publishing in 2005
---Performed at TSI/Play-Time in 2007
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2007
4. GEORGIE GETS A FACE-LIFT - 1M,2F. One-Act (12 min), A young man attempts
suicide. Many times. But an accidental murder puts things in perspective.
Very dark comedy.
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2002
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2003
---Finalist in the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV 10-Min Play Competition 2003
---Performed by The Incumbo Theater Company in 2004
---Semi-Finalist in The Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival 2005
---Performed on Truth Unvarnished Lacquered Up Shiny (Verizon Public TV) 2007
5. MILO & BARBARA - 1M,1F. One-Act (15 min), Barbara's life is turned upside-
down when her husband suddenly vanishes without a warning. When he
returns four weeks later, they each try to pick up the pieces.
---Finalist in the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV 10-min Play Competition 2002
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2002
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2002
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
6. SPAT! - 2M,1F. One-Act (10 min), A man and wife have a horrible argument over
the wife's affair with an illegal immigrant.
---Performed at Saturday Night Lites in 2005
---Published in Quick & Painless: Volume I in 2005
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
---Adapted by The Talented Talent Brothers in 2005
7. UTOPIA 69 - Full-Length Screenplay (2 hrs) - Co-written with Rachael Lambert.
Somewhere betwixt A Brave New World and Woody Allen's Sleeper rests Utopia
69; a dystopian nightmare fantasy in which illness, wars, and poverty have
been erased. In their stead is moral decay, a lack of love, and a whole lot of
one-night stands...
---Unproduced
8. THE MOTHER OF GOD VISITS HELL - 5M,1F (flexible gender) One Act (45 min),
Based on a line from The Brothers Karamazov; written entirely in Iambic
pentameter. The Virgin Mary goes to hell to comfort the souls in torment.
While there, she sacrifices her own soul to save all of mankind.
---Unproduced
9. A FRIEND TO ALL THE LITTLE GUYS - 3M,1F. One-Act (40 min); Two mob thugs
pressure a man into kidnapping their boss's baby. Ey, it's freakin' hilarious.
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2005
---Performed at TSI/Play-Time - Date TBA
10. GOT CHANGE FOR A TWO? - 3M,2F. One-Act (45 min) - Co-written with Spencer
Temkin. Two friends get drunk, discuss money, and bad-mouth the opposite
sex. Well... not as much as they bad-mouth each other.
---Performed at SUNY Albany in 1999
11. YOU TRIPPIN? - 4M. One-Act (10 min); 4 bored teenagers plan to shoot up their
high school. Is it a game? Or are they just "trippin?" It's a very dark comedy.
---Performed at SUNY Albany in 2000
12. ROMANCE IS DEAD - 1M. Monologue (20 min). A medical school professor
sleeps with his cadavers. And he likes it.
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2004
13. FATHER AND SON - 2M, various voices. One-Act (10 min), God becomes an
atheist. Hijinks ensue.
---Performed at The Someday Lounge in 2008
---Performed at Theatre! Theatre! in 2008
14. MACBREATH - 5M,5F. One-Act (25 min), a parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Set in corporate America. Highlights include Dunkin', the president of the
Donut company, getting killed by a scalding cup of coffee.
---Published in Dimensions Magazine in 1995
---Performed at Sachem High School in 1995
15. DON WANNABE -1M,1F. One-Act (10 min); A handsome Hollywood player
actually wants to be sincere with women, but he just can't seem to do it. His
inner monologue keeps taking over...
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2002
16. IN THE SHADOW OF A WAR - 2M. One-Act (10 min), A nod to Samuel Beckett,
and a satire of this blasted war. Two roommates await the cannon fire of an
impending army.
---Not Yet Performed
17. HALF-WIT - 2M,1F. One-Act (1 min), A couple neglect their unstable father
because he is not "socially acceptable."
---Not Yet Performed
18. MID=DAY AT THE GREASY SPOON - 2M. One-Act (10 min), Two friends meet at
a greasy spoon diner, eat nasty soup and talk about love.
---Not Yet Performed
19. BOYS NIGHT IN - 2M. One-Act (10 min), The power goes out on the hottest
night of the year. As the thermostat rises, so does the tension between these
two roommates.
---Not Yet Performed
20. BEDFORD'S STY - 3M. One-Act (10 min), A man is asked to avenge his father's
murder (a la Hamlet). What makes the task more daunting, however, is the
fact that he's retarded.
---Not Yet Performed
goes to great lengths to prove how "not gay" he really is - including murder. The
result is comic mayhem, and one very dark farce. It ran for 4 months in Iceland
and featured on their version of MTV. Critics say, "Audiences are choking with
laughter!" In fact, one woman reportedly needed CPR on opening night!
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2001
---Translated into Icelandic as Eg Er Ekki Hommi! in 2004
---Performed at the Loftkastalinn Theatre in Reykjavic, Iceland in 2005
---Performed at TSI/Play-Time in Manhattan in 2005
(There is a 10-min version available as well)
---10-min performed at SUNY Albany in 1999
---10-min performed at The Shandaken Play Fair in 2001
---10-min performed at The University of Georgia in 2001
---10-min performed by The Talented Talent Brothers in 2005
---10-min performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
---10-min won "Best Comedy" Award at The Author's Playhouse New Author Festival in 2005
2. WHERE'S JULIE? - 5M,4F. Full length (90 min), 15-year old Julie runs away from
home, gets pregnant, and contemplates abortion. Yes, it's a COMEDY. In fact, it's
a wild zany thrill ride of a farce that incorporates audience interaction, irreverent
social humor, and the smashing of high-end electronic items.
---Winner of the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region II Short Play Award in 2001
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2001
---Published in Best Students One-Acts: Volume 7 in 2002
---Performed at The Town & Gown Playhouse in 2003
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2006
3. ATTIC - 3M,1F. One-Act (35 min), A dark, poetic journey into the mind of a
schizophrenic; it combines poetry, audience interaction, and dark humor in a
unique storytelling environment, inspired asthetically by Edgar Allan Poe.
---Winner of the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV Short Play Award 2004
---Performed by The Incumbo Theater Company in 2004
---Published by Original Works Publishing in 2005
---Performed at TSI/Play-Time in 2007
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2007
4. GEORGIE GETS A FACE-LIFT - 1M,2F. One-Act (12 min), A young man attempts
suicide. Many times. But an accidental murder puts things in perspective.
Very dark comedy.
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2002
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2003
---Finalist in the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV 10-Min Play Competition 2003
---Performed by The Incumbo Theater Company in 2004
---Semi-Finalist in The Riant Theatre's Strawberry One-Act Festival 2005
---Performed on Truth Unvarnished Lacquered Up Shiny (Verizon Public TV) 2007
5. MILO & BARBARA - 1M,1F. One-Act (15 min), Barbara's life is turned upside-
down when her husband suddenly vanishes without a warning. When he
returns four weeks later, they each try to pick up the pieces.
---Finalist in the Kennedy Center/ACTF Region IV 10-min Play Competition 2002
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2002
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2002
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
6. SPAT! - 2M,1F. One-Act (10 min), A man and wife have a horrible argument over
the wife's affair with an illegal immigrant.
---Performed at Saturday Night Lites in 2005
---Published in Quick & Painless: Volume I in 2005
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
---Adapted by The Talented Talent Brothers in 2005
7. UTOPIA 69 - Full-Length Screenplay (2 hrs) - Co-written with Rachael Lambert.
Somewhere betwixt A Brave New World and Woody Allen's Sleeper rests Utopia
69; a dystopian nightmare fantasy in which illness, wars, and poverty have
been erased. In their stead is moral decay, a lack of love, and a whole lot of
one-night stands...
---Unproduced
8. THE MOTHER OF GOD VISITS HELL - 5M,1F (flexible gender) One Act (45 min),
Based on a line from The Brothers Karamazov; written entirely in Iambic
pentameter. The Virgin Mary goes to hell to comfort the souls in torment.
While there, she sacrifices her own soul to save all of mankind.
---Unproduced
9. A FRIEND TO ALL THE LITTLE GUYS - 3M,1F. One-Act (40 min); Two mob thugs
pressure a man into kidnapping their boss's baby. Ey, it's freakin' hilarious.
---Performed at The Author's Playhouse in 2005
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2005
---Performed at TSI/Play-Time - Date TBA
10. GOT CHANGE FOR A TWO? - 3M,2F. One-Act (45 min) - Co-written with Spencer
Temkin. Two friends get drunk, discuss money, and bad-mouth the opposite
sex. Well... not as much as they bad-mouth each other.
---Performed at SUNY Albany in 1999
11. YOU TRIPPIN? - 4M. One-Act (10 min); 4 bored teenagers plan to shoot up their
high school. Is it a game? Or are they just "trippin?" It's a very dark comedy.
---Performed at SUNY Albany in 2000
12. ROMANCE IS DEAD - 1M. Monologue (20 min). A medical school professor
sleeps with his cadavers. And he likes it.
---Performed at The University of Georgia in 2004
13. FATHER AND SON - 2M, various voices. One-Act (10 min), God becomes an
atheist. Hijinks ensue.
---Performed at The Someday Lounge in 2008
---Performed at Theatre! Theatre! in 2008
14. MACBREATH - 5M,5F. One-Act (25 min), a parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Set in corporate America. Highlights include Dunkin', the president of the
Donut company, getting killed by a scalding cup of coffee.
---Published in Dimensions Magazine in 1995
---Performed at Sachem High School in 1995
15. DON WANNABE -1M,1F. One-Act (10 min); A handsome Hollywood player
actually wants to be sincere with women, but he just can't seem to do it. His
inner monologue keeps taking over...
---Performed at the Maureen Stapleton Theatre in 2002
16. IN THE SHADOW OF A WAR - 2M. One-Act (10 min), A nod to Samuel Beckett,
and a satire of this blasted war. Two roommates await the cannon fire of an
impending army.
---Not Yet Performed
17. HALF-WIT - 2M,1F. One-Act (1 min), A couple neglect their unstable father
because he is not "socially acceptable."
---Not Yet Performed
18. MID=DAY AT THE GREASY SPOON - 2M. One-Act (10 min), Two friends meet at
a greasy spoon diner, eat nasty soup and talk about love.
---Not Yet Performed
19. BOYS NIGHT IN - 2M. One-Act (10 min), The power goes out on the hottest
night of the year. As the thermostat rises, so does the tension between these
two roommates.
---Not Yet Performed
20. BEDFORD'S STY - 3M. One-Act (10 min), A man is asked to avenge his father's
murder (a la Hamlet). What makes the task more daunting, however, is the
fact that he's retarded.
---Not Yet Performed
Got Change for a Two?