Original Dramatic Work for the Screen
- Speed Grieving
- - directed by Jessica Daniels
- produced by Katie Rosin
- starring Alysia Reiner
- visit www.speedgrieving.org for the latest info.
Fall 2007
- Writing Grantee for short film series, THE LAND
- - produced by Power Up!
Summer 2007
- The D Word
- - JURY WINNER, Best Feature at The 2005 Fire Island Film and Video Festival
- - screening at LGBT Film Festivals worldwide in 2005/2006
- - visit www.thedword.com for the latest updates!
- *Read the Synopsis of The D Word
- To Do:
- - winner, 2006 OutFest Screenwriting Lab Fellow
- - finalist, AFI's Directing Workshop for Women
- - visit www.todothemovie.com for the latest updates!
- *Read the Synopsis of To Do:
- Transit Karma
- - quarter-finalist, 9th Annual American Screenwriters Association International Screenplay Competition
- - semi-finalist, Nolita Film Festival 2005
- - finalist, Sundance Screenwriter's Lab 2002
- - visit www.transit-karma.com for the latest updates!
- *Read the Synopsis of Transit Karma
- Nature's Course
- *Read the Synopsis of Nature's Course
Original Dramatic Work for the Stage
- My Name Is... April 1997
- National Renaissance League - Winner, Out On The Edge Festival - Theater For The New City, NYC
- *Read the Synopsis of My Name Is...
- My Name Is... April 1996
- Sarah Lawrence College - Bronxville, NY
- My Name Is... July 1995
- SUMMERFEST 1995,
42nd Street Collective, Samuel Beckett Theatre - NYC
- My Name Is... Jan 1995
- 42nd Street
Collective 5th Floor - NYC
- Codicil Aug 1994
- SUMMERFEST 1994,
Collective and Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, Harold Clurman Theatre
- NYC
- *Read the Synopsis of Codicil
- My Name Is... Jan. 1994
- WINTERFEST 1994,
Collective and PHTS, Harold Clurman Theatre - NYC
- Beached Whales and Somebody
July-Aug 1993
- SUMMERFEST 1993, Collective and PHTS, Harold
Clurman Theatre - NYC
- *Read the Synopses of Beached Whales and Somebody
- How Can I Keep From Singing? Jan.
1993
- WINTERFEST 1993, Collective and PHTS, Harold Clurman Theatre
- NYC
- *Read the Synopsis of How Can I Keep From Singing?
- Beached Whales May 1992
- Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey - Madison, NJ Winner, Robert Fisher Oxnam
Award
- This Is The Story Apr 1992
- Drew University Dramatic Society, Commons Theatre - Madison, NJ
- GAIJIN Mar 1990
- Drew University Dramatic Society, Commons Theatre - Madison, NJ
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Screenplay Synopses
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The D Word
Series
- The DykeTV Original Series, The D Word, is about a group of young queer friends and family in New York City, their lives, their careers, and their romantic relationships - gay, straight, bisexual, lesbian, transgendered and free-for-all. Coming soon, in more ways than one.
Transit Karma
Feature
- New York City, 1993: the dawn of Lesbian Chic, the age of AIDS before the protease inhibitor cocktail, and the institution of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Mic Goldman, a young woman working on a network sitcom, is assigned to take care of the sitcom's closeted lesbian star and her girlfriend. The recent HIV diagnosis of her best friend David, her burgeoning romance with his AIDS Center case worker Kat, and the closeted nature of her job propel Mic into a new realm of grief, love and pride.
To Do:
Short and Feature versions
- After a terminal diagnosis, a young woman returns to her hometown to complete items on her final to do list, but is foiled by falling in love with her high school crush.
Nature's Course
Short
- The tale of a first kiss at summer sleep-away camp gone horribly, comically wrong.
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Play Synopses
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My Name Is...
One-Act
- A Police woman finds a young woman who apparently has been mugged, on a street corner in New York City. The victim cannot remember who she is or how she got there. She must reconstruct her personal and sexual identity by remembering the contents of her stolen wallet. She is not always a willing participant in the mystery of her own life.
- Requires - 4 W (2 in 20's, 1 in 30's, 1 in 50's) and 1 M in 20's, unit set.
* My Name Is... and Fruit of Our Labors make wonderful companion pieces.
Fruit of Our Labors
One-Act
- Two worker bees discover their individuality on lunch break in the hive while two drone bees listen in and prepare to eliminate the free-thinkers. The mere thought of a name is a call to mutiny, let alone an examination of class politics and sexual identity. Someone has to create order among these insects and Drone #1 is the one to do it.
- Requires - 4 actors (any ages, any combo of M and/or W), simple unit set.
Codicil
Full Length Stage Play and Full Length Screenplay
- A 20-something Big Chill in the age of AIDS. Lea, a TV writer is forced to return to NYC upon the AIDS death of her ex-best friend Rachel. Rachel's Will compels Lea to track down the important people in the deceased's life and write a play based upon that post-mortem research. Lea finds out much more than she ever wanted to know about her old friend, her old room-mates, ex-lovers, family, sex and all its implications, and most importantly, about herself. There are musical numbers, a seder, a ghost, and love lost and found on the search for answers and a finished script.
- Requires - (10 actors play 25+ roles) 4 W in 20's, 2 M in 20's, 1 M in 30's, 2 M in 50's, 1 W in 50's.
Beached Whales
Full Length
- The daily commuter train into Wash., D.C. becomes the venue for love at first sight as the young artist Diana and the young Republican Bryan fall for each other as if they've been in love since childhood - which they have - They just don't know it! They navigate through politcal shallows and creative deeps to discover their common bond and swim into the sunset together.
- Requires - 2 M in 20's, 3 women in 20's, multiple sets.
Somebody
One-Act
- Welcome to the I SEE YOU Video Dating Service. Watch the art of selling yourself to find true love as these lonely hearts tape their love advertisements for viewing by all, but watch out for the wit and wisdom of the CameraMan...
- Requires: 2 M in 20's, 1 M in 30's, 1 W in 20's, 2 W in 30's, unit set.
How Can I Keep From Singing?
One-Act
- A group of friends and family patches together their memories and grief by making a panel for the AIDS Quilt, recreating their loved one in the process.
- Requires - 1 W in 20's Soprano, 1 W in 60's Alto, 3 M in 20's - Tenor, Baritone, and Bass, unit set.
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