Full Lengths
the drinking of an un'happy people
(coming soon)
so go the ghosts of méxico
The first of a three-play cycle exploring the U.S./Mexico drug wars. The first play is inspired by the "Bravest Woman in Mexico," follows a twenty-two year old woman who volunteers to replace a beheaded police chief when nobody else would accept the position; which sets a chain of reactions in her husband, the Narcos, and perhaps the entire country of Mexico. The second play closes in on the cartels through a cast of all women, and the final play pulls back to explore the U.S. involvement. (1W, 4M - 2 hours)
i put the fear of méxico in'em
An American couple on holiday in Tijuana stumble off the beaten path, and are accosted by a Mexican couple in an alley. (3W, 3M - 2 hours)
Received the 2009 Sundance Institute Time Warner Storytelling Fellowship Award
"What ensues is a complex encounter that challenges notions of boundary, safety, identity and what you would do for your family. It's a dissection of difference, of connection, of the borders and barriers we use to distance ourselves, and those dangerous moments when we cross over those borders and barriers."
Philip Himberg, Producing Artistic Director - Sundance Institute Theatre Program
the nature of captivity
In part one, a put'upon family is run from their home by a settlement of people.
In part two, a settlement of people get a surprise guest while simply trying to run a put'upon family from their home. Inspired by the Dog Catcher Riots. (2W, 2M - 2 hours)
Developed as part of Mabou Mines/Suite Resident Artist Program (2009-10 & 2010-11).
Awarded the Top Prize of the Americas by the BBC. Named in the Top Ten of 2011 by Personal Space Theatrics Artistic Director Nicholas Cotz.
monkey
A woman from Whitesville and her white butler. An inner-city youth. And an aged cholo with his estranged daughter. Inspired by the film Trading Places . (2W, 3M - 1 & 1/2 hours)
Developed as part of Brooklyn Arts Exchange Resident Artist Program (2011-12).
nobody rides a locomotive no'mo
Through bottles of booze and the nearby rumblings of a passing freight train, a daughter gets lost through the cracks of her broken Los Angeles home. (3W, 1M - 2 hours)
Developed in part by Luna Stage. What if a scuba diver hung murdered in the center of the ocean? What if an Asexual Shrimp started to turn sexual? And what if the portal to this troubling ocean'world was beginning to widen through the ordinary toilet of an unsuspecting suburban couple. As the two worlds collide, the distance between science and human nature begins to collapse. (4F, 3M - 2 hours) Was developed in part by terraNOVA's Groundbreakers program. Based on the true story of a restaurateur Frederico Fiengo, who ran a restaurant called Frederico’s in the financial district of New York City during the 1980’s shortly before the Wall Street crash. Frederico’s was in Hanover Square and for a brief period of time became an extravagant hot’spot for Wall Street traders, women, and all the excesses that they were swimming in. Oliver Stone and Michael Douglas visited several times to research the film Wall Street. In the film, we see how Freddy had been running a small restaurant with his mom on West Houston street in Greenwich Village and was asked by a friend to help advise a struggling restaurant in the financial district get back on their feet. Freddy soon began to manage the financial district, and as it began to make money, he closed his family restaurant and began his life downtown. In the lure of Wall Street money, drugs, and women, Freddy begins to drift off from his wife, mother, and family, as Frederico’s moves beyond just a restaurant, but rather a place that closes its doors at 11pm, so that the still packed guests can engage in cocaine, Stoli, and whatever else their escalating bankbooks could allow. Frederico Fiengo and his cousin were part of the inspiration for Vincent Patrick’s novel “The Pope of Greenwich Village,” which was later made into a film. And while this is in no way a sequel, it is another look at a character from that New York world and how the money of Wall Street moved in and changed both him and his city. And though the 1980’s are no more, we see that electricity to which Freddy was lured still exists in many ways. (Half-hour; comedy) After Vince's downward spiral at the close of season 7, his boys attempt to bring their childhood friend back from the death of gossip jokes and loss of respect from his arrest. Eric managees to line up an opportunity for Vince to present at the Academy Awards, and while the boys get their leader ready for the ball, Vince isn't sure if he'll be allowed back in. (30 minutes) A mother and son wake up on September 11th to find that his father may be trapped under the towers at the World Trade Center. (30 minutes) An father tries to keep his two daughters close to his side while dealing with the sudden death of their mother. (30 minutes) A husband and wife find themselves in a visious game of vengance as the wife tries and tries again to exit the marriage. (20 minutes) Several passengers on a long'distanced bus are taken on an existential journey by a drunken stranger. Samuel French Festival finalst the death of the slow'dying scuba diver
Screenplays
Francesco's
Teleplays
This Town - Entourage spec
One Acts
wild follows the queen
too many martinis to tell
the vampire lesson
the bus that got cut over its eye