Writing
Full-length
BEAR (an ordinary miracle).
5 women, 8 men, 1 person any gender; all ethnicities.
A fairy-tale for grown-ups: a love story between a princess and a bear.
Based on the Russian-language classic Obyknovennoe Chudo by Evgeny Shvartz.
--Developed with private readings hosted by actor-writers Maia Henkin (2016) and Liba Vaynberg (2017).
Ten-Minute Plays
WITH YOU.
1 actor (20s), any gender, any race/ethnicity. Grieving when you don't believe in an afterlife.
A young adult packs up their grandmother's apartment and recalls their grandfather, years after his death at home.
--Part of LoveDrunk 10 at the Drama League, Reign or Shine Productions, 2017. Performed by Sam Heldt.
SIGHTSEEING.
2 actors, both white: 1 woman (early 20s), 1 man (early to mid-50s). Talking with conservative family when the world is burning.
An impromptu visit to a Colorado prison museum sparks a fraught conversation about race and the U.S. justice system.
--Part of LoveDrunk 10 at the Drama League, Reign or Shine Productions, 2017. Performed by Sophie Hassett and Kelly Monroe Johnston, dir. Michele O'Brien.
BEAR (an ordinary miracle).
5 women, 8 men, 1 person any gender; all ethnicities.
A fairy-tale for grown-ups: a love story between a princess and a bear.
Based on the Russian-language classic Obyknovennoe Chudo by Evgeny Shvartz.
--Developed with private readings hosted by actor-writers Maia Henkin (2016) and Liba Vaynberg (2017).
Ten-Minute Plays
WITH YOU.
1 actor (20s), any gender, any race/ethnicity. Grieving when you don't believe in an afterlife.
A young adult packs up their grandmother's apartment and recalls their grandfather, years after his death at home.
--Part of LoveDrunk 10 at the Drama League, Reign or Shine Productions, 2017. Performed by Sam Heldt.
SIGHTSEEING.
2 actors, both white: 1 woman (early 20s), 1 man (early to mid-50s). Talking with conservative family when the world is burning.
An impromptu visit to a Colorado prison museum sparks a fraught conversation about race and the U.S. justice system.
--Part of LoveDrunk 10 at the Drama League, Reign or Shine Productions, 2017. Performed by Sophie Hassett and Kelly Monroe Johnston, dir. Michele O'Brien.