FULL LENGTH

Ghosts of Ocean House Nominated for the 2007 Edgar Award by The Mystery Writers of America; Winner 2005 F. Gary Newton Playwriting Competition, Portsmouth, NH; Premiered at The Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, May-June 2006

“A masterful invention, built carefully, layer upon layer, each crumbling to reveal the one beneath it, until the entire tale is before you.” The Wire (Massachusetts) 

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Best Enemies Premiered at The Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH, Oct-Nov 2006

     “A sly, haunting, and remarkably fun existential comedy. . . Nimble, irreverent, and immensely entertaining.”  The Phoenix (Portland)

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Santa Come Home Premiered at York High School by New York Theatre Company, December 2004;  Produced at Two Chairs Theatre Company, Grand Junction, CO, November 2006

“A smart, fast-paced, funny play that jingles all the old Christmas bells in a very surprising and new way . . .   shimmers with quick, snappy dialogue all the way through.” Colin Sargent, Portland Monthly

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Submit! A full-length play, co-written with Jennifer Saunders, and produced in York, Maine, in 2002, to commemorate the town’s 350th anniversary

ONE ACTS

Say No More  10-minute play for 2 women, 2 men

Two couples, having dinner on New Year’s Eve, begin noticing the awkward silences that punctuate their conversation. When they make a sport of seeing who can create the longest awkward silence, the game turns brutal.

Finalist in EATFest (Emerging Artists Theatre, NYC) 2005; Selected for multiple performances by MadLab Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, May-June 2006; Selected for performance by the Insurrection Theater Co (Scottsdale, AZ) for their Taboo Fest (2007)

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Safe at Home 10-minute play for 3 women, 2 men (playing 13 roles)

Will Beth spend her birthday night alone watching reality TV or risk leaving her apartment to meet the man who has come to return her dropped telephone bill?

Performed by The Renaissance Guild, San Antonio, TX (2006)

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Good Golly Miss Molly at Recess 20-minute play for 3girls, 1 boy

Floundering into adolescence, three girls and a boy bury a beloved dead pet in the schoolyard.

Produced at the New Works Festival, Newburyport, Massachusetts, September 2005

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The Dresden Defense A 10-minute play for 2 men, 1woman

Pacifist Frederick is quietly playing a game of solo chess, when wounded war veteran Charlie challenges him to a game of checkers.

Selected for performance, 8-Minute Madness, TurtleShell Productions, NYC, September 2006

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Snakes 15-minute monologue for a woman

A single woman who grows cucumbers meets a man who makes pickles.

SCREENPLAYS

Trap Line Original screenplay based on Michael Kimball’s novel-in-process, 2007

A family of Maine lobster fishermen, attempting to hijack their competitors’ delivery truck, accidentally commandeer the wrong truck and end up with a stolen masterpiece and three dead bodies.

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Violet World Original screenplay optioned by Republic Pictures, 1993

A journalist with a troubling history of paranormal experiences breaks a promise to his wife to abstain from dabbling in the spirit world and travels to Maine to investigate a man who claims to communicate with ghosts.