Playwright of the Year, 2017 - Wall Street Journal

One of the most-produced playwrights in America for 7 seasons running (2017-2024); wrote 2 of the top 10 most-produced plays of 2017-2018 and 2018-2019

"inventive" - Ben Brantley, New York Times

"ingenious" - Terry Teachout, Wall Street Journal

“dauntless” - The New Yorker

"... one of the best things I've ever seen onstage. Save your Hamilton dollars and go see it." - Ira Glass on Kate’s Sense and Sensibility

My work has been produced off-Broadway (with Primary Stages, Classic Stage Company, Bedlam, and the Pearl); at Oregon Shakespeare Festival,  A.R.T., the Guthrie, Hartford Stage, The Alley, Portland Center Stage, Playmakers Rep, Jungle Theater, Dorset Theatre Festival, Folger Theatre, Dallas Theater Center, Austin Playhouse, Arvada Center, Nashville Rep, PlayMakers Rep, A.C.T.,  Trinity Rep, Kansas City Rep, Actors' Shakespeare Project, Northlight Theater, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre of D.C.and Seattle Rep., and more; upcoming productions at Two River Theater, The Old Globe, Denver Center, and others. My plays have been produced in all 50 U.S. states excluding Delaware (C’MON DELAWARE!) and internationally - including productions in Canada, Israel, Ireland, Finland, Japan, the U.K., and Australia. 

To inquire about rights to unpublished plays, please see my CONTACT page to contact my literary agent, Beth Blickers. Sense and Sensibility, Vanity Fair, Little Women, and Pride and Prejudice are published plays licensed through DPS - links here;  here; here; and here. Emma, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. #2B, and Dracula (a feminist revenge fantasy) are also published and licensed through TRW; you can get them here.

Plays include:

Pride and Prejudice

• Nominee, Off Broadway Alliance Award - Best Unique Theatrical Experience

• One of 1o most-produced plays of 2018-2019 season nationally

• Premiered at Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, Summer 2017. Director, Amanda Dehnert.

• Premiered off-Broadway at Primary Stages.

• Extended 3 times.

• Best Theatre of 2017 - Huffington Post

• WSJ Critic's Pick

Sense and Sensibility

• Winner, Best Unique Theatrical Experience - Off-Broadway Alliance.

• Nominee, Drama League Award

• Top 10 Plays of 2014 - Ben Brantley, NY Times; 2x NY Times Critic's Pick (2014 and 2016)

• Top 10 Plays of 2014 - Huffington Post

• 265+ performances off-Broadway

• Nominee, 8 Helen Hayes Awards

• Top Theater of 2016 - Forbes, NYPost, Washington Post, amNY

• Nominee for IRNE, Best Visiting Play

• Winner, Best Play of 2016, Guthrie - BwayWorld

Vanity Fair (an im-morality play)

• Premiered off-Broadway at Pearl Theater Company in Spring 2017.

• Nominee, Off Broadway Alliance Award for Best Unique Theatrical Experience - 2017

• WSJ Critic's Pick

• Spring "Must-See Shows" - Vulture

• Extended 3 times

• Upcoming co-pro at Shakespeare Theatre of DC (as part of Michael Kahn's last season) and A.C.T. (as part of Pam MacKinnon's first season)

In The Mines

• Ghost play with traditional folk music, set in Appalachian coal mining territory. Semi-finalist, Sundance Theater Lab. Selected for Theater Latte Da's Next New Musical Festival, 2016. 

The Piper

• new play; in development.

• Berkeley Rep Ground Floor Finalist

• 2019 PlayPenn selection

• 2019 O’Neill Theater Conference Finalist

The Little Fellow (or, The Queen of Tarts Tells All)

• O'Neill Theater Conference Semi-finalist.

• Bill & Judy Garrett Commission.

• Premiered fall 2023 at Cygnet Theater; director Robby Lutfy.

Little Women

• Now published through DPS - purchase or apply for rights here.

• Premiered at the Jungle, dir. Sarah Rasmussen; NYC premiere at Primary Stages, dir. Sarna Lapine - all in 2018-2019.

• Best of 2018 - Minneapolis Post.

• Coming to Dallas Theater Center, Hangar Theater, and the Old Globe in 19/20.

The Odyssey

• New play, commissioned by ART. In development.

The Light and The Dark

• New play, commissioned by Chautauqua Theater Company. Workshopped by the O’Neill and Chautauqua. In development.

Mansfield Park

• Premiered at Northlight Theatre, October of '18. Director Stuart Carden.

• Jeff Award-recommended.

Love Poem

• In development. 

The Scarlet Letter

• Premiering Feb 2024 at Two River Theater; director Shelley Butler.

Emma

• Premiered at the Guthrie, 2022 ; director Meredith McDonough. Published through TRW.

• Winner, Best New Play, BroadwayWorld.

• Winner, Best Play, BroadwayWorld.

Dracula (a feminist revenge fantasy)

• Commissioned by Classic Stage Company; premiered Classic Stage Company, January 2020. Director, Sarna Lapine.

• Published through TRW.

• WSJ Critic’s Pick

• Vulture (NY Mag) “Highbrow Brilliant”

• TimeOut Critic’s Pick

• TheaterMania Critic’s Pick

• Upcoming regional premiere at Actors Theater of Louisville, fall 2021

Scrooge for Senate

• Available for development.

Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson - Apt. 2b

• Brand-new play, commissioned by Kansas City Rep - world premiere, Jan. 2022; directed by Jose Zayas. Went on to Portland Center Stage; published by TRW.

BadAss GalBoss PowerHour (MANDATORY MEETING: 11/18/2020) - A Zoom Play

• Commissioned by Primary Stages. Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel - digital world premiere, September 2021.

Collaborations:

• Currently co-writing a screenplay with Elizabeth Nichols.

I'm also working on several (still-secret) new projects... check back in soon.

Select Ten-minute plays include:    

Magical Princess Pretty Party (2015)

 Sammy and NeeNee Do It All (2013)

Emma the Red (2012)

Shotz (fka Bachelorette) (2012)