selected plays

for the fish

Thomas Gjere, Carina DuMarce, Ana Preston (pc: Thomas Grady) | Great Plains Theatre Commons (for the fish; reading)

FULL LENGTH: 'for the fish' asks: How can we find (and keep) safety as queer people? What even is safety? Do fish have feelings? It’s 1974, deep in rural America. Uncle loves taxidermy, beer, and the oasis of solitude that they’ve built for themselves. Susanna isn’t quite sure what she loves...Maybe it’s fishing? Maybe it’s her best friend, Joanie? As the year comes to a close, Susanna’s big heart and quick temper keep her precariously perched between normalcy and disaster. And Uncle, grappling with their addiction and the task of parenting Susanna, finds themselves caught up in a wave of teenage turbulence. When a scaly monster rears its ugly head, Susanna and Uncle draw closer, bonded by an understanding few in their world will ever hold.

PRODUCTION HISTORY

  • Workshop, Moonbox Productions, 2022

DEVELOPMENT

  • Residency/reading, the cell theatre, 2024

  • Residency/reading, Great Plains Theatre Commons, 2023

  • Reading, The Depot for New Play Readings, 2023

  • Reading, Moonbox Productions, 2022

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Finalist, Trustus Playwrights Festival, 2024

  • Finalist, Live Arts WATERWORKS Festival, 2024

  • Finalist, Seattle Public Theater Distillery New Works Festival, 2024

  • Selection, New Play Conference, Great Plains Theatre Commons, 2023

THE DEAD DADZ CLUB

Nico Miller, Tiffany Santiago, Will Malloy, Mars Boucher | TC Squared Theatre Company (THE DEAD DADZ CLUB; reading)

FULL LENGTH: It's the early 2000s in suburban America, and there is nothing more important to the members of The Dead Dadz Club (Vee, Brooke, Lulu, Ethan, Natalie, and Lucas) than their dead dads…And maybe the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Middle School Talent Show. As teenage hormones rage, Queer romances blossom, and life-altering secrets come to light, 'THE DEAD DADZ CLUB' examines the cost of belonging, the impacts of trauma, and our collective, intrinsic need to be understood and in control.

DEVELOPMENT

  • Reading, TC Squared Theatre Company/Playwright Art Salon, 2024

  • Excerpt Reading, Working Title Playwrights, 2023

  • Excerpt Reading, TC Squared Theatre Company, 2023

10-Minute Plays

A selection of unproduced 10-minute plays.

Linda’s Donuts: Steph and Leo's morning shift at Linda's Donuts just became 10x worse than it usually is. A ten-minute play exploring privilege, mental health, queerness, and the oppressive confines of capitalism. 

HOUSE PLAY (co-written with Gabriele Preston): Something’s lurking in the barn. Locks of hair and scraps of meat go missing. Still, 8-year-old friends Squid and Dukem play ‘House’. A ten-minute play dissecting childhood grief, scraped knees, and the ways we learn to let go. (Written in 12 hours for Fresh Ink’s 2023 Mad Dash)

Seven Minutes: Lucy, Abby, and Jamie thought they'd just have a normal sleepover: playing MASH, painting nails, listening to bubbly pop music, remembering Brittany & Madona's kiss at the 2003 VMAs...Normal 'girl stuff', ya know? But when Jamie invites Kyle, their classmate, over to play 'Seven Minutes in Heaven', everyone's world is completely blown apart, especially Jamie's.

  • Mal Malme, Sophie Pels | Moonbox Productions (for the fish; workshop)

  • Jude Torres | Fresh Ink Mad Dash (HOUSE PLAY; production)

  • Mal Malme, Truett Felt | the cell theatre (for the fish: reading)

  • Tiffany Santiago, Will Malloy, Mars Boucher, Charlotte Snow | TC Squared Theatre Company (THE DEAD DADZ CLUB; reading)

  • Carina DuMarce, Ana Preston (pc: Thomas Grady) | Great Plains Theatre Commons (for the fish; reading)

  • Jude Torres, Katherine Shaver | Fresh Ink Mad Dash (HOUSE PLAY; production)

  • Mal Malme, Sophie Pels | Moonbox Productions (for the fish; workshop)

  • Alexander Platt, Nico Miller, Tiffany Santiago | TC Squared Theatre Company (THE DEAD DADZ CLUB; reading)

  • Mal Malme, Truett Felt | the cell theatre (for the fish: reading)

  • Mars Boucher, Charlotte Snow, Jude Torres | TC Squared Theatre Company (THE DEAD DADZ CLUB; reading)

  • Surrey Houlker (pc: Thomas Grady) | Great Plains Theatre Commons (for the fish; reading)