Strong Pulling. 1780.  George Washington must decide whether to accept a problematic new recruit just when he most needs recruits—and his “manservant” Billy Lee has to question Washington’s integrity. Stage-read at Monday Night PlayGround at the Berkeley Repertory Theater February 2010. Stage read at Shorts, Mediums, and Longs, SCV Space, Santa Clarita, July 2011

Big Buffalo Man. 1805. Lewis and Clark have no idea where to find York, Clark’s African-American slave. But York, having crossed the mountains, has found himself—and freedom—among the Native people of the Great Plains. 

Plenty. 1810. A Russian shipwreck off the coast of Washington state has ruined the captain’s life—and Native people have stolen his bride. Now that he can get her back, she is not sure she wants to go with him.

Pine and Oak. 1849.  -- Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau are quarreling--but their women won't let them continue their feud in privacy. Production, upcoming Pear Slices at the Pear Avenue Theatre, April 2012.

Patrimony. 1877.  Frederick Douglass has fame and fortune as the unofficial “President of Black America.” The one thing he doesn’t have at age 60 is the name of his father. But visiting his former master to get information proves complicated

Mirror to Face. 1903. Stella Adler’s older sister Celia is destined for the stage—if her famous father will just give her a break.  Stage read at Monday Night PlayGround at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, March 2011.

Divinity. 1919.  Ida B. Wells enters an Arkansas jail in disguise to help a man accused unjustly find his courage. But his wife proves to be the bigger influence.

Home Front. 1941. FDR and Eleanor grapple with the start of WWII, Winston Churchill's untimely invasion of the White House, and a difficult housekeeper. Stage read, SF PlayGround at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Dec. 2011. Voted Peoples Choice Award by PlayGround audience.

No More, Too Late, Adieu. 1941. Mack Robinson, Jackie’s older brother, confronts limitations and racism when he brings home his 1936 silver Olympic medal. Stage read, Monday Night PlayGround at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Nov. 2010

Out of Clay. 1954. An atypical Jewish mother argues with her sister about her son’s upcoming wedding to a non-Jew. Semi-finalist, Pikes Peak Arts Council Women’s Festival. 2007. Produced, Three Roses Players, Hollywood, 2011.

Way Home. 1962.  It took courage for Fannie Lou Hamer to come home after death threats and exile when she tried to vote in Mississippi in the 1950s. But her husband thinks it's stupidity. Produced as part of Towne Street Theatre's Black American Experience Festival, February 2012, in Hollywood. Performed as part of Black History Month at Joseph Le Conte International Magnet Middle School, February 2012.

Eye Level Eye.  2002.  A young woman searches for her father’s name on a Vietnam Memorial—in spite of her bossy cousin and the troubled vet who polishes the stone. Produced by Pear Slices, Pear Avenue Theatre, April 2010.

Ready. 2007. An amputee Iraq war veteran’s bitter options fill his mother with terror. Finalist, 2009 Heideman Award, Actors Theatre Louisville.  Stage-read at Monday Night PlayGround at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, January 2007. Published 2008 in Rio Grande Review.

Through Delhi. 2008.  A computer programmer creates an avatar of her aged, demented mother to finish some business together. Finalist, 2010 NYC Estrogenius Festival. Produced by Pear Slices, Pear Avenue Theatre, March 2011.

Many Winters. Today. History repeats itself in a family deeply affected by the loss of a child in the 1960s—and another today. Produced at Sheherezade Short Play Festival by Playwrights Center San Francisco. April 2011.

Yes Yes Maybe. Today, 1980s. A young man confronts his adoptive mother with the truth about his Argentine parents on a day that turns out to not be his birthday. Finalist, Albuquerque Fusion Festival, 2011.

End of the Road. Today. One-act play about our cars’ secret lives in a time of global warming. Produced February 2008 at the Playwrights Center San Francisco Sheherezade festival.