In chronological order according to date of setting

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 women 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.

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 bravely enters an Arkansas jail in disguise to help a man accused unjustly find his courage. But his wife proves to be the bigger influence than anything Wells says.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.