Playwright

"Write like it matters, and it will." - Libba Bray

Every time I write a play, I excavate myself. This is what makes up my heart, bits of my kidneys, my right lung, this is a cancer that’s eating me, this is my blood, these are the bones that hold me up- take them, I need them, I need you to have them. Every character I write is me. They’re all contradictory and they’re all strangers. I need theatre to give these mismatched parts a place to live and settle and be themselves. Whatever happens on stage after that, happens. Sometimes it’s sad, or ugly. Sometimes it’s religious or profane or joyful. At the end of every show, I am a new version of myself; whatever is on stage is sorted and comfortable now. I’m like a starfish cutting off limbs; all my plays stop being me and grow into their own weird little monsters. I want someone with elbows or kidneys or a freckle on their right hand to see what bits of me I put on stage and compare, “Are we the same?” And I hope we are.

Playwright

Writers' Room

Writers, Dramaturgs, Actors Workshop (WDA), Brigham Young University

Screenwriter

Freelance Contracting, Online

Best Play Overall 2023; Vera Hinkley Mayhew Contest

Outstanding Playwright 2022; BYU Theatre and Media Arts College

Best Working Playwright 2020; Vera Hinkley Mayhew Contest

Microburst Playwriting Showcase 2019

Hard to Be Won: A Theatrical Interpretation of Elizabeth Keckly's "Behind the Scenes: or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House”

Brigham Young University

2023; Provo, UT

The People

One-Act

2023; Provo, UT

Hard to Be Won: The Making Of

Short Film

2022; Provo, UT

Benthos

One-Act

2020; Provo, UT

The Volunteer State

Full-Length

2019; Provo, UT

Haven Spelled Wrong

Ten-Minute

2017; Provo, UT

Art is Isaac

Full-length. Three young artists share an apartment in Los Angeles and a life in sin, despite each coming from a devout but different religion: A Jew, a Baptist, and a Mormon. Ari, Jewish, offers the audience a front row seat to his internal struggle with serving art in place of deity, and the compulsion to sacrifice his artistry on an alter as Abraham did Isaac in the Akedah.

Children of War

Full-length. Prince Teleion and his bodyguard-turned-boyfriend, Archaeon, hatch a plot to win the 700 BC Olympic games. Teleion's political marriage match is ever meddling: Calista of Ithaca, a daughter of Aries who Teleion cannot afford to upset. Motives and passion clash; everyone has something to hide. Is there such a thing as Fate? A full-length drama set in ancient Greece, centering on queer themes and characters.

My House

Full-length. Woman has built a ramshackle village in her mind filled with empty houses, the streets littered with wandering maternal figures from her life. All is well until a Stranger enters, the Woman's true mother, and she's brought luggage with the intent of making Woman's mind her home. A daughter grapples with an obsession over generational trauma and accountability; a view of motherhood from the receiving end.

The People

One-Act. An experimental fantasy play spoken in verse, with music. In a world freshly made by a Father God, Elementals rule the Earth. Everyone has a purpose and a job and is happy doing it, until a stranger appears: Pain, a daughter of Mother God, Death. The Elementals take Pain on a journey to find out what her purpose is in the world. A brave, engaging discussion about womanhood and religion.

Hard to Be Won: A New Musical

Full-length. The untold story of professor, socialite, business owner, confidante, philanthropist, former slave Elizabeth Keckly, and the emotional affair that could have rewritten the outcome of the American Civil War. A revisionist history of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, based on Elizabeth Keckly's infamous memoir, "Behind the Scenes, or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House".

Benthos

One-act. Marcail, a selkie turned human, tries to escape her inevitable fate of returning to the sea and forgetting her mortal life. Her creator has other ideas. A horror fantasy play set in Scotland.

The Volunteer State

Full-length. When Paul returns home to the family diner with a new girl in tow, the whole family is thrown into unheaval. A family-friendly comedy about community, in a Southern 1950's setting.

Haven Spelled Wrong

Ten-minute. Teenage boy, Harmon, struggles to keep order when his younger brother threatens suicide. A drama about the meaning of family.