Theatre

A resume of my theatre activities and interests

Playwriting

Plays written and produced

Acting

Characters and productions

Theatre interests

Favorite plays, productions, and local theaters

Playwriting

"Countdown," 2009. Semifinalist in the Heartland Theatre's 10-Minute Play Festival for 2009.

"The Flagger," 2008. Produced in the Actors' Theatre of Santa Cruz 2010 "Best of the Rest Festival," a showcase of staged readings of the top eight runners-up in the 10-minute play contest. Winner of first prize for drama in the 2009 Northern Virginia Community College-Manassas campus writing competition.

"No-Match," 2007. Produced under the direction of Dick Creps in the Spring 2011 10-minute play festival at the Northern Virginia Community College-Manassas campus. Winner of first prize for drama in the 2008 Northern Virginia Community College-Manassas Campus writing competition.

Acting

Lillian in "I Hate Hamlet," by Paul Rudnick. Produced by Northern Virginia Community College Manassas, Spring 2008.

Interpreter in "Arabian Nights," by David Ives, and other characters in his short plays. Produced by the Theatre Lab and performed at the Washington Theatre Festival, Summer 2003.

The Watchman, a Slave Woman, and Leader of the Furies in "The Oresteia" by Aeschylus, translated by Ted Hughes. Produced by the Theatre Lab, Washington, D.C., Spring 2001.

The Nurse in "Antigone" by Jean Anouilh. Produced by the College of Wooster Theater Department, Spring 1982.

The Nurse in "Equus" by Peter Shaffer. Produced by the College of Wooster Theater Department, Spring 1981.

Theatre interests

The Theatre Lab

The Washington area's most comprehensive theatre training center. I was a student of the Theatre Lab for many years.

DC Theatre Scene

Did you know that the Washington metro area stages the largest number of theater productions in the United States (aside from New York City)?

First Draft

Check out the First Draft Reading Series: new works by local playwrights.

The Math behind Arcadia

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard is my favorite play of all time. In this Youtube video, Manil Suri explains the mathematics behind the play. I don't pretend to understand even a tenth of it. But the little I do understand is thrilling.