Plays
Slowgirl (1 woman, 1 man)
A young woman visits her uncle in Costa Rica to escape the aftermath of a tragic accident at a high school party.
*A Princess Grace Award semi-finalist
Readings: The New Group, Naked Angels
Andra (3 men, 1 woman)
Three one-act musicals, the first about a man who falls in love with a constellation. John Kander wrote the music, I wrote the book and lyrics.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
This is a multimedia stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel. I wrote the script with director Stephen Earnhart. There's more info at www.windupbc.com
Premiered at The Ohio Theatre, NYC, 2010. Next production at The Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC, March 2011 (Carnegie Hall's JapanNYC festival).
Kick Stop (2 men, 2 women)
An emotionally unstable father is forced to move back in with his ex-wife, derailing their son's plans.
Smack The Wagon (2 women, 2 men)
An "anti-monogamous" couple from Boston must go to The Netherlands to retrieve heirlooms that were stolen by the wife's odd Dutch lover.
Featured at the Great Plains Theatre Conference. Premiered at Out North, Anchorage.
The Suburbanoids (2 men, 2 women)
This is a sci-fi musical about a suburban family who gets terroroized by an evil emperor named Zygorn. It was written for and performed by The Bad Astromauts (Hannah Cabell, Simone Perrin, and me) and David Hyde Pierce as the voice of Zygorn. Here are pictures.
Premiered at The Red Room, NYC, 2004.
The Bad Astronauts
The lineup of this group changed over the years, but we did six full-length shows in various venues in downtown New York and Chicago, including The Red Room, The Present Company, The Duplex, The St. Mark's Theater, Collective Unconscious, The Chicago Sketch Fest, Galapagos, and others. You can read a Bad Astronaut sketch here.
Slowgirl (1 woman, 1 man)
A young woman visits her uncle in Costa Rica to escape the aftermath of a tragic accident at a high school party.
*A Princess Grace Award semi-finalist
Readings: The New Group, Naked Angels
Andra (3 men, 1 woman)
Three one-act musicals, the first about a man who falls in love with a constellation. John Kander wrote the music, I wrote the book and lyrics.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
This is a multimedia stage adaptation of Haruki Murakami's novel. I wrote the script with director Stephen Earnhart. There's more info at www.windupbc.com
Premiered at The Ohio Theatre, NYC, 2010. Next production at The Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC, March 2011 (Carnegie Hall's JapanNYC festival).
Kick Stop (2 men, 2 women)
An emotionally unstable father is forced to move back in with his ex-wife, derailing their son's plans.
Smack The Wagon (2 women, 2 men)
An "anti-monogamous" couple from Boston must go to The Netherlands to retrieve heirlooms that were stolen by the wife's odd Dutch lover.
Featured at the Great Plains Theatre Conference. Premiered at Out North, Anchorage.
The Suburbanoids (2 men, 2 women)
This is a sci-fi musical about a suburban family who gets terroroized by an evil emperor named Zygorn. It was written for and performed by The Bad Astromauts (Hannah Cabell, Simone Perrin, and me) and David Hyde Pierce as the voice of Zygorn. Here are pictures.
Premiered at The Red Room, NYC, 2004.
The Bad Astronauts
The lineup of this group changed over the years, but we did six full-length shows in various venues in downtown New York and Chicago, including The Red Room, The Present Company, The Duplex, The St. Mark's Theater, Collective Unconscious, The Chicago Sketch Fest, Galapagos, and others. You can read a Bad Astronaut sketch here.
