actor & writer & sewist
Theatre
SCIENCE NIGHT (one act)
1W, 1M
While serving detention for something she may or may not have done, Lauren and her teacher make some surprising discoveries about each other.
JOHN CAUBLE SHORT PLAY AWARD NATIONAL FINALIST
PRODUCTION, SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 2016
READING, SOU SOAR CONFERENCE 2014
TURNINGS
3W, 2M
Cole finally gets the literary break she’s been waiting for when a book of her original poems is published, but on the eve of its release, her ex-girlfriend's parents arrive to pick up the rest of their daughter’s things. Cole's friends Mark and Robin are struggling with their own feelings of jealousy and impatience, and as Cole grapples with her sudden spotlight, she has to finally come to terms with the truth behind her poems and the people around her.
STAGED READING, ISLAND SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL SUMMER 2016
STAGED READING, NEW CENTURY THEATRE COMPANY WINTER 2017
OH MY DARLING
2W, 3M
California, 1865 - the gold mine Mabel, Clementine, and their Pa are excavating is almost exhausted. When mysterious stranger Charlie Pierce wanders onto their homestead nearly dead and holds them at gunpoint, the girls, their family, and Charlie alike have to decide which of their secrets are safe to share, and which should remain hidden.
PLAYWORKS 2009 WINNER, TPAF'S BEST YOUTH PLAY 2010
READING, SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY, 2015
READING, KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, 2018
HELLBREAD
2W, 2M
After the death of their father, siblings Ruth and Otto are struggling to get their family back on track. When their über-religious mother makes an incredible claim, the family finds themselves tested by an onslaught of unwanted attention — and perhaps the Devil himself.
READING, OREGON FRINGE FESTIVAL 2019
DRESS CODE (10 min)
1W, 1M
Adelaide shows up for her first day in the office and realizes her new boss may be more than she bargained for.
WRITTEN & WORKSHOPPED AT EUGENE O'NEILL'S TAO HOUSE STUDIO RETREAT, 2010
SOU SOAR CONFERENCE 2011 & 2014
PROMBLEM (10 min)
2W, 1M
Jenny thinks someone's playing a prank when she finds the town square littered with flyers asking her to prom. Then frenemy Frankie skateboards by and offers to help her clean them up.
Training
BFA in acting ; creative writing minor from Southern Oregon University
playwriting classes from - Jonathan Dorf, 2009 & 2010; Ashland New Plays Festival, 2010 & 2015 (EM Lewis); Dennis Smith, 2012
playwright at the Tao House Studio Retreat Summer 2010 - a week-long workshop at Eugene O’Neill’s home in Danville, CA. Ten-minute plays were written, workshopped, and performed for the public in O’Neill’s historic barn.
participant in the Kennedy Center’s MFA Playwright’s Workshop, July 25 - August 2, 2015