THIS HOUSE IS FOR LAUGHING

Kendra has built a life on control — careful routines, clear boundaries, no surprises. But when her relentlessly cheerful parents and increasingly unstable brother push their way into her carefully managed world, the cracks she’s worked so hard to seal begin to split open. This House Is for Laughing is a razor-sharp portrait of modern family life — and the cost of pretending everything is fine.

• Finalist, National Playwrights Conference, 2026

• Selected, Sewanee Writers’ Conference, 2026

• Selected, Valdez Theater Conference, 2026

• Semifinalist, Future Now Fellowship, 2026 (had to withdraw due to scheduling conflicts)

• University Production, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, 2024 (translated and directed by Guelan Luarca)

• Fellowship, ARTC, 2024

• Reading, Hunter College, 2024, directed by Knud Adams

THE STRANGER

A quietly explosive family drama set in a small American town where past and present collide over one uneasy holiday visit. When Maxine arrives at the home of the uncle she barely knows, buried grief begins to surface. Tender, unsettling, and darkly funny, the stranger asks what we owe the people who share our blood — and what happens when love isn’t enough to bridge the distance between us.

• Reading, New Pages New Stages, Studio Theatre, 2026, directed by Jess Chayes

• Finalist, ABT Playwright Invitational, 2025

• Semifinalist, Rooftop Reading Series, Breaking and Entering Theater Collective, 2025

• Reading, Rough Draft, LPAC, 2025, directed by Jess Chayes

• Semifinalist, National Playwrights Conference, 2025

• Short-list, Theatre 503 International Playwright Award, 2025

• Semifinalist, WP Lab, 2024

• Reading, Hunter College, 2023, directed by Jess Chayes

THE THINGS WE SAY

Susan, a newly divorced mother introduces her grown daughters to the man she forgot to tell them about. As boxes are packed and old wounds resurface, Sarah and Carly are forced to confront the stories they’ve told themselves about love, loyalty, and who gets to move on. With biting humor and aching honesty, this intimate family drama asks: what are we brave enough to say out loud?

• Semifinalist, Echo Play Contest, 2025

• Semifinalist, Parity Development Award, 2025

• Reading, stroller scene, Brick Aux, 2025, directed by Jess Chayes

• Semifinalist, Title Wave New Works Festival, Bay Street Theater, 2025

• Reading, The Barrow Group, 2021, directed by Shannon Patterson

SHOULD YOU FIND YOURSELF PREPARED

At her family’s funeral home, Rachel has built a life around tending to the dead — and keeping the living at arm’s length. But when a grieving stranger comes into her office and her father starts to question the future of the business, Rachel must confront what it means to care for the dead when the living keep demanding her heart. Should You Find Yourself Prepared is a tender, darkly funny portrait of inheritance, intimacy, and the cost of staying exactly where you are.

• Reading, Stroller Scene, Studio 17, 2026, directed by Lily Kanter Riopelle

• Finalist, Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, 2024

• Semifinalist, National Playwrights Conference, 2021

COWBOY

In a run-down desert saloon, Sadie, a drifter with a six-shooter and a past reunites with her former lover, Jean. Now a powerhouse realtor, she is determined to sell the land that binds them — while her sheltered son, Adam is pulled into the crossfire. cowboy is a darkly funny, queer Western epic about inheritance — of property, of pain, and mythology.

• Finalist, Waterworks, 2025

• Development Workshop, The Hearth, 2024

• Semifinalist, Virtual Retreat Commission, The Hearth, 2024