A heartfelt reflection on a powerful night in Atlanta.
April was a whirlwind, but I’ve been meaning to share how meaningful it was to attend The Solidarity Project with Atlanta Dramatists, where my play Help Me / Shoot Me received its first-ever production.
There is something indescribable about hearing your words spoken aloud for the first time in front of an audience. Seeing the actors fully inhabit the piece — and feeling their enthusiasm for the themes of resistance and moral courage — was incredibly moving.
It was also such a gift to connect with both longtime and new playwriting friends, and to speak with the actors afterward about the history behind the story. And I’m deeply grateful to my family and friends who showed up to support me and the show.
Help Me / Shoot Me explores protest, complicity, and the cost of standing up in moments of rising injustice. Watching it staged in April — and reflecting on it now — those themes feel even more urgent and relevant.
Thank you to Atlanta Dramatists, the production team, and the cast for bringing this piece to life. I hope this is only the beginning of its journey.
#NewPlays #AtlantaDramatists #TheSolidarityProject #Playwriting #TheatreForChange
Grateful to the Geneva Theatre Guild!
I was so honored to receive this note from the Geneva Theatre Guild following their 28th Annual Playwrights’ Play Readings, where my play Exhaust was featured as part of their 2026 season.
Exhaust was directed by Damian Grzeskowiak and performed by Devon Osborne and J.A. Brown, and was staged across several community venues in the Finger Lakes region — including the Geneva Public Library, Anthony Road Winery, and The Dove Block . I love that this festival brings new work into intimate, local spaces. There’s something especially powerful about difficult stories being shared in community settings.
The Guild received 150 submissions from across the country and beyond, narrowed down by more than 40 volunteer readers before selecting this year’s lineup . I’m deeply grateful that Exhaust was among the chosen plays.
This piece is one of my most spare and unsettling works — a two-hander about complicity and survival — and hearing that it was “thoughtfully received” by audiences means a great deal to me.
Thank you to the Geneva Theatre Guild Board and Play Reading Committee for the care they put into this production, and for welcoming my work into the Finger Lakes theatre community.
Sharing two photos from the readings below — it’s always humbling to see words leave the page and take on new life.
#NewPlays #GenevaTheatreGuild #PlaywrightsPlayReadings #Exhaust
This weekend is a theatre marathon — and I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I’m thrilled (and slightly amazed) to be involved in two festivals happening simultaneously:
✨ FSU School of Theatre’s Spring Fringe Festival
🗓️ Saturday | 12–6 PM
I have four plays represented in Fringe this year:
• They Call Me Perseverant — a sharp, character-driven exploration of resilience and perception.
• Operation Sea Ghost — a high-stakes piece blending tension and moral ambiguity.
• Every Rose — an intimate look at love, loss, and the cost of vulnerability.
• The Advice? Booth (written by Liam Wirsansky, directed by me) — a witty and heartfelt comedy about unexpected wisdom.
It’s especially meaningful to serve as a mentor on these pieces and watch emerging directors bring them to life with their own creative vision.
At the same time…
✨ Friends with the Write Stuff Playwriting Festival
(Friday night, all day Saturday, and all day Sunday)
As one of the organizers — alongside Michelle R. Nickens, Bert Mitchell, and Bev DeMello — I’m so proud to help showcase more than 20 Florida playwrights across three days of bold new work.
Two of my plays will be featured on Sunday:
• The Cliterati — a biting feminist satire.
• The Devouring and the Star — a powerful historical drama inspired by the Roma experience during the Holocaust.
This weekend reflects exactly why I love new play development: collaboration, risk, range, and the electricity of stories being heard for the first time.
If you’re local, I would love your support — for these pieces, for the incredible artists involved, and for the vibrant theatre community making all of this possible.
#NewPlays #SpringFringe #FriendsWithTheWriteStuff #FloridaPlaywrights
The Friends with the Write Stuff Festival is here!
After months of planning, I’m so proud to say that the Friends with the Write Stuff Playwriting Festival is happening this weekend!
It has been such a joy to coordinate this festival alongside Michelle Nickens, Bert A. Mitchell, and Bev DeMello — a team deeply committed to uplifting new voices in Florida theatre.
This year’s festival features more than 20 playwrights and three full days of staged readings, conversations, and celebration — all dedicated to showcasing new work by Florida playwrights. It’s an entire weekend immersed in bold, fresh storytelling.
I’m also thrilled that two of my plays will be part of the lineup on Sunday, April 26:
The Cliterati — 1:00 PM
The Devouring and the Star — 6:00 PM (and closing out the entire festival!)
From sharp satire to powerful historical drama, this weekend truly reflects the range and vitality of theatre being written right here in Florida.
If you’re local, it would mean so much to see you there. Come support new plays, living playwrights, and the vibrant community that makes this work possible.
#FriendsWithTheWriteStuff #NewPlays #FloridaPlaywrights #PlaywritingFestival #SupportLocalTheatre
Photo: Bert and I got to go and talk about the show on the Greg Tish in the Morning show!
Grateful to see our work featured in the Tallahassee Democrat!
I’m so excited that Moo Deng vs Pesto: The Musical and our upcoming script launch and signing at Common Ground Books are being featured in the Tallahassee Democrat.
This show has been such a meaningful journey—from its beginnings at Florida State University, to performances at the Atlanta Fringe Festival, and now to publication with Next Stage Press. Getting to share this milestone with the Tallahassee community, which supported the show from the very beginning, feels incredibly special.
If you’re local, we would truly love to see you this Sunday, April 19 from 4–6 PM. We’ll have performances from members of the original cast, scripts available for signing, and a fun, family-friendly atmosphere.
Thank you to the Tallahassee Democrat for helping us share this moment!
Special thanks to @blossomists_ for writing the article!
Grateful to see Moo Deng vs Pesto: The Musical featured in the news!
We’re excited to share that our upcoming script launch and signing at Common Ground Books has been featured in BroadwayWorld Tallahassee.
This musical has been such a meaningful journey—from its beginnings at Florida State University, to the Atlanta Fringe Festival, and now to publication with Next Stage Press. Getting to celebrate this next step with our local community means a lot.
If you’re in Tallahassee, we would love to see you this Sunday, April 19 from 4–6 PM. We’ll have performances from members of the original cast, scripts available for signing, and a fun, family-friendly atmosphere.
You can read the full article here:
/tallahassee/article/MOO-DENG-VS-PESTO-THE-MUSICAL-Script-Launch-Signing-Set-at-Common-Ground-Books-20260414
This one feels very real.
I just received my author copies of Moo Deng vs Pesto: The Musical, and holding the script in my hands for the first time is a moment I’ve dreamed about for a long time.
Seeing this show go from an idea, to the stage, and now into print has been incredibly meaningful. I’m so proud of this piece and so grateful to Next Stage Press for bringing it into the world in this way.
And I couldn’t have done it without my collaborator, @_shannonwolf — working together on this has been one of the most joyful creative experiences.
To celebrate, we’re hosting a script launch and signing this Sunday, April 19 from 4–6 PM at @commongroundbooks : Moo Deng vs Pesto: The Musical Script Launch & Signing
We’ll have:
🎶 Live performances from some of the original cast
📖 Scripts available for purchase and signing
🎨 Kid-friendly activities (so feel free to bring your little ones!)
This show started here in Tallahassee, and it means so much to be able to celebrate this milestone with the community that helped bring it to life.
If you’re local, I would truly love to see you there.
This Saturday, April 11 at 2 PM, we’ll present a workshop concert of my new musical, Where the Snow Falls Red, in the Globe Auditorium at Florida State University. Admission is free, and reservations can be made here: /white-mouse-theatre-productions
Where the Snow Falls Red is a Holocaust-era retelling inspired by the fairytale of Snow White and Rose Red. Set in the forests of Nazi-occupied Europe, the story follows two sisters whose isolated woodland life collides with the violence unfolding around them — and with a Jewish partisan hiding in the woods. What begins in the language of myth slowly transforms into a story of resistance, moral awakening, and choice.
This piece continues my work in theatre as Holocaust education, but it does so through a different lens. Unlike my previous musicals grounded in historical realism, this work leans into folklore and fairytale structure. The mythic framework allows us to explore history’s emotional truths alongside its documented facts — and to ask how stories shape courage, memory, and survival.
I am so grateful to be writing this piece alongside my composing partner, Shannon Wolf, whose music brings both lyricism and urgency to the world of the play. And deep thanks to our extraordinary cast and creative team for lending their voices and artistry to this early stage of development.
A workshop concert is an essential part of the process. We are sharing the show in this form to gather feedback — to listen, refine, sharpen, and strengthen it as we move toward future productions. New musicals are built in community.
If you’re in Tallahassee, we would love to have you there.
#NewMusical #HolocaustEducation #TheatreAsPublicHistory #WorkshopProduction #FSU WhiteMouseTheatre
I’m incredibly honored to share that I have been selected as the 2025–2026 Graduate Student Research and Creativity Award recipient in Humanities & Arts at Florida State University.
This award recognizes graduate students for outstanding contributions to both research and creative work, and it means a great deal to me because my work sits at the intersection of those two worlds. My research focuses on the gendered experiences of Special Operations Executive agents in World War II, while my creative work uses theatre as a form of public history—bringing archival research, ethical questions, and historical memory into conversation with contemporary audiences.
Over the past several years, I’ve tried to build a career that doesn’t separate scholarship and storytelling, but instead allows them to inform one another. Whether I am in an archive, a classroom, a rehearsal room, or a theatre, I am ultimately asking the same question: How do we responsibly tell the stories of the past, and why does it matter now?
I’m very grateful to my advisor, mentors, collaborators, students, actors, directors, and colleagues who have supported both my research and my creative work along the way. None of this happens alone.
I’m deeply honored by this recognition and grateful to Florida State University for supporting work that bridges history, public history, and the arts.
#FSU #GraduateResearch #PublicHistory #Humanities #TheatreAsPublicHistory
Photos of my most recent musical, Annexed, by @isabellakunze_
🎭 Happy World Theatre Day.
It feels especially meaningful to share that the Geneva Theatre Guild has selected my play Exhaust for their 2026 Playwrights Play Readings Program.
Exhaust is one of my most intimate and difficult pieces — a two-hander set inside the cab of a gas van, exploring complicity, survival, and the moral fracture lines of war. It asks hard questions about proximity to violence and what it means to keep breathing when others cannot.
I’m deeply grateful that Geneva Theatre Guild saw something in this play and chose to give it space and voice. There is something powerful about a reading — about actors, scripts in hand, breathing life into words in a new room.
On a day dedicated to theatre’s global power, I’m reminded that stories travel. And sometimes they land exactly where they need to.
Grateful for this next chapter for Exhaust.
#WorldTheatreDay #Playwriting #NewPlays #GenevaTheatreGuild #exhaust
Photo by cottonbro studio
