Ahavah and The Shomer to be published in "2023 Best Of" anthologies
February 1, 2023. I am excited to share that the play, Ahavah, has been selected for inclusion in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2023 (Smith & Kraus, publisher) with an expected release date of October of 2023, and the play, The Shomer, has been selected for inclusion in The Best Men's Monologues 2023 (Smith & Kraus, publisher) with an expected release date of December of 2023.
Ahavah to be performed "down under"
February 20, 2023. Ahavah will be performed in May with Gemco Players Community Theatre in Emerald, Victoria, Australia, as part of their "Take Ten" Writers' Festival. This is the play's first production outside of North America!
Pete & Petria's Petrifying Podcast featured on NPX
March 13, 2023. Pete & Petria's Petrifying Podcast (co-written with Dana Hall) is currently featured as a "Podcast Play" on the New Play Exchange. Check it out at the link below.
Performance Anxiety published in "Hindsight 2022"
April 4, 2023. Performance Anxiety (Or: On Being Late to a Virtual Work Call) has been published in the Hindsight 2022 anthology (Left Edge Theatre, publisher).
Cast announced for THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL
May 3, 2023. I am excited to share that I have been cast in The SpongeBob Musical with Kokandy Productions, as Patchy the Pirate/Electric Skate 3 (and u/s Squidward). The production will run from June-September at the Chopin Theatre. Check out the cast announcement in the link below.
TRIPPING ON XANAX AT A MUMFORD & SONS CONCERT to receive honor at NEIU
May 15, 2023. In the Fall of 2023, Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert will be honored with an Honorable Mention award at Northeastern Illinois University's Nuevas Voces Festival.
THE SHOMER awarded top honor at Straight from the Page festival
June 26, 2023. The Shomer, which had a staged reading performance on June 19, 2023, as part of The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture's 2023 Straight from the Page festival, was honored with the Judges' Choice award.
WINIFRED AND HENRY CELEBRATE THEIR FIFTH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY featured in Daily Herald
July 13, 2023. Winifred and Henry Celebrate Their Fifth Wedding Anniversary makes its debut with GreenMan Theatre Troupe's 8 to the Bar/ista festival on July 14th (and runs through the 16th). Daily Herald showcased the festival in a recent article.
THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL receives full spread review in the Chicago Tribune
August 1, 2023. The SpongeBob Musical received a glowing, full page review in the Chicago Tribune!
A DATE WITH DAGON and MODUS OPERANDI selected for production
September 15, 2023. Both A Date With Dagon and Modus Operandi have been selected to be performed in the next month. A Date With Dagon will be performed with The Divine Madness Players on September 22, 2023, at the Necronomicon Convention in Tampa, FL. Modus Operandi will be performed with One Night Stand Theater's Sleuths and Spies-themed festival on October 15, 2023 in Aurora, CO.
TRIPPING ON XANAX AT A MUMFORD & SONS CONCERT honored at NEIU
September 29, 2023. On September 28th, Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert received a Certificate of Achievement of an Honorable Mention at Northeastern Illinois University's 7th Annual Nuevas Voces Festival.
AHAVAH and THE SHOMER published in Smith & Kraus 2023 anthologies
October 10, 2023. Ahavah has officially been published in The Best Ten-Minute Plays 2023, and The Shomer has been published in The Best Men's Monologues 2023. The books are available for purchase through Smith & Kraus Publishers and through Amazon.
Nothing Without a Company's 24-Hour Play Festival
November 5, 2023. I am excited to share that I have been selected to participate in Nothing Without a Company's 24-Hour Play Festival, with a performance on November 10, 2023, at 7:00pm at the Berger Park Cultural Center.
The Golden Girls make the Sun-Times!
November 13, 2023. Hell in a Handbag Productions' The Golden Girls Save Xmas - The Lost Episodes Parody was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times article on upcoming holiday productions. I have joined the cast as understudy to Stan Zbornak / Kyle / Esther / Santa Claus!
Ahavah coming to the radio
November 29, 2023. Ahavah has been selected for an audio production with Broken Arts Entertainment as part of its Loved Ones podcast series.
microHanukkah plays to be presented this holiday season
December 5, 2023. Throughout each night of Hanukkah, The Lightbulb Factory will present microHanukkah, 8 Days of Tiny Plays, on light, resilience and hope. I have the pleasure of co-producing this festival with TLF. My play, A Swiss Hanukkah, will be presented on the first night.
A CHANNUKKAH CAROL selected for reading with New City Players
December 17, 2023. A Channukkah Carol will have its first ever reading with New City Players on December 19, 2023, as part of the holiday NCPLab.
TRIPPING ON XANAX... to be performed with Theo Ubique
December 28, 2023. Tripping on Xanax at a Mumford & Sons Concert will be performed the first weekend of the new year with Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre as part of the WinterFest series, "Feel the Rush."