Ahavah
Photo Credit: The Farmington Players
Co-Written with Dana Hall. After his Bubbie’s death, Saul returns home to his family after a long absence to sit Shiva. Alice, Saul’s girlfriend joins him. Saul tries to portray the perfect version of what he thinks his family wants. However, a message from the beyond leads both Saul and Alice to some meaningful realizations. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Ludington Area Center for the Arts (MI), 2024
Broken Arts Entertainment (ME), 2024
Gemco Players Theatre (Emerald, VIC, Australia), 2023
TheatreWorks of Southern Indiana (IN), 2023
Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre (ND), 2023
Rooftop Productions/ARTfactory (VA), 2022
Newmarket International Festival of Plays i/a/w VUTC (Ontario, Canada), 2022
The Farmington Players (MI), 2022
Crafton Hills College (CA), 2022
Jersey City Theatre Center (NJ), staged reading, 2022
Muskegon Community College (MI), staged reading, 2022
Saint Sebastian Players (IL), reading, 2022
Dragon Productions Theatre (CA), reading, 2022
Scawwy Howwow Theatre (NY), reading, 2022
Literary and Discourse Society (UK), reading, 2022
Honors:
Selection, The Best Ten-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus, 2023
Finalist, Studio Players 10-Minute Play Festival, 2023
Winner, Best New Work, Crafton Hills College, 2022
It's everyone's favorite 1980's game show, "The All-New Dating Game!", but with a twist. On this particular episode, three familiar video game characters vie for the heart of one very special princess. Who will win? Tune in and find out! 10-minute play.
Production History:
StageWorks at Studio 237 (NJ), 2023
The Kent School (CT), 2023
Eagle Point High School (OR), 2022
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2021
Wine Box Players (NY), reading, 2021
Honors:
Nominee (as part of StageWorks' Annual One Act Jamboree Festival), Outstanding Production of an Original Play, The NJACT Perry Awards, 2024
A father has an existential crisis after reading his child a bedtime story. 2-minute monologue.
Production History:
Jakespeare Theatre Company (MA), 2022
Paradox Theatre Works (IL), 2021
Theatre West (CA), reading, 2021
As her daughter's Bat Mitzvah date draws near, a mother finds herself in a struggle against a vampire of Jewish folklore. 10-minute radio play.
Production History:
Jakespeare Theatre Company (MA), 2021
Honors:
Semi-Finalist, Deathscribe, WildClaw Theatre, 2019
Passover of Guilt Trips & Mishegas: An Evening of Jewish Holi-Plays. A Bubbie and Zayde get the dining table ready for Passover Seder. 5-minute play.
Production History:
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2024
On the first night of Channukkah, Krantz has become a real scrooge. He is making his staff work late. He has missed Channukkah celebrations with his family. And he has forgotten to buy presents for his loved ones. He cares only about himself. All of that is about to change when he is met by a familiar ghost of Channukkah past, present, and future. 10-minute play.
Production History:
New City Players (FL), reading, 2023
Channukkah of Guilt Trips & Mishegas: An Evening of Jewish Holi-Plays. When Rae brings their new partner home to meet the family for the first time during the Jewish holiday of Channukkah (also spelled Hanukkah, Hannuka, etc.), things don’t go exactly as planned. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2022
FKA Two Pigeons Talk About Sh*tting On People And Then They Sh*t On People, A Love Story. A love story of two pigeons as they meet on the rooftop of a high-rise building on a beautiful sunny day. 5-minute play.
Production History:
Garfield Center/Short Attention Span Theatre (MD), 2022
Literary and Discourse Society (UK), reading, 2022
Honors:
Finalist, V-Minute Valentines Festival, Hey Playwright, 2021
Co-Written with Dana Hall. Immortal fish-god Dagon emerges from the deepest, darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean for holiday (a/k/a humanity’s destruction). However, before celebrating the holiday (a/k/a destroying humanity), Dagon decides to go on a date for the first time in over 10,000 years. 10-minute play.
Production History:
One Night Stand Theater (CO), 2024
The Divine Madness Players (FL), 2023
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2022
Honors:
Shortlist Selection, The Divine Madness Players, 2022
An actor has called out last minute. It is up to a random audience member to save the day…hopefully. 5-minute play.
Production History:
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023
A person gives their honest opinion of George Santos. 1-minute monologue.
Production History:
The Lightbulb Factory (IL), 2023
Honors:
Semi-Finalist, The PlayGround Experiment's Faces of America Monologue Festival, 2023
Kol Nidre of Guilt Trips & Mishegas: An Evening of Jewish Holi-Plays. A young Jewish man goes to clean out his grandparents’ attic and finds something – or perhaps someone – unexpected. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Orange Players (CT), 2024
Rooftop Productions/ARTfactory (VA), 2024
Acorn Productions/Mad Horse Theatre (ME), staged reading, 2024
Literary and Discourse Society (UK), reading, 2024
This is the true-ish Jewish story of Artie, an 8th grader, and his summer in the year 2000 at Camp Ramah (a summer camp in Wisconsin). Will he become champion of the annual tennis competition? Will he defeat the bully and win the heart of the girl of his dreams? Will it truly be the greatest Jewish summer camp game ever played? 5-minute play.
Production History:
La Jolla Theatre Ensemble (CA), 2023
New City Players (FL), reading, 2022
Literary and Discourse Society (UK), reading, 2022
It has been a week since the Haddonfield massacre. Laurie and Michael have decided to try letting go of the past and become a happy family. This play was written based on the prompt of "Chosen Family" from Nothing Without A Company. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Nothing Without A Company (IL), 2023
Co-Written with Dana Hall. A couple’s movie night on the couch is interrupted by an unexpected email. 1-minute play.
Production History:
Gi60 Houston (TX), 2024
Two women have a chance encounter outside of a drag bar. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Theatre West (CA), 2021
Honors:
Selection, The Best Ten-Minute Plays, Smith & Kraus, 2022
A man named Ted rants – and raves – about a definitely not fake movie critic. 2-minute monologue.
Honors:
Selection, Fools Gold Anthology, Dramatic Chaos Productions, 2024
A Chicagoan explains why Chicago is the greatest city ever. 1-minute monologue.
Production History:
microChicago/The Lightbulb Factory (IL), 2024
Co-Written with Dana Hall. Inspired by the short play, Ahavah. After his Bubbie's death, Saul returns home to his family after a long absence to sit Shiva. Alice, Saul’s girlfriend, joins him. While Saul is already in the room where services are being held, Alice is outside, contemplating whether or not to enter. 5-minute monologue.
Production History:
The Lightbulb Factory (IL), 2022
Mayor Bob is dead! What happened? Find out…in the next ten minutes. This play was written based on the prompt of "Mayor Bob of Smalltown, IL" from Westchester Civic Theatre. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2023
Things aren't as they seem as two detectives interrogate a suspect. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Emmetsburg Schools (IA), 2024
Westmount Charter School (Calgary, AB, Canada), 2024
One Night Stand Theater (CO), 2024
Kankakee Valley Theatre Association (IL), 2021
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2021
Honors:
Runner Up, Staged Play, KVTA 10-Minute Play Festival, 2021
Akin to point-and-click adventure games of the late 80s/early 90s (think, the Kings Quest series), Moon Logic follows Sir Llewellyn as he comes to the final chapter of his quest to save Princess Nightingale and help restore the Kingdom of Lavendreer. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Studio Players (KY), 2024
Garfield Center/Short Attention Span Theatre (MD), 2024
Ludington Area Center for the Arts (MI), 2024
Rainy Day Artistic Collective, 2024
Jonathan Alder High School i/a/w PC Trinity Co (OH), 2023
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023
Honors:
Semi-Finalist, Rover Dramawerks' 10-Minute Contest, 2023
A live online workout class is interrupted by mysterious and potentially sinister events. 10-minute virtual play.
Production History:
New City Players (FL), reading, 2024
Left Edge Theatre (CA), 2021
A shomer watches over the body of a recently deceased Jewish man. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Mid-America Theatre Conference, workshop, 2024
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture (CA), staged reading, 2023
Acorn Productions/Mad Horse Theatre (ME), staged reading, 2023
Playground-Chicago (IL), reading, 2022
Honors:
Commended Status, The Jewish Plays Project, 2024
Selection, The Best Men's Monologues, Smith & Kraus, 2023
Judges' Choice, The San Diego Center for Jewish Culture, 2023
Finalist, Center for the Arts Bonita Springs, 2023
When hanging out, two best buds make an unexpected discovery. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Inkwell Theater (CA), reading, 2023
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023
A Jewish man recalls a happy yet silly memory of Hanukkah from his childhood. 1-minute monologue.
Production History:
microChicago/The Lightbulb Factory (IL), 2023
Two friends are sitting in BYO lawn chairs at a concert venue, waiting for Mumford & Sons to begin their set. After one of them leaves to find the bathroom, leaving the other alone, an unexpected guest takes the empty seat. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre (IL), workshop, 2024
Crafton Hills College (CA), workshop, 2023
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2023
Honors:
Honorable Mention, NEIU Nuevas Voces Festival, 2023
While filming a campaign ad, Republican Senatorial Candidate Kari Lake has an existential crisis. 2-minute play.
Production History:
microChicago/The Lightbulb Factory (IL), 2024
As a couple celebrates their fifth wedding anniversary, the evening takes an unexpected turn. 10-minute play.
Production History:
GreenMan Theatre Troupe (IL), 2023
Purim of Guilt Trips & Mishegas: An Evening of Jewish Holi-Plays.
A congregant shows off their new costume to the Rabbi before the Purim holiday service. 1-minute play.
Production History:
Gi60 Houston (TX), 2024
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2024
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