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:
Capilano University (Vancouver, BC, Canada), 2026
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
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
/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
a/k/a The Evils of TDS
a/k/a On the Harmful Effects of TDS
[In the Parodium, Zavertyukhinanian Style of Anton Chekhov]
A first-time lecturer does his best to describe the dangers of a fairly new syndrome. 10-minute monologue.
Production History:
microChicago (IL), 2026
Ubiquitous Players (IL), 2025
microChicago/Rhino Fest (IL), 2025
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:
Otherworld Theatre (IL), 2025
The Divine Madness Players (FL), 2023, 2025
One Night Stand Theater (CO), 2024
Westchester Civic Theatre (IL), 2022
Honors:
Shortlist Selection, The Divine Madness Players, 2022
As a couple ends their first date, they find a mysterious box on the ground. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Shotz Chicago (IL), 2025
Just a typical day in Court, or is it? 10-minute play.
Production History:
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2025
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
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
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
Two old friends converse in an alleyway after one of them rushes outside of the party they’re both attending. 10-minute play.
Production History:
321 Plays for Trans Future, staged reading, 2025
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2025
A couple finds a rare porcelain figurine at a yard sale. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Riverside Theater Guild (IL), 2025
TypseSet Theatre Co. (IL), reading, 2025
Two people have an unforgettable experience in an elevator. They are holding hands, there is tension in the air, and they are alone. Or at least, they think they’re alone... 10-minute play.
Production History:
Playwrights Thriving Reading Series, reading, 2024
A young man arrives in hell. He had committed the most cardinal of sins: replying all to emails. On his 666th reply all, he was smote and sent directly to hell. He is greeted by the Devil herself. She explains to him the daily routine of hell. He ends up having a battle with the Devil's number 1 musician to determine his fate. If he can beat the devil, he will have one more chance as long as he promises to never send another reply all email. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Eclectic Full Contact Theatre (IL), 2019
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:
St. John's-Ravenscourt School (Winnipeg, MB, Canada), 2026
Clear Creek Amana (IA), 2026
Cuba City High School (WI), 2025
Panorama High School (IA), 2025
Northwest PA Collegiate Academy (PA), 2025
Pine Crest School (FL), 2025
The Theatre Collective At Richardson High School (TX), 2025
Osseo-Fairchild School District (WI), 2025
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:
University of the Fraser Valley (Abbotsford, BC, Canada), 2025
Wild Rose High School (WI), 2025
Winston Churchill High School (TX), 2025
Flint Hills High School (KS), 2025
The Singapore American School's Middle School (Singapore), 2025
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
Pend Oreille Playhouse (WA), reading, 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/k/a Erstwhile
During their final bank heist, one robber decides to ask the other robber out on a date. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Shotz Chicago, 2026
Playwrights Thriving, reading, 2026
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 (WI), 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:
Semi-Finalist, Winding Road Theatre's Eight 10s Festival, 2025
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
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
As a couple celebrates their fifth wedding anniversary, the evening takes an unexpected turn. 10-minute play.
Production History:
BATS Theatre (Stavanger, Norway), 2025
GreenMan Theatre Troupe (IL), 2023
A grandpa bee regales his grandchildren bees with tales of his decades-long film career. 10-minute play.
Production History:
Playwrights Thriving Reading Series, reading, 2025