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COMPLETED WORKS

bulletThe Blue-Sky Boys (full-length play)
bulletGoodbye My Island (musical) with composer David Friedman, based on the book by Jean Rogers
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza (full-length play)
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie (full-length play)
bulletMexico in Alaska (original screenplay)
bulletKing Island Christmas (oratorio/musical) with composer David Friedman, based on the story by Jean Rogers
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing (musical) w/ composer Scott Richards
bulletCovered Dishes (original screenplay)
bulletInto the Fire (full-length play)
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis (Noh drama about Elvis Presley)
bulletOf Men and Mountains (solo performance piece)
bulletWet Willies (solo performance piece)
bulletSigns of Life (full-length play)
bulletThe Last Frontier Club (full-length play)
bulletThe Back Road to Hudson (one-act play)

WORKS IN PROGRESS

bulletCrossing Over (full-length musical) with composer Stephanie Saltzman
bulletThe Velvet Weapon (full-length play)
bulletSugar Grove (full-length play)

FULL PRODUCTIONS

bulletThe Poetry of Pizza:
bulletVirginia Stage, Norfolk, VA 2008
bulletMixed Blood Theatre, Minneapolis, MN 2008
bulletTheatre in the Square, Marietta, GA 2008
bulletPurple Rose Theatre, Chelsea, MI 2007
bulletCentenary Stage Theatre, Hackettstown, NJ 2006
bulletStage 3, Sonora CA 2006
bulletKing Island Christmas:
bulletHedgerow Theatre, Philadelphia, PA2006
bulletQuick as a Wink Society, Nova Scotia, Canada 2006
bulletHumboldt Light Opera, Eureka, CA 2006
bulletPerseverance Theatre, Juneau, AK 2005
bulletNew York State Theatre Institute, Troy, NY 2005
bulletFindlay University, Findlay, OH 2005
bulletAmerican Stage Theatre, St. Petersburg FL 2003 & 2004
bulletFairbanks Light Opera Theatre, in collaboration with the Fairbanks Choral Society & the University of Alaska Fairbanks Music & Theatre Departments 2004
bulletSigns of Life:
bulletTheatre Conspiracy, Ft. Myers, FL, Feb. 2005
bulletWorkshop Playhouse, Great Barrington MA, 2005
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie (US Productions/Professional):
bulletWhole Art Theatre, Kalamazoo, MI 2007
bulletAcacia Theatre, Wisconsin, 2007
bulletThe Actor’s Gang Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 2007
bulletNew Jersey Repertory Theatre, Long Branch, NJ 2006
bulletMaryland Ensemble Theatre, 2006
bulletBloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Bloomsburg PA 2004/2005 season
bulletEnsemble Theatre Company, Cincinnati, Ohio 2004
bulletNational Showcase of New Plays/Shenanarts/Prop Theatre Chicago, July 2004
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie (Overseas Productions):
bulletRandom Act Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland 2008
bulletTheatre Royal Dumfries, Lockerbie, Scotland 2006
bulletAnemi Youth Theatre, Athens, Greece 2006
bulletWollongong Workshop Theatre, Wollongong, Australia 2005
bulletOrange Tree Theatre (London England) 2005
bulletCumulus Productions/Parade Theatre at NIDA, Sydney Australia 2004
bulletPorfyris Youth Theatre, Kytherra Greece (in Greek) 2004
bulletAgora Theatre, Patras, Greece (in Greek) 2004
bulletAttica Cultural Organization, Athens, Greece (in Greek) 2004
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie (College/University Productions):
bulletUniversity of Toledo, Ohio, 2005
bulletUniversity of Wyoming, Laramie, 2005
bulletNorth Carolina School of the Arts, School of Drama, 2005
bulletMichigan State University, Lansing MI 2004
bulletValley City State University, North Dakota 2004
bulletSyracuse University (Pam Am 103 Memorial Week) 2004
bulletOtterbein College, Westerville Ohio 2005
bulletFargo North Dakota High School 2004
bulletPort Angeles Community Players, Port Angeles WA 2003
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, produced Off-Broadway by the New Group Theatre, Women’s Project and Martian Entertainment, directed by Scott Elliott, featuring Judith Ivey and Larry Pine
bulletKing Island Christmas in December 2002 at:
bulletFairbanks Light Opera Theatre, in collaboration with the Fairbanks Choral Society and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Music & Theatre Departments
bulletKing Island Christmas in December 2001 at:
bulletEctor County Library and Arts Center, Odessa, TX
bulletBartlesville Community Center, Bartlesville, OK
bulletOomiak Foundation, Eureka, CA
bulletPerseverance Theater, Juneau, Alaska
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis
bullet(directed by author) New School University, New York, NY 2001
bulletSound Stage Productions, St. Louis, Missouri 2006
bulletKing Island Christmas in 2000 at:
bulletDuke University, Durham, North Carolina
bulletEdyvean Theatre, Indianapolis, Indiana
bulletTheatre IV, Richmond, Virginia
bulletHuman Race Theatre, Dayton, Ohio
bulletOomiak Foundation, Eureka California
bulletHaines, Alaska, Chilkat Center for the Arts
bulletKodiak Arts Council, Kodiak, Alaska
bulletShenanarts, Staunton, Virginia
bulletTexas Library Association Convention, Houston, Texas, (April 2000)
bulletPort Fairy Music Festival in Melbourne, Australia, (October 2000)
bulletKing Island Christmas in 1999 at:
bulletPaper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, directed by Robert Johannsen;
bulletLyric Stage in Dallas, Texas; directed by Ann Nieman
bulletPerseverance Theatre, Juneau, Alaska; directed by Anita Maynard Losh
bulletDon Thompson Chorale, Flagler University, & St. Augustine Public Library, Florida
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis Lincoln Center Living Room Festival at HERE, directed by Nancy C. Jones, 1999
bulletKing Island Christmas Perseverance Theatre 1998
bulletKing Island Christmas Perseverance Theatre 1997, directed by Anita M. Losh
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, Perseverance Theatre, directed by Molly Smith, 1996
bulletSigns of Life, Company One, Hartford CT, directed by Joann Green, 1992
bulletSigns of Life, Perseverance Theatre, directed by Christopher Hanna, 1990
bulletThe Last Frontier Club, Perseverance Theatre, directed by Kate Bowns 1987

WORKSHOPS & WORKSHOP PRODUCTIONS

bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, New Dramatists/Frederick Loewe Award, 2002
bulletGoodbye My Island New Dramatists/Harburg Foundation grant, 2002
bulletGoodbye My Island New Dramatists/Cameron MacIntosh grant, 2001
bulletKing Island Christmas, NYC SIR Studios, directed by Pat Birch, designed by Eugene Lee; performed by 80 singers, October 2000
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, University of Houston, produced by Stuart Ostrow, directed by Lou Jacob, 1996
bulletInto the Fire, Australian National Playwright’s Conference, Canberra, Australia, 1996
bulletInto the Fire, National Playwrights Conference, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, CT, Directed by Casey Childs, 1995
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, 3 workshops, Directors: Chris Grabowski, Mel Marvin, Elizabeth Margid 1993-1995
bulletBlue Moon Over Graceland, Brown University, Directed by the author, 1993
bulletInto the Fire, New Plays Festival, Brown University. Directors: Edward Isser & Joanna Zazofsky; Dramaturg Aishah Rahman 1993
bulletWet Willies, New Plays Festival, Brown University. Performed by author, dramaturg & acting coach: Anna DeVeare Smith 1992
bulletSigns of Life, Perseverance Theatre (under a Rockefeller grant) Dramaturg/Director: Roberta Levitow, 1989
bulletThe Back Road to Hudson, Perseverance Theatre directed by Gregg W. Brevoort, 1987

READINGS & CONCERT READINGS

bulletThe Blue-Sky Boys, Octoberfest, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2005
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 2005
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, Hedgerow Theatre, Pennsylvania, 2005
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, Stage 3, Sonora, California 2005
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, New Dramatists, NYC 2005
bulletThe Blue-Sky Boys, First Light Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2005
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, Hudson River Classics, 2005
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, Centenary Stage Women Playwrights Festival, 2005
bulletSigns of Life, Oberon Theatre, NYC, 2005
bulletSigns of Life, Gaslight Theatre, Kearny NJ/NYC Spring Fling series 2004
bulletThe Poetry of Pizza, Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble, Bloomsburg PA, 2003
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, England (America Now Festival), 2003, directed by Michael Gieleta
bulletSigns of Life, 12 Miles West Theatre, Montclair NJ, 2003
bulletSigns of Life, Hanover College, Indiana, 2004, directed by Mark Fearnow
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, by the members of the Prospect Hill Senior CitizenÆs Center in Brooklyn, 2003, NYFA Artist & Exchange Program.
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Shenanarts, Staunton, Virginia, 2002, as a fundraiser for families in the Shenandoah Valley who lost family members on September 11th
bulletSigns of Life, ATHE Conference, San Diego, California, for Jane Chambers Award 2002
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Onassis Cultural Center, NYC, directed by Liz Diamond, February 2002
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, New Dramatists, 2001 (2)
bulletSigns of Life, Hudson River Classics, NY, Jan 2001
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Bay Area Playwright’s Festival, San Francisco, directed by Amy Mueller, September 2000
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, July 2000, director: Wendy Goldberg; Dramaturg: Lue Douthit
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Geva Theatre New Play Festival, Feb 2000, directed by Marge Betley
bulletInto the Fire, Urban Stages NYC, directed by Loy Arcenas, Feb 2000
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, La Mama ETC’s “Experimental Theatre” series, curated and directed by George Ferencz, March 2000
bulletSigns of Life, Rattlestick Productions, NY, directed by Leah Gardiner, June 2000
bulletInto the Fire, Weissberger Award New Dramatists, directed by Roberta Levitow, 1999
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, 1999 O’Neill Conference, directed by Paul McCrane
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, 1999 Shenandoah Retreat, directed by John Steber
bulletKing Island Christmas, American Librarian Association, Philadelphia sponsored by William Morrow Publishers, directed by Lou Jacob, 1999
bulletKing Island Christmas, National Alliance of Musical Theatre’s festival of new musicals, sponsored by Goodspeed Opera, directed by Lou Jacob, 1998
bulletKing Island Christmas, Westside Theatre, sponsored by WM Productions, directed by Lou Jacob, 1998
bulletKing Island Christmas, Lamb’s Theatre, w/ Liz Callaway & Paolo Montalban for the Frederick Loewe Award, directed by Elizabeth Margid, 1998
bulletKing Island Christmas, Dramatists Guild, May 1998
bulletInto the Fire, Charlotte Rep New Plays Festival, March 1998
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, Dixon Place 1998, directed by Jean Randich
bulletSigns of Life, American Renegade Theatre “Bitter Truth & Sweet Lies Festival,” Hollywood, California, 1998
bulletBlue Moon Over Graceland, Brown University, April 1996
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, Dramatists Guild, April 1996
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, New Dramatists, March 1996
bulletCovered Dishes, New Dramatists, directed by Jim Simpson, 1995
bulletInto the Fire, New Dramatists, directed by Liz Diamond, Nov.1994
bulletBlue Moon Over Graceland, Circle Rep Retreat, July 1993
bulletBlue Moon Over Graceland, Hofstra Writer's Conference, 1993
bulletInto the Fire, Perseverance Theatre, directed by Molly Smith, 1991
bulletInto the Fire, Banff Playwright's Colony, Canada, June 1991
bulletSigns of Life, "Burning the Borders Festival,” 1989; & “Alaska Playwright's Festival” 1988, Perseverance Theatre, directed by Molly Smith
bulletThe Last Frontier Club, Alaska Repertory Theatre, Anchorage, Alaska, directed by Michael Hood, 1988

PUBLICATIONS

bulletSigns of Life, Samuel French, 2007
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, Dramatists Play Service, 2005
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, by Applause Books in the Best Short American Plays: 2004, edited by Glenn Young
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie published by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation, Athens, Greece, 2001. Published in both English and Greek
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, published in New Dramatists 2001 by Smith and Kraus publishers, 2003
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, published in Polish in Dialog, the theatre journal of the International Theatre Institute of Poland in 2003
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, published in Japanese in the Journal of the Noh Research Archives by Musashino University, Tokyo Japan , Spring 2004
bulletInto the Fire published by Samuel French in June 2000
bullet“En Oase I New York,” article for Teater-et-Tema journal (Denmark), 1999
bullet"Stop That F," a review of "F-32", a novel by Eurydice in Issues Magazine, Providence RI, 1992 and the Creative Writing Journal of Brown University
bullet"Yup'ik Antigone," cover article for Dramatics Magazine, Nov.1984.
bullet"Developing an Alaskan Voice," August 1983, and "Profiles of Alaska Native Actors," 1985, Alaska Native News Magazine
bulletA scene from The Poetry of Pizza is published in Scenes and Monologue from the Best New Plays II, edited by Roger Ellis, published by Meriwether Publishers 2007
bulletA scene from Signs of Life published in Scenes & Monologues from the Best New Plays, Meriwether Press, 1992, editor: Roger Ellis
bulletA monologue from The Women of Lockerbie is published in New Monologues for Women by Women, editors: Tori Haring-Smith and Liz Engelman
bulletA monologue from Signs of Life published in More Monologues By Women, For Women, Heinemann Press, 1996, editor Tori Haring-Smith
bulletA monologue from Into the Fire is published in Monologues by Women, For Women, Heinemann Press, 1994, editor Tori Haring-Smith

RECORDINGS

bulletKing Island Christmas, produced in 1999 by 12-time Grammy winner Thomas Z. Shepard; orchestrations by Peter Matz; starring Chuck Cooper, Marin Mazzie and Paolo Montalban; featuring a 34-piece orchestra and 26-member chorus

RESIDENCIES

bullet2004 CEC Arts Link residency, (Czech and Slovak Republics)
bullet1999 Shenandoah International Playwright’s Retreat
bulletDanish American Nationals Cultural Exchange fellow 1998 (Denmark)
bulletSumner Locke Elliot Exchange fellow 1996 (Australia)
bulletNEA International Residency Fellowship 1995 (Mexico)
bulletMacDowell Colony, 1994
bulletBanff Playwright's Colony for Into the Fire, 1991 & Signs of Life, 1988. (Canada)
bulletLake Placid Institute/New Dramatists Residency; 1996; 1998; 2000; 2001

FILMS / VIDEOS / INDUSTRIALS

bulletWriter, treatment for a TV Movie-of-the-Week, on Lockerbie plane crash for King World/Souvenir Entertainment, 1999
bulletScreenwriter, Covered Dishes, commissioned and optioned by Fox Searchlight and Goat Cay Productions (Sigourney Weaver), 1996
bulletWriter, Documentary on the Deaf, Aronson Films, Spring 1997
bulletWriter, Video Documentary on Brown University, with Xavier Zaragoza, 1996
bulletStory consultant for Hard Look, a full length feature film, producer: Josh Aronson of Film Associates and the "City Kids" organization, 1995
bulletCovered Dishes, 1992 (Short film) (wrote and directed)
bulletThe Tourist, 1992 (short film) Direction, editing & camera work with Art Rotch

DIRECTING EXPERIENCE

bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, full production, New School University, 2001
bulletGoodbye My Island, 1 week workshop /staged reading, New Dramatists, 2002
bulletGoodbye My Island, 1 week workshop/ concert reading, New Dramatists, 2001
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing 1 week workshop/staged reading, Frederick Loewe Award 2002
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, graduation reading w/ Kathleen Chalfant, New Dramatists, 2002
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, reading/backer’s audition, Martian Entertainment, 2001
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, student production, Brown University, 1993
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, student production, New School University, 2001
bulletBlue Moon Over Memphis, student production, Brown University, 1993
bulletGoodbye My Island, 2 workshops/readings, New Dramatists, 2001 & 2002
bulletCoyote Goes Salmon Fishing, workshop/reading, New Dramatists, 2002
bulletThe Women of Lockerbie, 2 readings, New Dramatists, 2001-2002

DRAMATURGY EXPERIENCE

bulletHead Dramaturg for the George Houston Bass Playwrights Festival, Rites and Reason Theatre, Providence RI, March 1992 and 1993
bulletDramaturg for In Two Worlds by Earl Atchak at Perseverance Theatre, 1991

ACTING EXPERIENCE

(at Perseverance Theatre)

Role Play Director
Solo Performance Wet Willies/at Brown University Anna DeVeare Smith
Mme. Ranyevsky The Cherry Orchard Molly Smith
Maggie Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Joe Ross
Maxine Night of the Iguana Robert Rooney
Witch/Good Doctor Macbeth Molly Smith
Angie/Dull Gret Top Girls Molly Smith
The Mayor Enemy of the People Ron Hines
Odysseus/Ensemble The Odyssey Molly Smith
Ensemble Mormon Project Workshop Joanne Akalitis
Ensemble Island of Tears Molly Smith
Woman Traveler On the Verge Tim Wilson
Hattie Laundry and Bourbon Jamie McLean
Evie The Last Frontier Club Kate Bowns
“Transitions”
(touring show)
Lady/Orpheus Descending
Older Woman/3rd & Oak,
the Laundromat Bev/Shadow Box
Jamie McLean

MEMBERSHIPS

bulletASCAP, The Recording Academy (Grammy voter), Dramatists Guild, and New York League of Professional Theatre Women
bulletNew Dramatists
bulletCo-founder of Theatre Without Borders

 

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