Works tagged with ‘comedy’
The Poetry of Pizza
A Play in Four Slices
Professor Sarah Middleton arrives in Denmark to teach at the University of Copenhagen, only to find her life irrevocably thrown off course when she stops by the Vermundsgade Pizzeria one night for a pizza. She falls suddenly and unexpectedly in love with the pizza maker, Soran Saleen, a Kurdish refugee who wins her heart with his pizzas. Sarah and Soran’s unlikely courtship arouses the curiosity and passions of everyone around them (an assortment of Danish, Arab and American characters) setting in motion a rash of culinary courtships and a chaotic comedy of errors. (more…)
Signs of Life
On a magical night in New Jersey, the stars talk to Abe, Sal gets a magic tattoo and a journey begins. Abe and Sal take off across the country, following the stars and looking for Birth and Life. Signs of Life is loosely based on the Sarah and Abraham story from the Old Testament–spun out of the Holy Land and onto the Interstate Highways of the American West. The play is a comic meditation on faith, doubt and spirituality.
Awards: Rockefeller Foundation playwriting fellowship; Gold Medalist, 2004 Pinter Review Prize for Drama; Winner, Jane Chambers Playwriting Award; Theatre Conspiracy playwriting contest; Hanover College/Lily Foundation Playwriting Contest, 2nd place. (more…)
Covered Dishes
A story about two middle-aged women—one white, one black—who become suddenly single and try to negotiate their way through the middle-aged singles scene.
Commissioned and optioned by Fox Searchlight and Goat Cay Productions (Sigourney Weaver); Finalist, Sundance Lab. Honorable Mention, Providence Screenwriting competition.
