WRITER
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
PlayGround SF Writers Company, 2019 – present
Pear Playwrights Guild, 2017 – present
Dramatists Guild of America 2020 – present
WRITING HISTORY
Mothers of the Bride (full length) 2021
Pear Theatre. Full production.
Polar Bear Society (full length) 2021
American Stage’s 21st Century Voices New Play Festival. Staged reading.
Power(less) Pete (short) 2021
Pear Theatre. Slices. Full production.
Hemingway in Place (short) 2021
PlayGround SF. Virtual reading.
The Bad Good Planet (short) 2020
Pear Theatre. Slices. Digital production.
Glinda the Middle-Aged Witch (short) 2020
Pear Theatre. Slices. Digital production.
Mothers of the Bride (full length) 2019
Pear Theatre. Developmental reading.
Mothers of the Bride (short) 2019
Pear Theatre. Full production.
Headwind (20 min short film) 2017
May Yam Productions, Best Narrative Short of the the World Indie Film Festival, official selection of the Glendale International Film Festival and the Poppy Jasper Film Festival.
Keep (full length) 2016
Reading, Central Works Theatre, Berkeley Rep School of Theatre Workshop.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Freelance Writer, 2012-present
Writes works in a variety of mediums, including stageplays and short films in collaboration with producers and directors. Provides thorough script consultations to local filmmakers. Assists on set as production assistant and script supervisor. Active participant of the Pear Playwrights Guild and PlayGround Writers Company.
Development Associate, 2015-2017
Provides thoughtful analysis and extensive developmental support for feature and short films for local filmmakers and production companies including May Yam Studios and Distortion Productions.
Public school Language Arts Teacher, 2009-2012
Taught a variety of 6th-8th grade language arts classes.
TRAINING/AWARDS
Athena Project Plays in Progress, semifinalist (currently under consideration for finalist), for Polar Bear Society
Garry Marshall Theatre New Works Festival, semifinalist (currently under consideration for finalist), for Polar Bear Society
American Stage’s 21st Century Voices New Play Festival, selected for Polar Bear Society
Author Mentor Match selection and Query Kombat Finalist, for middle grade novel, Pez Proudly Presents
Lights Up Series, Finalist for full-length Mothers of the Bride
Berkeley Rep School of Theater Playwriting Program
Selected as one of eight playwrights to attend an intensive summer playwriting workshop to prepare a full-length stageplay for a staged reading at Central Works Theatre.
BlueCat Lab Screenplay Contest, Semifinalist for feature-length drama
Writing Workshops, Various
Boston College, College of Arts and Sciences, English major, magna cum laude