Plays

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

A new riff on Charles Dickens' classic, chillingly timely novel about privilege, poverty, and political violence.

Upcoming premiere: The Alliance Theatre, Atlanta, GA, 2024

DON JUAN

A vibrant new translation and adaptation of Molière's infamous play about a toxically privileged narcissist whose path of destruction upends old pieties and institutions to feed his own desires.

Premiere: Westport Country Playhouse, 2019

READ TO ME

When a dying child realizes his father is unable to confront the reality of their situation, he seeks understanding wherever he can find it: his reading tutor, a brass diving helmet, and a letter to the oldest woman in Alaska.

Premiere: Portland Stage, 2019

WELLESLEY GIRL

It’s 2465, and America is now only a handful of New England towns locked in heated debate over the nation’s fate. With canny humor and wicked intelligence, Wellesley Girl explores an unsettling truth: sometimes, all you can do is flip a coin and hope that history proves you right.

Premiere: Humana Festival of New American Plays, 2016

HAGOROMO

Libretto for a dance/opera project retelling a 16th century Japanese Noh play about an encounter between the human and the divine. Music by Nathan Davis, performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble. Principal dancers, Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto.

Premiere: Brooklyn Academy of Music, 2015

RIVERBANK

Every spring, Paul takes his mother Ruth for an afternoon of bird watching. This year, as Ruth slips into dementia, the trip collapses into a subjective landscape where mother and son struggle with the past, the future, and the question of whom we become when our memories disappear.

Premiere: Yale School of Drama, 2014