Pretty Filthy

Michael Friedman and Bess Wohl’s fearless musical comedy about the adult film industry in the San Fernando Valley was originally commissioned and produced by The Civilians in 2015. Very special thanks to Jodie Mack, Steve Cosson, Derek Zasky, and Marion Friedman Young for allowing us to rediscover the show for its second production ever. Read our press coverage in The Darmouth student newspaper, and, to my shock and delight, the Dartmouth admissions office.

The Hall of Human Origins

A rom com about a natural history museum, a drama about the end of the world. I spent my middle and high school years as an afterschool student, research assistant, and later intern at a natural history museum, and during lockdown I turned those experiences into The Hall of Human Origins. Winner, 2021 Frost Prize & reading @ Dartmouth College, revised version at The Tank January 2024.

The Frightening Door

World premiere at The Tank Darkfest August 2023, revised and remounted at the Kraine October 2023. In this experimental verite work by my frequent collaborator Victoria Provost, the playwright/narrator puts onstage the entire final year of text exchanges with her friend who tragically passed away at just 22 years old. What could she have done differently? What was she missing? And how come this hilarious, caring young man is just gone?

Jo and Laurie

World premiere coming-of-age comedy by the absolutely incredible James Holod Kennedy: “A contemporary take on a beloved classic: Jo March and Theodore “Laurie” Laurence III are best friends in Concord, MA. And they’re both gay. The familiar love between these two best friends is expanded into an exploration of queer friendship.” (Quick soapbox: James’ gift for writing for adolescent/young adult voices is unmatched and you should produce this delightful two-hander at your high school or college; it also contains excellent scenes and monologues for classes and auditions!)

I am a:

• Director
• Writer
• Producer
• Jack-of-all-trades (calling cues, taping the floors, answering the phones, coordinating schedules, anything you need)

I have had the privilege of working at Berkshire Playwrights Lab, New York Theatre Workshop (virtual season), The Drama League, The MUNY, Guggenheim Works & Process, and in film/TV development and production at Irony Point. I graduated from Dartmouth College in 2023 with a degree in Film, Theater, and Middle Eastern Studies. I currently work as the assistant to the producer on Purlie Victorious, Our Town, and Maybe Happy Ending on Broadway.

• How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr, Love Junkie by Robert Plunket, the WWE/Vince McMahon biography Ringmaster by my incredible friend Josie Riesman
• Die Hard (1988), Interview With the Vampire (2022-24), Saving Face (2004), Mrs. Davis (2023), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), “Where the Butterflies Go in the Rain” (Raveena, 2024), “Night Time, My Time” (Sky Ferreira, 2013), the Follies and Dreamgirls concerts, Rilo Kiley, My Neighbour Totoro at the Barbican, the Recent Cutbacks comedy troupe
• “Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny” by RS Benedict, “Hawk Tuah and the Zynternet” by Max Read, “Tavi & I” by Allegra Rosenberg, Gordon Cox’s Jacques international theater newsletter, anything and everything fandom studies.