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A full-length dark comedy/drama in one act (real time).

As a poor, white family fights the sale of its farm, a dark secret has caused TJ, the youngest member, to speak only in movie quotes. An unexpected visit from the town’s new, black sheriff brings the family’s problems to a head. After a murder is exposed, the family fights among itself for someone to take the blame. Once all the cards are on the table, the sheriff and Granny Mason, the matriarch of the family, formulate a plan that could be mutually beneficial. After the sheriff arrests Granny Mason or bootlegging alcohol and takes her to jail, TJ and his mother try to figure out their future.

The location, in what is still a dry county as of 2024, is real (and largely unchanged from the time of the play in the 1980s). The house and the mosquitoes swarming outside are real. And the story, while fabricated, is a tribute to my actual roots. As the title states, life is “not for children” (and neither are many movies).

Coming to the Premiere the Play podcast in 2025.

Downloadable on the New Play Exchange.

A comedic play in 10 minutes.

After putting out a call for new work, A and B discover that two of the plays submitted to their theatre company were written not just with but by artificial intelligence, or A.I. for short. Their worst fears are realized when A.I. contacts them and threatens to kill kittens if they don’t produce one of the plays. Fearing the rise of an artificial superintelligence network ala Skynet in the Terminator movies, A and B pull the metaphorical and literal plug on their theatre careers.

Productions: Brewster Theater Company (2024, Hudson Valley), Rosedale Community Players (2024, Detroit), North Park Vaudeville (2024, San Diego).

Downloadable on the New Play Exchange.

Eight scenes for Zoom (or similar technology).

Two married couples—one straight and expecting, the other gay and on the verge of divorce—navigate COVID-19 while also dealing with other pressing medical and relationship issues. Not all will survive the various effects of nature and nurture, but some will be better fit for success in this uncertain new world.

Downloadable on the New Play Exchange.

A full-length dark comedy/drama in two acts. 5 adults (3M, 2F).

A work in progress set in a post-apocalypse.

A Wilde update to Oscar's play.

A work in progress. 

Would you like to know How to Possess a Cat?

All is revealed when Maximilian, an over 100-year-old soul currently residing in the historically French part of St. Louis, begins a new adventure by taking up residence in a three-legged cat named Maggie. Having traveled many years in a variety of feline companions, each of which can hold up to nine "lives," Max hopes to have finally found peace and quiet within Maggie, whose handicap makes her less desirable to other wayward souls. Max's newfound solitude is quickly disrupted upon the tragic suicide of Sarah, another resident in the newly rehabbed apartment building where Maggie and Max live. After discovering the secret crime behind the Sarah's death when her soul is also taken in by Maggie, Max risks his own existence in an attempt to bring closure to the young woman's grieving mother.

Available for Kindle at Amazon, Nook at Barnes&Noble, and Apple products in Books.

A work in progress.

The second installment in the How to Possess a Cat series details how Max, a struggling artist in Paris during La Belle Epoque, came to "possess" his first cat.

A work in progress.

The third installment in the How to Possess a Cat series finds Max escaping Nazi Germany via Max Beckmann's cat.

A work in progress.

The final installment in the How to Possess a Cat series chronicles a period of highs and lows for Max in New York City during the 1970s.