SELECTED PRODUCTIONS
Plays
- F.U. Air and Other Tales of Flight
Go To Productions, Chicago, 2024
- Shaw vs. Tunney
Grippo Stage Company, Chicago, 2023
- By My Will
Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Atlanta, 2023
- Miranda’s Offering
Advice to the Player’s Studio Series, New Hampshire, 2022
- A Spy in Spite of Himself
Heartland Theatre Company’s The Play’s the Thing, Illinois, 2019
- Howards End
Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Chicago, 2019
- Bloodshot
Hudson Village Theatre, Canada, 2022
Stephen Joseph Theatre, England, 2020
Watermill Theatre in England, 2020, 2011
Greenhouse Theater Center, Chicago, 2016
Vertigo Theatre, Canada, 2015
St. James Theatre, London, 2014, 2013
Canterbury Festival, England, 2013
Greenwich Theatre, London, 2011
Vienna's English Theatre, Austria, 2011
Theatre Royal Winchester, England, 2011
Nuffield Theatre, England, 2011, 2010
- Cynical Weathers
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, 2007
- Blissfield
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, 2000
- Somebody Foreign
City Lit Theater, Chicago, 2006
Stage Left Theater's LeapFest, Chicago, 2004
Prop Thtr's Midwest New Plays Festival, Chicago, 1999
- Forty-Two Stories
City Lit Theater, Chicago, 2017
Raven Theatre's Working Title Series, Chicago, 2014
- Drowning Sorrows
Third Stage, Los Angeles, 2001
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, 1996
Shelykova Playwrights Conference, Russia, 1995
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Connecticut, 1994
- Personal Effects
Circle Theatre, Chicago, 2003
Toledo Repertoire Theatre, Ohio, 1996
Carnegie Mellon Drama Showcase of New Plays, Pittsburgh, 1991
- Earth and Sky
Second Thought Theatre, Dallas, 2005
Circle Theatre, Chicago, 1999
Nuffield Theatre, England, and British Tour, 1999
Copperview Theater Company, Los Angeles, 1997
Actors Forum Theatre, Los Angeles, 1995
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, 1992
Second Stage Theatre, New York, 1991
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Connecticut, 1989
- Suffering Fools
Commons Theatre, Chicago, 1989
O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Connecticut, 1988
- Murder in Green Meadows
Shanghai Yihai Theatre, Shanghai, China, 2016
Bickford Theatre, New Jersey, 2013
Vertigo Theatre, Canada, 2007
Studio Arena Theatre, New York, 2004
Vienna's English Theatre, Austria, 2003
Totem Pole Playhouse, Pennsylvania, 2002
Horse Cave Theatre, Kentucky, 2001
Contemporary American Theatre Company, Ohio, 2001
The English Theatre of Hamburg, Germany, 1999
Circle Theatre, Chicago, 1998
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, 1995
Theatre on the Bay, South Africa, 1994
Stamford Theater Works, Connecticut, 1993
Nuffield Theatre, England, 1992
- Detective Sketches
Lincoln Center Theater Lab, New York, 2002
Theater-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, 1995
Organic Lab Theater, Chicago, 1987
- Belongings and Longings
Thirteenth Street Repertory Company, New York, 1987
Organic Lab Theater, Chicago, 1986
Musicals
- Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits
Citadel Theatre, Illinois, 2018
- The Kingdom of Grimm
International Christian School, China, 2015
Chicago Playworks, Chicago, 2006
- God and Country
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, 2002
- Gethsemane
Holy Covent Church, Chicago, 1999
- The Real Life Story of Johnny De Facto
Goodspeed-At-Chester, Connecticut, 1989
National Alliance for Musical Theatre Festival of New Work, New York, 1989
O'Neill National Music Theater Conference, Connecticut, 1989
Getz Theater, Chicago, 1986
- The Long River Passes
Orphans, Chicago, 1989, 1986
- The Wind in the Willows
International School Manila, Philippines, 2015
Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pennsylvania, 2014
Contemporary American Theatre Company, Ohio, 2012
City Lit Theater, Chicago, 2010, 2009
Lakeshore Excellence Foundation, Michigan, 1999
Arvada Center For The Arts & Humanities, Colorada, 1997
Theater Off Park, New York, 1993
Lambs Players Theatre, California, 1990
Theatre Building, Chicago, 1989
Coterie Theatre, Kansas City, 1988
Cleveland Play House, Ohio, 1987
Bailiwick Repertory, Chicago, 1986
Organic Lab Theater, Chicago, 1985
- Everyman
Cafe Voltaire, Chicago, 1997
Free Shakespeare Company, Chicago, 1984
Bailiwick Repertory, Chicago, 1984
- Drums
Theatre Building, Chicago, 1982
- The Other Wise Man
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, 1982
Leo A. Lerner Theatre, Chicago, 1981
- Prospero's Saxophone
Leo A. Lerner Theatre, Chicago, 1981
Screenplays
- F.U. Air
Go To Productions, 2024
- Drowning Sorrows
Commissioned by Old Country Productions, 2002
- Cinque and the Amistad Revolt
Commissioned by Mase Brite Productions, 1996
- Earth and Sky
Commissioned by Warner Bros., 1991
- Undesirables
Commissioned by NBC, 1991
Teleplays
- Crime of Innocence (Co-author)
WMAQ-TV, Chicago, 1988
- Murder in Green Meadows
One-act version for WMAQ-TV with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, 1986
Radio Plays
- Forty-Two Stories
Chicago Theatres On The Air, 1998
L.A. Theatre Works, 1997
- Drowning Sorrows
Chicago Theatres On The Air, 1996
- Earth and Sky
XM Satellite Radio, 2005
National Public Radio, 2005, 2003, 1994
L.A. Theatre Works, 1993
Chicago Theatres On The Air, 1993
PUBLISHED WORKS
- Howards Ends, TRW Plays, 2021
- Scrooge and the Ghostly Spirits, Dramatic Publishing, 2018
- Somebody Foreign, Broadway Play Publishing Inc, 2017
- Personal Effects, Broadway Play Publishing Inc, 2017
- Blissfield, Broadway Play Publishing Inc, 2016
- The Kingdom of Grimm, Dramatic Publishing, 2007
- Drowning Sorrows, Dramatists Play Service, 1998
- Belongings and Longings, Dramatic Publishing, 1997
- Detective Sketches and Other Short Plays, Dramatic Publishing, 1997
- Earth and Sky, Dramatists Play Service, 1991
- Murder in Green Meadows, Dramatists Play Service, 1990
- The Wind in the Willows, Dramatic Publishing, 1986
AWARDS AND HONORS
- Suzi Bass Award for Outstanding World Premiere Production for By My Will, 2023
- Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best New Play for Howards End, 2020
- Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Best New Play for Forty-Two Stories, 2018
- Blue Ink Playwriting Award for Comden Mall Community Activists, 2014
- Illinois Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship Award, 2006
- Cunningham Commission For Youth Theatre Award, 2003
- Illinois Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship Award, 1997
- Midwestern Playwrights Festival Award for Personal Effects, 1995
- L. Arnold Weissberger Playwriting Award for Earth and Sky, 1991
- Illinois Arts Council Playwriting Fellowship Award, 1990
- Emmy Award Nomination for Individual Achievement in Writing for Murder in Green Meadows, 1986
- Joseph Jefferson Award Nomination for Original Incidental Music for The Tempest, 1984
ADDITIONAL
- Bachelor of Arts from Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, Speech and Drama Major, English Major, University Scholar
- Council Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (2017 to 2020)
- Chicago Regional Representative for the Dramatists Guild of America (2007 to 2014)
- Founding Member of the Playwrights Ensemble at the Tony Award-Winning Victory Gardens Theater (1995 to 2012)
- Teacher of Playwriting at University of Chicago Graham School, Northwestern University, DePaul University, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago Dramatists, Newberry Library and O'Neill National Theater Institute
- Commissioned to write Plays, Musicals and Multimedia Shows for Victory Gardens Theater, Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Atlanta Shakespeare Company, Citadel Theatre Company, Chicago Playworks, historic novelist Jay R. Tunney, British actor Simon Slater and the Newberry Library
- Composer of Songs and Incidental Music for over 25 productions in Chicago
- Sketches performed at Primary Stages, American Blues Theater and O'Neill Pub
- Articles published in the Victory Gardens Newsletter, Stagebill and The Dramatist Magazine
- Collected Works donated to DePaul University Library Special Collection and Archives
- Member of the Dramatists Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, East and ASCAP
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Member – The Dramatists Guild of America
Member – The Writers Guild of America, East
Member – ASCAP
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