Beginnings: From a high school class in the park where men were drinking whiskey out of barely concealed paper bags, I imagined these men's stories and wrote my first play.

Theatre is kinetic, three-dimensional, live, and unique (what other art form can present the same play, in different locations, casts, on the same date, and transform audiences anywhere worldwide?). Count me in. I desire my work to entertain, provoke thought, and help better the world. One word to describe my approach: Empath. Deeply connecting with the characters, even strongly damaged ones, in their journeys to try to fulfill their wants and to be changed at the end.

Dramatist Highlights

• Play, A Scene from a Philly Lunch Counter, a one-minute play, selected for the
18th Annual Gi60 International (The International One Minute Theatre Festival)
US Live Edition at The Tank, 312 West 36th Street, NYC, live and live streamed,
on July 6, 7, 8, and 9th 2022 at 7:00 p.m.

• Bookwriter and Co-lyricist, Marriage Counseling, a full-length musical
(Composer and Co-lyricist Joe Blodgett). Staged reading at the Academy of New
Musical Theatre, North Hollywood, California, May 16, 2010.
• Bookwriter, The Battle Between Good and Evil (Composer: Jerry Fernandez;
Lyricist: Mitchell Glaser), a 15-minute musical. Performed at the Colony
Theatre, Burbank, California, June 22-25, 2009.

• Professional Writer Associate, Mercury Musical Developments, London, United
Kingdom.

• Member, Dramatists Guild of America.

Training

• Currently completing the Dramatists Guild Institute’s (DGI) Certificate in
Dramatic Writing Program. Completed several DGI courses.

• Core Curriculum and Full-length Curriculum, Focuses: Bookwriting, Lyric
Writing and Advanced Lyric Writing, Academy of New Musical Theatre, North
Hollywood, California, now New Musicals Inc. (originally, Lehman Engel
Musical Theatre Workshop, Los Angeles).

Non-Dramatic Business

Profession: Long-term Senior Intellectual Property Paralegal positions held at a major
filmed entertainment studio and a well-regarded boutique intellectual property law firm.

Miscellaneous

Drummer; performed stand-up comedy; performed comedy improv with improv troupes;
completed acting classes with Alan Feinstein Acting Studio, Los Angeles, and Royal
Central School for Speech and Drama, London, U.K.