So thrilled that “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” will be included in the upcoming Australian “Over The Fence Film Festival” which will be celebrating its 25th year!

The fun starts in Perth May 6, 7, & 8, and tours the country until November. Once the exact schedule it announced, I’ll post it here. (And privately YEARN to attend in person!)

I had the honor of being the co-writer, co-director and co-star of the film “A Bit of Counseling” which won “Most Popular Film” at the Over The Fence Festival in 2009, so this festival holds a special place in my heart.

Thank you OTF Fest, and congrats on 25 years!

So thrilled that our short comedy film “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” won “Best Comedy Television Pilot” at the 2020 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival!

The festival was chock-full of wonderful and original films, all so entertaining and impressive. My co-creator Stephanie Erb and I were really thrilled to even be nominated, honestly. But to win was such an honor and a thrill! Thanks to everyone involved in making the festival happen during this challenging year, when we need to laugh more than ever.

UPDATE: OVER 20,000 have listened to the podcasts so far, in over 5 continents!

The Los Angeles Times called the series “Delightful… exceptional… quick and fun and surprising!”

Featured in LAist’s “Best Online Post-Election Diversions!”

Commissioned by Antaeus Theatre Company in August and recorded remotely in September, the 30-minute radio play “90024: Westwood — All Information Herein is Classified” is now available for streaming at Antaeus.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

Directed by Carolyn Ratteray and starring Dawn Didawick, Bo Foxworth, and Catia Ojeda, the play is collection of digital audio FBI files on Eleanor Pender McPherson, an alleged participant in protests in and around UCLA. The two FBI agents assigned to her surveillance learn never to underestimate an 80 year old woman.

I’m so grateful to Antaeus for selecting me to create this piece, to Jeff Gardner for mastering the audio production, and to the director and cast for bringing it to life. I hope you all take a few minutes to listen, and enjoy!

So thrilled to announce that my short film “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” (co-created with Stephanie Erb) is an official selection in the Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival and the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival!

Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival will be virtually streamed November 11-22, and Atlanta Comedy Film Festival is a one-day virtual (and limited in-person) event on December 6. Get your tickets today!

Featured in Time Out New York's “Best Theatre to Stream” List!

Proud to be a part of a unique project called “SALEM: POST-MORTEM” which is a poetic new play by Peter Gray, directed by Michael Alvarez. It’s the inaugural project for a new theater company in New York, and if starting a theater company during a pandemic isn’t an act of courage and love, I don’t know what is!

In “SALEM: POST-MORTEM” the witches of Salem awaken once more--this time in the afterlife-- to seek resolution of their unfinished stories and confront the fear which left their town in tatters. When the veneer of Puritan decorum falls away, old voices scramble to regain their status and new voices awaken power they never touched on earth.

It was an international cast of 16 actors, and we all acted as our own film crew, with Michael and Peter guiding us remotely. Such a joy to create during the pandemic, and work with these two amazing creative spirits.

It will be free to watch and can be accessed at www.the-muse-collective.com with donations going to raise money for the Audre Lorde Project.

The Muse Collective was created by Michael Alvarez in 2020 as an umbrella for collaboration and theatrical investigation. Their philosophy is to create art in an attempt to see beyond the veil of waking life, excavating the invisible worlds of our mind, heart, soul, and shared humanity.

Here’s the Broadway World press release with more info, and here’s where this project was featured in Time Out New York’s “Best Live Theater to Watch Online” list!

I’m thrilled to have been selected for the Antaeus Zip Code Radio Plays!

The Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles chose six playwrights to create 30-minute radio plays to produce, which will be released November 30, 2020 FREE to the public online and via podcast. Each play takes place in a different zip code in L.A.

My play, “90024 Westwood: ALL INFORMATION HEREIN IS CLASSIFIED” is a collection of digital audio FBI files on Eleanor Pender McPherson, an alleged participant in protests in and around UCLA. The two FBI agents assigned to her surveillance learn never to underestimate an 80 year old woman.

The amazing Carolyn Ratteray will direct and Jeff Gardner is Audio Producer. Casting to be announced soon!

I’ll be posting again when the final product is available for you to listen to via online (or wherever you listen to podcasts.)

Filmed just before the world shut down, I helped create three comedy shorts with the talented Stephanie Erb, Ben Solenberger, and his amazing team of creatives under the “Short Smirks” umbrella. These two-to-three minute funnies are made just to make you laugh.

I had the pleasure of writing “Quantum Hallway,” in which two women wait for a restaurant bathroom in a hallway which might also be a quantum portal:

And here’s “Visitation” which was penned by Stephanie Erb:

And here’s “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule,” written by both me and Stephanie: