Plays

This dramedy, set in an idyllic corner of Jerusalem, opens as a bomb explodes nearby. Faris, an Arab American, is writing in a café when Bony Marie, a refugee from the world of American rock ‘n roll, happens by, dragging a Holy Land souvenir: half the blown-up bus stop. And so it begins. While the existing relationships and the new ones that form are testament to the tensions in a city as wholly volatile as it is magically holy, this story is more about the people on the next pina (corner) than the politics in the morning papers.

Jewish Plays Project Finalist, OPEN New Plays Festival, New York City

When college baseball pitcher Robin receives an offer to join the major leagues, it conjures up the voice of Tommy, a Japanese-American girl from his adolescent past. Their courtship with each other and America’s favorite pastime is interwoven with flashes of East meets West: baseball greats Sandy Koufax and Sadaharu Oh, Japanese Haiku master Basho and the precariousness of boy meets remarkable girl. A radio ball is a pitch so fast, you don’t see it but you hear it. Robin can no longer see his dear friend, but hears her uncompromising voice and channels the inspiration behind it.

Stageworks Theatre, Tampa 

Heartlande Theatre Company, Detroit

Tough cookie Joy has made her way to the Rip Tide Motor Resort (ree-zort) in Key West in the wake of a disturbing romantic development (the man she loves wants to marry her!) She’s visited by Miranda – young, talented and blind – from next door, who’s there for the Annual Conch Republic Fiddle Contest. The two are thrown into a desperate situation: Miranda’s lovesick boyfriend has shot himself in the next room! Assumptions, high jinks and confrontations abound as everyone ends up facing themselves in the process of facing the person they love.

Caldwell Theater, Boca Raton

Florida Playwrights Competition, 1st Place; Valencia Theater, Orlando

Stage 3 New Play Festival, 1st Place; Sonora, CA