Selected Plays

No Time For Champions

Play, 90 minutes, 1W, 4M (Multi-ethnic cast)

Anna tries to flee a mid-life crisis and her dysfunctional family, only to have second doubts while waiting at JFK for her flight. Should she stay or should she go?

Readings:
Ma-Yi Theatre Company, July 2006
Queens Theatre in the Park, April 2007

 

The Old New World

Comedy, 10 minutes, 1W, 2M (Multi-ethnic cast)

In the year 2107, superpowers China, India, and Brazil race to claim what's left of the former United States.

Readings:
Chicago Dramatists, July 2007

Productions:
Desipina's Seven.11 Convenience Theatre, April 2006
Metropolitan Playhouse, June 2007

Finalist, 2008 Heideman Award, National Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actor's Theatre of Louisville

 

Flight To Flight From

Drama, 10 minutes, 1W, 2M (Multi-ethnic cast)

Three years after 9/11, a flight attendant, a soldier, and a young woman contemplate loss, memory, and time on a night flight to New York City.

Readings:
Ma-Yi Theatre Company, 2004
Sex and No Sex Reading Festival at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 2006

Finalist, 2006 Heideman Award, National Ten-Minute Play Contest, Actor's Theatre of Louisville

 

Taking Possession

Musical, 10 minutes, 1W, 1M
Music and Lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver, Book by J.P. Chan

A young man finds that the New York City brownstone he's inherited contains a spirit that's possessing his wife. Will he sacrifice his real estate windfall to save his wife? (Hint: this is New York City.)

Production:
Raw Impressions Musical Theatre Festival, 2006

 

Beckoning Cat

Drama, 10 minutes, 3M

In a convenience store, a down-on-his-luck bus driver tries to enlist the shopkeeper's help in stealing another customer's winning lottery ticket.

Production:
Desipina's Seven.11 Convenience Theatre, April 2005

 

Just Enough To Be Noticed

Drama, 10 minutes, 1 Asian American woman, 2M

A college student home for break finds his world turned upside down when his father tells him his tuition money will be used for more worthwhile investments.

Production:
Desipina's Seven.11 Convenience Theatre, April 2004