The Plays

 

January 2014, Tides Theater, San Francisco

January 2014, Tides Theater, San Francisco

To Pee or Not to Pee

High school besties Heather and Mickey deal with crushes, gender identity, and the confusions of childhood in the newly minted unisex bathroom.

February 2014, Tides Theater, San Francisco

February 2014, Tides Theater, San Francisco

Mother Nature's Winter Games

Mini bottles of Sutter Home and a preppy detective call a travel-weary couple's relationship into question during a night in the airport. 

March 2014, Tides Theater, San Francisco

March 2014, Tides Theater, San Francisco

What's In a Name?

Cass and Maggie, finalists for the female lead in a James Franco film, play a strange waiting game in the audition room.  

Photos by Gregg Le Blanc @ http://www.cumuluslight.com

April 2014, Shelton Theater, San Francisco

April 2014, Shelton Theater, San Francisco

just the way you are

A botany professor in the 1970's risks his career to pursue a hunch that plants have feelings.  Also, he thinks menthol cigarettes might be good for the environment. 

October 2014, Shelton Theater, San Francisco

October 2014, Shelton Theater, San Francisco

Drought At Sea

Izzy, a struggling writer, and Marybeth, a nurse, both find themselves improbably working on a cruise ship, trapped as roommates in a pint-sized cabin.

January 2015, Shelton Theater, San Francisco

January 2015, Shelton Theater, San Francisco

The Player

A Falstaffian lout tries to avoid his two girlfriends by playing dead on love's battlefield.

Photos by Gregg Le Blanc @ http://www.cumuluslight.com

June 2015, Pianofight, San Francisco

June 2015, Pianofight, San Francisco

tonight we're gonna party

Homeschooled teenage sisters Liberty and Neriah just want to see the outside world for New Year's Eve Y2K, but their hopes of attending an Alanis Morisette concert are quickly dashed. 

November 2015, Pianofight, San Francisco

November 2015, Pianofight, San Francisco

future perfect

An entitled biotech bro at The Sphinx learns what his company will do to him if he doesn't submit to a mandatory "upgrade."

December 2015, Pianofight, San Francisco

December 2015, Pianofight, San Francisco

star wars on ice

What better time to reveal one's, um, Star Wars fetish than during a marriage proposal at The Ice Hotel in Sweden?

Photos by Gregg Le Blanc @ http://www.cumuluslight.com

June 2016, Royce Gallery, San Francisco

June 2016, Royce Gallery, San Francisco

before the fall

The play unfolds backwards in four scenes to the characters’ first meeting. We follow Dani and Ian as they shift between concealing and revealing, trying to figure out what to do with their desire, and ultimately whether they can be connected.

September 2016, Pianofight, San Francisco

September 2016, Pianofight, San Francisco

superdelegating

A "task rabbit," called to assemble a dinner kit for an overworked millennial, turns out to be more than she appears, helping her charge with the daunting human task of feeling real emotions.

December 2016, Pianofight, San Francisco

December 2016, Pianofight, San Francisco

the deep chill

Sometimes when you're trapped in a car with a stranger during a snowstorm, you do some deep thinking about Adderall, gummy worms, sex, and what it means to be vulnerable.

Photos by Gregg Le Blanc @ http://www.cumuluslight.com

“Everything was so parched. And bright. Is it weird to have nostalgia for the drought? Well, my coffee got cold, and we both know what that means. I’m glad we did this, I think.”
— Before the Fall, June 2016