TARANTINO'S YELLOW SPEEDO. The Olympic Village has a secret that the televisions never see: a startlingly robust sex culture. In these Shadow Olympics, the most perfect human beings in the world vie for the ultimate title: not a gold medal, but Tarantino's Yellow Speedo, a relic of an omnisexual diver, Arturo Tarantino, who died mysteriously in the 1980 Games. No nationality will emerge from this play un-insulted. Commissioned by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern for a premiere in 2013.

THE PENTAEON. On the way to their fall retreat at a beachside cottage, the MIT astrophysics department is waylaid by a hurricane. Cut off from the world, they tell each other stories about how the universe will end--in a slow dissipation of energy, rather than a glorious arc--and question the human need for narrative in a meaningless universe. Based on The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio. Commissioned by the Fox Valley Repertory Collider Project. Staged reading, Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL. July 2012.

WHAT EVERY GIRL SHOULD KNOW. In 1914, four young women in a New York reformatory build a communal fantasy life where they travel the world, take lovers at will, and assassinate their enemies. Their beliefs radicalize to the point where they sterilize themselves by violent means--but then one of them discovers she is pregnant, calling into question the relationship between their fantasy world and the real one. Commissioned by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. World premiere at Cordoba Center for the Arts, Durham NC, April 2012. (4 female. 100 minutes.) Reviews: The Independent Weekly, Triangle Arts and Entertainment.

THE MEMORY PALACE. A blind housewife greets unexpected guests that may or may not mean her harm. She invites them to her table, cuts apples for them, then guides them on a tour of her house, telling stories about her husband and many children. A site-specific piece created with artists in residence at the Elsewhere Collaborative in Greensboro, NC. World premiere at the Elsewhere Collaborative, May 2011. (1 female. 25 minutes.) Review: The Independent Weekly.

NIGHTWORK. Five graduate students are stuck in the lab on a freezing night in January, all with urgent projects due in the morning--but then one of them commits an act of unspeakable violence on a laboratory mouse. Their sanity unravels. Very dark comedy ensues. Workshopped with Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, Ravenclaw Salon and Manbites Dog Theater. World premiere January 27, 2011, Manbites Dog Theater, Durham, NC. Directed by Jay O'Berski. (5 actors, any sex. 80 minutes.) Reviews: CVNC, The Independent Weekly.

REDGHOST. Created with the Ganesha Collective. An original adaptation of one of Japan's best known and most terrifying ghost stories, Yotsuya Kaidan. When ex-warrior Jack returns from the Middle East, he longs for a simple life, but instead succumbs to rage, lust and the fast track to Hell. Developed and performed by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. World premiere September 17, 2010, Common Ground Theater, Durham, NC. Directed by Rachel Klem. (2 female, 3 male. 70 minutes.) Reviews: The News & Observer, The Independent Weekly.

POOR BALL. In an Ethiopian luxury hotel on the night of Obama's inauguration, Americans and Ethiopians scramble for tickets to the elite inauguration ball. The poor watch from the sidelines, throwing popcorn, while a brutal comedy of sex, race and class unfolds--and in its midst is a young woman named Netsanet, who may or may not be the hope of her country's future. Workshopped with Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. (3 female, 4 male. 90 minutes.)

MISS AMERICA 1988 and THE LAST HUMAN CONVERSATION. Two short plays for the Playwrights Roundtable PlaySlam. Directed by Monica Byrne. Premiered October 2009 at the Arts Center, NC. (2 female and 2 either, respectively; 5 minutes apiece.)