[For a complete play production history (including readings, awards, publication, etc), please click on the Production History button on the left.]

Resident playwright, City Theater Company (Wilmington, DE), 2000-Present.

Playwright-in-residence, Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory (Wallingford, CT), 1999-2001
Wrote a new play geared specifically to teen actors each summer. See Day One, Dear Chuck and Now You See Me in the Plays Available for Production section.

Managing Director, Philadelphia Dramatists Center (Philadelphia, PA), 1998-2000
Managed finances and membership, provided overall supervision of services, activities and physical space for organization of dramatic writers with over 100 members.

Stage Director, Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, PA), Fall 1999
Directed Shakespeare in Love? (now titled From Shakespeare With Love?) and From Lit to Hit, a pair of plays I wrote specifically for their Outreach program.

Script reader, McCarter Theatre (Princeton, NJ), March 1996-November 1999

Script reader, Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival (Philadelphia, PA), Spring 1999

Co-Founder and Associate Artistic Director, The American Experience Theater (Haverford, PA), 1994-1995
Made artistic decisions and fundraised for professional company dedicated to American work. Led by Artistic Director Scott Schwartz, the theater performed for two summer seasons before we retired it to pursue individual projects

Script reader, Philadelphia Theatre Company (Philadelphia, PA), Spring 1995

Script reader, New York Theatre Workshop (New York, NY), September 1993-May 1994

Script reader, American Repertory Theatre (Cambridge, MA), March 1992-May 1993

Professional memberships: Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights (Co-Chair), Dramatists Guild of America, Philadelphia Dramatists Center (life member), The Ariadne Group.

Dramatic Writing Teacher, STAR (Los Angeles, CA), Summer 2002-March 2003
Teach screenwriting and playwriting to elementary and middle school students, many of whom are in the GATE (gifted) program, at schools across the Los Angeles area.

Teaching Assistant, UCLA, September 2000-March 2002
Graded most assignments, papers and exams for Theatre Arts 11 and 13, required for freshman theatre majors. Held regular office hours to assist students with course material, which included plays and musicals from such diverse authors as Marlowe, Ibsen, Shepard and Sondheim, as well as supporting critical texts ranging from Aristotle to Zola. Teaching assistant for 130B, an advanced playwriting class, which involved one-on-one dramaturgy work with undergraduate playwrights, assisting the professor with evaluating their work, and occasionally running the class and lecturing.

Dramatic Writing Teacher, Choate Rosemary Hall Summer Arts Conservatory (Wallingford, CT), Summer 2000 and 2001
Worked with students to develop plays and screenplays, culminating in public staged readings of student work.

Workshop Leader, Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival (Philadelphia, PA), November 1999-May 2000
Taught playwriting, culminating in school showcase and submission to PYPF contest, to students at Moore Elementary School and Cheltenham High School.

Screenwriting Teacher, Walnut Street Theatre School (Philadelphia, PA), February 2000-April 2000
Taught course for beginning-intermediate level adult screenwriters.

Dramatic Writing Teacher, Wilma Theater Studio (Philadelphia, PA), January 2000-March 2000
Taught course in playwriting and screenwriting for beginning-intermediate level adult writers.

Drama Teacher and Head Tennis Coach, The Haverford School Haverford, PA, September 1993-June 1999
School's first drama teacher. Created curriculum to develop acting, directing, design and playwriting skills in middle and upper school students through required and elective major and minor survey courses, and specialized course in playwriting and screenwriting. Students were recognized with young playwrights' awards and professional productions. Directed two plays per year, including the North American premiere of Lord of the Flies, Broadway classics such as Big River and Dead End, and more adventurous fare by Brecht and Ionesco. Supervised budget and five-play season, represented drama program at department heads meetings. Supervised hire of additional drama and movement teachers, and selected and arranged all guest artists. Coached upper school varsity tennis team (head coach since 1995) and supervised coaches of three upper and middle school undersquads. Evaluated writing samples of students applying for admission to upper and middle schools, summer 1998. Appointed to upper school admissions committee in October 1998, becoming only non-administrator on the committee.