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UPCOMING/CURRENT PRODUCTIONS

The Time Machine at Tacoma Little Theatre in Tacoma, Washington - Jan 23rd thru Feb 8th, 2026

WORLD PREMIERE of Hallmarked at Hale Centre Theatre in Sandy, Utah - Feb 9th thru June 6th, 2026

The Time Machine at The Geyer Performing Arts Center in Scottsdale, Pennsylvania - Feb 19th thru 22nd, 2026

The Time Machine at Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Illinois - Mar 5th thru 7th, 2026

Hallmarked at Plaza Theatre Company in Cleburne, Texas - Aug 14th thru Sep 12th, 2026

The Time Machine (full length action adventure)

A new, reimagined adventure ignites from the pages of H.G. Wells masterwork! An unexpected delivery containing a puzzling box of clues leads to The Time Machine itself. Now - the race is on from today's dizzying world into the magical past and back again in an anxious chase through time. Join a teenaged heroine and her grandmother as they search for coveted treasure, crash headlong into dubious friendship and pine for lost love while saving the world from a terrible fate. Can time travel really exist?

Elements like: National Treasure, Freaky Friday - young adult adventure

Productions: Hale Centre Theatre (Utah) May 2024, Gettysburg Community Theatre (Penn) Feb 2025, Plaza Theatre Company (Texas) Oct 2025

LICENSE AVAILABLE THROUGH PLAYSCRIPTS: https://www.playscripts.com/play/6049

Hallmarked (full length musical)

It seems everyone on the planet is obsessed with Hallmark movies. Everyone except Julie. She had her heart stomped on once and it will not happen again. No way. No how. Not even in Idyllic, Vermont. She refuses to be 'Hallmarked'! Oh, no! Who's the guy in the plaid flannel? Packed with fabulous new pop songs, loads of laughter and heartwarming delight, 'Hallmarked' is a rom-com fever dream for those who swoon over the movies and for those who love roasting the people who do.

Elements like: Hallmark movies, satirical love letter to a genre

Productions: coming in 2026

The Circleville Writer (full length mystery)

In the 1970s, Pickaway County had been ruled by one family with three generations of Sheriffs. But when mysterious, anonymous letters began arriving in many mailboxes, fingers were pointed, people were accused, relationships disintegrated, attempted murders, suicides and homicides happened. One person was singled out as the culprit but once behind bars, the letters did not stop. The Circleville writer sent many hundreds, if not thousands of letters that destroyed many lived and the Sheriff has never solved the case. Why? How? This is a gripping, true life unsolved mystery that will leave audiences looking up the facts and drawing their own conclusions.

Elements like: Unsolved Mysteries, true crime podcasts, adult themes

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (full length drama)

An awkward new schoolmaster arrives in Sleepy Hollow to find a village gripped by terror. Ten men have vanished and everyone whispers about a headless horseman riding the midnight roads. But Ichabod Crane has secrets of his own. And so does the clever Katrina Van Tassel. Together they dig into the mystery and discover the real horror might not be the ghost on the road. What if the legend is only half of the story? Inspired by Washington Irving.

Elements like: 1790s American Gothic mystery thriller, steampunk science and dark magic

Productions: Plaza Theatre Company (Texas) Oct 2025

Pollyanna (full length comedy/drama)

From the beloved classic by Eleanor Porter, Pollyanna tells the tale of a young orphan girl whose indomitable spirit changes an entire town. This brand-new adaptation avoids the usual pitfalls of naive positivity and focuses on Pollyanna's challenge to choose gladness and grace, even in what may seem to be the most hopeless of circumstances. A timeless reminder of the transforming power of gratitude is something the world, and your audience, is craving right now.

Elements like: nostalgia, happiness, family entertainment

F1RST D1G1TS (full length drama)

In this exploration of a long-term friendship/rivalry surrounding the discovery of Benford's Law of First Digits, we are introduced to complex mathematical theories masterfully woven into an astoundingly human equation. After decades of estrangement, two old frenemies discover that the laws of the universe, when truthfully applied, equal inevitable sums: understanding, acceptance and forgiveness. An intelligent and moving testament to the unseen order that binds and the law that now helps us know what on the internet is fake!

Elements like: The Farnsworth Invention, Silent Sky, making mathematics accessible

Successes: Finalist for the Tim McNerney playwrighting award at the 2022 Spoleto Festival

KEPT (one act drama)

This one-act is a challenging, modern and disturbing look at what it means to live forever, and what it may cost. When specinmen 1221 is re-animated nearly 100 years in the future, they discover that the experiment that agreed to be a part of is changing. They are given mere moments to decide whether to be a part of a new world, or to be terminated. The decision, the consequences and the lack of control over one's life are brought to bear reminding all to be aware of what we agree to be a part of, even unwittingly.

Elements like: dystopian future, graphic adult content

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