Killing Lucifer (4m, 2w, single set,) — After five years
of tragedy and bad luck, Harry Becker decides to
regain favor with God by killing a man whom he
believes is Satan. A play of redemption...or damnation. Produced, critically acclaimed,
review and article.
Hard Scrambled (3m, single set) — After a suspicious
grease fire lands the owner of a diner in the
hospital, three men become involved in a deadly
take-over game where their ideas of loyalty and
friendship become a matter of death and life. A three-way
boxing match peppered with razor blades and
suckerpunches.
Produced, award-winning, review and article available.
[The] Violent Sex (2m, 2w, 2 min. settings) — It is a once in a lifetime celebration.
Dan's first book is being published, and he's finally bought an engagement ring.
But a visit by an ex-lover and a casual disclosure ripples through Dan's perception of his most cherished relationships
and threatens to erode a lifetime of friends and family. What do you do with a secret where silence or divulgence means a betrayal?
Produced.
Rave review in Chicago Sun Times.
E.A. Poe: The Fever Called Living (5m, 4w min. unit set) — A
highly theatrical account of the rise and fall of
Edgar Allan Poe. Not the Poe of common perception, but
that of a writer torn between family and career. A
story of ambition, sacrifice, betrayal and redemption.
Produced.
Celeste (1m, 1w, 1 set) — A former master piano
craftsman for Steinway and Sons tracks down a former, now-burned out, child prodigy whom he has not seen in twenty years,
but inconsistencies in stories and memories hint that one of them may not be whom they claim, foreshadowing a tragic ending.
Award-winning script, unproduced. staged readings.
Sense of Color (1m, 3w, unit set) — The owner (and single mother) of a failing art gallery discovers a
burger-flipping synesthetic artist and his muse. Art, commerce, loyalty and a touch of unexpected bright color fill this touching comedy. Staged readings.
Fortresses of Solitude (2m, 1w, single set) — Two brothers whose childood revolved around a comic book code of
morals are reunited twenty years after one of them is released from prison for murder.
Together they must face the past if they are to have a future. The first act takes place in adulthood,
the second act take place in childhood. William Inge Theatre Festival, Chicago Dramatists, Victory Gardens.
The Color of Blasphemy (horror) — A young man with the ability to enter others minds finds his Id and Ego
splitting into physical manifestations as he explores the abused mindscape of his comatose little brother.
Scream of Angels (crime) — A Jewish inmate joins the White Knights to survive in prison. When he is released he makes a deal with their leader.
Find his kidnapped daughter and all links will be peacefully severed.
Fall (literary/fantasy) — The Book of Life is missing in heaven and thought to be on earth. Lucifer Morningstar strikes a deal with the Host,
upon finding and returning the Book he will be pardoned and welcomed back to the Silver City.
An embittered romance writer is recruited to bear witness and write the last testament of Lucifer Morningstar.
Cloning Christ: The Second Book of Daniel (science thriller) — A genetic company combines DNA
from the shroud of Turin combined with blood from the descendant of the Magdalene bloodline.
But the Right To Life Coalition enlists the aid of ex-military mercenaries to form Abortion Squads.
Science, religion and a young couple saddled with a terrific decision.
The Dark Sweet Hello (crime) — A car wreck removed half of Justine "Sharky" Mankiller's face ending her short stint in the police academy.
Her husband, a cadet as well, soon strayed in their young marriage. Embracing revenge as a life script, she became a criminal defense lawyer.
Now years later, her estranged sister is a victim of a gang related drive-by shooting. Sharky must use her street connections
to track down the shooter and the person who used her as a shield all the while battling the return of her newly decorated police officer ex-husband,
her dangerous liaisons involving both sexes, muscle cars and a predilection for painkillers and red wine.
Daniel's Paper Wings (literary/mainstream) — In 1969, a group of small town kids compete in a paper airplane contest
to win college scholarships in the shadow of the moon landing.
Work in Progress.
