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The Writing Page
Poetry
February 25, 2009 I was asked to perform as a featured writer at the first kick-off event of their monthly
"Parapluie" Creative Writing Series at the Cornichon Cafe & Winebar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Why Are We In Iraq? published my poem Tiles on a Fence online on September 4th 2008 as the poem of the
week.
United Divas has published two of my poems in the 2007 issue of Shouted Whisper, a periodical web
publication with a focus on the feminine experience. United Divas is a cool organization that celebrates
multi-disciplinary woman artists.
Art House Productions accepted my poem Subway Adventure for their upcoming collection Pile Driving in
C-Minor: Poetry and Songs in a City of Change. I was also asked by Art House to read this poem on 9/24/06
at the Jersey City Museum as part of their "Context" series. I have been featured reading at the open mic on
their TV broadcast twice.
February 25, 2009 I was asked to perform as a featured writer at the first kick-off event of their monthly
"Parapluie" Creative Writing Series at the Cornichon Cafe & Winebar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Why Are We In Iraq? published my poem Tiles on a Fence online on September 4th 2008 as the poem of the
week.
United Divas has published two of my poems in the 2007 issue of Shouted Whisper, a periodical web
publication with a focus on the feminine experience. United Divas is a cool organization that celebrates
multi-disciplinary woman artists.
Art House Productions accepted my poem Subway Adventure for their upcoming collection Pile Driving in
C-Minor: Poetry and Songs in a City of Change. I was also asked by Art House to read this poem on 9/24/06
at the Jersey City Museum as part of their "Context" series. I have been featured reading at the open mic on
their TV broadcast twice.
Other Writing
I sometimes entertain fantasies of working as a freelance motorcycle journalist. In addition, I have been
slowly building a collection of essays called The Neighborhood Chronicles about experiences I've lived
through in New York that could only happen in New York which answer the question of why I'm here. I hope
to someday publish them as a book.
I sometimes entertain fantasies of working as a freelance motorcycle journalist. In addition, I have been
slowly building a collection of essays called The Neighborhood Chronicles about experiences I've lived
through in New York that could only happen in New York which answer the question of why I'm here. I hope
to someday publish them as a book.
"Wait a minute, how did I get here?"
You were looking at my Acting Resume!
You were looking at my Acting Resume!
Dramatic Writing
In 2008 I wrote a short film script called Goodbye which has been produced into a film which you can see
here on YouTube.
The first play I wrote was produced by the Hyperbolic Players when I was at NYU called Somewhat
Shakespeare. It was a collage of various scene fragments, monologues and famous lines from different
Shakespeare plays stitched together into a farce about actors acting Shakespeare. There was a lovers'
triangle which led to a street brawl, which led to a war, and the victims of which turned into a bunch of ghosts.
There was also obligatory cross-dressing and a "director" character who spewed a lot of Jacques and
Hamlet.
The second play I wrote was called The Riders which was a two-woman play about motorcycling. It was
"conceived, written and performed" by myself and my best friend Amy Bennett (now Amy Wratchford) for the
NY International Fringe Festival in 2000. Amy and I both learned how to ride motorcycles the same year and
we both had some fantastic stories ranging from exhilaration to humiliation to show for it. So we laced them
together into a duet. We each played ourselves plus in her scenes I played the supporting characters and
she did the same in mine. See the press quotes on the reviews page.
I also wrote a scene for The Heist Project (with Art House Productions, in 2005) inspired by the Degas
painting La Sortie du Pelage. The painting depicts some men leaving a village on horseback and my scene
was about three women watching them go and talking about what they did before the men left to prepare for
the imminent loss. The scene was a crowd and critic favorite. Check out the reviews on my reviews page. I
also performed in The Heist Project in a scene written by Karin Williams about another Degas painting.
In 2008 I wrote a short film script called Goodbye which has been produced into a film which you can see
here on YouTube.
The first play I wrote was produced by the Hyperbolic Players when I was at NYU called Somewhat
Shakespeare. It was a collage of various scene fragments, monologues and famous lines from different
Shakespeare plays stitched together into a farce about actors acting Shakespeare. There was a lovers'
triangle which led to a street brawl, which led to a war, and the victims of which turned into a bunch of ghosts.
There was also obligatory cross-dressing and a "director" character who spewed a lot of Jacques and
Hamlet.
The second play I wrote was called The Riders which was a two-woman play about motorcycling. It was
"conceived, written and performed" by myself and my best friend Amy Bennett (now Amy Wratchford) for the
NY International Fringe Festival in 2000. Amy and I both learned how to ride motorcycles the same year and
we both had some fantastic stories ranging from exhilaration to humiliation to show for it. So we laced them
together into a duet. We each played ourselves plus in her scenes I played the supporting characters and
she did the same in mine. See the press quotes on the reviews page.
I also wrote a scene for The Heist Project (with Art House Productions, in 2005) inspired by the Degas
painting La Sortie du Pelage. The painting depicts some men leaving a village on horseback and my scene
was about three women watching them go and talking about what they did before the men left to prepare for
the imminent loss. The scene was a crowd and critic favorite. Check out the reviews on my reviews page. I
also performed in The Heist Project in a scene written by Karin Williams about another Degas painting.
On my most basic level as an artist, I consider myself a compulsive storyteller.
My infatuation with words and language is a huge part of what inspires me as
an actor.
Theatre Reviews
In Summer 2008 I joined the reviewing staff of nytheatre.com where I am
currently reviewing plays in New York. I love this website because they look at
the entire theatre landscape - work on all levels of budget, work outside of
Manhattan, experimental, commercial - you name it. They use professional
theater artists to do the reviewing. I am very flattered, humbled and
challenged by this activity and I think it will help me grow both as a writer and
as a theater-maker. To read my work, visit my bio page on nytheatre.com
which lists my most recent reviews.
My infatuation with words and language is a huge part of what inspires me as
an actor.
Theatre Reviews
In Summer 2008 I joined the reviewing staff of nytheatre.com where I am
currently reviewing plays in New York. I love this website because they look at
the entire theatre landscape - work on all levels of budget, work outside of
Manhattan, experimental, commercial - you name it. They use professional
theater artists to do the reviewing. I am very flattered, humbled and
challenged by this activity and I think it will help me grow both as a writer and
as a theater-maker. To read my work, visit my bio page on nytheatre.com
which lists my most recent reviews.
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