FULL LENGTHS
Galactic Orphans
Two gamer bros and kid sister geek out over the third installment of the Archangel FPS series : The Orphan Battle. The three teens fight their way through the game whilst simultaneously fighting their way through their angsty first world dilemmas of absent parents, apathy, diets too high in caffeine, and the endearingly hopeless desires to lose their virginity. (2F, 2M)
Decapitations
Returning home to central Florida after a giving up on a failed acting career up north, Pamela Santos brings with her a mysterious evil when Florida suburbanites begin literally losing their heads in freak accidents that no one can explain. She and her marine biologist brother Van Santos must put the puzzle together while simultaneously staving off the racially charged threats of their local home owners association, who threatens them and their eccentric Filipino father with eviction if they don't replace the roof before the summer rains begin. Decapitations is a play exploring and deciphering the biracial experience of particular sibling pair in the Floridan South. (4F, 4M)
Two Sweaty
Tucked away in Kerrville,Texas is a dusty garage collecting stolen gym equipment, family secrets, and a cat carcass or two. An experimentally defunct marriage between True West and a Friday night spin class, TwoSweaty is the story of two estranged and wildly strong sisters who find their way back to each other when they team up to kill a man.
(2F, 1M)
MEDIUM SIZED
I Am Mister Miyagi
I Am Mister Miyagi is a one person chronicle about a Hapa woman detailing the psychological consequences of her most successful Halloween costume and the impact her identity crisis has on her white mother and Filipino father.
The Francophiles
Camille is the most inept server at Red Lobster in Celebration, Florida until she decides to leave the cheddar biscuits behind her to pursue her dream job at Disney World. A mysterious French stranger steals Camille's heart away, and also, subsequently her kidney. The Francophiles is a global adventure about a lost kidney and a lost girl.
SMALL
And then I was in the Shark's Mouth (2M, 1F)
A girl bitten in half by a shark passes the rest of her death at the bottom of the ocean, next to a deep sea diver who orders mushu from a dolphin. Together they birth a litter of sponges. Read it.
The Vegetarian and her Dead Daddy (1M, 1F)
Annie recruits her little brother Dennis to help her take down the local Burger King via a blood curdling performance poem about flame broiled meats. Read it.
Save me, Sonja Henie (2F, 1M)
An olympic hopeful bleeds out on the ice after a deadly collision with her mortal enemy, Stacey. The angels of Sonja Henie and Ulrich Salchow help her through her crisis of achievement (or lack their of) before gliding away to the great beyond.
A Cheesy Break-Up (2F, 1M)
A newly declared vegan navigates a painful break up with her favorite food. Read it.
21st Century Hydra (2F, 1M)
After more than a decade of loyalty and sacrifice working her desk job downtown, the Hydra has had it. She hunts for a new head and a new reason to live in the 21st century.
EXTRA SMALL
Vision - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2016 - Read it
Number One - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2016 - Read it
Fish Tank - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2015
Online Dating Baby! - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2015
Galactic Orphans
Two gamer bros and kid sister geek out over the third installment of the Archangel FPS series : The Orphan Battle. The three teens fight their way through the game whilst simultaneously fighting their way through their angsty first world dilemmas of absent parents, apathy, diets too high in caffeine, and the endearingly hopeless desires to lose their virginity. (2F, 2M)
- UT New Theatre Workshop Production - UT at Austin 2017
- Tympanic Theatre New Play Workshop, Dir. Anna Bahow, Chicago 2013
- InFusion Theatre New Play Development Workshop, Dir. Anna Bahow, Chicago 2009
Decapitations
Returning home to central Florida after a giving up on a failed acting career up north, Pamela Santos brings with her a mysterious evil when Florida suburbanites begin literally losing their heads in freak accidents that no one can explain. She and her marine biologist brother Van Santos must put the puzzle together while simultaneously staving off the racially charged threats of their local home owners association, who threatens them and their eccentric Filipino father with eviction if they don't replace the roof before the summer rains begin. Decapitations is a play exploring and deciphering the biracial experience of particular sibling pair in the Floridan South. (4F, 4M)
- Development Workshop w/ Liz Engelman and Aditi Kapil, Dir. Gabrielle Randle 2016Sewannee Writers Conference w/ Naomi Iizuka and Ken Weitzman, 2016
Two Sweaty
Tucked away in Kerrville,Texas is a dusty garage collecting stolen gym equipment, family secrets, and a cat carcass or two. An experimentally defunct marriage between True West and a Friday night spin class, TwoSweaty is the story of two estranged and wildly strong sisters who find their way back to each other when they team up to kill a man.
(2F, 1M)
- Development Workshop - Reckonnoiter Series w/ Paper Chairs - Austin Texas 2016
MEDIUM SIZED
I Am Mister Miyagi
I Am Mister Miyagi is a one person chronicle about a Hapa woman detailing the psychological consequences of her most successful Halloween costume and the impact her identity crisis has on her white mother and Filipino father.
- Frontera Fest, Dir. Gabrielle Randle Hyde Park Theatre, Austin 2016
- Frontera Fest Best of Week Winner 2016
The Francophiles
Camille is the most inept server at Red Lobster in Celebration, Florida until she decides to leave the cheddar biscuits behind her to pursue her dream job at Disney World. A mysterious French stranger steals Camille's heart away, and also, subsequently her kidney. The Francophiles is a global adventure about a lost kidney and a lost girl.
SMALL
And then I was in the Shark's Mouth (2M, 1F)
A girl bitten in half by a shark passes the rest of her death at the bottom of the ocean, next to a deep sea diver who orders mushu from a dolphin. Together they birth a litter of sponges. Read it.
The Vegetarian and her Dead Daddy (1M, 1F)
Annie recruits her little brother Dennis to help her take down the local Burger King via a blood curdling performance poem about flame broiled meats. Read it.
- 20% Theatre Company Snapshots Festival, Chicago 2012
Save me, Sonja Henie (2F, 1M)
An olympic hopeful bleeds out on the ice after a deadly collision with her mortal enemy, Stacey. The angels of Sonja Henie and Ulrich Salchow help her through her crisis of achievement (or lack their of) before gliding away to the great beyond.
A Cheesy Break-Up (2F, 1M)
A newly declared vegan navigates a painful break up with her favorite food. Read it.
- 14/48 Austin, The Vortex Theatre, Austin 2015
21st Century Hydra (2F, 1M)
After more than a decade of loyalty and sacrifice working her desk job downtown, the Hydra has had it. She hunts for a new head and a new reason to live in the 21st century.
- 14/48 Austin, The Vortex Theatre, Austin 2015
EXTRA SMALL
Vision - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2016 - Read it
Number One - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2016 - Read it
Fish Tank - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2015
Online Dating Baby! - Austin 1 Minute Play Festival 2015
Photo Credit : Lawrence Peart courtsey of The Unviersity of Texas at Austin / UTNT Galactic Orphans 2017