Current Writing Resume
FULL-LENGTH OR ONE-ACT PLAYS
Copperheads and Common Women [2009] CoHo Theatre, Portland, OR, 2009 Fertile Ground: New Works Festival, Portland, OR 2009
Blue Roses [2008] Great Plains Theatre Conference, Omaha, NE, 2009 Someday Lounge, Portland, OR, 2008
Playing Tom [2004] Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR, 2004
Witch! [2002] Women Playwrights International, Manila, Philippines, 2003; New Rave Festival, Portland, OR, 2002
Something's Got to Give [2001] Portland State University Portland, OR, 2001
My Alamo [1999] Emergence Festival Portland, OR, 2003
No on 9 [1997] 4th International Women Playwrights Galway, Ireland, 1997; Red Hen Productions Cleveland, OH, 1997
Butch o’ My Dreams [1992] Independent Women Petaluma, California, 1993
Something for Gladys [1990]
Beauty Standards [1978] 1st United Methodist Church Pasadena, California, 2006; Roberts Creek BC, Canada, 1999 (with Kate Kasten)
The Clue in the Old Birdbath [1978] Little Apple Productions Omaha, NE, 1999 (with Kate Kasten); Red Hen Productions Cleveland, OH, 1999; Stage Left Chicago, IL, 6-month run 1993; produced nearly every year from 1978 to 1993
10-MIN PLAYS
Only Human [2008] Spotlight Program, ART, Portland, OR 2008
Murder at Chez Rouge [2008] 24-Hour Theatre, Winterhaven School, Portland, OR 2008
10 Minute Makeover [2006] Emergence Festival Staged Reading, 2006
Forgiveness by the Book [2005] Readers Repertory Theatre Staged Reading, April 2005
Burning Up [2004] Emergence Festival Staged Reading, July 2004
The Bobbsey Twins Go to Hell [1999] Pentacle Theatre, December 1999; Moon Tribe Films, 2006
A New Daddy [1993]
Forever, Okay? [1988] performed regularly in forensics contests
PUBLICATIONS
The Scent of Forgiveness [2009] Perceptions Art Magazine
Switchblade [2007] ICWP's Monologues by Women Playwrights
Alberta: A Chamber Opera [2006] Oregon Literary Review
Common as a Loaf of Bread [2000] Journeys Across the Rainbow
My Alamo [2001] Best Stage Scenes 1999, Smith & Kraus
Cistern [2000] Whispers from Heaven
Birthday Boy [2000] Whispers from Heaven
The Hounding [1999] The Fiction Works
Forever, Okay? and Revival [1999] Fall Edition, 1999 by Brooklyn Publishers
AWARDS
Second Place, Short Fiction, 2002, Alabama Writers Conclave, Vince
Grant, 2002, Regional Arts & Culture Council
Quarter Finalist, 2001/2, Moondance Film Festival, Stage Play Division, Something's Got to Give
Finalist, 2001, PNWA, non-fiction book award category, The McCorkle Toe
Finalist, 2001, Kernodle Playwriting Competition, Something’s Got to Give
Finalist, 2000, Oregon Book Awards, Bobbsey Twins Go To Hell
FOUNDER
PenPlay, a group of playwrights and screenwriters dedicated to staging works by women and people of color addressing class, gender, diversity. 2007 to date.
Portland Women’s Theatre Co. 1981-1984 Founded the group; directed, produced, raised funds. Provided guidance until it was well-established, then left to devote energy to writing. Company continued to thrive until 1993.
Actors’ Sorority 1977-1980 Co-founded this ensemble with Kate Kasten. Acted, directed, costumed, choreographed tap-dances. Wrote plays singly, in collaboration, and as a collective.