Current Writing Resume
FULL-LENGTH OR ONE-ACT PLAYS
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
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
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
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.