I’ve always appreciated a good story. 

 

I started spinning my own tales while living on a remote Greek island through letters back home. The characters and encounters I described to family and friends turned into short stories. After receiving encouraging comments about my dialogue, I ventured into playwriting.

 

Born in the Midwest near Lake Michigan, I’ve traveled widely and lived in a variety of locations before winding up in Florida (of all places). My windows (including portholes) have always overlooked a lake or a river or an ocean. Naturally, water seeps into my stories and plays. Back on land, Wind Farm, is set on a generations-old dairy homestead.

 

I strive to create complex contradictory characters that confuse the audience’s biases. My “lofty goal” is to write intellectually challenging dramas which are not meant to settle questions, but to fuel debate. 

 

I'm curious and fascinated by impulsive decisions and how we present our better or worse selves under stress.  I tackle faith in the face of danger in my two-act play, Affirmation, and showcase drama among old friends in Facing Up. My first novel Thumb Luck, is a story about two free-spirited, Midwest women hitchhiking to California in the 1970's. My most recent achievement, Nothing To Go On, details one chaotic night in a tumultuous marriage. I'm excited to launch my next novel, Wind Farm, an adaptation of the two act play.

 

Four of my 2-act plays and four 10-minute plays have received staged readings at The Laboratory Theatre and at Theatre Conspiracy and are ripe for further discriminating attention. See my listing at the New Play Exchange website.   “Wind Farm” (2-acts) was a semi-finalist at the 2015 Ashland New Plays Festival.  “The Long Trick,” a 10 minute play, was a finalist and read on stage in 2015 at An Evening of New Plays, by The Naples Players, in Florida.

 

Inducted as a member of The Theatre Conspiracy Playwrights under the leadership of Bill Taylor, Artistic Director of Theatre Conspiracy, Fort Myers, Florida.  I completed David Mamet’s enjoyable on-line Master Class in playwriting and I’m a member of The Dramatists Guild of America.

 

I received “Best Short Story Award” from the Florida Weekly’s annual writing competition for “The Lesson.” This story also won first place from the Gulf Shores Writer’s Association, of which I am a member. These awards granted a seat at the Florida Gulf Coast University Sanibel Writer’s Conference twice.

 

I’m a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, with a B.A. in Arts Management.

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I recently launched my latest novel, "Brave New Farm,"

which I adapted from the two-act play, Wind Farm.