It’s the day after Princess Diana died, and the five girls on the Study Culture Abroad trip have just visited Auschwitz. Next on the itinerary is a ginormous Polish meal. No one feels like eating but everyone feels like they should. Hearts will break, friendships will end, and by the end of dinner it’s unclear just how many of them have slept with their teacher. A play about how self-loathing can skew one’s capacity for empathy.

6W/2M

Workshops: Playwrights Horizons, CalArts. Finalist for the L. Arnold Weissberger Award.

Days after 9/11, the few surviving employees of an investment firm based near the top of the Twin Towers gather in a New Jersey warehouse. Shell-shocked and grief-stricken, they work around the clock to reconstruct what’s left of their company. But as they struggle to recoup their losses, they wonder: what does getting “back to normal” really mean?

3W/1M

World Premiere: Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville.

“Really good…a gut-punch of a reminder of what we did to feel useful, to comfort others and to care for ourselves after everything changed.” —Louisville Future

“A powerful meditation on how to rebuild in the aftermath of chaos and destruction.” —Lexington Herald-Leader

Available for purchase here.

When an aspiring fashion designer clumsily spills coffee on a vintage fur coat, she takes it to a dry cleaner where she meets Yossi, a young Hasidic Jew with dreams of his own. A love story about independence, self-exploration, and defining your dreams.

3W/2M

World Premiere: Six Points Theatre, St. Paul MN.

“Crackles with sexual tension… a hothouse drama about an achingly forbidden liaison. You might need a cold shower afterwards.” —City Pages

“Asks questions worth pondering. How do we reconcile the old with the new, or do we? Are some differences insurmountable? Who owns a neighborhood?” —MinnPost

When teenage Milena posts angry videos on the internet, she accidentally starts a revolution…but is she ready to lead?

2W/1M

World Premiere: Stages Repertory Theatre. West Coast Premiere: Awesome Possum Theatre Symposium.

“Stein’s point is that when people are sufficiently frustrated, they will rally around anyone and anything…Wallflower has plenty of smoke.” —Houston Chronicle

A punk rock riff on Hamlet, in which Gertrude, an ex-punk rock star and the fading first-lady of a falling nation, gives one last concert as the palace walls come tumbling down.

2W/2M

World Premiere: Theatre @ Boston Court. Workshop Production: Workhaus Collective.

“Dynamically effective…a nervy experiment.”—LA Times

“Genuinely fresh and fun, possessing sufficient brass to obviously revere the greatest play in the English language while spray-painting dirty words over it when no one's looking.” —City Pages

Available for purchase here.

In 1895, a scientist stumbles upon a light that illuminates what has never been seen before. In flash, the X-ray is born. Bone Portraits is a wild ride of old-time Vaudeville, Victorian romance, and Gothic horror, taking us back to the moment when the world split open like an atom, and nothing was ever seen the same way again.

2W/3M

Productions: Stillpoint (NYC), Live Girls! (Seattle), Arizona State University. Commissioned by EST/Sloan.

“A theatrical delight…fun as well as fascinating.” —Backstage

“A roller coaster ride through the archives of history.” —ASU News