An anatomy of a murder at a prestigious New England college. "What am I going to do with my life?" anxiety taken to bizarre extremes.

Las Vegas, present day. Nigerian Olujimi “Jimi” Sonuga is a former political prisoner and internationally renowned author. By day, he heads the Institute for Literary Asylum, an organization that sponsors and shelters writers who’ve been victims of political imprisonment and torture. By night, he lives in a crypt-like room in the Luxor Las Vegas, has a girlfriend who's young enough to be his daughter, doesn’t sleep and regularly plays blackjack at 4 a.m.

Ric Ruby, a Vegas lowlife, shows up at the Institute, claiming to Jimi that he’s a writer (he has a blog) and has been a victim of political imprisonment and torture … by the United States of America. Ric’s claim seems bogus … but the more he interacts with Jimi, the more Jimi, a victim of torture himself, senses that Ric’s story may be true. Ric leads Jimi down a rabbit hole of pain rediscovered, creating a bond between the two men that borders on madness.

Character actors Bill and Louise are long-divorced. Young leads Hank and Jessie just broke up last night. All four of them are appearing in a regional production of WHO'S HYDE?, a radical re-imagining of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. Small dramas backstage are echoed and extrapolated onstage -- although not in the directly parallel way one might expect. It's even up for grabs whether or not WHO'S HYDE? is a dazzling illumination of a classic or a pretentious piece of crap. And all of this is played out during the course of one performance, in real time.

HOUSE OF HUMOURS is a love letter to actors and a comic/romantic feast of dualities: male/female, old/young, art/science, boss/worker, backstage/onstage, Jekyll/Hyde.

An adaptation, with Dog Ear member Jennifer Maisel and April Vanoff, of S. Ansky’s original classic. The profane world of everyday necessity interacts with the sacred and dangerous world of the occult in this rich portrait of life in an 1870s Polish shtetl. Chanon, a young student fascinated with the forbidden, mystical world of the Kabbalah, is enamored with Leah, the daughter of a local bigwig. When Leah, under the demands of her father, marries into a wealthy family, Chanon dies of grief … and returns as a malevolent spirit to possess Leah. The townspeople entreat Rabbi Azrielke, a renowned “exorcist�, to help the girl. But is the retired, world-weary old man up to the task? This vivid adaptation heightens the language of the spirit world while capturing the life of the shtetl with frank and humorous immediacy. Featuring a vibrant and haunting musical score by O-Lan Jones.

An adaptation of the Euripides original, created for a cast of nine women. Co-written with Jan Lewis and the original ensemble.

A contemporary, fantastical drama about the mystical dimensions of love. Two young women pledge themselves to one another, but can their commitment survive when threatened by unforeseen obstacles of human and spiritual dimensions? Inspired by S. Ansky's The Dybbuk.

Genius portrays the lives of Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas and their coterie of artists and writers from 1903 through 1947. In bringing to life such personalities as Picasso, Hemingway, Matisse, Braque, Fitzgerald and more, Genius explores and questions the concept of “genius” and “celebrity.” What makes a genius? What character flaws do we allow, and even embrace in our geniuses? Using a free-flowing, presentational style, incorporating everything from choral passages to blank verse interior monologues, Genius is an adventurous journey through the terrain of Gertrude Stein’s dynamic, 20th Century world.

Note on casting: Genius was written to be performed by a company of eight women. If men are cast, cross-gender casting is encouraged.

CIA recruitment in academia. "Professor" Beverly Dade recruited student Tessa DeCinces seven years ago; now they're on their first covert mission together. A reunion in which nostalgia is never far removed from menace.

A suburban mom worries about her 13 year old daughter’s immersion into witchcraft and self-mutilation. As the daughter casts a spell with her own blood, the mother journeys into her own dark side and ultimately relives the bloody ecstasy of her child’s birth.

With an eye for fashion and a handy pair of scissors, Jewish-American textile designers Max and Rachel (alias “George” and “Abigail”) infiltrate the high society of the Ascot Races, circa 1910. But is the hair-raising anti-Semitism they witness enough to make them blow their cover?

Trying to sell fabric in Beijing on New Year's Eve 2000 is making one American sales rep feel awfully insignificant. His wife finds solace in reading Gone With the Wind. A man, a woman, a hotel room, and the Decline of the American Empire.

A woman loses her husband's masterpiece: Douglas, a life-sized taxidermy elephant. How do you lose an elephant? What does this do to a marriage?

An electrical blackout, two boys, a scary, dual-faced mask ... and an unnerving meeting years later. A tale told by man and mask.

A local woman and her college-senior lover on the eve of his graduation from a nearby college. She's been drying the same plate since morning. What makes a good day’s work?

Four 10 minute plays written for the Virginia Avenue Project "One on One" series, in which an adult interviews a child and then writes a 10-minute play for them to perform together. All 4 plays are for 2 males and the original boys were 12-15 years old. These plays can be performed separately or together.

Bug Brothers -- Two half-brothers, one 13 and one 35, locked together in a car, driving cross-country. The ways in which they "bug" each other intensify until a classic showdown in Monument Valley brings unexpected results.

The End of the Bench -- Major League Baseball. A jaded, faded veteran and an ambitious rookie at the end of the bench. Somebody has to be sent to the minors after today's game. Major League mind games ensue.

The Buddy System -- Two 13 year old boys, old friends, go on a treacherous rock climb and, as they climb, they look back on key events in their friendship to see why they're not feeling very friendly anymore.

Fits for a King -- Time: The Middle Ages. Cliff, a socially conscious jester, and Ferdy, his pragmatic agent brother, have drastically different ideas about what Cliff should perform in his upcoming debut before the King. The age-old conflicts of Art vs. Commerce and Speaking Out vs. Watching Your Back explode in hilarious fashion.

Words make Lisa uncomfortable. Dance, song, and sounds, however, are something else entirely.

1906: A chipper, young U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officer experiences malaria, madness, and manifest destiny at the building of the Panama Canal.