Published Plays
“Little Boy,” Masque & Spectacle: An Arts & Literary Journal (March 1, 2024, #27)
"Preordained: A One-Minute Play,” Literature Today: An International Literary Journal, Spring 2023
“Easter Sunday,” The Ponder Review, Spring 2022 (6, no. 1)
“The Best Polish in Chicago,” Contemporary One Act Plays: Vol. 4, ed. Som (Fresh Words, 2022)
“Border Crossing,” Contemporary One Minute Plays: Vol. 1, ed. Som (Fresh Words, 2022)
“Empty Shelves” in Laughter Is the Best Medicine: Forty-Five 5-minute Plays in the Time of
Coronavirus, ed. Debbie Lamedman (Smith & Kraus, 2021)
"The Summer Season" (an adaptation of Carlo Goldoni's Villeggiatura trilogy in The Mercurian: A
Theatrical Translation Review, Fall 2020 (viii, 2; semifinalist for 2013 Manhattan Theatre Works Newborn Festival
“You” in The Love Book (Collages & Bricolages, 2002); earlier version in Onion River Review, Fall, 1996
Produced Plays
The Old Neighborhood Zoom reading. Northport Readers Theatre, Northport, FL, Feb. 12, 2024; produced for "The Fifth Annual Orange County International 10 Minute Play Festival" at the Sugar Loaf Performing Arts Center (Chester, NY; Dir. Erin Woodward), Aug. 6, 2021
Easter Sunday, staged reading. Northport Readers Theater, Northport, FL, Oct. 16, 2023; radio adaptation broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Oct. 20, 2022, on KeppelFM 91.3; produced by Theatre One Productions at the Alley Theatre, Middleboro, MA, for the Slice-of-Life New Works Play Festival, June 17 and 18, 2011
Full Moon, staged reading, Theatrikos, “Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase,” Flagstaff, AZ, Sept. 16-17, 2023; radio play broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Oct. 19 and 21, 2023, on KeppelFM 91.3
Walpurgis Night, produced by GreenMan Theatre Troupe for “8 to the Barista” at Brewpoint Coffee Café (Elmhurst, IL; Dir. Kimberly Brumirski), July 14-16, 2023 (Audience Favorite: 1st place); radio adaptation broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Oct. 13, 2022, on KeppelFM 91.3; and by Hercules Radio Players for “The Olde Tyme Radio Hour” (New Orleans, WAMF, 90.3 fm), March 13, 2019, and downloaded as a podcast (33:50 mark).
Border Crossing, produced for The Gi60 international One-Minute Play Festival in Houston, July 6 &
7, 2023; video presentation at 35:30 here
Intervention, radio play broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, June 29 and July 1, 2023, on KeppelFM 91.3
Roadkill, produced by Chicago Dramatists for “The Network 10-Minute Play Festival”
(Chicago, IL; Dir. Joshua Fardon), August 20, 2022; radio adaptation broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Aug 9, 2022, on KeppelFM 91.3; produced by Hercules Radio Players for “The Olde Tyme Radio Hour” (New Orleans, WAMF, 90.3 fm), Feb 20, 2019, and downloaded as a podcast (https://soundcloud.com/user-703577474/olde-tyme-radio-hour-feb-20-2019 8:20 mark; produced by Fine Arts Assoc. of Lake County (Willoughby, OH) for the “The Originals: 20th Annual One Act Festival” (Dir. Ann Hedger), April 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 2016; staged readings produced by Yeppoon LittleTheatre (Queensland, AUS) for “Script in Hand,” March 18, 2023, and by The Dandelion Theatre for “The Make Ready Series” at Galway Arms Pub (Chicago IL), Aug. 11, 2015; selected as semi-finalist for the 2016 “10-MinutePlay Fest,” Durango Arts Center (Durango, CO); 2017 “Minnesota Shorts,” Mankato, MN; and 2020 “Little Wonder Radio Play” in Paris, France; short listed for both the 2021 & 2022 Short+Sweet Festival in Dubai
The Bright and Shining Future produced by First Run Theatre for “Spectrum 2022: A Festival of Short Plays” at The Chapel (St. Louis, MO; Dir. Robert Ashton), March 4-6, 11-13, 2022
The Interview produced by GreenMan Theatre Troupe for “8 to the Barista” at Brewpoint Coffee Café (Elmhurst, IL; Dir. Gina Palmer), July 14-16, 2022
The Wedding, produced by Rhino Theatre Co. (Pompton Lakes, NJ) for the “6th Annual One-Act Jamboree” (Dir. Heather Maurietto), July15-17; for the “2018 Redeye 10s International Play Festival,” Oct. 27, 2018 (with performances at high-school theaters in Brownsville, KY; Nipomo and Paloma, CA; Stuttgart and Rheinland-Pfelz, Germany); produced by Camino Real Playhouse (San Juan Capistrano, CA) for the “ShowOff! Playwriting Festival”(Dir. Jack Coppock), Jan. 20-23, 27-29, 2017; produced by Black Box Theatre (Colorado Springs, CO) for the “Fives Playwriting Festival” (Dir. Nancy Holaday), June 26, 27, 28, 2014; by Second City for “Best of the Tens” (Dir. Jeremiah Howe), Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 2012; and by Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL, for the “Saturday Series” (10-minute Workshop; Dir. Jeff Poole), June 23, 2012. Recipient of First Prize for the Fall 2014 Helen Jean Play Contest; selected as finalist for the 2017 Edgefest, Birdhouse Theater, Milledgeville, GA.
The Year the Padres Won the Pennant, produced by Westchester Civic Theatre (Western Spring, IL) for the the "80'sx10 Play Festival" (Dir. Becca Easley), Oct. 1-2, 2021; Zoom production for "Never Tell Me the Odds" for the Crafton Hills New Works Festival, May 5, 2021 (Dir. Paul Jacques; Yucalpa, CA); produced by Theatre of Western Springs (Western Spring, IL) for the “The Directors’ Workshop” (Dir. Cal Turner), July 17-20, 2017; Table Reading by The Dandelion Theatre at Galway Arms Pub (Chicago, IL), July 22, 2017; adapted as a radio play and produced by 8 Scribes for Love, Sex, and Other Nightmares at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL ( Dir. Jonathan Fliess), April 22, 2012
The Tears of San Lorenzo, produced by Studio@620 (St. Petersburg, FL) for “The Radio Theatre Project: Spooky and Sweet,” Oct. 26, 2020 (Dir: Bonnie Agin); selected by Strange Rx Productions for their inaugural 2020 "Your Worst Nightmare Play Festival," canceled due to pandemic, but with a video adaptation here. Finalist for Stage Fright 2014, a production of the London Horror Festival
Empty Shelves, presented as part of "30 plays for 30 days", a project of American Blues Theater's 2020 "Ripped: The Living Newspaper Festival," June 2020; a shorter version was read online for the "One Minute Play Festival," Coronavirus Plays Project (April 2020).
Thinking Outside the Skinner Box, produced by Pittsburgh New Works Festival (Carnegie, PA) for its
"Original Play Reading Series,” May 6, 2019; Table Reading by The Dandelion Theatre for “The MakeReady Series”
at Galway Arms Pub (Chicago, IL), April 12, 2016
Vietnam Zippos, produced for Crafton Hills New Works Festival (Dir. Paul Jacques; Yucalpa,CA), July 7, 2022; for “2018 Short+Sweet Festival—Sydney” (Sydney, AUS) (Dir. Erika Ly), March 1-4, 2018; Wildcard Finals: March 31-April 1, ; Gala Final: April 5-April 7, 2018; produced for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—Auckland” (Auckland, NZ) (Dir. Sananda Chatterjee), Sept. 12-16, 2017; Gala Final:, Sept. 24, 2017; produced for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—Hollywood” (Hollywood, CA) (Dir. Todd Felderstein), July 20, 21, 22, 23, 2017; produced for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—South India” (Chennai, India) (Dir. Shravan Kartikeyan), July 12, 13,14, 15, 2017; produced by Blank Page Theatre for “Conditions of the Human Heart” (Dir. Tyler Tidmore), May 6, 2013; produced by American Blues Theater for “Ripped-From-the-Headlines: Election Edition” (Dir. Tyler Tidmore), Nov. 5, 2012; selected as semi-finalist for the Association for the Theatre in Higher Education's 2012 New Play Development Workshop; short-listed for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—Kolkata”
The War for Christmas, produced by New American Folk Theatre (Chicago, IL,) for the “The Scared
Sh#!tless Festival,” Oct. 9-11, 2017
The Canal, produced by Whiskey Rebellion Theatre for the program “The Whiskey Radio Hour:
Episode 12” at the Black Rock Pub (Dir. Egla Kishta), Aug. 8, 2016; available in audio as Part 3 of the "Whiskey Rebellion Radio Hour: Episode 12 here.
It’s Not Over ‘til the Bald Soprano Sings, produced by Gemco Players (Emerald, Queensland, Australia) for the
“Take Ten Festival” (Dir. Joy McLeary), April 15, 16, 17, 2016
Christmas in Vegas, produced by Three Cat Productions (Dir. Jason Smith), for the program “Holiday
Stories” at Berger Park Coach House, Chicago, IL, Dec. 3-5, 10-13, 17-20, 2015; Jan. 1-3, 2016
Reunion, produced by LowellArts (dir. Sue Bradford) for “Playbytes by Playwrights,” Oct. 16-15, 23-25, 30, 2015;
(Lowell, MI); produced by Fourth Street Theater (dir. Glenn Hering) for “6x10 PlayFestival,” Aug.21-23, 28-30, 2015 (Chesterton, IN); produced by Paw Paw Village Players (dir. Edmund Werden) for “One Acts Festival XVIII,” Feb.13-15, 20-21, 2015 (Paw Paw, MI); produced by AMSATT productions (Dir. Derek Garza) for the program “Art Meets Science at the Theater” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL July 11, 12, 13, 2014; produced by Summer Place Theater (Dir. Judy DiVita), Naperville, IL for “Ghost Stories in the Park in the Dark;” October 3, 4, 10, 11, 2009; selected as finalist for 2017 New Voices Halloween, Little Theatre of Alexandria (VA)
Exit 34, produced by Small Fish Radio Theatre for the program "The Inevitable Hour" as part of the 2015 Atlanta Fringe Festival (Dir. Trina Kakacek) May 25-June 7, and for “Atlas Interruptus” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL (Dir. Trina Kakacek), July 15, 2013; by AMSATT productions for the program “Art Meets Science at the Theater” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL (Dir. Derek Garza), July 11, 12, 13, 2014; produced as a staged reading by La Petite Morgue at Happy End Lounge, NYC, July 3, 2013; produced as a podcast by James Sedgwick & Rachel Cavic (Scattered Sounds) for Unhinged Worlds, Season 2, Episode 1, Oct. 2012
Caliban, Staged Reading produced by Three Cat Productions (Dir. Elyse Dolan) for “Third Chicago New Works Festival,” Feb. 7, 2015, at Berger Park Coach House, Chicago, IL; Table Reading (w/ paid actors), Chicago Dramatists, March 16, 2011; Workshop Presentation, Portland Repertory Company, Feb. 14, 1994
The Interview, Table Reading produced by The Dandelion Theatre for “The Make Ready Series” at Black Bottom Bar (Chicago, IL), February 10, 2015.
A Short History of the Mob in America, Staged Reading, “Next Draft Reading Series,” Three Cat Productions (Dir. Madison Smith), December 15, 2014
28ºC, produced by AMSATT productions for the program “Art Meets Science at the Theater” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL (Dir. Derek Garza), July 11, 12, 13, 2014
Security, Inc., produced by Theatre One Productions at the Alley Theatre, Middleboro, MA, for the Slice-of-Life New
Works Play Festival, March 22, 2013; produced by Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL, for the “Saturday Series” (10-
minute Workshop; Dir. Keira Fromm), November 5, 2011
“You: A Play in One Act,” Produced by The Theatre-Studio, New York, NY, March 1, 3, 11, 2000 (Dir. Julie Balzer), Aug. 27, Oct. 7, 8, 2000 (Dir. J. Zarro); short-listed for “2019 Short+Sweet Festival—Sydney (AUS)”
Easter Sunday, staged reading. Northport Readers Theater, Northport, FL, Oct. 16, 2023; radio adaptation broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Oct. 20, 2022, on KeppelFM 91.3; produced by Theatre One Productions at the Alley Theatre, Middleboro, MA, for the Slice-of-Life New Works Play Festival, June 17 and 18, 2011
Full Moon, staged reading, Theatrikos, “Northern Arizona Playwriting Showcase,” Flagstaff, AZ, Sept. 16-17, 2023; radio play broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Oct. 19 and 21, 2023, on KeppelFM 91.3
Walpurgis Night, produced by GreenMan Theatre Troupe for “8 to the Barista” at Brewpoint Coffee Café (Elmhurst, IL; Dir. Kimberly Brumirski), July 14-16, 2023 (Audience Favorite: 1st place); radio adaptation broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Oct. 13, 2022, on KeppelFM 91.3; and by Hercules Radio Players for “The Olde Tyme Radio Hour” (New Orleans, WAMF, 90.3 fm), March 13, 2019, and downloaded as a podcast (33:50 mark).
Border Crossing, produced for The Gi60 international One-Minute Play Festival in Houston, July 6 &
7, 2023; video presentation at 35:30 here
Intervention, radio play broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, June 29 and July 1, 2023, on KeppelFM 91.3
Roadkill, produced by Chicago Dramatists for “The Network 10-Minute Play Festival”
(Chicago, IL; Dir. Joshua Fardon), August 20, 2022; radio adaptation broadcast by the Yeppoon Little Theatre, Queensland, AUS, Aug 9, 2022, on KeppelFM 91.3; produced by Hercules Radio Players for “The Olde Tyme Radio Hour” (New Orleans, WAMF, 90.3 fm), Feb 20, 2019, and downloaded as a podcast (https://soundcloud.com/user-703577474/olde-tyme-radio-hour-feb-20-2019 8:20 mark; produced by Fine Arts Assoc. of Lake County (Willoughby, OH) for the “The Originals: 20th Annual One Act Festival” (Dir. Ann Hedger), April 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23, 2016; staged readings produced by Yeppoon LittleTheatre (Queensland, AUS) for “Script in Hand,” March 18, 2023, and by The Dandelion Theatre for “The Make Ready Series” at Galway Arms Pub (Chicago IL), Aug. 11, 2015; selected as semi-finalist for the 2016 “10-MinutePlay Fest,” Durango Arts Center (Durango, CO); 2017 “Minnesota Shorts,” Mankato, MN; and 2020 “Little Wonder Radio Play” in Paris, France; short listed for both the 2021 & 2022 Short+Sweet Festival in Dubai
The Bright and Shining Future produced by First Run Theatre for “Spectrum 2022: A Festival of Short Plays” at The Chapel (St. Louis, MO; Dir. Robert Ashton), March 4-6, 11-13, 2022
The Interview produced by GreenMan Theatre Troupe for “8 to the Barista” at Brewpoint Coffee Café (Elmhurst, IL; Dir. Gina Palmer), July 14-16, 2022
The Wedding, produced by Rhino Theatre Co. (Pompton Lakes, NJ) for the “6th Annual One-Act Jamboree” (Dir. Heather Maurietto), July15-17; for the “2018 Redeye 10s International Play Festival,” Oct. 27, 2018 (with performances at high-school theaters in Brownsville, KY; Nipomo and Paloma, CA; Stuttgart and Rheinland-Pfelz, Germany); produced by Camino Real Playhouse (San Juan Capistrano, CA) for the “ShowOff! Playwriting Festival”(Dir. Jack Coppock), Jan. 20-23, 27-29, 2017; produced by Black Box Theatre (Colorado Springs, CO) for the “Fives Playwriting Festival” (Dir. Nancy Holaday), June 26, 27, 28, 2014; by Second City for “Best of the Tens” (Dir. Jeremiah Howe), Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 2012; and by Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL, for the “Saturday Series” (10-minute Workshop; Dir. Jeff Poole), June 23, 2012. Recipient of First Prize for the Fall 2014 Helen Jean Play Contest; selected as finalist for the 2017 Edgefest, Birdhouse Theater, Milledgeville, GA.
The Year the Padres Won the Pennant, produced by Westchester Civic Theatre (Western Spring, IL) for the the "80'sx10 Play Festival" (Dir. Becca Easley), Oct. 1-2, 2021; Zoom production for "Never Tell Me the Odds" for the Crafton Hills New Works Festival, May 5, 2021 (Dir. Paul Jacques; Yucalpa, CA); produced by Theatre of Western Springs (Western Spring, IL) for the “The Directors’ Workshop” (Dir. Cal Turner), July 17-20, 2017; Table Reading by The Dandelion Theatre at Galway Arms Pub (Chicago, IL), July 22, 2017; adapted as a radio play and produced by 8 Scribes for Love, Sex, and Other Nightmares at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL ( Dir. Jonathan Fliess), April 22, 2012
The Tears of San Lorenzo, produced by Studio@620 (St. Petersburg, FL) for “The Radio Theatre Project: Spooky and Sweet,” Oct. 26, 2020 (Dir: Bonnie Agin); selected by Strange Rx Productions for their inaugural 2020 "Your Worst Nightmare Play Festival," canceled due to pandemic, but with a video adaptation here. Finalist for Stage Fright 2014, a production of the London Horror Festival
Empty Shelves, presented as part of "30 plays for 30 days", a project of American Blues Theater's 2020 "Ripped: The Living Newspaper Festival," June 2020; a shorter version was read online for the "One Minute Play Festival," Coronavirus Plays Project (April 2020).
Thinking Outside the Skinner Box, produced by Pittsburgh New Works Festival (Carnegie, PA) for its
"Original Play Reading Series,” May 6, 2019; Table Reading by The Dandelion Theatre for “The MakeReady Series”
at Galway Arms Pub (Chicago, IL), April 12, 2016
Vietnam Zippos, produced for Crafton Hills New Works Festival (Dir. Paul Jacques; Yucalpa,CA), July 7, 2022; for “2018 Short+Sweet Festival—Sydney” (Sydney, AUS) (Dir. Erika Ly), March 1-4, 2018; Wildcard Finals: March 31-April 1, ; Gala Final: April 5-April 7, 2018; produced for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—Auckland” (Auckland, NZ) (Dir. Sananda Chatterjee), Sept. 12-16, 2017; Gala Final:, Sept. 24, 2017; produced for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—Hollywood” (Hollywood, CA) (Dir. Todd Felderstein), July 20, 21, 22, 23, 2017; produced for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—South India” (Chennai, India) (Dir. Shravan Kartikeyan), July 12, 13,14, 15, 2017; produced by Blank Page Theatre for “Conditions of the Human Heart” (Dir. Tyler Tidmore), May 6, 2013; produced by American Blues Theater for “Ripped-From-the-Headlines: Election Edition” (Dir. Tyler Tidmore), Nov. 5, 2012; selected as semi-finalist for the Association for the Theatre in Higher Education's 2012 New Play Development Workshop; short-listed for “2017 Short+Sweet Festival—Kolkata”
The War for Christmas, produced by New American Folk Theatre (Chicago, IL,) for the “The Scared
Sh#!tless Festival,” Oct. 9-11, 2017
The Canal, produced by Whiskey Rebellion Theatre for the program “The Whiskey Radio Hour:
Episode 12” at the Black Rock Pub (Dir. Egla Kishta), Aug. 8, 2016; available in audio as Part 3 of the "Whiskey Rebellion Radio Hour: Episode 12 here.
It’s Not Over ‘til the Bald Soprano Sings, produced by Gemco Players (Emerald, Queensland, Australia) for the
“Take Ten Festival” (Dir. Joy McLeary), April 15, 16, 17, 2016
Christmas in Vegas, produced by Three Cat Productions (Dir. Jason Smith), for the program “Holiday
Stories” at Berger Park Coach House, Chicago, IL, Dec. 3-5, 10-13, 17-20, 2015; Jan. 1-3, 2016
Reunion, produced by LowellArts (dir. Sue Bradford) for “Playbytes by Playwrights,” Oct. 16-15, 23-25, 30, 2015;
(Lowell, MI); produced by Fourth Street Theater (dir. Glenn Hering) for “6x10 PlayFestival,” Aug.21-23, 28-30, 2015 (Chesterton, IN); produced by Paw Paw Village Players (dir. Edmund Werden) for “One Acts Festival XVIII,” Feb.13-15, 20-21, 2015 (Paw Paw, MI); produced by AMSATT productions (Dir. Derek Garza) for the program “Art Meets Science at the Theater” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL July 11, 12, 13, 2014; produced by Summer Place Theater (Dir. Judy DiVita), Naperville, IL for “Ghost Stories in the Park in the Dark;” October 3, 4, 10, 11, 2009; selected as finalist for 2017 New Voices Halloween, Little Theatre of Alexandria (VA)
Exit 34, produced by Small Fish Radio Theatre for the program "The Inevitable Hour" as part of the 2015 Atlanta Fringe Festival (Dir. Trina Kakacek) May 25-June 7, and for “Atlas Interruptus” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL (Dir. Trina Kakacek), July 15, 2013; by AMSATT productions for the program “Art Meets Science at the Theater” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL (Dir. Derek Garza), July 11, 12, 13, 2014; produced as a staged reading by La Petite Morgue at Happy End Lounge, NYC, July 3, 2013; produced as a podcast by James Sedgwick & Rachel Cavic (Scattered Sounds) for Unhinged Worlds, Season 2, Episode 1, Oct. 2012
Caliban, Staged Reading produced by Three Cat Productions (Dir. Elyse Dolan) for “Third Chicago New Works Festival,” Feb. 7, 2015, at Berger Park Coach House, Chicago, IL; Table Reading (w/ paid actors), Chicago Dramatists, March 16, 2011; Workshop Presentation, Portland Repertory Company, Feb. 14, 1994
The Interview, Table Reading produced by The Dandelion Theatre for “The Make Ready Series” at Black Bottom Bar (Chicago, IL), February 10, 2015.
A Short History of the Mob in America, Staged Reading, “Next Draft Reading Series,” Three Cat Productions (Dir. Madison Smith), December 15, 2014
28ºC, produced by AMSATT productions for the program “Art Meets Science at the Theater” at Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL (Dir. Derek Garza), July 11, 12, 13, 2014
Security, Inc., produced by Theatre One Productions at the Alley Theatre, Middleboro, MA, for the Slice-of-Life New
Works Play Festival, March 22, 2013; produced by Chicago Dramatists, Chicago, IL, for the “Saturday Series” (10-
minute Workshop; Dir. Keira Fromm), November 5, 2011
“You: A Play in One Act,” Produced by The Theatre-Studio, New York, NY, March 1, 3, 11, 2000 (Dir. Julie Balzer), Aug. 27, Oct. 7, 8, 2000 (Dir. J. Zarro); short-listed for “2019 Short+Sweet Festival—Sydney (AUS)”
Featured Readings
Featured Writer, TallGrass Writers Guild, Chicago, IL: Zoom, Oct. 24, 2020; The Book Cellar, Dec. 5, 2019; Sulzer Public Library, Oct. 5, 2019; Sulzer Public Library, July 21, 2019; Sulzer Public Library, April 20, 2019; The Book Cellar, June 13, 2018; The Book Cellar, March 16, 2018; Book Cellar, Dec. 14, 2017; Sulzer Public Library, Oct. 1, 2016; The Book Cellar, March 18, 2017; The Book Cellar, Dec. 15, 2016; Beverly (IL) Planning Assoc., Nov. 5, 2016; New Indie Lit Fest, Columbia College, Oct. 21, 2016; Sulzer Public Library, Oct. 1, 2016; The Book Cellar, Aug. 26, 2016; The Book Cellar, Dec. 10, 2015; Powell’s (IU Campus), Dec. 10, 2015; New Indie Lit Fest, Columbia College, Nov.14, 2015; The Book Cellar, May 15, 2015; Beverly Branch, Chicago Public Library, Oct. 4, 2014; Sulzer Public Library, Sept. 13, 2014; The Book Cellar, Aug. 22, 2014; The Book Cellar, Nov.15, 2013; Sulzer Public Library, Sept. 28, 2013; Printers Row LitFest, June 8, 2013; Immaculate Conception/St. Joseph Parish Center, Feb. 2, 2013; Wauwatosa Public Library (Wauwatosa, WI), Dec. 8, 2012; Printers Row LitFest, June 6, 2012; Oct. 16, 2011; Sulzer Public Library, Oct. 29, 2011; Printers Row LitFest, June 5, 2011; Bourgeois Pig, Nov. 23, 2010
Featured Author, “Eugène Briffault’s Paris à Table: 1846” (Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Chicago, IL), May 11, 2019; Podcast available from Culinary Historians of Chicago: https://culinaryhistorians.org/category/chicago-foodways-roundtable/
Featured Storyteller, Cabaret on the Lake, (Three Cat Productions, Chicago, IL): June 9, 2017; Aug. 14, 2015
Featured Writer, “Summer Shorts” (Richmond Manor, Chicago, IL), Aug. 22, 2015; “Summer Shorts”
(Richmond Manor, Chicago, IL), Aug. 16, 2014
Featured Storyteller, “Death and Pretzels Presents: What’s the Story?” (The Charnel House, Chicago, IL), June 12, 2015
Featured reader at readings sponsored by Oyez Review: Book Cellar (April 18, 2014), Roosevelt U.
(2008), Quimby Books (2007)
Reading from Before There Is Nowhere to Stand, Friends Meeting House (Ann Arbor, MI) and
Book Beat (Oak Park MI), April 14, 2013
Featured Writer, Tuesday Funk (Hopleaf, Chicago, IL): March 6, 2012; March 1, 2011
Featured Writer, Story Lab (Black Rock Pub, Chicago, IL) November 16, 2011
“An Investigation into the Life of Henry Frank, Screenwriter,” Twilight Tales Reading Series
“March Madness” (Uptown Writer’s Space, Chicago) March 1, 2008; (The Mix,, Chicago) December 10, 2007
Featured Writer, Twilight Tales (Red Lion Pub, Chicago, IL), October 9, 2006; September 26, 2005
Poetry Reading (juried), Around the Coyote Arts Festival (sponsored by Poetry Center of Chicago),
Chicago, IL, September 11, 2005
Poetry Reading (juried), StoneSong Arts Festival (sponsored by Indiana University), Monroe County Public Library,
July 3, 1999