grease my chin
Tensions are running high on an annual family camping trip — and the onset of the zombie apocalypse sure doesn’t help. Disputes over parenting, pronouns, and privacy give way to a fight for survival as a family wrestles with its own monstrosity. In hereditary horror grease my chin, family secrets and passed-down prejudices come to light around the campfire in a blood-splattered battle between three generations.
Development History
Reading, Days of the Dead Festival at Frigid New York, dir. Elena Cramer | 2024
‘grease my chin’ at Frigid New York
The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin
Mystical. All-knowing. Divine. Such is the nature of the tarot — except for one card, who has no clue what the hell he’s doing. The Fool is your everyday midwestern teenager trapped in suburbia’s stranglehold, but today, he gets his long-awaited chance to learn the truth about his future, his family, and the magically mundane world they all inhabit. The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin is a coming-of-age adventure about magic run amok and a deck of cards dealing its own destiny.
Development History
Production, Summer One-Act Festival at The Chain Theatre, dir. Lucy Harrington | 2024
‘The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin’ at The Chain Theatre
When a Faggot Finds a Flower
Charlie doesn’t wish he were straight. He just wishes he could pretend to be. He wishes he could convince someone he was, or that he could attract one of the boys who can pull it off. But when presented with the chance to make his dream a reality, Charlie discovers the curious nature of fairies — in every sense of the word. When a Faggot Finds a Flower is a 15-minute fable about a boy who’s sick of his bent wrist, and what he stands to lose by straightening it out.
Development History
Production, Fresh Fruit Mainstage Festival at All Out Arts, dir. Lucy Harrington | 2024
AWARDS: Outstanding Short Work - Comedy, Outstanding Performance in a Short Work, Spirit Award
Reading, The Makers’ Ensemble, self-directed | 2024
Production, Vertigo Productions at Northwestern University, dir. Max Reichek | 2023
‘When a Faggot Finds a Flower’ at the Fresh Fruit Festival
dir. Lucy Harrington
feat. Nick Baum, Jude Cramer, & Sami DeVries
‘When a Faggot Finds a Flower’ at Northwestern University
dir. Max Reichek
feat. Rachel Arianna, Gus Glick, & Drew Slager
Regicide
When a veteran drag queen takes “death drop” too literally, a hosting gig is up for grabs at one of Milwaukee’s last gay bars. A seasoned queen bee and a talented newcomer are both poised to take her crown and secure their spot at the top of the food chain — but only one can reign supreme. Let the queer catfight commence! Regicide is a drag dramedy dripping with shade, show stopping lip syncs, and existential dread, probing why anyone, queer or otherwise, wants to be special in the first place, and what it means if you’re simply not.
Development History
Reading, PrideFest at The Tank, dir. Gavin Petersen | 2024
Workshop, Vertigo Productions at Northwestern University, dir. Adam Wysocki | 2022
‘Regicide’ in PrideFest at The Tank
dir. Gavin Petersen
feat. Hunter Anderson, Riley Bocchicchio, Seth Mabry, Clae Rountree, Kyle Vásquez, Brandon M. Weber, & Liz Weiner
Quantum Gravity
Arthur has a miraculous ability to travel through time. Unfortunately for him, so does Reid, a stranger from the present desperate to keep the timeline intact. As they race through iconic eras in queer history, the two find connection where they least expect it, and wonder if it’s worth losing your future for a chance to change your past. In sci-fi melodrama Quantum Gravity, the legacy of gay men’s sexuality comes face to face with its ugly present in an epic, expansive, and romantic adventure across time.
Development History
Reading, RE/VENUE NYC at The Paradise Factory, dir. Gavin Petersen | 2024
‘Quantum Gravity’ at RE/VENUE NYC
dir. Gavin Petersen
feat. Hunter Anderson, Declan Collins, Katie King, & Andrew Riccio-Hunter
