LATELY…

In February ‘26, LEMURIA heads to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts for the ‘26 Colorado New Play Summit. Come visit if you have complicated feelings about KING LEAR and/or an inner monologue that sounds like Chain Smoking Julie Andrews.

In Winter ‘25, I joined PlayPenn’s 2026 cohort of playwrights. We’re going deep on the nuances of contract law — and I love that. Please send all-season recs for unmissable gin martinis, curries, and key lime pie in Philly!

In Fall ‘25, LEMURIA was nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the oldest and largest playwriting prize honoring women+ writing for the English-speaking theatre. I also spent Halloween Season drafting a variety of new projects: some for stage & some for screen. I’m collaborating on a musical — writing libretto and co-writing lyrics — with the extraordinary Alex Bechtel (PENELOPE). Guess which scandal-stirringJazz Age banger we’re adapting?

In Summer ‘25, I returned to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference on staff. The Conference is a singular space, a rare collision of my Appalachian & NYC homes. I also taught a summer playwriting course through UNC Asheville’s Great Smokies Writing Program.

As my neighbors in Asheville and greater Western NC continue to rebuild after Hurricane Helene, I’m volunteering with a community-based archival, oral history, and arts project called COME HELL OR HIGH WATER.

My plays and screenplays tend to grow from questions or curiosities about:

• the American South(s)

• Shakespeare

• the lives of queer folks, now & through time

• the Venn Diagram Almond between folk music & opera

• ambivalence towards fast food chicken

• ghosts & myths of family (born & chosen)