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I'm so glad you decided to take a look at my work! Below are samples of all my completed works, including character descriptions and prop lists. Whenever I finish new pieces, this will be the first place you can view them! If you have any questions or want to see the full script, don't be afraid to send me a message!


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"Hotel Amorous, 1941"

Behind every window, there is a story, and the rooms of the Hotel Amorous are filled with stories of intrigue and tragedy. This chapbook features the accounts of six separate guests in an Old Hollywood hotel on the night of a mysterious murder, and how their lives have interwoven on this fateful night.

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How to Kill Your Husband by The Wife (Short Film)

Directed by Jesse Uguccini


Framed as a 1950's infomercial, this short film follows the advice of housewives who are sick of constantly being expected to serve their husbands and flip from helping to ultimately killing their husbands. 


This short film was included in Baldwin Wallace University's annual RISE Festival, produced by BW Empowered.


To see the film individually, follow this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k3o50rysem28478/How%20to%20Kill%20Your%20Husband%20by%20the%20Wife.MOV?dl=0


What a Girl Really Wants

10 minute. Drama, period. Produced at Madlab theatre in Columbus in July 2019.


Addison is a teenage girl sent by her mother on a mission to buy a new dress. However, Addison has put on a decent amount of weight recently and struggles to find new clothes that fit. In the dressing room, two familar voices show up in her head: the good and the bad. The two voices fight for control as Addison struggles to accept her new self.

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Video of "What a Girl Really Wants"

A recording of when the show was produced at Madlab Theatre in Columbus, Ohio in July 2019.


If I Had Never Found Him

10 minute. Drama. Produced at Madlab theatre in Columbus in July 2018.


It is a short, inspirational play that centers around the theme of "what if." Destiny, as an adult, runs into her old high school boyfriend Chance. The two reminise. Then, in a suprising twist, Chance gets shot and killed. As Destiny lays over his dying body she confesses her ultimate love for him, even these many years later, as she remembers what their past was like and wonders what it would be like had they never met.

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Video of "If I Had Never Found Him"

A recording of when the show was produced at Madlab Theatre in Columbus, Ohio in July 2018.


The Lives Between the Lines

Full length. Drama. Produced at Big Walnut High School in April 2018.


Colleen Myers is a struggling writer stuck in an abusive relationship, when suddenly her past gets thrown back at her. As it turns out, she was a completely different person in high school who went under the name of Evie Juliet Caswell. After the arrival of her old best friend and crush, she is forced to face her past and evaluate whether or not she should’ve  left it behind.

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On and Off Stage Over the Years

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