Raising David Walker
Boston, Massachusetts. 1979. The city is racked by racial violence over court-ordered busing to achieve school desegregation. Serena Fox, an African-American college student, takes a class on the history of racism and becomes captivated by the ideas and passion of David Walker, the militant 19th century Black abolitionist who was based in Boston.
The Draft
is an interweaving of the real-life experiences of 10 young Americans – eight men and two women – whose lives were shaped and forever changed by the military draft during the Vietnam War.
Guided Tour
Joe Bell was a celebrity—a popular tour guide at Elmwood Hall, a famous Gilded Age mansion in Rhode Island. But for the last 14 years, Joe has been in jail. It’s now 1986, and the world has forgotten about Joe Bell. But not Susanna Hatch. The young white law student believes Joe was framed by the FBI as part of its campaign against black militants in the turbulent Civil Rights era.
Identity Crisis
Alan Guthrie can’t believe his Irish-American good luck. The veteran slacker/stoner is about to marry a woman who inexplicably adores him and he has a chance to make a legitimate living at something he’s excited about. But Alan’s blissful and prosperous future is cast into doubt when Frankie White, his best man and former college roommate, stops by before the rehearsal dinner. At least he claims to be Frankie White. The problem is that the guy Alan knew in college was white. This man is black.
I’m Not at Liberty to Say
For years Cynthia Spalding has dreamed of being a mother. Now it’s about to happen. She and her husband, James, are preparing to fly to Guatemala to collect their new adopted baby daughter, Rosa. But on the eve of their departure, their car, parked on the street outside their house, is destroyed by fire.
I’m a British-American playwright and recovering actor based in Boston, Massachusetts. Over the years, I’ve written eleven full-length plays and 20 short plays; won six national new play awards and three playwriting fellowships; and had more than 100 productions and readings of my work in the U.S. and internationally.
Read full bio“Notice is a clever, metatheatrical play on meaning and the way experience alters perception, all embedded within an absurdist, self-referential comedy.”
Notice – Buffalo News
“…A very daring, engaging and entertaining piece of work.”
I’m Not at Liberty to Say – Tinderbox Theatre Company, Belfast, Ireland
“A tart, fresh, smart take on things that have grown toxic in the culture at large. If laughter is the best medicine, our healing around issues of race and social privilege begins here.”
Identity Crisis – Edge Media, Boston, MA
“… Exuberant … splendid … poetic …”
Guided Tour – The Beat, South Carolina