Writing: Scripts for Stage, Screen, and Audio
Some scripts I am especially proud of…
Holmes & Watson
Doctor Watson has been grieving the death of Sherlock Holmes for three years when Holmes suddenly returns to Baker Street, expecting a warm welcome from Watson. But the reunion is not a happy one: Watson is
Relativity
It’s a radio-drama serial unlike any other … because you experience what the characters in the show experience. Because like you, their understanding of the situation is drawn solely from sound and imagination…
The Thousand and One Nights
…in this play audiences see the contest to find the perfect wife for a handsome prince — a contest in which one of the candidates is an enchanted tortoise! They get to see an evil magician
The Ransom of Red Chief
My goal was to bring O. Henry’s characters and situations to life and place them in the framework of some additional characters who carry out some of the “offstage action” described in the original story.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The challenge I was given by Theatre UAB was to adapt the whole novel so that it could be performed in under an hour (!) with all the roles being played by five actors (!) …
Too Many Questions: An Evening with Virginia Durr
My beloved Vulcan Park and Museum commissioned me to write a play about Southern political activist Virginia Durr. I had to confess I didn’t know who Virginia Durr was.
Alvin Vogtle Escapes!
I had heard of Alvin but did not know the details. But the broad strokes of his story are widely-documented — and fictionalized in the book and film The Great Escape —
A Matter of Conscience: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
Drawing on these men’s own words, and on stories others told about them, I was able to creative a narrative throughline that gave the two men the opportunity to voice their opinions in open debate with
Herlock
HERLOCK is a light-hearted mystery-drama web series featuring two extraordinary young women who combine their talents to fight for justice in an unjust world.
Corrections
The ongoing radio drama serial Corrections gives me the chance to work with a truly unique group of collaborators: inmates of the maximum-security Donaldson Correctional Facility.
Bodylove
The 80-episode run of Bodylove was one of the most satisfying writing experiences of my life