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Selected Productions, Publications and Honors
- The Side Door. A novel. July 2010. Spinsters Ink Publishers. Winner: Golden Crown Literary Society, Dramatic General Fiction 2011. Honorable Mention: Eric Hoffer Award 2011. Nominated: Lambda Literary Award, Young Adult, 2011.
- “Four Shorts.” Flash fiction. In Silk Road. Volume 5. 2010.
- “Mrs. Tucci’s Tree.” A short story. In 34th Parallel Issue 8. 2009.
- “It’s Just the Wind.” A ten-minute play accepted for production at the 2007 Boston Theater Marathon. The Calderwood Pavilion. Boston. May 20, 2007.
- Give the Dog a Bone: a full-length play. June 9-25 2006. Indianapolis. Beckmann Theatre Company.
- Give the Dog a Bone: a full-length play. Accepted for development as one of seven plays at the Indiana Theatre Association’s (ITA) 2005 Conference. A finalist for the Basile Award.
- “Salamander.” A short story published in Stories From Where We Live: Great Northern Prairie, Ed. Sara St. Antoine. An anthology. Milkweed Editions. 2001.
- “Town.” A gouache and ink painting in Seven Days, a weekly newspaper that features the work of local artists. “Front Page Gallery.” 13 June 2001. Burlington, Vermont.
- “A Fable About Seashells that Used to Be Hands.” A short story published in Room of One’s Own Vol. 21:4, Winter 98/99.
- Snow Tires. One of five plays selected for inclusion in the New Play Development Workshop of the Playwrights Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). New York City. 1996.
- Two Daughters and Their Dead Mama. One of five plays selected for inclusion in the New Play Development Workshop of the Playwrights Program of the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). San Francisco. 1995.
- A Closet Year: A play in three acts. Green Candle Theatre Company. Burlington, Vermont.1995 Season.
- No Chemistry. A one-act play published in Collages and Bricolages: The Journal of International Writing. Ed. Marie Jose-Fortis. Clarion, Pennsylvania. Vol. VII, 1993.
Education
- 1988 – M.F.A. in Playwriting. Indiana University.
- 1984 – M.A. in Modern Letters. University of Tulsa.
- 1982 – B.A. in General Studies. University of Arizona.
Teaching
- Regis College. Weston, Massachusetts. September 2007-2010.
Lecturer in First Year Writing and Fiction Writing. - Boston University. Boston, Massachusetts. September 2003-2007.
Lecturer in first year writing. - Simmons College. Boston, Massachusetts. September 2003-2006.
Lecturer and Writing Specialist. - St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vermont. January 2002-December 2002.
Lecturer in writing and literature. - Community College of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. Spring 1997 and Spring 2002. Instructor of writing.
- Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont. August 1997-December 2001.
Instructor of writing and literature - Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. August 1993-May 1996.
Core Faculty of writing and literature and Writing Center Director - Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri. August 1988-July 1993.
Instructor and Assistant Professor of writing and literature