RESUME

WRITING EXPERIENCE (TV)

Scriptapalooza, Los Angeles, CA
Scriptapalooza TV Writing Competition (Aug. 2007)
Won "First Prize" in the One-Hour Drama Category for "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" -- a spec script of Fox's HOUSE M.D.

NBC-UNIVERSAL, New York, NY
LAW & ORDER (Sept. 2004)
Co-wrote the Sweeps Week Episode entitled "Gov Love"
with producer Richard Sweren.  *2005 Emmy submission.*

ABC Daytime Television, New York, NY
ALL MY CHILDREN (July 2001)
Hired to write a sample script for the daytime drama.

WRITING EXPERIENCE (BROADBAND)

LonelyGirl15 Productions, Santa Monica, CA
LONELYGIRL15 (Summer 2007)
Writer and consultant for Web-based interactive series.  Helped integrate product placement into ongoing storylines.  Crafted logic/word puzzles for series' blogosphere.  Worked with writing staff to finalize Season 1.

WRITING EXPERIENCE (THEATRE)

Azuka Theatre Company, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Sept. 2006)
Short play THE CATTY CORNER produced in festival.  Also, produced at the Cherry Lane a year earlier as part of the Ten-By-Ten program with the Lincoln Center Directors' Lab.

HERE Arts Center, New York, NY
15th Annual American Living Room Series (Aug. 2004)
Directed and wrote two plays entitled PUSH POLLING and SEMPER HI-FI. 

Hypothetical Theatre Company, New York, NY
New Plays Development Series (Aug.- Sept. 2003)
One of three playwrights chosen to develop new plays for the company's 2003-2004 season. Production of KRYPTONITE CITY.

American Globe Theatre, New York, NY
New York City 15-Minute Play Festival (May 2003)
Directed and wrote SEMI-COLON RIGHT PARENTHESIS, which won the following awards: Best Play, Audience Favorite, Honorable Mention for Directing, Best Actor, and Best Actress. 

Cherry Lane Theatre, New York, NY
Mentor Project Fellowship (Oct. 2000 - June 2001)
Selected for full-year development and production of play THE SHOEBOX OF EBBETS FIELD.  Mentored by playwright Michael Weller. Interview.

WRITING EXPERIENCE (PUBLISHING)

Kappa Publishing, Blue Bell, PA
GAMES MAGAZINE (2007)
Conceived and developed a new puzzle entitled
NAME METAMORPHOSIS for May issue.

DC Comics, New York, NY 
JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES (2002)
Hired to develop and write a comic book script based on an original idea.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

City University of New York, New York, NY
BROOKLYN COLLEGE (2005)
Adjunct Faculty of Radio and Television Writing

JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE (2004)
Adjunct Faculty of Speech and Theatre

AWARDS

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artist's Grant (2002)
Dramatists Guild Playwriting Fellowship (2001-2002)
Ensemble Studio Theatre Playwriting Fellowship (2001)
Shubert Presidential Scholarship (1999-2000)
Tibbie Rosenfeld Brown Award in Playwriting (1997)
Harold and Mimi Steinberg Prize in Playwriting (1997)

ADDITIONAL RECOGNITION

Featured in photographer Peter Bellamy's book on American playwrights.  Excerpt included in the October 2006 edition of POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY and online.

EDUCATION

Columbia University, New York, NY
Master of Fine Arts -- Playwriting

AFFILIATIONS

Writers Guild of America, East