Bio
I’m a writer, an actor, and a mom. Originally from New York (I’m a Long Island girl), I’m now proud to call Los Angeles my adopted city. My latest one-woman show, UNDER THE JELLO MOLD, premiered at the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Festival where it won Best Solo Performance and Producer’s Encore awards and was named ‘Pick of the Fringe’, as well as earning a nomination for Top Of The Fringe (the only solo show to do so). I developed the show into a screenplay, which was a semi-finalist in the Diverse Voices Screenwriting Contest, and a second-rounder in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition. My first one-woman show, YOU MUTHA! A ONE-MOTHER SHOW, ran for two years in Los Angeles and was featured in the 2005 N.Y. Fringe Festival. You can see me on screen in the films GLORIA BELL, SPINNING MAN, and LEGEND OF THE MUSE, or on episodes of GAMES PEOPLE PLAY (BET), I'M DYING UP HERE (Showtime), ONE DAY AT A TIME (Netflix), GREY'S ANATOMEY:B-TEAM (ABC.com) and THE MIDDLE (ABC). Or you may catch me on late-night re-runs of HEROES, WITHOUT A TRACE, THE BERNIE MAC SHOW, MY NAME IS EARL, WILL AND GRACE, and BECKER. I’ve done a ton of Los Angeles theatre and wrote and directed my own short film, BREAK. I’m also the writer/co-star (with Tippi Hedren) of the short TEA WITH GRANDMA. When not doing artsy-stuff, I’m probably spending time with my family: my husband Jonathan, my sons, Harry and Sammy, and our two little mutts.
Resume
Writing
THE VISTA BOCA LOCA SOCIAL CLUB - in progress
Book writer of musical currently in development
5-STAR WEEKEND - Webseries, 2020 - ongoing
Co-creator/writer of short-form anthology comedy online series, created during COVID19 crisis.
UNDER THE JELLO MOLD - Feature Screenplay, 2020
Adapted from her own one-woman show; semi-finalist, Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition; quarter-finalist, Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition; Second-rounder, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition; quarter finalist, Screencraft Comedy Contest
ONE NIGHT AT POPS - Short Screenplay, 2019
Official selection CinemaStreet Women's Short Screenplay Competition.
UNDER THE JELLO MOLD - One-Woman Play, 2017
Premiere - Hollywood Fringe Festival, Ruby Theater at the Complex, June 2017
For current information about UNDER THE JELLO MOLD, go to www.UnderTheJelloMold.com
BREAK - Short Screenplay, 2016
Official Selections of Independent Filmmakers Showcase, Burbank, We Make Movies, and Lonely Seal International Film Festivals
DOES IT MAKE A SOUND? - 10-minute play, 2015
Part Four of FOUR TREE PLAYS, premiered at Hollywood Fringe Festival, Schkapf, June 2015
TEA WITH GRANDMA - Short Screenplay, 2001
Official Selections of New York International Independent, Chichester International (Winner - Best Short Film), and the Carolina Film & Video (Winner - Best Narrative-Drama Short) Festivals
Acting