Theatrically Me
I have been writing my whole life. My undergraduate cultural anthropology degree manifested itself in a keen eye to the field of science and scientists and their foibles. This resulted in the play on Fool’s Gold (later to be Cold Fusion), a piece that looks at the difference between men and women in science as they respond to a controversy roiling their scientific community. The work had a table reading at the Goodman Theatre where it was suggested it would make a good musical. In quest of that I obtained a play writing certificate from Loyola University Chicago, attended the New Tuners musical writing workshop, and expanded my repertoire of plays. I have returned with the same passion I had for my research to my plays with retirement. Cold Fusion the Musical is now more than a figment of imagination consisting of 21 songs (book and lyrics by myself, composed by Kyra Leigh). Cold Fusion in its musical form was read at the Chicago Dramatist’s Russ Tutterow Theater May 25, 2026 and is now in revision.
In addition to Cold Fusion I have a play, House of Butterflies, in which the element Lead plays a leading role driving hallucinations of a tetraethyl gasoline worker. House of Butterflies had directed audience readings at Loyola University Chicago and Seattle University. In Jessie and the Architect a precocious teen encounters Mies van der Rohe, the modernist architect, living in purgatory in her public high rise housing project kitchen. Short plays (15 minutes or less) include the following. A 10-minute play Whose Story Is It? explores the difficulty of experiencing love even when offered. In Turkey Bones un-acquainted guests arrive for Christmas at sub zero temperatures. Gates to Hell explores old friendships gone bad. His Stuff: what happens when a basement has to be cleaned out? Abe and His Inner Voice follows the travails of a young scientist as he sets out on a service-learning journey.
One full length play is in the research phase to yet be named (place holder name “First!”) on the first amendment.
Cold Fusion
House of Butterflies
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Whose Story Is It?
Sylvain CORDIER/Gamma-Rapho/Getty ImagesJessie and the Architect
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First!
The Gate to Hell