Nycwriter
@nycwriter.bsky.social
Playwright and dramaturg. Depressed and anxious, but getting by.
A Pot of Basil, or, Thank You for Being a Friend opens today at @theratnyc.bsky.social and runs Saturdays and Sundays through August 31!
August 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
A Pot of Basil, or, Thank You for Being a Friend opens today at @theratnyc.bsky.social and runs Saturdays and Sundays through August 31!
I’ve written a surreal comedy about surviving the 2020 COVID pandemic in NYC, “A Pot of Basil, or Thank You for Being a Friend” playing at @theratnyc.bsky.social Aug 23-31.
August 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I’ve written a surreal comedy about surviving the 2020 COVID pandemic in NYC, “A Pot of Basil, or Thank You for Being a Friend” playing at @theratnyc.bsky.social Aug 23-31.
I recently played Lisa, an Ibbur, in Cyndi Feinman’s wonderful new play “The Golden Ibburs” at the New York Theatre Festival.
July 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I recently played Lisa, an Ibbur, in Cyndi Feinman’s wonderful new play “The Golden Ibburs” at the New York Theatre Festival.
On “Eliza Doolittle Day” (May 20)…rehearsing “A Penny Bunch,” a play about London flower sellers by Vera Beringer and A. Neil Lyons. Performing at the Heights Players June 6 and 7 as part of the Directing Workshops.
May 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
On “Eliza Doolittle Day” (May 20)…rehearsing “A Penny Bunch,” a play about London flower sellers by Vera Beringer and A. Neil Lyons. Performing at the Heights Players June 6 and 7 as part of the Directing Workshops.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
March 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Rehearsal on Saturday.
February 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Rehearsal on Saturday.
Music rehearsal for “One Feather at a Time” with Gary Lizardo, Mara Jill Herman, Alyssa Click, and Xenia Clement. Looking forward to our reading Feb. 15 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
February 1, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Music rehearsal for “One Feather at a Time” with Gary Lizardo, Mara Jill Herman, Alyssa Click, and Xenia Clement. Looking forward to our reading Feb. 15 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
“One Feather at a Time” started rehearsals today. We’re the first show to rehearse in the beautiful new Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab at the New York Library for the Performing Arts.
January 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
“One Feather at a Time” started rehearsals today. We’re the first show to rehearse in the beautiful new Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab at the New York Library for the Performing Arts.
Printing copies for first rehearsal tomorrow
January 17, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Printing copies for first rehearsal tomorrow
Another tree…this is a musical tree at a dry cleaners in my neighborhood. I look forward to seeing and hearing it every year.
December 22, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Another tree…this is a musical tree at a dry cleaners in my neighborhood. I look forward to seeing and hearing it every year.
Always a thrill to see the tree at Rockefeller Center
December 19, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Always a thrill to see the tree at Rockefeller Center
Just submitted my thesis. I have not slept in 48 hours and I wish I could have written a good part of it differently, but it’s done.
December 17, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Just submitted my thesis. I have not slept in 48 hours and I wish I could have written a good part of it differently, but it’s done.
Getting through the last days before my thesis deadline on Advil and peppermint ice cream
December 13, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Getting through the last days before my thesis deadline on Advil and peppermint ice cream
Thanking the Heights Players in my acknowledgments…now back to the works cited, which I should have kept better track of
December 13, 2024 at 4:00 AM
Thanking the Heights Players in my acknowledgments…now back to the works cited, which I should have kept better track of
Happy to see the familiar polar bear and nutcracker on the walk from the subway to the Heights Players…now back to writing the epilogue for my thesis
December 9, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Happy to see the familiar polar bear and nutcracker on the walk from the subway to the Heights Players…now back to writing the epilogue for my thesis
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
Flowers from today’s walk
November 27, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Flowers from today’s walk
Central Park near sunset
November 25, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Central Park near sunset
Inspirational scenery from Central Park walk today….
Overheard on my way there….”if you don’t believe in yourself who the hell can you believe in?”
Overheard on my way there….”if you don’t believe in yourself who the hell can you believe in?”
November 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Inspirational scenery from Central Park walk today….
Overheard on my way there….”if you don’t believe in yourself who the hell can you believe in?”
Overheard on my way there….”if you don’t believe in yourself who the hell can you believe in?”
Trying to keep calm during revisions by drinking fancy elderberry and strawberry tea…and following the advice on this mug from my former writing teacher
November 21, 2024 at 3:25 AM
Trying to keep calm during revisions by drinking fancy elderberry and strawberry tea…and following the advice on this mug from my former writing teacher
Another night of thesis revisions….
November 20, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Another night of thesis revisions….
Late night thesis writing. Trying to wrap my head around nineteenth century melodrama, the New Drama, and the Independent Theatre Society…while also trying not to eat too many junior mints.
November 19, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Late night thesis writing. Trying to wrap my head around nineteenth century melodrama, the New Drama, and the Independent Theatre Society…while also trying not to eat too many junior mints.
More Central Park…memories of a beautiful walk when I am staying inside today rewriting my thesis
November 17, 2024 at 7:28 PM
More Central Park…memories of a beautiful walk when I am staying inside today rewriting my thesis
One of my favorite places in New York — the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. A place of community and solace.
November 17, 2024 at 8:48 AM
One of my favorite places in New York — the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. A place of community and solace.