PUBLISHED HIGHLIGHTS
“AMDA Graduate Luke Tennie’s Recipe for Success”
Interview with actor Luke Tennie for AMDA News, published on the AMDA website and newsletter.
“Broadway Shows to Watch in 2025”
AMDA News article showcasing AMDA Alumni performing in new Broadway shows. This article is featured on the AMDA website and newsletter.
Published by Underwater New York and winner of their Brooklyn Book Festival writing competition.
AWARDS
WINNER: Merrily We Roll Along Rooftop Writers Initiative, in collaboration with the Stephen Sondheim Foundation, American Theater Wing's Jonathan Larson Grant, and American Express®, honoring the talents of emerging writers.
My original dramedy pilot Belly Up advanced to the semifinals of the ScreenCraft TV Pilot Script Competition
What We Do in the Shadows spec script advanced to the Second Round in the Austin Film Festival contest
EXTRAS, EXTRAS
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES/SAMPLES
"The Secret Life of the Pit Musician"
We’re one of the most audible parts of a production and definitely the most hidden.
The true story of when the pit musicians had to play onstage was published on Thought Exhibit and GainesvilleScene.com
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"Andrew Tyson: Note-by-Note, City-by-City"
At a sole piano singing at the base of a tiered audience, he began arched over the keys, the way one would toil over a meaningful project.
Interview originally published on GainesvilleScene.com, where I was their Art+Entertainment Editor. Full interview can be read here.
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"Rachel Barton Pine: From Baroque to Heavy Metal"
She played all of Bach’s Partitas and Sonatas from memory, a program that only a few other violinists on Earth can manage.
This interview with a renowned violinist of our time was published on GainesvilleScene.com
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"Midnight Memories: Turning 21 at a 1-D Concert"
“Ugh, he’s so hot!” an eight-year-old girl exclaimed….When I was eight, the only thing I referred to as “hot” were Bagel Bites fresh out of the microwave.
This experience was published on GainesvilleScene.com
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"Tara's Informal Guide to Gainesville Theatre: Clybourne Park"
The Premiere Article of my theatre column: Tara's Informal Guide to Gainesville Theatre!
Act I is like an episode of “Mad Men” if Don Draper took the day off, and Act II is like a particularly raunchy episode of “Friends.”
This review was published on GainesvilleScene.com
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"Uncharted Backwoods"
A poem written during Syracuse University's Summer College Creative Writing Class. One of five poems published in I Am From Berlin.
"Perhaps you remain lost in this forest, In this desert, But the time will arrive when Those alien destinations become familiar. Even comfortable."
Read the entire poem here.
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"An Afternoon's Elegy"
A short story about the death of my beloved Siberian Husky, Bella. It won first place in the nonfiction category for the Hillsborough Council of Teachers of English writing contest in 2011. It was published in the book of winning entries titled Feelings, Facts, and Fantasies.
"Barely audible underneath the rhythm I was rehearsing [on my violin]was the sound of howling. I slung my bow off of the strings to listen to my surroundings as the vibrations under my chin clamored until they were inaudible. Had that noise just come from Bella? “Bella, what’s wrong?” My mom asked. “What’s the matter sweetie?” She continued as her silhouette disappeared into the living room.
When I reached the family room, Mom was crouching over Bella and stroking the top of her head, which was unnaturally lying on the wooden shelf of a piece of furniture. Her chest was unsteadily and stiffly heaving. Even my violin appeared uncomfortable as I set it down against a pillow on the stiff living room couch. It was impossible in that moment to perceive the symbolism it would later hold when I returned home and found it calmly laying right where I had left it; a bold statement as it seemed so exposed and lonely on the starch white couch."
Read the entire short story here.