2. when the stars trembled

One day in 2012, I heard a Hispanic storyteller named Nasario García tell stories about his abuela, his grandmother who lived besides a river in an isolated valley, the Río Puerco. I saw the stories as a play. Nasario agreed. I adapted his first book of oral histories into a play called “When the Stars Trembled in Río Puerco.” It was the first play I wrote, co-produced and directed. It opened to full houses and great reviews at Teatro Paraguas in Santa Fe (April 2014) and in an Albuquerque at the National Hispanic Cultural Center as part of the Latino theater festival Siembra (September 2014).

Also in 2013 & 2014:

Undo
1W, 2M
30 min
An older couple's visit to their techie Indian neighbor's apartment triggers a crisis in their marriage.

The Players Club, NYC (2014) as part of Things Unsaid, three short plays for three nights only, dir. Melissa Atterbery.

Greenland
1W, 1M
15 min
Nik, a young man originally from India, is losing his hair to cancer. Greenland is where he imagines his hair goes. In conversation with an old friend, he confronts his estrangement with his family.

Staged Reading, Santa Fe Play House, November 2013