WORM
This one act play was selected to be produced in Columbia College Chicago's One Act Play Fest '26. Worm is a cautionary tale about what can happen to a lesbian when young love gets distorted by religious turmoil. The play centers around a woman running into her ex girlfriend at the park. The pair manages to romanticize their past while never resting their all too constant arguing. Will they kill each other? Will they kiss? You never can tell. Everything comes to a screeching halt when the lead's current girlfriend comes looking for her…
CAST
JANE- Jordan Yarbough
JOY- Nicole Stocks
LILY- Wren Koziel
DESIGN TEAM
Director- Mya Alexander
Stage Manager- Natalie Medlock
ASM- Brandon Aroonsavath
Production Manager- Moe Kuhlmann
Combat- Abigail Ehrenberg, Amanda Brown
Photography- EmmaJane Bauer
We Make Monsters is a full-length immersive, devised production led under the direction of Brain Shaw. I, and nineteen other artist, collaborated in writing, creating, and performing this Columbia College Chicago main stage play. The cast was separated into four "tribes". My tribe being the "Woodland Tribe". We explored themes of climate change, family, and love. Eventually, through unfolding conflicts and devised movement, the tribes become entangled. The tension between being the "other" and fearing the "other" starts to unveil the monsters in us all...
CAST
Caleb Conver
Lana Howell
Ashely Lo
Scarlet Cheney
Gabbie Dalmacy
Lucy Kuhnen-Grooms
DaRon Wilson
Clara Fasani
Tyler Francis
Marcus Larson
Edgar Lopez
Ani Bulleit
Chandler Dukes
Lia Gil
Oliver Herold
Understudy: Emma Green
Understudy: Danielle de la Rosa
Understudy: Jonah Watwood
Understudy: Blu Wright
DESIGN TEAM
Director- Brian Shaw
Stage Manager- Ruby Lundeen
ASM 1- Lacy Ortiz
ASM 2- Marley Savarese
Intimacy- Julie Granata-Hunicutt
Combat- David Wolley
Lighting- Gabby Easterly, Andy Allcat, Nat Forsberg, Nathan Biron, Mark Comiskey
Sound- Zachary Swordlow, Nina Domanus, Benji Felix, Heather Young.
Costume- Kate Fraider, Darcy Frances Gibson, Morgan Coken, Carlee Walka
This full length play received a second rounder award at the Austin Film Festival in 2025. Hell's for Lovers is a postmodern play about religion and love through a feminist, sapphic lens. Seven deadly stories intertwined to make an all-American collage. Chalk-full of hard hitting themes such as; gun violence, motherhood, religion, queer joy, misogyny, and community. The play hides a deeper religious layer for some, for others, just a realistic tale. A protagonist's internal conflict might go completely unnoticed to a cis-het person and annoyingly, greedy antagonists may seem to take over the story. That is the intention. As tension builds in the play it can start to feel unbearable. However, it holds an ending that is intended to heal.
This excerpt was selected to be featured in MicroChicago's Orange Line series and was later selected for MicroChicago's 2025 Special Citations. The piece was performed at MicroChicago's Special Citations 2025. Just a Few Cents is a 10-minute monologue play set in a present day Chicago train car. We see how an unhoused individual, a college girl, and a lawyer intersect and reflect against each other. The main theme being privilege. How privilege is used, ignored, and earned. We see how transport is a public display of class and wealth disparity. It’s a form of transportation for some, and a shelter for others.
A postmodern one-act play set on a present day Chicago train car (inspired by Just a Few Cents). An older unhoused man and a charming girl share an unlikely bond. However, their lives clash together when an actress enters the scene. The friction leads to a string of complex tragedies. However, it concludes with a bittersweet flashback that intends to leave the audience with more empathy for those experiencing homelessness.