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Act One, Develop
Big news from digital surveillance and human vulnerability—Intimate Surveillance is a Gold Prize Finalist for the 2024 Clauder Competition at Portland Stage!
That means this award-winning play gets another round of live beta-testing, with a week-long development residency led by the focused and thoughtful Lisa DiFranza. If you’re near Maine—or just looking for a reason to road trip to a regional theatre that believes in bold new work—you can catch a public presentation of the piece on Wednesday, May 21, or Friday, May 23.
This opportunity is about more than a new perspective—it’s a chance to keep the conversation going. This piece explores the creeping normalization of digital control, the collapse of autonomy under the weight of convenience, and the deep human need for connection in a hyperconnected world. With each iteration, the play evolves. The characters deepen. And the questions sharpen.
A break in the development work at Northern Stage in February 2025
Being part of the Clauder Competition puts Intimate Surveillance in dialogue with a vibrant network of New England theatremakers—another reminder that serious new plays are being developed here, not just in New York, Chicago, or LA. I’m grateful to Portland Stage for betting on stories like this. Stories that ask: Who is watching? Who is profiting? And who decides what intimacy means in a world where everything is monetized?
Let’s get this reading on your calendar. Bring a friend. Bring your questions. And let’s keep developing the kind of theatre that won’t look away.
Act Two, Debut
This July, I’ll complete my time as a participant in the Curriculum in Motion® Institute at Jacob’s Pillow—an experience that’s moved me in all the best ways.
One of the projects I’ve been nurturing during this year-long exploration is Movement Before The Movement, a workshop designed to help us return to our bodies as places of knowing, connection, and quiet power.
A snapshot from Jacob's Pillow in the Fall!
Through simple prompts and low-pressure motion, we explore what the body understands before the brain catches up. There’s no choreography to learn, no performance to give—just space to move, feel, and notice. Together. It’s equal parts grounding and liberating.
I’m now leading these sessions in living rooms, libraries, backyards, and wherever people want to gather. And here’s where you come in…
Want to bring a session to your book group, BBQ, basement, or boardroom before the end of June? Let’s make it happen.
Whether navigating burnout, building community, or just curious what your body has to say, you are warmly invited. This isn’t about dancing “well.” It’s about moving with intention and letting movement do what it’s always done: remind us we’re alive and not alone.
Let’s debut something gentle, together.
Act Three, Dust-off
There’s nothing like the smell of an old script cracking open again. I’ve returned to the rehearsal room for A Safe Passage, which first premiered at The Player’s Ring in 2022. It’s being revived by Emily Karel and her company, Glass Dove Productions, and headed to the Kittery Community Center for a limited run.
Rehearsal room with Emily Karel and Wayne Asbury
This ghost story—set in a windswept lighthouse off the coast of Ireland—is part family drama, supernatural reckoning, and all heart. It’s been a joy to revisit the piece with fresh eyes (and fists!), building out the fight choreography and deepening the dramatic tension. Wayne Asbury steps into the role of Christy, bringing new energy and insight to this already electric script.
Performances run May 23–June 1 Kittery Community Center Get your tickets before they vanish into the fog: Grab your seat →
And speaking of hauntingly beautiful work making its return…
We’ve been gathering again around the campfire of You, Me, and the Woodsmoke. This time, with new artists in the collective and a renewed sense of purpose. The piece still centers on the quiet ruptures—between friends, within ourselves, and with the natural world—but we’re letting it shift shape as we go. The full production will return in the Fall…
🌞 Mark your calendar for June 22nd We’re planning something special for the summer solstice. Details soon.
Some stories don’t fade—they just wait to be remembered. Thanks for remembering with me.
