Previous Work

January, 2010: “The Weed on the Floss,” in Steampunk Tales #5.

November, 2009 : My short essay, “I’m From Mattawan, MI,” appears in the LGBT life stories blog I’m From Driftwood.

February, 2009: A new issue of Whistling Shade brings a new column of “The Theater Machine,” this time examinging Albert Camus’ Caligula.

November, 2008: “Head to Head: A Lettuce Comparison,” “The Reality of Carbon Offsets,” and “Environmental Impacts of Air Travel” published in the Do It Green! Minnesota 2009 annual edition.

October, 2008: “The Theater Machine,” my theater preview column, premieres in the Whistling Shade literary journal.

February, 2008: “The Order of the Four Legs,” co-written with Ben Layne, premieres as part of Theatre Unbound’s 24-Hour Play Project.

August, 2007: Bye-Bye, Beirut, a one-woman spoken-word memoir, premiered as part of the14th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival.

April, 2007: “Uncommon Vintage” published in Best Date Ever: True Stories that Celebrate Lesbian Relationships (Alyson Books).

February, 2007: “A ‘Shroom of One’s Own,” co-written with Elissa Mautner, premieres as part of Theatre Unbound’s 24-Hour Play Project.

October, 2006: “‘We Do’ - On Our Terms” published in We Don’t Need Another Wave: Dispatches from the New Generation of Feminism (Seal Press).

August, 2006: “Tess’s Lament (She’s Come Undone),” co-written with Betty Liedtke, performed as part of Theatre Unbound’s Best of the 24-Hour Plays at the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

August, 2005: I perform “It’s Hell Turning Sixty” as part of At Least One Shoe in the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

March, 2005: “Fischtick,” co-written with Kathy Coudle King, premieres as part of Theatre Unbound’s 24-Hour Play Project.

November, 2004: I perform scenes from Windsmith at Patrick’s Cabaret.

August, 2004: I perform “The Hebrew Word for Tapeworm” as part of Agog in the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

February, 2004: I perform “The Hebrew Word for Tapeworm” as part of Verbal Intercourse at Patrick’s Cabaret.

January, 2004: “The Vengeance Exam,” co-written with Buirge Jones, premieres as part of Theatre Unbound’s 24-Hour Play Project.

January, 2004: I read “The Bright Light at 50k” and selections from my novel-in-progress, The Ballad of Bandric Keep, for the SASE The Write PLace GLBT reading series at Patrick’s Cabaret.

August, 2003: I perform “When Bookworms Attack!” as part of Verbal Intercourse at Patrick’s Cabaret.

March, 2003: “Tess’s Lament (She’s Come Undone)” premieres as part of Theatre Unbound’s 24-Hour Play Project.

May, 2000: “What to Do When You Have No Mother: the Consequences of Motherlessness in Macbeth and King Lear” earns Macalester College’s Harry Scherman Award for Critical Writing.