You Should Be So Lucky
Poh Poh teaches her granddaughter, Jenny, to make dumplings for the Lunar New Year in her Chinatown apartment. As Jenny learns more about her culture, history, and family, she discovers that there are some secrets Poh Poh won't share, and the changing neighborhood isn't leaving space for them.
Winner of the 2025 American Blues Theater Blue Ink Award for Playwriting
Readings & Development: Denver Center for the Performing Arts Colorado New Play Summit, Breaking & Entering Co. Disorderly Conduct Workshop Series, Moxie Arts Incubator at WP Theater, Keegan Theatre Boiler Room Series, 4615 Theatre Company, Peacedale Global Arts New Work, NY
Finalist: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Bay Street Theatre Tidal Wave New Works Festival, Amphibian Stage SparkFest, Good Apples Collective Rootstock Reading Series, Downtown Urban Artists Festival, Fresh Ground Pepper PlayGround PlayGroup
Honorable Mentions: Epiphanies New Works Festival
The Ancestry Dot Com Play
Samia never knew her father, and her secretive Lebanese mother is more interested in watching Wheel of Fortune than providing answers. While she’s proud of her Arab American heritage, Samia wishes she knew more about her family history — until her friend does her DNA test without her consent, making Samia confront just how much knowledge about her ancestry she can handle.
Readings & Development: Premiere Stages Play Festival Reading Series, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship, Art House Productions INKubator Play Lab, NEXT ACT Capital Repertory Theater
Semi-Finalist: Ojai Playwrights Conference, Bay Area Playwrights Festival (x2), O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, Rattlestick Theater Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, Pipeline Playlab, The Civilians' R&D Group
Finalist: Leah Ryan Award, PlayPenn New Play Conference, Playwrights Center CORE Fellowship, American Blues Theater Blue Ink Award, Bay Street Theatre New Works, Live Arts Waterworks Festival, Noor Highlight Reading Series
Honorable Mentions: Distillery New Works Festival, 2ST SWANA Reading List
Off-White; Or the Arab House Party Play
2002, NYC suburbs. Leila, a half white, half Arab teenager, was absent on 9/11. Now her classmates are suspicious. When her parents go out of town, her two best friends and the power of Britney Spears combine to help Leila win over her class by throwing the house party of the century. But when the only party guests are the girls' crushes and room temperature Four Loko, fears and distrust threaten Leila's relationships. Off-White examines Islamophobia, queerness, the fleeting nature of social currency, and the disguises we wear to survive.
Readings & Development: NYTW Mondays @ 3, Backstitch Story Arts, Digital Dramaturgy Project, The Workshop Theater Winter Writers Intensive, Breaking & Entering Theatre Co. PEA Festival
Semi-Finalist: O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, American Blues Theater Blue Ink Award, New Dramatists Princess Grace Award, Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival, Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Finalist: Amphibian Stage SparkFest, Dramatists Guild Foundation Fellowship, The Playwrights Realm Writing Fellowship 2021
Honorable Mentions: Distillery New Works Festival, Epiphanies New Works Festival, ScreenCraft Stage Play Quarterfinalist
The Newlywed Game
When a young couple from different backgrounds take a big adult step and host their traditional families for Thanksgiving, everyone comes armed with food and secrets. But when they drop the bomb that they are engaged, it begs the question: how can you ever know when you’re ready to start your future?
Winner of the 2023 B Street Theatre New Comedies Festival
Productions: B Street Theatre (Reviews: Broadway World Review, Theatre Habit Review)
Readings & Development: B Street Theatre New Comedies Festival, Theater for the New City New City New Blood, Centenary Stage Company Women Playwright Series, Athena Project Plays In Progress Series
Semi-Finalist: Normal Ave NAPseries
Finalist: Ensemble Studio Theatre Youngblood
Honorable Mentions: Epiphanies New Works Festival