Writing Experience

I am a highly adaptable writer of various disciplines with the ability to tailor my voice and tone to any context.

I’ve written for the stage and screen for myself and others with a particular emphasis on comedy writing. I’ve written essays and cultural criticism for publications including Indiewire, Autostraddle, Slate, and The Boston Globe – as well as my culture blog, Room Tone. I am a regular contributor to the film section of the Chicago Reader. Additionally, I’ve written press releases, blog entries, social media posts, and advertising copy for various clients in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. 

Oh yeah, and I went viral for pretending to be Lydia Tár on Twitter.

Samples are available upon request.

As seen in…

Screen & Stage

  • Produced & Commissioned Work:

    2019 - Secret Handshakes, Writer, “The Discovery”

    A commissioned screenplay for an entry in the short anthology web series about friendships, Secret Handshakes. The web series was canceled before beginning production.

    Two best friends decide to investigate whether a rumored sexual phenomenon is real through a series of scientific experiments parodying prestige dramas such as A Beautiful Mind and The Imitation Game.

    Sample of “The Discovery” available upon request.


    2017 - Comedy Showcase, Writer

    Wrote and produced a comedy showcase of sketch, improv, and stand-up comedy with a small team of peers. Co-wrote the opening musical number “Maybe This Time,” and closing sketch “Pepsi,” and wrote the sketch “Magic Duo,” about a married pair of magicians who hash out their divorce during their hotel residency.

    Sample of “Magic Duo” available upon request.


    2016-2017 - Film Revue, Head writer

    Head writer and producer for sketch show celebrating and skewering movies.

    Oversaw two runs of Film Revue, each with new sketches centered on a theme. The first theme focused on Oscar-winners and featured sketches covering Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, Ben-Hur, movie musicals of the 60s (Oliver, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, The Sound of Music), Annie Hall, The Godfather, Amadeus, The Silence of the Lambs, snubbed films of the 2000s, and The Artist. The second run focused on various genres including kids’ movies, action films, romances, sex comedies, and more.


    2016 - boxes., Playwright

    One-act play received premiere at Prop Thtr, produced by Nomads Art Collective. David, a 43-year-old bachelor, and Jules, the 18-year-old daughter of David's best friend, spend an evening together as dark secrets are revealed and trust is gained and lost.

    Sample of boxes. available upon request.


    2016 - Polyanna, Playwright

    New play workshopped with a staged reading as part of DePaul University Theatre School’s Wrights of Spring Festival.

    After her assistant Bryan drunkenly kisses and professes his love to her at an office Christmas party, Sharon, a children’s book publisher, urges him and his boyfriend Paul to embrace a polyamorous relationship – one that includes her.

    Sample of Polyanna available upon request.


    2016 - Waiting For Godot: A Promenade Piece, Co-devisor

    A two-person devised absurdist adaptation of Waiting For Godot, produced for DePaul University Theatre School’s Wrights of Spring Festival.

    This adaptation of Waiting For Godot promises to bring new and exciting interpretations to the text… that is if the production ever actually happens.

  • I am currently in the process of developing my screenplay Won’t You Join Us on Holiday? — a vacation-gone-wrong psychosexual thriller.

    More information is available upon request.

    Treatments

    I have treatments available for a feature-length woman-led dark drama about reconciling trauma from one’s youth and for a feature-length romantic queer dramedy that takes place over 48 hours in Chicago.

    Spec Scripts

    TV spec script samples are available upon request.

Chicago Reader: Lowering the curtain

Trump’s brutal cuts to federal arts funding demonstrate the vulnerability of a culture sector tied to state ideology. How will Chicago artists and presenters rebuild? July 16, 2025

Award Recognition:

2026 Peter Lisagor Award Finalist - Best Arts and Entertainment Reporting (small or medium print/online)

2026 AAN Award Finalist - Arts Feature (Long Form)

“The idea of a ‘nonprofit industrial complex’ may sound like a metaphor, but the Trump administration seems hell-bent on making it bluntly literal. The Revolution Will Not Be Funded warned of the danger of getting in bed with the feds precisely because they can do what they’re trying to do right now. The slashing of federal budgets is explicitly intended to force nonprofits to conform to the administration’s ideology if they don’t want to risk losing the funds they need to survive.”

Read now

Featured FEATURES

Zoe Saldaña’s ‘Emilia Pérez’ Defense at the Oscars Raises Key Questions About Mexican Cinema: Hear from Those Fighting to Save It

IndieWire speaks to Latin American programmers, curators, and filmmakers about the restoration efforts redefining Mexico's past cinema — and paving its future for films like "Sujo," rejected at the Oscars. March 5, 2024

“However Saldaña might feel about Mexico’s relationship to ‘Emilia Pérez,’ it is nonetheless true that the movie’s narrative hangs on the brutal impacts of the country’s cartel violence, invoking the country’s sociopolitical landscape. Meanwhile, ‘Sujo,’ Mexico’s submission for Best International Feature, approached the same subject, holding Mexico in its heart while investigating violence, identity, and how characters navigate a culture of machismo and live up to the promise of their names. Despite making the Oscars shortlist, ‘Sujo’ — distributed in the U.S. by The Forge, a newer outfit — had a very limited release in the States and was added to VOD at the end of February.”

Read now

The Best Theatre Films of 2024 Weren’t Musicals

The film releases of recent years telegraph an interest within the industry to return to its theatrical roots — or at least a belief that there’s money to be made by turning to Broadway for inspiration. December 27, 2024

“For all these flashy celebrations of theatre on the screen, the resulting products are often empty sketches that are more interested in capitalizing on Theatre Kid Energy than understanding why the art form has persisted for centuries. These films view theatre as an artifact to improve upon rather than embrace. This has led to an influx of musicals afraid to be musicals — and arguably even films afraid to be films.”

Read now

Explore a century of follies and film at the Elmhurst History Museum

A new exhibit on movie theater history and local industry runs through January 5. October 2, 2024

“Travel west of Chicago, though, and there are a few places that have withstood time: movie theaters. In fact, Oak Park’s Lake Theatre, Downers Grove’s Tivoli Theatre, and Elmhurst’s York Theatre are three of the oldest operating cinemas in the Chicagoland region, and they have a total of 284 years in operation between them. The York—the oldest of these three—celebrates its 100th anniversary this year.”

Read now

Cheese-en-scène

Themed movie menus that pair double or triple features with curated charcuterie. July 24, 2024

“Moonlight (2016) director Barry Jenkins once said in an interview with Bon Appétit, ‘When you cook for someone, this is a deliberate act of nurturing. This very simple thing is the currency of genuine intimacy.’ I’ve been thinking about this lately, not just in regard to the sensitive closing act in Jenkins’s film, but in how I share and express love through the act of personal curation—from baking an improvised summer solstice quiche for me and my husband to carefully putting together movie recommendation lists for my friends.”

Read now

Palacios Para La Gente

Most of Chicago’s dedicated Spanish-language movie theaters have disappeared, but the histories and cultures that they encompassed are worth remembering. June 20, 2024

“While former movie palaces have often been the center of architectural preservation efforts in Chicago, initiatives to preserve the memories that occupy each theater are scarcer.”

Read now

Coming soon—to a theater near you?

Both chain and indie theaters are limited by accessibility and distribution, but the local scene is ready to adapt. December 1, 2023

“It is sometimes said that every map of Chicago is the same map. The reverberations of redlining and segregation in the city inevitably display themselves in most reported metrics, including income levels, pollution, access to public transportation, housing, and even voting patterns. Movie theaters may not be an issue as detrimental as the inequalities that divide Chicago’s communities, but the waning of their presence mirrors larger issues of economic opportunity in the city, community investment, and access to recreation and culture throughout Chicago.”

Read now