Full-Length Plays

2022:

Robert Returns, directed by Steven Samuels, The Sublime Theater, Asheville, NC.

2019:

BERLIN: Ein Gruselkabinett (co-authored), directed by John Crutchfield, UNCA Department of Languages and Literatures, Asheville, NC.

My Crazy My Love, directed by Steven Samuels, The Sublime Theater, Asheville, NC.

Heimat Nirgendwo/Nowhere Home (co-authored), directed by John Crutchfield, UNCA Department of Languages and Literatures, Asheville, NC.

2018:

TRNZ, directed by Steven Samuels, music by Holiday Childress, The Sublime Theater, Asheville, NC.

Wo der Schuh drückt (co-authored), directed by John Crutchfield, UNCA Department of Languages and Literatures, Asheville, NC.

2017:

Malverse, directed by Steven Samuels, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC)

2016:

I’m Not Afraid (co-authored) directed by John Crutchfield, MAUS Theater of Berlin, Germany.

no[w]here home (co-authored), directed by John Crutchfield, MAUS Theater of Berlin, Germany.

2015:

The Jacob Higginbotham Show, directed by John Crutchfield, music by Mary Zogzas, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC.

Unreal City (co-authored), directed by John Crutchfield, MAUS Theater of Berlin, Germany.

2013:

The Strange and Tragical Adventures of Pinocchio, directed by John Crutchfield, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC.

Come Thick Night, directed by John Crutchfield, My Favorite Leg Theatrical Company, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, NC; MAUS Theater of Berlin, New York International Fringe Festival (2014), New York, NY.

2012:

Landscape With Missing Person, directed by Steven Samuels, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC; New York International Fringe Festival (2013), New York, NY.

Solstice, directed by John Crutchfield, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC.

2011:

The Labyrinth, directed by Steven Samuels, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC.

Ruth, directed by Steven Samuels, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC; original production directed by Eric Johnson, Blue Shift Theatre Ensemble, Lenoir-Rhyne College, 2003)

The Songs of Robert, directed by Steven Samuels, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC; New York International Fringe Festival (2009), New York, NY); original production directed by Eric Johnson, Blue Shift Theatre Ensemble, North Carolina Governor’s School East, 1998.)

2008:

Ivory, directed by Jim Ostholthoff, Corpus Theatre Collective, Asheville, NC.

2007:

Die Physiker/The Physicists, a bilingual adaptation of a play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, directed by Joel Williams, Department of Theatre and Dance, and Department of Foreign Languages, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Jack-In-The-Park Tales, an adaptation of selected Southern Appalachian folktales, directed by Kim Cozort Kay, Blowing Rock Stage Company, Blowing Rock, NC.

2006:

And Other Stories, directed by Joel Williams, Department of Theatre and Dance, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

2005:

Twelve Treatises on Memory, directed by John Crutchfield, Jynormous Theatre Company and Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; Odyssey Stage (2006), Chapel Hill, NC; NCStage Catalyst Series (2007), Asheville, NC; Third Stage (2008), Greensboro, NC; Audacity Theatre Company, Dublin Fringe Festival (2008), Dublin, Ireland; Anam Cara Theatre Collective (2013), Asheville, NC.

Shorter Works

2014:

EFL: A Tragicomedy in Three or More Acts, directed by John Crutchfield, MAUS Theater of Berlin and the Department of Didactics, Institute for English Language and Literature, Freie Universität Berlin.

Blueberries, New Umbrella Theatre, Asheville, NC.

2013:

Hamlethair: A Bombastical Tragicomedy in Three Acts, Asheville Puppetry Slam, Asheville, NC.

2012:

Performative Utterances, a movement-based solo performance with text adapted from J.L. Austin, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre, Men’s Dance Festival, Asheville, NC.

A Brief History of Metaphysics, a movement-based solo-performance, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, NC.

2011:

The Intimate Journals of Jacob Higginbotham, a movement-based solo performance, Juniper Bends Reading Series, Asheville, NC; Asheville Fringe Arts Festival (2012), Asheville, NC.

2010:

Portrait, a short play, presented as part of fix, a program of new plays on the theme of addiction, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC.

Interstice, Larkspur, a short play, presented as part of fix, a program of new plays on the theme of addiction, The Magnetic Theatre, Asheville, NC.

2008:

out there out here, a program of interdisciplinary performance, created in collaboration with Julie Becton Gillum and Ron Bashford, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC; NCStage Catalyst Series, Asheville, NC.

Curtain Speech, a movement-based solo performance, NCStage Catalyst Series, Asheville, NC.

Black Snow Flying Upwards, or: My Embarrassment, a movement-based solo performance, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, NC; Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA).

2007:

Caliban’s Dream, a movement-based solo performance with text adapted from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, NC.

2006:

Yearbook, an interdisciplinary performance combining spoken verse and choreography, created in collaboration with Emily Daughtridge, Asheville Fringe Arts Festival, Asheville, NC; Enloe High School Dance Festival (2007), Raleigh NC; Cary Academy Dance Festival (2008), Cary, NC.

2005:

Bob Agonistes, a one act play, Appalachian State Univ., Playcrafters New Play Festival, Boone, NC.

2004:

opus postumus, a one-act play, Pedagogical University of Karlsruhe, English Literary Festival, Karlsruhe, Germany; Amerikanische Bibliothek, Karlsruhe, Germany)

On the House, a ten-minute play, Offstage Theatre, Barhoppers Series (2004), Charlottesville, VA.

2003:

Seven Glimpses, an interdisciplinary performance combining original poetry and modern dance, Sans Pointe Dance Company, Birmingham Children’s Dance Foundation, Birmingham, AL.

The Washing of the Water, a modern dance performance created with Michelle Whittington and Katy DeMouy, Birmingham Children’s Dance Foundation, Birmingham, AL.

2002:

Infinite Divergent Series, a short play, Department of Theatre and Dance, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.

Going Home, a short play, The North Carolina Governor’s School East, Raleigh, NC.

2001:

Arriving As If, an interdisciplinary performance combining original poetry, live music, and dance, created in collaboration with X Factor Dance, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC; Kennedy Performance Center, Raleigh, NC.