Ask Three Times
You’re invited to Becca Braverman’s bat mitzvah! That’s totally, for sure, absolutely going to happen. Probably. In lieu of gifts, Becca requests some advice on how to navigate a new relationship with a rabbi when you’re not totally sure you believe in God and what it means when your neurotic family “just wants you to be happy” (no further explanation). (Also, please ignore that she’s 30 and not 13. Thanks.) Can’t wait to see you there!
(Full-length; 4W, 3M)
Reading - Carnegie Mellon University (Upcoming)
Photo: Robin Goldberg
Tall Spire
Hazel and Christina were childhood best friends forever. Until they spectacularly weren't. Adult Hazel, struggling to process a recent loss, returns to this major friendship breakup to finally figure out what happened, maybe get some closure, and relieve some pressure from old pain to make some space for the new. A sometimes funny, sometimes awful time-bending exploration of female friendship, grief, family chaos, and a supermarket robot that just won't go away.
(Full-length; 4W, 1M)
Princess Grace Playwriting Award Semifinalist - 2023
Photo: Patch Media
Katie and Dom are 20-something work friends who share a cramped office at a small Boston nonprofit and bond over the job neither one wants. During a game of Never Have I Ever to waste time, Katie accidentally Really Over-Shares about her personal life and Dom jumps to support her and become real friends. With well-meaning support from Katie’s best friend Melissa and therapist Dr. Charlene, and Dom’s college bros Jake and Aaron - and concern from Dom's girlfriend Jules - they try to let an unexpected friendship change their lives. Katie and Dom Are Friends is a messy comedy about honoring your friendships, honoring your needs, and getting out of your own goddamn way. (Full-length; 4W, 3M)
She NYC Arts Summer Theater Festival Semifinalist - 2020
Playwrights Foundation Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semifinalist - 2020
More Plays
Two-act:
Family Emergency
A high school graduation interrupted by secrets, broken promises, unpleasant truths, and a mysterious injury. A play about family bonds and responsibility. (Drama; 4W, 3M)
One-act:
The Aliens Come to Waterville
A summer camp prank gone wrong. A race for survival through the Maine woods.
Based on a true story my dad told me. (Sci-fi Drama; 2W, 6M)
Be Bold, Be Bold
An experimental devised text inspired by the fairytales Bluebeard and Mr. Fox.
An exploration of the dichotomy between victim and survivor. (Fantasy Drama; 2W)
Ten-minute:
Post Malone Has Food Poisoning: A Late-Night Cooking Segment
Chef Izzy Silver is making her national late-night TV debut.
Parking Lot
On Thanksgiving Eve Eve, in the parking lot of her hometown liquor store, a woman runs into the last person she ever wanted to see again: her high school bully.
Production: Boston Theater Marathon XXVI - May 2024
(Drama; 2W, 1M)
Shut Up. It's On.
Girl brings boyfriend home for family dinner. Too bad Grey's Anatomy is on.
Staged reading: Boston Playwrights' Theatre's New Noises Festival - April 2011
(Comedy; 2W, 2M)
How to Turn a Stranger Into Your Best Friend
High school seniors worry about their future terrible college roommates. Based on real stories.
Staged reading: Boston Playwrights' Theatre's New Noises Festival - April 2010
(Comedy; 2W, 2M)
The Big Gesture
An elderly couple celebrates their anniversary at their favorite restaurant.
A young waiter and waitress fall in love. This is the first play I ever wrote. (Comedy; 2W, 2M)
On My Honor
Troop 2185 are the baddest Girl Scouts in suburban Boston and their grownups have had it. The other moms have given up, leaving just Julie's mom Michelle to lead with Molly's flaky, spacey mom Liz. When new-to-town Janet signs up her daughter Brianna, Michelle is cautiously hopeful. Meanwhile, Michelle's husband David, when not trying to talk she and Julie into quitting Scouts, is trying to reach out to his newly divorced commute buddy Kevin. In a year of spectacularly bad field trips, new friendships, and precocious 10-year-olds with a lot to say, On My Honor is a comedy about trying to be an adult when you still feel like a kid. (Full-length; 7W, 2M)
Emerson College Rod Parker Playwriting Fellowship - 2015
SheNYC Summer Theater Festival Finalist - 2017
B Street Theatre New Comedies Festival Semifinalist - 2019
Photo: Corey Umlauf, Scenic Designer
Sam Loves Alex
A little raw from recent breakups, Sam and Alex meet by chance one night at a busy diner. Sam and Alex go on second dates. Sam and Alex catch feelings, meet each other's friends, and then each other's parents. Sam and Alex fight. Sam and Alex fall for each other. And break up. And fall for each other for real. Sam and Alex are six people. And one street musician in the right place at the right time. Something like a romantic comedy, a little like a fairytale, Sam Loves Alex introduces us to three couples maybe finding something real at a strange, transitional time in their lives.
(One-act; 3W, 3M, 1 any gender)
Emerson College NewFest Staged Reading - 2012
Katie and Dom Are Friends
Katie and Dom are 20-something work friends who share a cramped office at a small Boston nonprofit and bond over the job neither one wants. During a game of Never Have I Ever to waste time, Katie accidentally Really Over-Shares about her personal life and Dom jumps to support her and become real friends. With well-meaning support from Katie’s best friend Melissa and therapist Dr. Charlene, and Dom’s college bros Jake and Aaron - and concern from Dom's girlfriend Jules - they try to let an unexpected friendship change their lives. Katie and Dom Are Friends is a messy comedy about honoring your friendships, honoring your needs, and getting out of your own goddamn way. (Full-length; 4W, 3M)
She NYC Arts Summer Theater Festival Semifinalist - 2020
Playwrights Foundation Bay Area Playwrights Festival Semifinalist - 2020
More Plays
Two-act:
The Peppy Eight
A tight circle of female friends in an elderly community apartment building slowly return to the outside world after the pandemic. Inspired by a real group of friends.
(Drama; 9W, 1M, 1 child actor)
Family Emergency
A high school graduation interrupted by secrets, broken promises, unpleasant truths, and a mysterious injury. A play about family bonds and responsibility. (Drama; 4W, 3M)
One-act:
The Aliens Come to Waterville
A summer camp prank gone wrong. A race for survival through the Maine woods.
Based on a true story my dad told me. (Sci-fi Drama; 2W, 6M)
Be Bold, Be Bold
An experimental devised text inspired by the fairytales Bluebeard and Mr. Fox.
An exploration of the dichotomy between victim and survivor. (Fantasy Drama; 2W)
Ten-minute:
Post Malone Has Food Poisoning: A Late-Night Cooking Segment
Chef Izzy Silver is making her national late-night TV debut. She's also charming the pants off (perhaps literally) of the show's host, Jess Leonard.
Productions: Glitterbox Theater's Sexy Spaghetti Festival - July 2023, Carnegie Mellon University's Playground XXI - December 2023, CMU Dramatic Writers' Showcase - May 2024
(Comedy; 1W, 1M, or any gender)
Parking Lot
On Thanksgiving Eve Eve, in the parking lot of her hometown liquor store, a woman runs into the last person she ever wanted to see again: her high school bully.
Production: Boston Theater Marathon XXVI - May 2024
(Drama; 2W, 1M)
Shut Up. It's On.
Girl brings boyfriend home for family dinner. Too bad Grey's Anatomy is on.
Staged reading: Boston Playwrights' Theatre's New Noises Festival - April 2011
(Comedy; 2W, 2M)
How to Turn a Stranger Into Your Best Friend
High school seniors worry about their future terrible college roommates. Based on real stories.
Staged reading: Boston Playwrights' Theatre's New Noises Festival - April 2010
(Comedy; 2W, 2M)
The Big Gesture
An elderly couple celebrates their anniversary at their favorite restaurant.
A young waiter and waitress fall in love. This is the first play I ever wrote. (Comedy; 2W, 2M)
Screenplays
Full-length:
Can You Hear Me Out There?
Called home to Boston, astrophysicist Dr. Natalie Robertson returns to her Harvard adjunct professorship with a new assignment: collaborate on the creation of sonifications of major space objects with her estranged musician sister, Erica. Can the women heal old wounds, repair their relationship, and recontextualize space in a brand new, shared language?
Scattered
In an effort to prove the recently discovered interstellar meteorite CNEOS 2014-01-08 might actually be a piece of extraterrestrial technology, eccentric Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Bart Levy leads a group of colleagues and friends to Papua New Guinea to extract the meteorite’s fragments from the bottom of the ocean. Staking all of their professional reputations on this expedition, Bart must make some hard decisions about what’s more important: his legacy or the people who matter most to him.