Education

Arizona State University - MFA: Dramatic Writing, Graduation: May 2021

Nominee: Outstanding Graduate Student in Excellence and Innovation in Creative Practices

 

Montclair State University - BA Theatre Studies, minor Creative Writing Magna Cum Laude, Graduation: May 2014

 

BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, Bookwriting Basics, September 2021—May 2022

 

Productions

Bum Bum (or, this farce has Autism)  

EPIC Players/HERE Arts Center, December 2025

Light Switch         

Island City Stage, 2026

Queer Expressions/Open Space Arts, 2024

Spectrum Theatre Ensemble, 2022

Arizona State University New Play Festival, 2021

 

More of a Heart                                                             

BLUEBARN Theatre, 2024

 

Awards/Placements

Ucross + The Blank Theatre Company Future of Playwriting Prize  - Winner, 2021

 

More of a Heart  

Semi-Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival 46, 2023

 

Is This All This Is                           

Semi-Finalist, The Road Theatre Summer Playwrights Festival, 2024                                                              

Semi-Finalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2024

Shortlist, Distillery New Works Festival, 2023

Finalist, Phoenix Theatre Company, Festival of New American Theatre, 2023

                                                                                                                           

The Gift of BS                                                          

Finalist, Premiere Play Festival, 2022

Semi-Finalist, Shattered Globe Theatre Global Playwrights Series, 2022

Light Switch                              

Nominee, Best Production (Short Run), Jeff Awards, 2025

Honorable Mention, Finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, 2021

Distinguished Achievement, Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award, KCACTF, 2021

Finalist, Carlo Annoni International Playwriting Prize, 2020

Longlist, Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, 2020

Semi-Finalist, New American Voices Playwriting Festival, 2020

Semi-Finalist, O’Neill National Playwrights Conference, 2020

Readings/Workshops

The Evening Heart                                                     

t.h.i.n.k. at the Tank, February 2025

 

My Brother Jake                                     

Premiere Stages, Premiere Play Festival, 2025                                                           

Rogue Theatre Festival, Fully Staged Series, 2025                                                 

Florida Studio Theatre, Burdick New Play Festival, 2025                                                                            

Workshop, The Tank, February 2025                                                                     

Neurodivergent New Play Series, May 2024

 

Let Me Know If I Hurt You                      

Rogue Theatre Festival, Digital Series, June 2024

 

We’d Rather Know If You Weren’t Coming Back            

Art House Productions, May 2024

Is This All This Is                         

Angels Theater Company, Salon Series, December 2025

tranScript productions, October 2025

 Walking Shadow Readers Theatre, February 2023

IATI Cimientos Play Development Program, June 2023

Valdez Theatre Conference, June 2023

 

The Wonderful Out There                                                         

Garden State New Play Festival, May 2025                                 

Epiphanies New Play Series, Wild Imaginings, November 2024

 

More of a Heart                                            

Great Plains Theatre Conference, May 2023                                                            

The Blank Theatre, Living Room Series, May 2022

                                                                                                                                      

The Gift of BS                                      

Premiere Stages, Premiere Play Festival, April 2022

Clamour Theatre Company, Clay & Water Playwrights Retreat, February 2022

Spectrum Theatre Ensemble, December/January 2021

The Dummy Class                                

Purple Crayon Players PLAYground Festival of Fresh Works, 2022                                                                                                                                        

NNPN MFA Playwrights Workshop, July/August 2020

Finalist, Notre Dame Performing Arts New Works Festival, 2021

 

Residencies                                                                                                                       

  Sewanee Writers Conference - Scholar, July 2025

  Everwood Artist Retreat  - July 2025

  Moulin/Belle Spring Fellowship  - March 2025   

  PlayPenn Playwrights Cohort  - 2024-2025

  INKubator New Play Program - Art House Productions, 2023-2024

Ucross - Future of Playwriting Prize Recipient, November 2021

Publications 

 My (Diagnosed) Self  - Jelly Bucket, Issue #14

 More of a Heart  - Smith & Kraus, Best Men’s Monologues 2023

The Last Shore Trip - Fresh Words, Contemporary One Act Plays (Volume 5)

(Un)Scripted - Take Ten Anthology, Concord Theatricals, May 2022

Light Switch  - Broadway Play Publishing, June 2022

 Making Friends Remotely - Exposition Review, June 2021

 Make Way  Canyon Voices, December 2 020

A Firework Unexploded - The Dionysian, Issue 001

Bookshelves with book titles 'Light Switch' by Dave Osmunson and 'Flight Path' by Hannah Palmer on a wooden shelf, with a
People dancing and smiling in a room with large windows and chairs, enjoying a social gathering.
Flyer for an event titled 'Bum Bum or this farce has Autism,' hosted by HERE Arts Center, presented by Epic Players, with colorful illustrations of a person in a purple dress and pink feathers, on a table with other flyers and a cup.
A man wearing a maroon shirt and beige shorts leaning on a railing in front of ancient stone columns at night, illuminated by warm lighting.
A man with dark, wavy hair looking to the left, leaning on a railing overlooking a busy street with cars and traffic lights.
A man with dark hair and light skin taking a selfie in a cozy, decorated room. He is wearing a gray T-shirt with a colorful peace sign and a white shirt. He is holding a book titled 'Light Switch' by Dave Osmundsen, which has a black and red cover featuring silhouettes of a woman sitting on a stool and a man reading a book, with a lightbulb hanging overhead.