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Conk and Bone, drama, 90 minutes (5m, 2f)
Full Production, Raconteur Theatre Company, Fall 2012, Columbus, OH; Staged Reading, MainStage Series, 2012 Great Plains Theatre Conference, Spring 2012, Omaha, NE; Staged Reading, The Ruckus, September 18, 21, & 26, 2011, Chicago, IL; Staged Reading, Northern Writes: 5th Annual New Play Festival, Penobscot Theatre, June 26, 2011, Bangor, ME; Voted "Audience Favorite" Full-length Play, Northern Writes: 5th Annual New Play Festival, Penobscot Theatre, 2011, Bangor, ME; Workshop Production, Nicu's Spoon Theater Company, April 11 and April 18, 2011, New York, NY

Absinthe, drama, 90-95 minutes (4m, 1f)
2012 Excellence in Playwriting Award, MTWorks, New York, NY; Staged Reading, 2012 National Newborn Festival, MTWorks, February 4, 2012, New York, NY; Winner, 2010-2011 W. Keith Hedrick Playwriting Award, HRC Showcase Theatre, Hudson, NY; Staged Reading, HRC Showcase Theatre, May 7, 2011, Hudson, NY; Winner, 2011 Long Beach Playhouse New Works Festival, Long Beach Playhouse, Long Beach, CA; Staged Reading, Long Beach Playhouse, May 28, 2011, Long Beach, CA; Staged Reading, n.u.f.a.n. ensemble, May 4, 2010, Chicago, IL; Staged Reading, Northern Writes: 3rd Annual New Play Festival, Penobscot Theatre, June 30, 2009, Bangor, ME; Finalist, 2010 Theatre Conspiracy 12th Annual New Play Contest, Fort Myers, FL; Semi-finalist, 2009 Next Generation Playwriting Contest, Reverie Productions, New York, NY; Semi-finalist, 2008-2009 Playwrights First Competition, The National Arts Club, New York, NY; Honorable Mention, 2011, Panndora's Box 5th Annual Festival of New Work, Panndora Productions, Santa Ana, CA

Blood Water, drama, 90-95 minutes (4m, 2f)
Full Production, Zombie Joe's Underground Theatre Group, January 27-February 24, 2012, Los Angeles, CA; Staged Reading, White Horse Theater Company, May 16, 2009, New York, NY; Staged Reading, Sands Theater Center, January 18, 2009, Deland, FL; Staged Reading, White Horse Theater Company, June 23, 2008, New York, NY; Semi-Finalist, Stanley Drama Award, Wagner College, 2008, Staten Island, NY (*Blood Water was formerly titled Herod)

Republic County, comedy, 90 minutes, (4f, 4m)
Full Production, Third Eye Theatre, April 30-June 5, 2010, Portland, OR; Full Production, Euphoria Productions, August 27-28, 2010, Chicago, IL; Runner-up, Babes With Blades Theatre Company, 2005 Joining Sword and Pen Playwriting Competition, Chicago, IL

Roma, comedy, 75-80 minutes, (2m, 1f)
Staged Reading, Fremont Centre Theatre, October 3, 2008, South Pasadena, CA; Staged Reading, Percolating Playreading Series, Theatre in the Square, May 14, 2007, Marietta, GA; Staged Reading, Northern Writes: 1st Annual New Play Festival, Penobscot Theatre, May 16, 2007, Bangor, ME; Reading, Pensacola Little Theatre's Studio 400, October 25, 2007, Pensacola, FL; Honorable Mention, 2008 New Plays Festival, Chattanooga Theatre Centre, Chattanooga, TN; Honorable Mention, 2006-2007 New Playwrights Contest, Fremont Centre Theatre, South Pasadena, CA

Voodoo Today Here Now 5, drama, 90 minutes, (2m, 2f)
Full Production, Alley Stage, June 30-July 17, 2011, Mineral Point, WI; Staged Reading, Northern Writes: 2nd Annual New Play Festival, Penobscot Theatre, May 30, 2008, Bangor, ME; Staged Reading, Panhandle Playwrights Festival, Amarillo Repertory Theatre, February 15, 2008, Amarillo, TX; Staged Reading, Nicu's Spoon Theater Company, October 15 and October 22, 2007, New York, NY; Staged Reading, Deland Theatre Festival, Sands Theater Center, January 20, 2007, Deland, FL; Staged Reading, Rep Stage, November 27, 2006, Columbia, MD; Honorable Mention, 2008 New Plays Festival, Chattanooga Theatre Centre, Chattanooga, TN

White Pearl in Red Dragon's Mouth, drama, 90 minutes, (2m, 2f)
Staged Reading, Northern Writes: 4th Annual New Play Festival, Penobscot Theatre, June 26, 2010, Bangor, ME; Staged Reading, Inside Out Theatre Company, March 28, 2006, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Honorable Mention, 3rd Annual John Gassner New Play Festival, 2005, Stony Brook, NY

Electra Orleans, drama, 90 minutes (2m, 3f)
Staged Reading, Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon, October 28-29, 2007, Portland, OR; Staged Reading, New Jersey Repertory Company, May 30, 2005, Long Branch, NJ; Finalist, 15th Annual New Works Festival, Long Beach Playhouse, 2005, Long Beach, CA

Everything He Wanted, drama, 90 minutes (3m, 4f)
Semi-finalist, 2003 Mildred and Albert Panowski Playwriting Award Competition, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI

ONE-ACT

Republic County, comedy, 30 minutes, (5f, 1m)
Full Production, 2nd Annual Coastal Empire New Play Festival, Armstrong Atlantic State University Masquers, April 23-25, 2009, Savannah, GA

School Bus, comedy, 30 minutes, (12-27 actors, flexible casting)
Heuer Publishing, LLC, Cedar Rapids, IA; Full Production, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, April 1-2, 2010, Hazel Green, AL; presented in secondary schools in Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Washington

TEN-MINUTE

Touch It, comedy, (3 actors, flexible casting)
Heuer Publishing, LLC, Cedar Rapids, IA; Full Production, A Night in the Mind of Joe Musso, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, October 4-6, 2007, Hazel Green, AL; Full Production, Touch Blind Love Kandy: An Evening of Joe Musso's Short Plays, University of West Alabama, March 12-15, 2008, Livingston, AL; Full Production, TITLEWave Theatre as part of Cleveland Public Theatre's Annual Fundraising Extravaganza, September 16, 2006, Cleveland, OH; Full Production, Gulfport Community Players, 5th Annual Summer One-Act Play Festival, July 14-24; Gulfport, FL; Full Production, NewGate Theatre, June International Festival of New Plays, June 10-26, Providence, RI; Full Production, Worcester Arts for Youth in cooperation with Redfeather Theatre Company, June 17, 2005, Worcester, MA; Full Production, City Theater, 9th Annual Delaware Ten-Minute Play Festival, July 28, 2004, Wilmington, DE; Full Production, Uptown Players, in association with Nantucket Theatrical Productions, July 2-10, 2004, Nantucket, MA; Staged Reading, Brass Tacks Theatre Company, 3rd Annual Rosetta Festival of New Works, April 24, 2004, New York, NY; Semi-finalist, Creative Mechanics Theatre Company, 2005 STAGE THIS! Festival, New York, NY; presented in secondary schools in Alabama, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah

No It Isn't, comedy, (2 actors, flexible casting)
Heuer Publishing, LLC, Cedar Rapids, IA
; Full Production, A Night in the Mind of Joe Musso, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, October 4-6, 2007, Hazel Green, AL; Valley East Community Theatre, Ontario, Canada; presented in secondary schools in Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Alberta, Canada

The Gardener, tragi-comedy, (1m, 1f)

Full Production, 3rd Annual TorontoTen-Minute Play Festival, May 8-10, 2008, Toronto, Canada; Full Production, A Night in the Mind of Joe Musso, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, October 4-6, 2007, Hazel Green, AL; Full Production, City Theater, 8th Annual Delaware Ten-Minute Play Festival, July 29, 2003, Wilmington, DE; Full Production, BareBones Theater Group; 3rd Annual 15-Minute Play Festival, May 22-24, 2003, Charlotte, NC; Staged Reading, University of West Alabama, 2006 Black Belt Symposium, April 20, 2006, Livingston, AL; Staged Reading, Theatre Limina, 2005 Summer Shorts Festival, June 11, 2005, Minneapolis, MN

You'll Go Blind, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Flush Ink Productions, Asphalt Jungle Shorts VII, May 26-June 11, 2011, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; Full Production, Touch Blind Love Kandy: An Evening of Joe Musso's Short Plays, University of West Alabama, March 12-15, 2008, Livingston, AL; Full Production, Pan Theater, 2nd Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival, September 10-24, 2006, San Francisco, CA; Full Production, Turtle Shell Productions, 3rd Annual 8 Minute Madness Festival, August 17-September 15, 2006, New York, NY; Full Production, New Provincetown Players, Spring Playwrights' Festival: Shocking Short Plays, March 24-26, 2006, Provincetown, MA; 2006 Finalist, New Jersey Repertory Company, Seven Deadly Sins Theatre Brut Festival, 2006, Long Branch, NJ

Pont Neuf, drama, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, A Night in the Mind of Joe Musso, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, October 4-6, 2007, Hazel Green, AL; Full Production, Willoughby Fine Arts Association, 10th Annual One Act Festival Hot from the Oven, April 28-May 13, 2006, Willoughby, OH; Reading, Studio 400 Theatre Series, Pensacola Little Theatre, March 22, 2007, Pensacola, FL

Buck 'n Kandy, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Touch Blind Love Kandy: An Evening of Joe Musso's Short Plays, University of West Alabama, March 12-15, 2008, Livingston, AL; Full Production, Phare Play Productions, Winter Shorts, December 2, 4-5, 2007, New York, NY

Love Is a Smoke, comedy, (2f)
Full Production, Touch Blind Love Kandy: An Evening of Joe Musso's Short Plays, University of West Alabama, March 12-15, 2008, Livingston, AL

The Rollercoaster of Love, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Postcards from Stratton--A Festival of Short Plays, Stratton Players, July 2011, Fitchburg, MA; Full Production, 8th Annual Hurricane Season New Play Festival, Eclectic Company Theatre, July 15-17, 2011, Los Angeles, CA; First Place, Independent Jury Playwriting Award, 8th Annual Hurricane Season New Play Festival, Eclectic Company Theatre, 2011, Los Angeles, CA; Full Production, 6th Annual Chaos New Works Festival, Point of Contention Theatre Company, March 28-April 6, 2011, Chicago, IL; Co-winner, Fancy Pants Theater Director's Festival, March 12, 2011, Kalamazoo, MI; Staged Reading, Fancy Pants Theater Director's Festival, March 12, 2011, Kalamazoo, MI

Help! I'm Bald!, comedy, (1m, 1 flexible)
Staged Reading, Playwrights for Pets' Tribute to Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror, October 25, 2010, New York, NY;  Honorable Mention, Camino Real Playhouse's 2011 Show Off! International Playwriting Festival, San Juan Capistrano, CA; Reading, Camino Real Playhouse's Show Off! 2011 Readers' Theatre, January 15, 2011, San Juan Capistrano, CA

Bald Moon Rising, comedy, (1m, 1 flexible)
Production, First Annual Back of Tricks Play Festival, Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, October 28-29, 2011, Jonesboro, AR;  Third Place, First Annual Back of Tricks Play Festival, Rough Magic Shakespeare Company, Jonesboro, AR 

The Giraffe, comedy, (8 actors, flexible casting)
Brooklyn Publishers, LLC, Odessa, TX; Full Production, A Night in the Mind of Joe Musso, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, October 4-6, 2007, Hazel Green, AL; The School of Arts and Sciences, Tallahassee, FL

Buried at Sea, comedy, (2m)
Full Production, Little Fish Theatre's Pick of the Vine One-Act Festival, January 9-February 14, 2009, San Pedro, CA; Full Production, Old Opera House Theatre Company's 8th Annual New Voice Play Festival, June 20-22, 2008, Charles Town, WV; 2008 Recipient of Old Opera House Theatre Company's Silver Stage Award; Full Production, Stormy Weather Players, 2008 New Plays Festival, July 25-26, 2008, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

Ashes to Ashes, comedy, (2m)
Honorable Mention, 2011 Trinity Church Playwrights Competition, Trinity Church Congregational Arts Committee, New York, NY

Wisconsin, comedy, (2 actors, flexible casting)
Full Production, No Tea Productions, May 7-23, 2009, New York, New York; Full Production, A Night in the Mind of Joe Musso, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, October 4-6, 2007, Hazel Green, AL

The Class Werewolf, comedy, (2 actors, flexible casting)
Heuer Publishing, Cedar Rapids, IA; Valley East Community Theatre, Ontario, Canada; presented in secondary schools in Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Washington

Edinburgh Castle, comedy, (3 actors, flexible casting)
Brooklyn Publishers, LLC, Odessa, TX; The School of Arts and Sciences, Tallahassee, FL; Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, April 1-2, 2010, Hazel Green, AL

Paper Bag, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Brooklyn Publishers, LLC, Odessa, TX; Full Production, Hazel Green Dramatis Personae, April 1-2, 2010, Hazel Green, AL

Heads Up, comedy, (3 actors, flexible casting)
Brooklyn Publishers, LLC, Odessa, TX

Hamlet's Date, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Stormy Weather Players, Pregnant Chad New Plays Festival, August 17-20, 2005, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY

Madness & Joy, drama, (1m, 1f)
Finalist, Heartland Theatre Company's Ten-Minute Play Festival, 2006, Normal, IL

ONE-MINUTE

Zombie Speed Dating, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Screaming Media Productions, Gi60--Ghosts in 60 Seconds at the Halifax Ghost Story Festival @ Dean Clough, October 29, 2010, Halifax, West Yorkshire, U.K.

The Swimmer, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Spare Change Theater Company, In a NY Minute Play Festival "Best of Competition," July 29-30, 2011, New York, NY; Full Production, Spare Change Theater Company, In a NY Minute Play Festival, April 29-30, 2011, New York, NY; Full Production, Screaming Media Productions, Gone in 60 Secs, June 8-9, 2007, Brooklyn, NY; Full Production, Harvest Theatre, One Page International Play Festival, September 9-23, 2006, Toledo, OH

He'll Never Learn, comedy, (1m, 1f)
Full Production, Screaming Media Productions, Gone in 60 Secs, June 13-14, 2008, Brooklyn, NY