I had the great honor and pleasure to attend Door Kinetic Arts Festival in 2022 with my play The Patient. That play, which was my grad school thesis, holds a special place in my heart so I was overjoyed to spend a week workshopping it with some immensely talented folks. This year I will be returning to the festival with my play The Call List, a solo play I will be workshopping with Eva Nimmer who was in The Patient at DKAF last year.

The Call List was originally inspired by a brief moment from the podcast S Town, created by Brian Reed. When I listened to S Town, I was obsessed with a part of it where the town clerk was tasked with calling a list of people to tell them John B. McLemore, the subject of the podcast, died. I couldn’t stop thinking about how this work assignment could make a person feel so I created a fictional circumstance to explore it. This work in progress is the result. Here is a synopsis of the play:

A dispirited legal assistant is tasked with calling individuals on a list left behind by a man who committed suicide. The work assignment could not come a worse time, as they are dealing with their own life/work existential crisis while their mother and sister badger them via text message. Wanting to connect with their estranged father, it's a few kind words from a stranger that might give them what they ultimately need.

Visit DoorKinetic.com for information about the festival and/or send me an email if you’re interested in this solo play.