TEEN DAD
full-length play
2M, 3F
Abby, a precocious emo-goth teenager, orchestrates a surprise reunion for her mother Tanya and birth father Tom, with the help of her mom's fiance/healer John. Hoping to provoke long-lasting reconciliation between her parents before her high school graduation, Abby's plans completely derail when Tom arrives with his new girlfriend Alisha. Can this family confront their past traumas, "deal and heal?"
"Teen Dad" subverts popular regional theatre "kitchen-sink beach house dramedy" to share a heartfelt, comedic exploration of generational trauma and recovery in a mixed race Black and Latinx family.
PUBLICATION:
2021 - TRW Plays
PRODUCTION HISTORY:
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DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2023 - Arts One Presents (Fayetteville, AR), workshop
2021 - New Works Festival, Texas State University, workshop
2020 - Inkwell Theater, virtual reading
2020 - Stages Repertory, Sin Muros: A Latinx Theatre Festival (Houston, TX), reading
2020 - Filigree Theatre, STAGE ONE series (Austin, TX), reading
2019 - The Blank Theatre, Living Room Reading Series (Los Angeles, CA), staged reading
2019 - B Street Theatre, New Comedies Play Festival (Sacramento, CA), staged reading
2019 - TheatreSquared, Arkansas New Play Festival (Fayetteville, AR), reading
2019 - North Carolina Black Repertory (Winston-Salem, NC), reading
2018 - National Black Theatre (NYC), reading
2018 - Heckle Her Productions (Tulsa, OK), reading
2017 - Echo Theatre (Dallas, TX), reading
2016 - Live Girls! Theater (Seattle, WA), reading
2014 - Heckle Her Productions (Austin, TX), reading
AWARDS/HONORS:
2020 Max K. Lerner Playwriting Fellowship / Inkwell Theater
Finalist, 2020 Judith Royer Excellence in Playwriting Award
Finalist, 2019 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Finalist, 2019 - Madison New Works Laboratory
Semifinalist, 2019 - Gulfshore Playhouse New Works Festival
Finalist, 2017 Inkslinger Playwriting Competition
2014 ScriptWorks Seed Support Grant
PRESS:
“Trauma, Family, and Sonic Youth” - NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette