Regicide
When a veteran drag queen takes “death drop” too literally, a hosting gig is up for grabs at one of Milwaukee’s last gay bars. A seasoned queen bee and a talented newcomer are both poised to take her crown and secure their spot at the top of the food chain — but only one can reign supreme. Let the queer catfight commence! Regicide is a drag dramedy dripping with shade, show stopping lip syncs, and existential dread, probing why anyone, queer or otherwise, wants to be special in the first place, and what it means if you’re simply not.
Development History
Production (Excerpt), Lighthouse Series at Soho Playhouse (Off-Broadway), dir. Gavin Petersen|2025
Reading, PrideFest at The Tank, dir. Gavin Petersen|2024
Workshop, Vertigo Productions at Northwestern University, dir. Adam Wysocki|2022
‘Regicide’ in the Lighthouse Series at Soho Playhouse
dir. Gavin Petersen
feat. Hunter Anderson, Bea Effay, Julianna MacKenzie Kantor, Gregor Patti, Faye Scarred, Kyle Vásquez, & Kleo Zavich
‘Regicide’ in the Lighthouse Series at Soho Playhouse
Enigmatology
Davis isn’t good with people. He’s not particularly good at school. He’s still waiting on a first kiss. But crossword puzzles? He fucking rules at crossword puzzles. Enigmatology follows Davis, his classmates, and his hallucinated mentor as they found their university’s Crossword Club and get more puzzles than they’d bargained for: how to be queer at a tiny college in the midwest, how to contend with the pressures of hypersexuality, how to draw the line between friendship and something more. And unlike solving a crossword, there’s no button they can press to reveal all the answers.
Development History
Workshop, Purple Light Productions Artist Palette Cohort, dir. Gavin Petersen|2025
Production (Excerpt), The Cult Collective, dir. Rhys Luke|2025
Double Exposure
Beauty is power, and aspiring songwriter Darren is really, really hot. So hot he gets anything he wants. So hot he has his dream boyfriend and his dream career. So hot he seems followed by death and destruction wherever he goes—wait, forget you read that last part. Gory, gothic, and very, very gay, Double Exposure puts a darkly comedic twist on The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Development History
Workshop, The Village’s New Playwrights Cohort, dir. Gregory Keng Strasser|2026
‘Double Exposure’ in The Village’s New Playwrights Cohort at Chez Bushwick
grease my chin
Tensions are running high on an annual family camping trip — and the onset of the zombie apocalypse sure doesn’t help. Disputes over parenting, pronouns, and privacy give way to a fight for survival as a family wrestles with its own monstrosity. In hereditary horror grease my chin, family secrets and passed-down prejudices come to light around the campfire in a blood-splattered battle between three generations.
Development History
Reading, Tier5’s SpookyFest, dir. Peter Charney|2025
Reading, Days of the Dead Festival at FRIGID New York, dir. Elena Cramer|2024
‘grease my chin’ in the Days of the Dead Festival at FRIGID New York
dir. Elena Cramer
feat. Lily Brenner, Devan Hawkins, Damien Moore, Kyu Park, Sammy Pignalosa, & Aditi Sanghavi
‘grease my chin’ in the Days of the Dead Festival at FRIGID New York
werewolves, wake up
Seven friends sit down for a drunken round of One Night Ultimate Werewolf, a fast-paced game of roleplaying, deception, and deduction. What could go wrong? As their identities in the game are revealed, so are the secret dynamics underpinning their friend group, leaving them to decide what’s really worth keeping hidden.
Development History
Production, Queens Short Play Festival at The Secret Theatre, dir. Gavin Petersen|2025
AWARDS: Best Play, Best Director, Best Actor
When a Faggot Finds a Flower
Charlie doesn’t wish he were straight. He just wishes he could pretend to be. He wishes he could convince someone he was, or that he could attract one of the boys who can pull it off. But when presented with the chance to make his dream a reality, Charlie discovers the curious nature of fairies — in every sense of the word. When a Faggot Finds a Flower is a 15-minute fable about a boy who’s sick of his bent wrist, and what he stands to lose by straightening it out.
Development History
Production, Fresh Fruit Mainstage Festival at All Out Arts, dir. Lucy Harrington | 2024
AWARDS: Outstanding Short Work - Comedy, Outstanding Performance in a Short Work, Spirit Award
Reading, The Makers’ Ensemble, self-directed | 2024
Production, Vertigo Productions at Northwestern University, dir. Max Reichek | 2023
‘When a Faggot Finds a Flower’ at the Fresh Fruit Festival
dir. Lucy Harrington
feat. Nick Baum, Jude Cramer, & Sami DeVries
‘When a Faggot Finds a Flower’ at Northwestern University
dir. Max Reichek
feat. Rachel Arianna, Gus Glick, & Drew Slager
Quantum Gravity
Arthur has a miraculous ability to travel through time. Unfortunately for him, so does Reid, a stranger from the present desperate to keep the timeline intact. As they race through iconic eras in queer history, the two find connection where they least expect it, and wonder if it’s worth losing your future for a chance to change your past. In sci-fi melodrama Quantum Gravity, the legacy of gay men’s sexuality comes face to face with its ugly present in an epic, expansive, and romantic adventure across time.
Development History
Production, Fresh Fruit Mainstage Festival at wild project, dir. Gavin Petersen |2026
Reading, All Out Arts at Theater for the New City, dir. Gavin Petersen |2025
Reading, RE/VENUE NYC at The Paradise Factory, dir. Gavin Petersen |2024
‘Quantum Gravity’ at RE/VENUE NYC
dir. Gavin Petersen
feat. Hunter Anderson, Declan Collins, Katie King, & Andrew Riccio-Hunter
‘Quantum Gravity’ in The Fresh Fruit Mainstage Festival at wild project
The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin
Mystical. All-knowing. Divine. Such is the nature of the tarot — except for one card, who has no clue what the hell he’s doing. The Fool is your everyday midwestern teenager trapped in suburbia’s stranglehold, but today, he gets his long-awaited chance to learn the truth about his future, his family, and the magically mundane world they all inhabit. The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin is a coming-of-age adventure about magic run amok and a deck of cards dealing its own destiny.
Development History
Production, Summer One-Act Festival at The Chain Theatre, dir. Lucy Harrington | 2024
‘The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin’ at The Chain Theatre
‘The Fool on a Journey Through Arcana, Wisconsin’ at The Chain Theatre
dir. Lucy Harrington
feat. Hunter Anderson, Nick Baum, Jude Cramer, Bryanna Marie Felipe, Meghan McNeive, Kyle Vásquez, and Liz Weiner