Inspiring audiences worldwide to relate to my stories. Expertise in writing, Chicago Cable Access TV hosting, and in producing segments on LGBTQ+ people and allies.

Raising Ilana’s Mother (full-length play) to be staged by Voices of the South at TheatreSouth, Memphis, Tennessee, May 1-4, 2025.

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Saved This Jewish Lesbian, among five winners of Hattiloo's 10 Minute Play Black Theatre Festival, including my play's production at Hattiloo Theatre, Memphis, Tennessee, April 24-27, 2025.

Readings of three of my plays:

• Scoop (10-minute play): Reading at TheatreSouth, Memphis, Tennessee (November, 2024)
• Going Off Scripture (10-minute play): Reading at TheatreSouth, Memphis, Tennessee (March, 2024)
• Raising Ilana’s Mother (full-length play):
  - At TheatreSouth, Memphis, Tennessee (September, 2024; February, 2023)
  - On Zoom by classmates of YIVO-sponsored Creative Writing course (February, 2022)
• Co-hosted internationally syndicated monthly LGBTQ newsmagazine for Chicago's Community Access TV, "The 10% Show." Produced original segments, including Lesbian Kiss-in at Water Tower Place  and “New York Times” best-selling author David Leavitt. Interviewed LGBT 'zine convention delegates and World Congress of LGBT Jews participants. Earned positive press in mainstream media. (January, 1988-March, 1991)
• Featured in Instagram promo for a panel, featuring the director, a leading cameraman and me, and in spotlight on the cultural and historical significance of "The 10% show" (May 13, 2020)
• Created, produced and moderated quarterly live-streamed series, “45 Minutes to Bolder Leadership” featuring LGBTQ global business leaders from 17 countries, sharing how they succeeded in business while being openly LGBTQ or nonbinary (see most recent webisode) (March 31, 2020)
• Conceived of and moderated a live-streamed global panel of Hebrew University Humanities scholars of Classics, Photography and American Literature on The Humanities and Hope in Times of Crisis (June 24, 2020)

Member Associations

• Dramatist Guild
• Voices of the South, TheatreSouth, Memphis
• National New Play Network, New Play Exchange
• Alliance for Jewish Theatre

Selected Publications

• “A Standing Ovation for Lesbian Plays,” Lambda Rising Book Report: Contemporary Review of Gay & Lesbian Literature, V. 1 No. 4, Oct 1987.
• "'West Side' Shows Its Good Side," "The Michigan Daily," Nov 15, 1983.
• "State Tradition: Harold and Maude," "The Michigan Daily,” Oct 14, 1983.