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“The World Still Will Turn”

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I’m very happy to showcase this wonderful song I co-created with the talented and very versatile composer René Grignon.

René and I have been chatting for a little bit and decided to work on a song together, with my writing the lyrics to a song he previously composed.

René is a Quebec composer, living in Longueuil, who has written and produced music for many well-known artists. These include Gilbert Montagné, Céline Dion, Mario Pelchat, Martine St-Clair, Jean Ravel, Luc Plamondon, Marcel Lefebvre, and Manuel Laroche, among others. He also composed and produced music for more than 500 TV episodes (songs, themes, scores) and was a member of the group ‘’Trans-X’’, writing many songs in the dance, Hi-NRG style. 

Our song – entitled “The World Still Will Turn” – is sung here by the Italian singer Elena Ravelli.

Many thanks to René for the wonderful orchestration and mixing of the song.

You can find out more about René here!

“Flower” is recognized again

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I am thrilled to report that my new drama “A Flower of the Field” is a finalist in the Shawnee Original Playwrights Series Festival (SOPS) – a new play contest sponsored by The Shawnee Playhouse!

The Shawnee Playhouse is a small theater located in the historic village of Shawnee on Delaware in Pennsylvania. Their productions include musicals, dramas, children’s theater, and original works presented by a variety of professional and community performers. The original playhouse was built way back in 1904 and was later burned down by an arsonist in 1985. Throughout, the Shawnee Playhouse has been a key focus of the arts in the Poconos region and draws a large degree of talent from the surrounding communities.

A 30-minute excerpt of “A Flower of the Field” will be read at 7pm ET on Saturday, August 27th alongside various other finalists for full-length and short-length plays, interspersed among productions of prior winners of the festival.

My play “Few Thy Voice” – a contemporary thriller – was also a finalist in Shawnee’s new play contest in the summer of 2014, so, after an 8-year hiatus, I am thrilled to have another play of mine showcased in this year’s annual festival.

Watch “Shadows of Men”

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I am very pleased to present to the world a recorded reading of my historical drama “Shadows of Men” by the company Altered Shakespeare.

“Shadows of Men” was given a reading as part of a new play festival sponsored by Arts Fort Worth, alongside some 16 other plays.

I was unable to attend the reading myself due to other commitments – but now having viewed the reading on YouTube, I am very impressed by the quality of the acting and the great pacing of the story, especially in the context of a reading, where, for obvious reasons, it can be difficult to communicate the tenor and feel of a piece – and yet Altered Shakespeare did a wonderful job creating that very feel and breathing life so into the characters.

Many thank to the actors and actresses involved for their great performances!

  • Eduardo Vildasol
  • Shawn Gann
  • David Ware
  • Araceli Radillo
  • Danny Lovelle
  • Jalitza Delgado
  • Alex Moffitt

I hope you enjoy!

“Flower” is a winner

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I’m thrilled to say that my drama “A Flower of the Field” was chosen as The People’s Choice Award Winner of the 2022 new play contest by Tyler Civic Theatre Center.

My drama was given an excerpted, 40-minute reading on Saturday, July 9th, alongside three other contenders, and was voted by the audience in attendance as the play they’d most like to see mounted on TCTC’s stage.

As a result of this, “A Flower of the Field” will be given its premiere production during Tyler Civic Theatre Center’s 75th season next year – which is to say, sometime in 2023 you’ll be able to find me wandering around Tyler, Texas.

Many thanks to Kimberlee Ross-Martin, the Festival Coordinator, who directed the reading, and many thanks also to the awesome cast she assembled:

  • Rodd Wayne as John Clyn
  • Ron Ellis as Richard Ledrede
  • Tom Marsh as Mathias O’More
  • Lucinda Kittrell as Alice Kyteler
  • Miriana Mason as Basilia de Meath
  • Kimberee Martin-Ross reading Stage Directions

I’m looking forward to work with TCTC on the production of this piece!

“It’s The End!” demo video

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I’m delighted to present the new music video for the opening song “It’s The End” from the new musical “The Burning of the White House” – to which I have co-authored the book and written the lyrics.

“The Burning of the White House” is the story of the young slave Paul Jennings and his coming into freedom and manhood during the British invasion of Washington, DC during the War of 1812.

In this opening piece, we meet the young Paul Jennings for the first time and witness chaos engulf the White House as Congressmen learn the British have landed in Maryland and are making their way for Washington DC.

Enjoy!!

Tickets on sale for TCTC

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It’s under a week away before the reading of my play “A Flower of the Field” at Tyler Civic Theatre Center in Tyler, TX!

My play will be read alongside the other finalists from 1:00pm-5:00pm CT on Saturday, July 9th.

Those interested in attending the event may purchase tickets at $5 per seat by going online here.

Alternatively, you can call the box office (Monday-Friday 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm CT) or purchase tickets at the door of the theater beginning 12:20 PM CT on the day of the event.

If you’re in town, please stop by and enjoy!

“Shadows” on July 14th

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The reading of my historical drama “Shadows of Men” will be available for viewing on July 14th at 1pm CT!

You can check out the play by visiting the YouTube channel of Arts Fort Worth, the producing theater group.

“Shadows of Men” was performed by Altered Shakespeare of Dallas, TX and features the talents of Eduardo Vildasol, Shawn Gann, David Ware, Araceli Radillo, Danny Lovelle, Jalitza Delgado, and Alex Moffitt.

Back to TCTC

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I’m thrilled to report that my exciting new drama “A Flower of the Field” has been chosen as a finalist in a new play festival sponsored by Tyler Civic Theatre Center in Tyler, TX!

My contemporary drama “Margo Asher Died Here” was previously featured in Tyler Civic Theatre Center’s 2020 new play festival, as well, where it received its first public reading in July, 2020.

Tyler Civic Theatre Center is a great local venue in Tyler, TX that has been serving the community for almost 100 years, starting as Tyler Little Theater in the 1920’s and expanding into Tyler Civic Theatre in the 1950’s, where the theater group opened the nation’s first building to be built specifically for in-the-round presentations.

Tyler Civic Theatre has been hosting its new play festival for 14 years, during which only a handful of plays are chosen as finalists and subsequently read before an audience, after which the “audience favorite” is chosen to be slated into the following year’s production season.

All of the finalists – including my play, “A Flower of the Field” – will be read before a live audience on Saturday, July 9th.

Additionally, Tyler Civic Theatre provided me with some readers’ critiques of the play, which I am pleased to share below.

Very creative piece. Written in a manner easy to visualize. 

The eternal battle between good and evil would be easily recognizable to the audience. 

Timely as it deals with the first “pandemic” in recorded history.

The writing is excellent. The story was highly engaging and not at all what I expected. Very well done piece.

Characters are very well written and archetypes are clearly defined.

Kept my attention and never deviated from the path. Was immediately interested in learning where the story would lead.


Many thanks to Tyler Civic Theatre Center for this honor!

Watch “Shadows of Men”

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It’s not often I have the pleasure of linking off to a recording of one of my plays for people out in cyberspace to watch and (hopefully) enjoy, but Arts Forth Worth has given me such an opportunity.

My historical drama “Shadows of Men” was a finalist in Arts Forth Worth’s new play festival and was given a staged reading by the Dallas-based group Altered Shakespeare back on March 29th.

Arts Forth Worth is uploading (or depending on when you read this, *has* uploaded) all 16 of the plays featured in their new play festival to their YouTube channel, where you can view the recordings at your leisure and enjoy the great writing talent of all playwrights involved.

You will be able to access a full recording of the reading of “Shadows of Men” around mid-July (will let you know when it’s posted!).

Meanwhile, here am I doing a quick spot for the piece that was used by Arts Fort Worth to encourage traffic to their YouTube channel.


Again, thank you to Arts Forth Worth (and Jason Levya) and Altered Shakespeare for their great rendering of my play!

“Flower” is recognized

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I learned today that my (brand) new drama “A Flower of the Field” is a finalist in a new play competition (“FirstWorks”) sponsored by the group Theatre@First!

Theatre@First is an all-volunteer community theater founded in 2003 and based in Somerville, MA, which draws untapped talent from the surrounding community and presents quality live theater across a number of different local venues.

Check out this great newspaper article about Theatre@First that spotlights their successful navigation of the COVID pandemic and the enthusiasm and the passion for the theatrical arts that they channel and encourage in their local community.

Many thanks to Theatre@First for providing “A Flower of the Field” for its first nod by a theatrical organization!