Selected Work

State of the Union
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State of the Union

The President has created his most impossible scandal yet.
Will his devoted longtime fixer finally decide to let him own it?

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Bob & Jimmy
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Bob & Jimmy

Before Jimmy Carter faced the country,
Robert Redford taught him how to face the camera.

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Fuckin’ Ruthie
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Fuckin’ Ruthie

A criminally funny dark comedy about con artists in 1975 Chicago. Shortlisted for the Alpine Fellowship Theatre Prize.

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The Pop! Playbook Series
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The Pop! Playbook Series

An interactive pop-culture book series for young superfans, launching from Penguin Workshop / Tinker in 2027.

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Misty Makes It Better
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Misty Makes It Better

A fresh new musical with an indie edge about doing the right thing for all the wrong reasons

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Cheers Live on Stage
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Cheers Live on Stage

A stage adaptation of the iconic television comedy, reshaped into a two-act theatrical event for longtime fans and newcomers alike.

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Muppets Meet the Classics
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Muppets Meet the Classics

The Muppets invade the literary canon in a critically acclaimed two-book series from Disney and Penguin Workshop.

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

A heartwarming Catskills-set musical comedy featuring the hits of Neil Sedaka. Stuart Zagnit, Jenny Fellner, Jamie LaVerdier, Ed Staudenmayer, Laura Woyasz and Renée Taylor onstage at the Actors Playhouse.

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Carrie
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Carrie

A darkly comic stage reimagining of Stephen King’s bloody brilliant novel

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Like a Billion Likes
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Like a Billion Likes

Aaron Roberts, Delaney Milbourn, Evan Michael Woods, Mikaela Krantz, and Dana Schultes in the Stage West world premiere of Like a Billion Likes.

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The Escape
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The Escape

When Patrick Dempsey needed original poems for a movie, Erik finally found a use for his undergraduate minor in Poetry

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Doll
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Doll

A ribald reworking of A Doll’s House that likely had Henrik Ibsen rolling over in his grave

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Charlie!
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Charlie!

“A frothy little musical about murder and brainwashing,” wrote Ben Brantley in his New York Times review

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Tell-Tale
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Tell-Tale

Edgar Allan Poe meets B-movie noir in this twisty Off Broadway thriller, a GLAAD Best Play nominee

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