August is a playwright.
BUT NOT UNCLE VANYA
Uncle Vanya, without... Uncle Vanya. You know, the interesting parts of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya, it’s just, those parts just happen to not have the character Uncle Vanya in them. Astrov is doing his best helming a rewrite of the play, with only Sonia and Yelena by his side. As Astrov tries to wrestle the story to his control and Sonia tries to keep her world together, Yelena starts to wonder if she could also make changes. Maybe even remove herself entirely.
Pictured: But Not Uncle Vanya at Aporia Artists Collective, dir. Hannah Postlewait. Starring Kevin McCann, Megnot Toggia, and Maggie Brennan.
ACUTE EXPOSURE
Dell has a mission, and Mara is along for the ride: to tell the people of the far-flung future that there is a dangerous store of nuclear waste hidden below the ground. But how do you craft a message so universal any culture could understand? How do two young queer people navigate finding themselves, and finding themselves after something has changed them? Are we even talking about waste anymore? Sparks fly- and energy radiates- in this new play about a continuous problem.
Winner - First place in the 2025-26 EMOS Ecodrama Festival (2025)
So.Queer New Playwrights Festival Honorable Mention (2021)
Pictured: Acute Exposure at Richmond Triangle Players, dir. Nora Ogunleye. Starring Calie Bain, Melissa Southerman
THE LION IS OUT
Olive just wants a nice night with Reese. Benji just wants to use the lucky cup to save a lion. Taijiri just wants to roar. A short play about asking for what you want.
Pictured: The Lion is Out at 24 Hour Plays: Philadelphia, dir. Tyler Dobrowsky. Starring Zoe Feldman, Morgan Charece Hall, Michael Stahler, and Bobbi Block.
Additional Buzz
Benzwie Playwriting Award Nominee (2024) - Untitled (The Superconductor Play)
PlayPenn Foundry Member, Class of 2026
The Palace Collective 2024 Resident Artist
AS I WAS, NOT AS I AM
Laurel is sick. Her roommates want her to get better. How do you help someone who can't afford health care? Does it involve setting a car on fire? As I Was, Not As I Am is mainly about queer roommates, headaches, clubbing, upstairs neighbors, arson, and washing machines; but it's also about love: the kind that would make you do anything for each other.
Princess Grace Fellowship Award Semi Finalist (2021), Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Nominee (2021)
Pictured: As I Was, Not As I Am at Moxie Arts NY / WP Theater, dir. Annabel Heacock. Starring Sophia Radix, Sarah Rahman, Phoenix Ra, and Tori Ashley Matos.
ATRYTONE
Athena came out of a headache, but now she has one of her own. How does the goddess of wisdom deal with pain? And why won't anyone believe (in) her?
Pictured: Atrytone at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, 2019, dir. Michael Stahler. Starring Kayla Cleary.