SCRIPTS

Weather Up

Three years after a series of super-storms end life as we know it, the employees of Hudson Candle are back to work 9 to 5. The Last of Us meets Abbott Elementary.

TV Comedy Pilot Second Rounder, 2024 Austin Film Festival

Script available upon request.

Half-hour comedy pilot, 2024

Miracle

A hot-tempered, trash-talking women’s college basketball legend turned WNBA-bust gets a final shot at her W dreams with a unguaranteed contract to play for the Orlando Miracle.

Script available upon request.

Half-hour comedy pilot, 2024

Abbott Elementary
“Chess Tournament”

Ava signs the school up to run a district chess tournament, which Janine happily adds to her full plate of work. Jacob saves the environment one wasteful print at a time.

Read the full spec here.

Half-hour spec, 2022

INTERNET WRITING

McSweeney’s

Humor site
Contributor, 2024-present

Reductress

Humor site
Contributor, 2016-2018

Humor site
Contributor, 2015-2016

Above Average

SPORTS NEWSLETTER

The Sportswoman

Weekly newsletter
Co-creator, Writer, 2019-2022

A weekly newsletter about women and queer sports, co-written and co-created by Toni Pizza & myself. Each issue contains a long-form feature piece and round-up of news.

Read an issue of The Sportswoman here.

SKETCH COMEDY

Upright Citizens
Brigade Theater

A selection of my favorite sketches written and performed for UCB’s Maude Night and other shows, titles link to a video:

The Handshake Twins - Two strangers somehow know the same very elaborate handshake.

Kiss Cam - A basketball arena kiss cam won’t leave one couple alone.

Jazz Geniuses - A jazz band tries some out of the box techniques.

Old Yeller Coffee Pot - A family must say goodbye to their beloved coffee pot.

Cynthia Nixon For Governor Ad - Nixon attacks Cuomo for being too straight.

The Whale Heckler - A SeaWorld patron isn’t impressed with the whales.

Dirty Dancing Lesbian Wedding - Two new wives didn’t communicate about their “I’ve Had The Time of My Life” duet.

Bill Gates Power Point - Bill Gates sets up his power point presentation at a Harvard University lecture.

Ben Franklin Laundry Day - A woman wears the last thing left in her closet on laundry day.

Sex in the Winter - Two women take off their winter layers before sex.

Oscars Speech - An actress’ acceptance speech with many, many people to thank.

Half-hour monthly live shows
Writer, Producer, 2015-2020

LIVE COMEDY SHOWS

Dyke Power(point)

Two-person stand-up/sketch show
Writer, Producer, 2017-2019

A 45 minute scripted show that provides answers to all of the questions dykes get from straight people. Part stand-up, part sketch, part long-form history lesson. Presented in power point presentation format.

Co-created & co-written with Nikki Palumbo. Performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater & Caveat Theater.

Watch “A Guide To Lesbian Sex” performed for UCB’s Best-of Summer Showcase here.

UCBTNY's only politics sketch show. Each month featured a new half-hour show on the past month's politics news. Co-created with Cody Lindquist, and featured a new selection of all-star writers and actors each month.

Watch shows here.

Monthly stand-up/variety show
Co-Creator, Writer, Producer, 2018-2019

The Swamp

Queer Tiger Beat

Monthly sketch show
Co-creator, Writer, Producer, 2016-2020

A monthly variety comedy show at the historic Duplex Cabaret. The show features a rotating crew of all-queer women, trans, and non-binary folks and has featured Jes Tom, Jessica Henderson, Mila Myles, Kelsey Bailey, Kelley Quinn, Taylor Ortega, Lorena Russi, Carolyn Bergier, Sydnee Washington. Co-created and co-written with Nikki Palumbo.

Queer Tiger Beat regularly played to sold out crowds, and was featured in The New York Times’ “5 Comedy Shows to Catch in NYC This Weekend” and Time Out’s “The Best LGBT Things To Do In New York”.

Queerball!:
The Sketch Show

Monthly sketch show
Writer, Producer, 2018-2020

A half-hour sketch show written, performed, and directed by all-LGBTQ comedians. The show had a 9 month run at the Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC, and played for packed audiences.

Watch “Splash Mountain Is Gay” here.

A series of ambitious sketch and variety comedy shows intended to pack as many comedians and as much chaos into a single hour as possible. Shows including the Penn Station Area Sketch Festival, a 60 minute, 60 act comedy festival, the Hubbies Slam Dunk Competition, a 60 character dunk competition, and Evening Night, a late night talk show that featured over 30 comedians doing impressions.

Monthly sketch/variety shows
Co-creator, Writer, Producer
2013-2016

The Hubbies

SHORT FILM

Lucy and the Stars

13 minute comedy short
Writer, Director, 2013

On the night a shooting star is headed straight to destroy Manhattan, will Lucy finally tell her best friend how she feels?

A 13 minute romcom that I wrote, directed, and edited. The film was an IndieWire Project of the Week, completed a successful IndieGoGo campaign, and was a selection in the Northside Film Festival.

Film available upon request.