Writing

Current Projects

TV:

• Lone Wolf, a dark comedy about action heroes battling the male loneliness epidemic (pilot)

• Body Shop, a sci-fi satire about a startup that sells bodies (pilot)

Film:

• On the Loose, a horror comedy; teen girl Waiting for Godot if Godot was a serial killer (feature screenplay)

• The Fool, a short about an April Fools prank gone awry (post-production, produced by Flying Horse Films)

• The Hopebringers, a short about performative activism (post-production)

Other:

• I am currently editing my first novel, Ecolonizonomy, a satire on space colonization (adviser: Adam Johnson, sponsored by the Bill Lane Center for the American West)

• I am a Founding Writer for humor.us, a humor publication featuring Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show, and Key and Peele writers

• I develop songs and sketches for The Stanford Fleet Street Singers, Stanford's musical comedy group

One-Act Plays

• Cycle Cycle Cycle - Penguin Productions in partnership with the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival and Artists at the Center, 2024 and Eugene O’Neill Theater Center Young Playwrights Festival Semi-Finalist, 2025

• Two People Wanting to Hook Up, Talking - Mercer Island High School, 2023

• Full Mailbox - Seattle Symphony, 2023 and Penguin Productions, 2022

• Rushed No More - Penguin Productions, 2021

The Stanford Daily

• TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s ‘Come From Away’ comes from a good place - April 29, 2026

• Students on their artistic hobbies for the spring - April 29, 2026

• Playgrounds for climbers: The state of America's elite universities - April 16, 2026

• ‘All My Sons’ at Berkeley Repertory Theatre is brutal and brilliant - Mar. 15, 2026

• Review: Phi Delta Omega Kappa’s Friday night rager - Jan. 20, 2026

• The Daily Humor Section answers: Why did the chicken cross the road? - Oct. 7, 2025

The Seattle Times

• Where are Seattle's stages for teen artists and leaders? - Aug. 14, 2025

• Joseph Keckler: Train With No Midnight @ On the Boards - Nov. 23, 2022

• Swimming While Drowning @ ArtsWest - Oct. 14, 2022

• What the Constitution Means to Me @ Seattle Rep - Oct. 10, 2022

• 4 brand-new YA novels, reviewed by Seattle-area teens - May 10, 2022

• 7 young people in the Seattle area write about what Ruth Bader Ginsburg means to them - Oct. 1, 2020

Encore Spotlight

• Talking About It Plainly With Debra Ann Byrd - Dec. 27, 2022

• The Journey of Courage to "Choir Boy" - Sep. 6, 2022

• Village Theatre's "Mamma Mia!" Is Conventional, but Empowering - June 16, 2022

• The Jaws-Dropping Story Behind Seattle Rep's "Bruce" - May 26, 2022

• All the World’s a Song in Village Theatre’s “Songs for a New World” - Jan. 7, 2022

• Seattle Opera’s “La Bohème” is a Touching Spectacle for McCaw Hall’s Returning Audiences - Oct. 19, 2021

• In Kids We Trust - July 22, 2021

Seattle Arts & Lectures

• Oh, the Places You Could Go - May 17, 2023

• Don't Worry, Ma - Nov. 22, 2022

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• A high school staging of 'Fiddler' takes on a 'whole new meaning' after Oct. 7 - May 21, 2024

TeenTix Blog

• 5 Takes on Hit Man - Sep. 20, 2024

• It Felt Good to Take Over - Aug. 6, 2024

• Summer Editorial - June 20, 2024

• April Connections - April 16, 2024

• New Styles Falling Upon Us - Oct. 17, 2023

• 5 Takes on the Barbie Movie - Aug. 28, 2023

• "Sweeney Todd" is a Color-Conscious Triumph - June 27, 2023

• The Delicate Magic of "Into the Woods" -  Feb. 28, 2023

• Celebrating the Venues We Love This February - Feb. 13, 2023

• Six Takes on "Christmas Bloody Christmas" - Feb. 6, 2023

• The Holidays Are a Time for Traditions, and Breaking Them - Dec. 4, 2022

• Windows and Mirrors Across the Seattle Art Scene - Sep. 10, 2022

• Six Takes on The Sea Beast - Sep. 4, 2022

• miku, and the gods. is a Stunning Spoken Through Musical - Aug. 4, 2022

• The Price of Selling Kabul - July 21, 2022

• Don't Pigeonhole Children's Theater - July 11, 2022

• Learning From The Inside Outtakes - July 11, 2022

• You Nervous? - March 31, 2022

• Speak of the Devil and He is Schur to Appear - March 24, 2022

• The Monsters Under America’s Bed Have Come Out to Play - March 1, 2022

• 2021 in Stand-Up: A Retrospective on the Introspective - Feb. 16, 2022

• The Delightful Poppycock of See How They Run - Feb. 9, 2022

• Zach Stone Should’ve Been Famous - Jan. 28, 2022

• We’ve Battled Monsters Before, But This Time, It Feels Even Fresher - Jan. 13, 2022

• Nod When You’ve Got It - March 31, 2021

• You’ve Come To The Right Place - Feb. 24, 2021

• Twisted Flicks: Jet City Conquers the Pandemic - Jan. 8, 2021

• A NFFTY Artist Feature - Oct. 1, 2020

The MIHS Islander (selected)

• The Lost Art of Flirting in Class - Feb. 2025 Issue

• Reflection on MIHS Social Groups - Nov. 26, 2024

• Election Season in the Classroom - Oct. 22, 2024

• Out Loud, "Turtles" Loses Its Voice - June 4, 2024

• MIHS Teachers Need to Respect Students' Time - Feb. 26, 2024

• Mean Girls Keeps its Crown - Feb. 2024 Issue

• The Monetized Classroom - Oct. 2023 Issue

• Asteroid City is Masterfully Communal - Sep. 2023 Issue

• Broken Clock for a Broken Town - March 29, 2023

• Study Guide Black Market - Dec. 2022 Issue

• Do Students Have an Ethical Duty to Do Well in School? - Oct. 2022 Issue

• Vocab Challenge: This Makes Me Want to Kill Myself - Oct. 2022 Issue

• Race to Be Human Breaks Our Bubble - Oct. 2022 Issue

• In Conversation with Theatermaker Madeline Sayet - Oct. 14, 2022

• Masks Are Not Metaphors - Sep. 2022 Issue

• "Minions: The Rise of Gru" is a Despicable Cash Grab - July 22, 2022

• Superintendent Colosky Reflects On Her Time With MISD - June 13, 2022

• Stop Glamorizing Military Recruitment At MIHS - May 20, 2022

• “The Batman” Fell Flat, Man - April 28, 2022

• Student Perspectives: The Curtain Opens on MIHS Drama’s 2022 Playwriting Project - April 21, 2022

• Award Show Review: The 94th Annual Oscars - April 4, 2022

• Unity Week: Islanders Share Their Thoughts - March 23, 2022

• Inclusivity Wins in Unified Basketball Game - Feb. 7, 2022

Awards

• Lu Flannery Outstanding Journalist Award - Washington Journalism Education Association, 2025

• First Place: Israel or Jewish-related stories by students in professional publications, news and features - Jewish Scholastic Press Awards, 2025

• Braman Family Writing Award - Mercer Island Community Scholarship, 2025

Publications