Welcome, so happy you’re here
This is what I know- everyone has a story that will stop your heart. Our stories connect us to who we are, who we were and who we can become. Most importantly our stories connect us to each other. In the sacred spaces of dirty little theaters, school desks, talk over kitchen tables and between the pages of the written word, something magical happens- we find connection. And in that connection, we discover that we all live the same lives in many different ways. Through this work- it’s my hope that we all learn to listen for the story.
Good News!
THE BOOK IS OUT!! Solo: A Guide to Writing and Producing your One Person Show” with Julie Ganey. Northwestern University Press. Buy it at NUP or Amazon
Theatre Residency at the City Of Chicago Cultural Center
3ARTS Award Nominee for Theater Artist
Performances
South Haven’s Listiak Auditorium- Summer 2027
Book-Signing, Bookends & Beginning-
Louder Than A Mom- June 17
Writing
READ! The Power Of Standing Up. Take The Lead Women
“SUBBY” is included in Storytellers from Stage to Page. Buy It on Amazon
“ZIPLESS” is included in Love Stories, Chicago Anthology Buy it on Amazon
Solo Show & Story Workshops
Are you ready to write? Get that one-person show onto a stage? Finish those pieces that are sitting in a drawer? Start submitting or want to read at live lit events? Does the thought of taking this step excite/ scare/ intimidate/ exhilarate you? Yay! It’s Time! I invite you to honor your artistic self and become part of a creative, supportive group.
Solo Show & Story for the Stage Chicago Dramatists, Oct 6-Nov 17
The Writers Room - Private class for writers mixed genres. (New-Oct 2026)
BIG WINS: Yay! Rachel Goodstein for producing the Solo+ Festival featuring our Lani Montreal & Klaudia Siczek. Our Solo Summer Series at Chicago Dramatists featured Marya Frankel, Larry Weiss and Laura Parris, Marya Frankel and Michael DeBartolo at Edinburgh Fringe and Lani Montreal at prestigious PlayPen in SF. Congratulations to these folks in our classes who got their work on a stage: Lauren Kee, Judi Schindler, Zach Robinson, R.C. Riley, Sandy Borglum, Michael Herzovi, Errol McClendon, Eileen Tull, LeAnn Webster, Molly Surowitz, Frankie Temple, Deborah Kent Stein, Ann Filmer, Julie Danis, Francesca Sobrer, Maria Kostas, Shalaka Kilkarni, Toccara Castleman, Kinnari Vora