Bibo and Bertie

​    Production, Lab Theater Project in Tampa, 2018
   Public Theatre, San Antonio, 2020 ZOOM Staged Reading

​In 1954, Albert Einstein--the most famous man in the world--celebrates his 75th birthday. He receives an unusual birthday gift: Bibo the parrot (true story!) who teaches Bertie the one life lesson he has not yet mastered—how to love.

Gimme Shelter

   Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival 2022
   Semifinalist (so far) in O'Neill 2022

A DUI conviction forces an emotionally bankrupt suburban socialite to serve volunteer hours at the local big-city homeless shelter on the brink of closure. The ragtag resident crew of outcasts and misfits help her find a true home and save the shelter from extinction.

The Great Reset (c) 2022
 After a sudden apocalyptic economic meltdown, domestic terrorists occupy a prestigious Park Avenue high-rise, holding the wealthy residents hostage. Four ultra-privileged couples shelter in place in the penthouse. Each day, the unseen terrorists make new demands via intercom and remove their privileges one by one: servants, telephone, Internet, electricity, gas, and water. Each couple, from different generations tries to cope with what seems like impending doom. The terrorists tighten the screws on people woefully lacking in basic survival skills. One by one, the hostages are killed or die off, except for one unlikely survivor. This play is a slapstick, physical comedy. Until it isn’t. 

Yellow Rose
Headed to a commercial productions after a successful workshop in NYC directed by Tracey Conyer Lee in Sep 2023

Book by Sarah Lawrence                
Lyrics by Paul V. Gandolfi, Terry A. Langfitt & Sarah Lawrence

Music by Paul V. Gandolfi & Terry A. Langfitt  

In 1836, Emily West—a young, biracial runaway slave—yearns to find  freedom. She escapes to Texas (then a part of Mexico). Upon arriving, she is immediately thrown into the war between Mexico and the Tejas settlers. She is also caught up in a love triangle with Levi Gates, the noble dock foreman, and charismatic President Santa Anna of Mexico; both men want her at all costs. The bold decisions she makes changed the course of history and helped earn Texas its independence. 

Duende: Recuerdos de Flamenco
   2020 Workshop Production Lab Theatre Tampa postponed

   Winner, Stageplay Division, Moondance Intl Film Festival, 2019                       Finalist, Julie Harris Award 2016
Francisco and Delores de la Fuente, the greatest flamenco duo of modern time, present an evening of performance, interactive demonstration, and relationship therapy. Over the course of the play, audiences experience the Duende, the exquisite feeling of beauty and pain at the same time--the foundation of all authentic flamenco and too often, love itself.  

Featured Work


Sarah Lawrence

Playwright/Screenwriter

Peace So Sweet (April, 2023)
​​Adaptation of award-winning stageplay Liberty (see below)

​Double Recommend by Stage 32 May, 2023

Sarah Henry’s passionate belief in the unalienable rights of all people sets her on a collision course with society and her husband Patrick Henry, the fiery patriot and orator. Her increasingly strident activism for the rights of women and slaves causes Patrick to imprison her for “female mania,” forcing Sarah to choose between liberty or death. 

Liberty
   Winner, Southern Playwrights Competition
   National American College Theater Festival Finalist

   Finalist, Julie Harris, Jewel Box, and nine other competitions

   Semi-finalist O'Neill Competition 2019
   Top 3 Finalist, Screencraft 2020, Book Pipeline Award 2017 
Most Americans know Patrick "Give me liberty" Henry; few know he kept his presumably mad wife Sarah in a straitjacket in their basement. After her mysterious death, he never again delivered a great speech. This is Sarah's story.