Shopping around a new feature-length screenplay, In the Shadow of the Night, which was selected as a Finalist in the 2018 Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition. Also, I'm continuing my acting studies with Josh Pais and Committed Impulse. My new play A ROOM WITH A FUTON opens MONDAY, January 5, 2015 as part of the VENUS/ADONIS FESTIVAL; the link to reservations and other info is in the summary section above. Also, I've performed in various Off-Off B'way plays, films and commercial work on TV and in print. I'm a waiter at Veselka, a Ukranian 24/7 East Village fixture celebrating its 60th year in continuous operation. I write continually and I've produced my own work independently and as part of the 2008FringeNYC.

I'm a published short story author, poet and produced playwright. I've also begun adapting my previously published short fiction into screenplays. My first screenplay, IN THE SHADOW OF THE NIGHT was selected as a finalist in the Hollywood Just4Shorts Film and Screenplay Competition; also the novelette from which it was adapted will be in the September 2021 issue of the Scarlet Leaf Review. I've adapted THE BOYS IN THE MACHINE, a previously published short story into a feature-length screenplay and continue to pursue avenues for production for it.My most recent short play JUST STOP! was featured in Sundog Theatre's Scenes From the Staten Island Ferry 2021. My most recent full-length play, A ROOM WITH A FUTON was part of the VENUS/ADONIS FESTIVAL 2015. Also, my full-length play One Seat in the Shade, which I produced, was presented in the 2008FringeNYC. I produced my first full-length play Henry and Mom at the Open Stage Theater in Pittsburgh, PA in 2006. My poetry collection, Naked Prayers (SIx Gallery Press, 2007) is available on Amazon.com. Other poems have appeared in Global Poemic, The Oakland Review, Thieves Jargon and Red River Review. My short stories have been published in Pittsburgh's Out (1997 Short Fiction Contest Winner), The James White Review, Harrington Gay Mens Fiction Quarterly, The Front and Blythe House Quarterly.