Playwright
Essayist
Coffee-fueled news junkie examining the humanity behind the headlines and amplifying voices outside major media markets.
Appalachian native who wishes we could all just get along.
Neurodivergent
Honors
2020 Kentucky Foundation for Women Grantee – Artist Enrichment
2014 Emerging Artist Award, Kentucky Arts Council
Bake-Off of Doom
- 2013 Semi-Finalist, HotCity Theatre Greenhouse Series
- 2014 Short-Listed, American Actors UK New Voices
Robin of Sherwood
- 2014 Honorable Mention, Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Play Competition for Youth Theatre
The Morgan Sisters of Vine Street
- 2015 Short-Listed, Milken Playwrighting Prize
Produced Plays
This Moment in America, Swamp Witch Studio at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 2022
Whazzits: Adventure on Earth, StageOne Family Theatre commission, 2022
Monster in Me (aka Monster of Mine), StageOne Family Theatre commission, 2020
- Published by Pioneer Drama
View from the Pews, Women’s Work Festival at Tennessee Women’s Theatre Project, 2013
Good Little Church Girls, The Kentucky Girlhood Project, 2007 and 2009
Unproduced Plays
Bake-off of Doom, full length original play for live theatre and audio adaptation set in a dystopian near future where mothers are assessed annually by the state through a baking competition
Robin of Sherwood, TYA adaptation of the Robin Hood legend
Frankenstein, live theatre script and audio drama adaptation
The Morgan Sisters of Vine Street, historical drama about 1930s Tennessee adapted for high school theatre program
Home Sweet, full length original play exploring the meaning of home and how it changes across a person’s lifetime, and beyond
The Merry Players Traveling Troupe for Children’s Theatre Presents Mitchell the Mighty Starring Mitchell McConn Written by Mitchell McConn (aka Mighty Mitchell), a modern politically-themed commedia dell’arte ensemble piece (not for children)
Audio Drama Scripts
This Moment in America, Swamp Witch Studio, 2020-present
There Is No Sound in the Vacuum of Space, Night Owl Theatre, 2021
Prison Yard, Night Owl Theatre, 2021
Earth Blanket, Night Owl Theatre, 2021
Whirligig, Night Owl Theatre, 2021
Quarantine, Night Owl Theatre, 2020
Waves, Night Owl Theatre, 2019
A Death in Texas, Night Owl Theatre, 2016 (produced 2017)
The Haunting of Sighisoara, Night Owl Theatre, 2013 (produced 2018)
Home for Now, serial holiday show produced by Swamp Witch Studio for ARTxFM, 2013
Knight and Noon, radio detective drama in partnership with Crescent Hill Radio, 2013
Esther and Ruth, Swamp Witch Studio, 2013
Readings
The Merry Players Traveling Troupe for Children’s Theatre Presents Mitchell the Mighty Starring Mitchell McConn Written by Mitchell McConn (aka Mighty Mitchell), New Play Slam at Vault1031, 2015
View from the Pews, Southern Girls Convention, 2015
Bake-Off of Doom, New Play Slam at Vault1031, 2013
Published Essays
Underwired Magazine
- January 2008, “No More 2%!”
- March 2008, “Easy Bake Envy”
- January 2009, “Postmarked by Hope”
- August 2009, “Substitutions”
- December 2009, “Testimony”
- September 2011, “Happy Birthday!”
- February 2012, Ucrew
Residencies
Wildacres Retreat, North Carolina, 2012
- Began development of Robin of Sherwood
Hopscotch Retreat, Kentucky Foundation for Women, 2011 and 2015
- Began development of Bake-off of Doom
- View from the Pews revision
Education
Audio Drama Course at Arvon, UK, with Simon Armitage & Sue Roberts
B.A., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Humanities & English Literature