It’s eleven AM. You’re in sweatpants. You’re hungover. And you smoke pot. And I’m the one with the job that keeps a roof over our head. No kid.  — Claire

Claire and Max find their values put to the test when best friends Alex and Elena announce they are having a baby. With friends entering into parenthood, they ask: What happened to the indie-rock kids that hated everything their parents did? 

“A wickedly funny comedy” —WGBH, Boston Public Radio

World premiere at Speakeasy Stage Company in Boston (Jan-Feb 2015)

Published by Concord Theatricals.

I have an idea about people in love. People can be divided into two types: those who want to die first and those who want to die last. A couple whose love succeeds must be one of each.  — Nicholas

Jeremy runs into fellow American Teddy at a hotel bar near the Amsterdam airport. Over beers in Teddy’s shabby hotel room, the two strangers open up. As a volunteer at a clinic in Uganda, Jeremy tried to help a gay man as his country becomes violently homophobic, while Teddy's vacation is a failed attempt to help a friend who has fallen into depression. As the night continues, the men confront the fear that they betrayed the people that needed them the most.

“[The play’s] slow-burn suspense gives the action interest and tenderness”  —The New Yorker
“An absorbing tale of conscience and connection. a probing, multilayered study of guilt [that] steadily gains power and ultimately more than rewards your attention.” —The Boston Globe
“Thrills both the nerve ends and the grey cells. It’s a masterpiece.” —The Theatre Times

World premiere at The Huntington in Boston (2017)
European premiere in London’s West End (2018)
Off-Broadway premiere at the DR2 (2024)

Published by Concord Theatricals.

We must choose. But we must choose as if we will choose that same thing again and again. We must choose with the knowledge that this moment will repeat. We must live as if every decision, every moment of joy, every heartbreak, will happen again and again. — Christian

Christian and Edwin, a married gay couple in a rut, find their lives shaken when Margaret, Christian’s ex-girlfriend from high school, gets in touch after 20 years. What begins as a night of drunken reminiscing turns into a romantic encounter that finds the trio embarking on a relationship that redefines the idea of family.

“One of the most riveting Off Broadway plays of the season” —TheaterMania

“A real treasure to hunt out” —The Daily Beast

World premiere at East Village Basement (2025)

Winner of Drama Desk Special Award for its intimate production

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Funny how we lie even when we know the person we’re lying to knows we’re lying, yet we stick with the lie. Why? — Warren

The actor Warren is in love with his Off-Off-Broadway co-star, the much younger Stella. Meanwhile, in a Boston hotel room, Stella’s divorced mother re-connects with her ex-high school boyfriend, now a divorced gay man addicted to Grindr. Why is everyone so lonely? Why is everyone so sad? A loose riff on Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde.

In development

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Maybe the unfinished things / Maybe that’s the stuff that haunts us the most. — Bennett

College freshman Bennett meets his new best friend Cath in the dorm laundry room only to find that relationship threatened during a road trip to Planned Parenthood. Twenty-five years later, Bennett, now a 40-year old man, meets a stranger at a farmers market and hopes she can help him recover from a devastating loss. An intimate play about the complicated and generous friendships between gay men and straight women. 

In development

Act 1 of MODERN ROCK (CATH CARROLL) was one of the winners of the 2023 A IS FOR Playwriting Award given to new plays about reproductive justice. 
Act 2 of MODERN ROCK (VAPOR TRAIL) was produced as an audio play and was featured in the 2022 Tribeca Festival and Playwrights Horizons Sound Stage series. You can listen to the audio play here.

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Way too fucking sincere man. —Adam

It’s the summer of 1992 in Medford, New Jersey, Adam and his gang of friends face life after high school. But when the fivesome encounter a mysterious visitor from another world, their lives are forever changed. 

“Part science-fiction yarn, part horror tale, sex farce and memory play, it’s a play that offers a poignant thesis: When we find ourselves, we lose something, too.” — The New York Times

World premiere Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (2017)

Published by Concord Theatricals

That night, it begins. The men, they come into the church. They take a few of the old ones. I hear these sounds out in the hills. Horrible horrible sounds. Father said they wouldn’t hurt the children. —Sister Alice

A disgraced New York Times journalist arrives in Rwanda for an exclusive interview with two Hutu nuns. Charged with homicide, the nuns must convince the world of their innocence during the 1994 genocide or face a lifetime in prison. When an unknown survivor contradicts their story, this journalist must choose which version of the truth to tell the world, but he can only do that by walking in the shoes of those who survived.

“Fast-paced, fluid and taut.” —The New York Times
“Five stars! A superb play about the Rwandan genocide...so intense that, in between each scene, you can hear the audience gulp for air.” —Time Out (London)

World premiere at Theatre503 in London (2015)
Off-Broadway premiere at 59E59 Theatres (2015)
Winner of the 2008 L. Arnold Weissberger Prize

Published by Methuen Drama and Concord Theatricals

Tell your husband he doesn’t need to pursue me anymore. I do his job for him now. — Nate

Malcolm, a devoted son, floats on a bed with his mother on an endless sea, as Gabrielle, an Eastern European actress, awakes to a new life in America. Meanwhile, Nate is on the run from a faceless interrogator. These three strangers discover that a mysterious corporation bonds them together.

“Ken Urban's words are poetry. Voices and story lines converge and diverge like an elaborately mixed recording. The dialogue is full of stylized harmonies and dissonances; plots and characters operate in counterpoint. The play brings to mind Walter Pater’s famous dictum that all art aspires toward the condition of music, a fusion of form and subject matter.” —The New York Times

World premiere Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theatres in New York (2013) 
Regional theater premiere at First Floor Theater in Chicago (2016)

Published by Concord Theatricals

And sometimes, I find things I’ve written. Things I don’t really remember writing. Lists of words, thoughts. Kinda frightens me, to be honest. — Jane

Jane cannot shake a recurring nightmare in which a young man tries to break into the house. Her husband recommends that she speak to someone about her growing anxiety. In Phoebe, Jane finds a therapist who could help her but Jane’s quest for answers leads to a dangerous discovery.

In development

Winner of the 2024 Blue Ink Award for Playwriting

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Ask Charlotte: Ask her. Does she forgive me? — Philip

A grieving husband hires a dying woman to deliver a message to his recently deceased wife in the afterlife. When he receives letters describing events that only his wife could know, he must determine if the correspondence is from a con artist or if his wife has returned from the grave.

“A sharp new play that takes a stormy look at desire beyond the grave. Four Stars!” —Time Out (New York)
“You don't want to miss this disquieting play, the specter of which will likely linger in your thoughts for days after.” —TheaterMania

World premiere Off-Broadway at Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre (2014)

Published by Concord Theatricals.

Armed with art and flowers, Stan discovers his girlfriend Annie wants to take a break, while long-term boyfriends Aaron and Marcus struggle with the question of monogamy. The lives of these two couples (and their friends) become intertwined when Stan and Marcus meet online.

World premiere at the Summer Play Festival at the Public Theater in New York (2009)
Adapted into a feature-length film by the author

Published by Concord Theatricals

To do this job, you gotta think logically. But not be a robot. That make sense? — Martin

Estranged from his wife and son during the pandemic, Frank accepts a job as a content moderator for the world’s largest social media company. As he evaluates a never-ending stream of questionable content, the work takes an emotional and psychological toll. However, when he tries to help a teenage boy in trouble, Frank sees an opportunity to save himself.

World premiere at Central Square Theater in Cambridge, MA(2026)

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I suppose it is. Magical. In a magically black sort of way I guess.— The Woman

After the sudden death of his sister, Marvin finds himself alone in his grief. When he loses his cell phone, he calls his number in hopes of retrieving the phone only to have a mysterious woman answer. Marvin finds himself falling in love with this mysterious stranger, but she is not who she seems. 

“A play for the electronic post-9/11 age that captures well the absurd elements of contemporary life.” —The Seattle Times

World premiere by The Committee Theater Company in New York (2007)
Regional productions at Stage Left/The Mill in Chicago (2009) and Open Circle in Seattle (2011)

Published by Concord Theatricals

Young people these days use the word “tragic” as a synonym for “sad.” But that’s not what the tragic is. — Len

In Boston’s South End, Theo and Kevin are hosting a dinner for their family. The couple made history as one of the first gay couples to marry. Tonight, Kevin and Theo have a big announcement: they are getting divorced. The couple stress that the split is amicable, but that veneer of friendliness falls apart (literally) when the family starts asking hard questions. 

“Meticulously crafted and well stocked with humor. THE REMAINS will spark recognition in anyone who has ever had a long-term relationship —or endured a tense family dinner.” —Washington Post

World premiere at Studio Theatre in Washington, DC (2018)

Published by Concord Theatricals

You are most likely the last hire I will make as chair of this department. The last young scholar I will get to mentor on his way to tenure. —Helene

At a prestigious New England university, Erich is a popular Literature professor about to face a tenure battle. His department chair warns him that as a gay man, he’s got a target on his back. Erich decides to confront it head on in his new book. That desire to rock the boat creates problems at home as his husband Robbie struggles with sobriety and his own job challenges.

In development

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If I was him I would hate me. — Evie

In the near future, Evie monitors the data of American citizens for a secretive government contractor. When her boss promotes her, Evie must watch and listen to all of Samir’s daily interactions, becoming dangerously transfixed on him. What is his secret? Her spurned supervisor, meanwhile, watches Evie’s every move in order to destroy her workplace success. 

In development

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