MANIFEST DESTINY at the inaugural Woodstock Short Play Festival

Manifest Destiny is headed upstate this summer to be part of the inaugural Woodstock Short Play Festival presented by White Horse Theater Company & Queen of Rogues in Woodstock, NY. The festival will be held August 7-8 at 7 pm at the Queen of Rogues Art Space on Tinker Street. Seating is very limited. Tickets may be purchased here.

I couldn’t be more excited to join this stellar roster of playwrights and actors and to see Manifest Destiny start its journey to more theaters around the country following its success at ACTF earlier this year.

Hope to see ya in Woodstock!

SOTTO VOCE is a semi-finalist for the 2026 Inkslinger Play Contest

My full-length play, Sotto Voce, was recently selected as a semi-finalist for the 2026 Inkslinger Playwriting Contest at Southeastern Louisiana University. My play joins 25 other semi-finalists, including one by my MFA classmate Emily Klaumann, selected out of 200+ submissions.

Finalists are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Congrats to all the semi-finalists!

From Southeastern Louisiana Theatre department:

“Now entering its 13th year, the Inkslinger Playwriting Contest is dedicated to discovering and championing new theatrical voices. Through a rigorous three-round adjudication process that carefully evaluates over 200 submissions, the contest identifies exceptional new plays and offers the winning playwright lodging, travel support, and a full-scale Mainstage production at Southeastern Theatre. The contest has cultivated a legacy of launching successful plays into the wider theatrical landscape, with past winners achieving subsequent productions at regional theatre nationwide and publication. Beyond recognizing outstanding playwriting, the Inkslinger Playwriting Contest serves as a vital educational experience for Southeastern theatre students and audiences, creating meaningful opportunities for direct engagement with living playwrights and fostering an appreciation for the development of contemporary American theatre. This contest represents Southeastern Theatre’s ongoing commitment to supporting emerging voices in playwriting while enriching the theatrical education of students through exposure to new works and the artists who create them.”

MANIFEST DESTINY advances to the national finals at ACTF

My short drama, Manifest Destiny, was awarded the Gary Garrison 10-min Play Award for ACTF region V (which includes universities in Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) and has advanced to the national festival for consideration for the top award among finalists from the other 7 regional festivals.

The play had a fantastic staged reading directed and acted by students in the region including Parker Shinn (director), Raegan Weber (actor), Carlie Robertson (actor), and Saline Osborn (actor).

I traveled to Rochester, MN for the festival to collaborate with this great group, and I couldn’t be more pleased at the play’s reception by both audiences and the festival adjudicators. Region V had a terrific group of playwrights and short plays, and I feel very proud and grateful to have been chosen alongside fellow playwright Gram Coalier to represent this part of the country.

REVIEW: Eugene O'Neill's RECKLESSNESS at American Theatre of Actors

I recently wrapped up Eugene O’Neill’s Recklessness at American Theatre of Actors off-off Broadway, where I played scheming maid (and possible stand-in for the playwright), Gene.

Arts Independent did a review of the O’Neill double bill, including a nice notice about my work:

“Emmy Potter adds more fire onstage as the scorned, scheming maid Gene, whose revenge-minded meddling leads Arthur to make a terrible, vengeance-driven decision.”

You can read the entire review here.

UP NEXT: Eugene O'Neill's RECKLESSNESS at American Theatre of Actors

I’m appearing as Gene in Eugene O’Neill’s 1916 rarely-performed, early career one-act, Recklessness at American Theatre of Actors from December 17th-21st. The play is part of a double bill with A Wife for Life, O’Neill’s first play from 1913.

Recklessness is about a woman tries to escape her loveless marriage to a wealthy businessman by having an affair with their chauffeur, which leads to devastating consequences.

The play is directed by John DeBenedetto.

Tickets can be purchased online here.

American Theatre of Actors, Inc. (ATA) was founded in 1976 by James Jennings to promote the development of new playwrights, directors and actors, and to provide them a creative atmosphere in which to work. The plays are dramas, comedies, and hybrids, dealing with the social and ethical problems of contemporary society.

IN THE HOT SEAT is a semi-finalist at the 2025 Fall Queens Short Play Festival

My latest short play, In the Hot Seat, made it to the semi-finals of the 2025 Fall Queens Short Play Festival hosted by the Secret Theatre. Congratulations to the finalists and winners!

Some photos from the production are below. Thank you to Caitlyn Beckwith and Dixie Carroll for their talents and Andrea Romano for her direction.

IN THE HOT SEAT premieres at the Fall 2025 Queens Short Play Festival

My new short play, In the Hot Seat, is currently running in Program D of the Fall 2025 Queens Short Play Festival hosted by the Secret Theatre. You can read the full press release on Broadway World here.

This 15-minute comedy is set during a girls' trip to an Arizona spa, where two childhood best friends - cooking influencer Sloane and paralegal Tessa - detox their bodies and their friendship in the sauna. As the temperature rises, the sweat, secrets, and resentments start pouring out, proving that maybe Sartre was right: hell is other people...specifically, your so-called “best friend.”

I have re-teamed with Andrea Romano on this production who is serving as director. Dixie Carroll and Caitlyn Alico Beckwith co-star.

Performance dates are:

  • October 16th at 8:30 pm

  • October 24th and 29th at 6:00 pm

  • November 2nd at 1:00 pm*

*I will be stepping into Dixie Carroll’s role at this performance

You can purchase tickets for the show here.

The Wayward Women wins Best Director at the Queens Short Play Festival Winter 2025

I’m thrilled to share The Wayward Women not only advanced to the finals of the Winter 2025 Queens Short Play Festival, my dear friend Andrea Romano was awarded Best Director for her work on the play.

After such an enthusiastic reception by audiences throughout the festival, this was a wonderful way to close out this experience and production.

The Wayward Women advances to the semi-finals of the Queens Short Play Festival

I'm proud to announce my short play, The Wayward Women, has advanced to the semi-finals round of the Queens Short Play Festival and will have ONE additional performance:

Semi-Final Program A: Thursday, March 6th at 7 pm

The Secret Theatre

3802 61st St

Woodside, NY 11377

The top 4 plays from each semi-final advance to the finals this weekend, so we need YOUR votes to help get us there!  For tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thesecrettheatrellc/1610324?

This event will likely sell out, so if you're planning to come (and I hope you are), make sure to get your ticket ASAP. Yeehaw!