As a playwright, works include the freshly-penned Lean-To about three strangers who meet in the forest and spend a night together at a rustic shelter. Other plays include: Private Property (Out of the Box Theatrics, NYC), the award-winning Back To Mine and one-acts The Spark (Mastodon Theatre Co., The Barrow Group, NYC) and IRMPOV SHOW. See my profile on the New Play Exchange.

As far as episodic writing goes, I have just completed the pilot of Cockfight - a trilingual, dark comedy about territorialism set in a deceptively sleepy Mexican beach town. I’m also developing Geri Atrick Mayor about a drag queen who runs for mayor of the podunk town she calls home. With writing partner Meghan Hemingway, I’ve created the episodic concepts Salmon Elbow (developed with Project 10 Productions, Schitt’s Creek / The Kids In The Hall), Working Title, The Joint, Birth Control and Writing Wrong (about our experience developing Salmon Elbow for HBO). Meghan and I are currently knee-deep in writing Episode 5 of a family drama / thriller called Archipelago (developed with Graeme Manson & Mackenzie Donaldson, Orphan Black / Snowpiercer).

THEATRE

Lean-To (full-length dark comedy)
Three lonely souls meet at a rustic lean-to shelter and spend a night together in the woods. When they come together around the warmth of a campfire, the spark that ignites between them becomes too hot to handle. The trio fragments but not before they experience the joy of authentic connection. Lean-To explores the human desire to connect and the shadow of loneliness that lurks within all of us.
Accolades:
- Rattlestick Playwrights Theater — Terrence McNally New Works Incubator, semi-finalist
- The PlayGround Experiment — Faces of America Monologue Festival #6, semifinalist
- Staged as a reading in The Adirondacks at the Pendragon Theatre, directed by Sarah Norris, assistant directed by John Alejandro Jeffords and featuring: Tyler Nye, Rachel Kemp and Nayib Felix. Stage management by Jessica Kemp and Courtney Knysch.

Private Property (full-length dark comedy)
A pair of mid-career Canadian artists visit an older, wealthy couple they met by chance at a holiday party. The foursome convenes at a house at the woods upstate New York where everyone's inner opportunist comes out to stake their claim. Private Property examines interpersonal exploitation and the quest for legacy.
Accolades:
- Staged as a reading in NYC by Out of the Box Theatrics, directed by Gregg Wiggans and featuring: Allison Jean White, Bill Christ, Alton Alburo & Cheryl Stern.
- Short-listed for B-Street Theater’s New Comedies Festival.

Other plays include:
Back To Mine (winner of the Patron’s Pick Award at the Toronto Fringe Festival)
Story of Four
The Spark (one-act, staged off-Broadway at The Barrow Group, directed by Darren Johnson)
IRMPOV SHOW

EPISODIC

Cockfight
half-hour dramedy
A recently rent-evicted queer couple uproots their life to break ground on a “GayBnB” in this trilingual, dark comedy about territorialism in a deceptively sleepy Mexican beach town.

Geri Atrick Mayor
half-hour comedy
Jason has been moonlighting as drag persona Geri Atrick for years. Now Geri is about to see the light of day, stepping her high-heeled foot into the hotly contested mayoral race of the podunk town she calls home.

EPISODIC (with Meghan Hemingway)

Collaborator Meghan Hemingway and I have been working together since we met back at Circle In The Square Theatre School way back when. Our relationship has progressed from chosen family to creative partners — going on fifteen years+!

Salmon Elbow - developed with Project 10 (Schitt’s Creek, Kids In The Hall)
half-hour dramedy
A string of bad life decisions followed by a cosmic shift lead Jane (½ Indigenous and ½ white girl) to the worst place ever, her hometown of Salmon Elbow – where karaoke passes for culture and a jagged-stemmed martini glass passes for class. Jane takes a chance, grabs the mic and meets the love of her life: closeted queer, Mike Tarzano. Salmon Elbow is a platonic love story about the misfits who can change the world and the courage it will take to rediscover what they’re truly made of.

Archipelago - developed with Marblemedia / Blue Ant Media
hour-long drama/thriller
A weekend getaway aboard a dilapidated houseboat finds the sprawling Devine family cooped up to celebrate their ailing patriarch’s 75th. Anchored by a legacy of deep-harbored secrets, can the Devines withstand the pressure cooker that awaits them? When 11 year-old Lily goes missing, the family fractures -- fingers are pointed, alliances are broken and generations of repressed guilt and anger come to the surface. Each episode chronicles the same three-day voyage from a different character's point of view. As the women's voices -- silenced for too long in this family -- take over the narrative, the mystery of what happened to Lily is revealed. Archipelago examines our emotional inheritance, the systemic nature of patriarchy and the lengths we’ll go to drown out voices that challenge the façade we cling to so dearly.

The Joint
half-hour comedy
Formerly a door factory, The Joint is now the hottest wedding venue in town. Husband-and-husband team Curtis & Dan and their fiery business partner Gwen sell fairytale packages to couples looking to kick off their unions in style. When their own marriage shatters, Curtis and Dan must find a way to continue to sell the dream in which they no longer believe. Caught in the middle, Gwen struggles to keep the peace while navigating the unexpected discovery that she’s pregnant. Each episode hinges on a different duo as they make their way down the aisle. The Joint is a character-driven, touching and hilarious look at our societal constructs, the multi-billion dollar wedding industry, the way we’ve learned to love and the lengths we’ll go to fill the void. 

Working Title
half-hour comedy
In an effort to “grow up” and find stability, Molly trades in her bar apron for what she thinks is a cushy office job. Upon arrival, however, Molly discovers a workplace in tumult and co-workers whose lives are at the whim of the new, never-present CEO. Cast as the Kellyann Conway to his Trump, Molly becomes the symbol of the new regime. Her presence causes anxiety amongst the staff and she’s soon embroiled in an office rivalry with resident queen bee Max and a distrustful crew of colleagues. Struggling to keep her head above these shark-infested waters, Molly discovers her true talents and inspires revolution. 

Writing Wrong
half-hour comedy
Surrogate siblings and creative partners in crime, Meghan & Stephen squeak by on lousy jobs and struggle to stay on-course in a town that encourages their most reckless selves. When their hard-work and infectious dynamic manifest an opportunity to develop a TV show for a major network, the duo puts pen to paper but gets it all wrong. Just naïve enough to believe that they can ‘make it,’ the friends find their voice when they look within and turn their failure into gold. Writing Wrong is a comedic look at two Canadians who try to make their American Dream come true in New York City. 

Birth Control
half-hour comedy
Mack and Jordan are at an impasse. Their past romantic relationships have not yielded what they really want: a baby. So what if he’s gay and she’s straight? With Mack’s ovulation schedule charted, the friends plan to ‘do it.’ Who better to build a loving home with than a best friend you love and with whom you have no chance of breaking up? When expectation meets reality, even the best laid plans can go awry. Birth Control is a touching and hilarious look at the bumpy road toward creating a life of your own design, the families we choose and a society pushing the limits of its liberalism.