MG writes genre-bending dark comedies that dance with the absurd, the imaginative, and the dystopian. Their plays have been produced at Crowded Fire Theater, The VORTEX, and The Unicorn Theatre, with upcoming productions at Theater Alliance and The VORTEX.
Awards & Recognition include: San Francisco Chronicle's Best Theater of 2023, KQED's Best Theater of 2023, 11 B. Iden Payne Nominations and 5 wins, NNPN's National Showcase of New Plays, an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, New Perspectives Theatre's Short Play Lab, Letter of Marque's Ensemble Playwright Lab, and recognition as an O'Neill finalist and semifinalist.
Here's the goods:
"a world shattering show"
-The San Francisco Chronicle, Best Theater of 2023
Edit Annie
2W, 1NB | 90 minutes
Arguably-agoraphobic video editor Annie finally meets Clara, the #influencer she’s been editing remotely for years. This dark comedic thriller descends deep into Annie’s mind and interrogates the loneliness of living with screens, the implications of being able to edit every aspect of yourself, and what’s “real” in a digital age.
Productions: The VORTEX, Austin, TX - 2022 (World Premiere), Crowded Fire Theater, San Francisco, CA - 2023
Select Recognition: 11 B. Iden Payne Award Nominations & 5 wins | San Francisco Chronicle's Best Theater of 2023 | KQED Best Theater of 2023 | Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference: Semifinalist | The Leah Playwriting Prize: Finalist | Neukom Literary Arts Award for Playwriting: Finalist
Press: "genius" "a coup de theater" "searing and inventive" "dialogue that feels so fresh and true you think you could overhear it right outside the theater’s walls or mistakenly believe you’ve met the characters before." "a storytelling surprise so chilling you have to redraw your expectations of what humanity is capable of and how low we can sink." "Bay Area Theater's biggest surprise this season"
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2025-2026 NNPN Rolling World Premiere
The Unicorn Theater + Theater Alliance + The VORTEX
NNPN National Showcase of New Plays
fire work
4W, 1NB, 2M | 95 minutes
Eleanor and Bartholomew work at the glass factory by day and set off fireworks by night. But when a new labor bill threatens to destroy their status quo and a group of revolutionaries come calling, they must decide just how much they're willing to sacrifice in order to preserve the life that's slowly killing them. A contemporarily old-timey, tragicomic heist play about labor, exploitation, and our inexplicable addiction to capitalism.
World Premiere: National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere: The Unicorn Theatre (Kansas City, MO, 2025), Theater Alliance (Washington, DC), The VORTEX (Austin, TX, 2026)
Select Recognition: NNPN National Showcase of New Plays 2025 | Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference: Finalist | Letter of Marque Ensemble Playwrights Lab Residency | Fault Line Theatre Irons in the Fire: Finalist
Development: Workshop at UVA Wise, dir. Kate Kremer
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ANARCHY
4W/1NB | One Act
Alpha, Beta, and Omega live in a box in a basement. They take the cargo elevator to their many, many jobs. They pray to be Selected. An absurdist dystopian physical comedy about hustle culture, the ways that femme people cultivate humanity under inhumane circumstances, and the Deus we don't expect Ex Machina.
Production: New Perspectives Theatre Short Play Festival (New York City), 2021
Development: New Perspectives Theatre WWP Short Play Lab