Plays
Find Nicole’s work on the New Play Exchange.
Abomination
Winner of the inaugural Theater J Patty Abramson Jewish Play Prize.
DC Metro Theater Arts article here.
Staged Reading, Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival, dir. Jose Carrasquillo, 2018
4M, 2F (6-13 characters)
A small group of queer yeshiva graduates take to the courts to end a conversion therapy organization of their abusers. In the process, they struggle with their old identities, search for new ones, and try to forge a new path through their ancient tradition. Based on a true story.
Office of the Speaker
Winner of Best Drama at DC Capital Fringe Festival, dir. Tyler Herman, 2019
Staged Reading, Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival, dir. Bridget Grace Sheaf, 2019
1F, 2M (3 characters)
Abigail is a young, progressive teacher who wants to write and have a baby. To do so, she needs money. She secretly begins working for a conservative Speaker of the House, but how much will her dreams cost her?
All Other Nights
Staged Reading, New Works in Action Series, Spooky Action Theatre, Washington, DC, dir. Richard Henrich, 2018,
Winner of the Citizens Play Festival, Fine Print Theatre Company, Chicago, IL, 2014
Featured play, Scene Shop Showcase, Chicago Dramatists Theatre, Chicago IL, 2013
5F, 2M (7 characters, flexible casting)
Estranged from her parents, Wendy returns home for the Passover Seder hoping for reconciliation. But real-life signs and wonders plague the house and force her to question her belief in family and freedom.
Call Center, Morning & Evening
National 1-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF), Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD, dir. Craig Houk, 2013
2-4 actors, flexible casting
Callers dial into a surreal hotline for validation for their pettiest concerns. Ten 1-minute plays.
Lift and Separate
Reading, First Draft Series, Chicago Dramatists Theatre, Chicago, IL, 2013
Workshop, Victory Gardens Theater, 2008
5F, 1M (5-13 characters)
A naïve but talented photographer, working as a shopgirl at a local lingerie store, is manipulated by her co-dependent boss and must extract herself from the store, learning, finally, what it takes to support herself.
“Cart Bride” by the great Johnny Knight