Sex Sting

Sex Sting
Drama. Two men on the border between fantasy and crime. For adult audiences. Written in collaboration with criminal defense attorney Susan Raffanti, and based on transcripts from a real case, Sex Sting follows the course of an FBI online sting operation that becomes a complex relationship between the FBI agent and his target, John Doe, as the invented seduction turns into a friendship and a welcoming space for sharing troubles, life stories, advice and the kind of engagement with another person that neither man has in his “real life.”

Development: Guthrie Theatre/Playwrights’ Center Guthrie Theatre/Playwrights’ Center Two-Headed Challenge Commission.

World Premiere: Salt Lake Acting Company, Salt Lake City, UT. Nomination, Steinberg Award for Best Production outside New York City.

Regional Premiere: Skylight Theater , Los Angeles CA. LA WEEKLY 10 Best Plays of 2013

Press: Timely and disturbing, "Sex Sting" raises bold questions about entrapment, the dark side of human nature and the sometimes dangerous line between fantasy and reality. Salt Lake Tribune, 2/7/2007

…acute psychological observation, reminiscent of Porfiry and Raskolnikov -- with, if anything, far more intense moral ambiguity. Hollywood Reporter 3/7/2013

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