Full Length (6f, 1m) ~75 minutes

When 15-year-old Panny arrives at Camp Lake Athena for her final summer, she is determined to be the first captain in ten summers to lead her camp to victory. With a persistent greek chorus, nostalgic camp songs, and lots of tube socks, GUTPUNCH examines what happens when the environments that shape us start to fail.

Developed at Kenyon College

“entirely lived-in and realistic… deep emotional resonance. GUTPUNCH is not a show that I will soon forget.”

“Borghesani deftly [weaves] together elements of Greek drama and the classic tropes of summer camp, telling a wonderful story of girlhood.”

- Kenyon Collegian

Read the review here.
Watch reading here.

Winner: James E. Michael Playwriting Prize (2024)
Finalist: ThinkTank TYA Playwrights Festival (2024)
Semifinalist: Ojai Playwrights Conference (2024)

One-Act (1m, 1f) ~30 minutes

Set in the morgue of a family funeral home, Undertaken explores proximity, ghosts, and mothers and sons.

Developed at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center as part of the National Theater Institute playwriting week.

One-Act (2m, 2f) ~30 minutes

Something terrible has happened and the counselors at a sailing camp are left to piece it all together. A play about youth and power, Croom questions what family—chosen and blood— really owes one another.

One-Act (1m, 1f), ~5 minutes

George, incapacitated by carpal tunnel, hires Annie to write his final project for his film class. When they disagree creatively, Annie steps in.

One Act (2f) ~5 minutes

Sydney and Catherine, two freshmen from two different worlds, move into their freshman dorm room at USC.

One-act (2f) ~5 minutes

Sarah’s mom helps Sarah get ready for her senior prom.

One-Act (2m), ~5 minutes

A meta-theatrical comedy about a father and trying to help his depressed son.