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Plays

Plays

Men with guns, a poster for The Soledad Brothers by Tara Blau

The Soledad Brothers

The Soledad Brothers is a one act about Jonathan Jackson’s 1970 attempt to free his brother George from prison and the Pulitzer nominated photo from the event. In an instant, a shot is fired, a photo is taken, and lives are changed forever.

Equity Staged Reading - The Playwrights Lab, MV CA - Nov 2025

Sisters

Sisters is an African American reimagining of Chekhov’s Three Sisters. The play explores ambition, memory and the bonds of family as three sisters wrestle with their pasts and futures in a rapidly changing world.

Semi-finalist - The O’Neill Playwrights Conference 2025

Finalist  Lifeline Theatre’s BIPOC Adaptation Workshop 2024

Sisters Poster
The Gull Posters

The Gull

The Gull is an African American retelling of Chekhov’s The Seagull. Hollywood radio star Anna Cardin wants to bring her son, Connie to Hollywood, but his love for an island girl and the girl’s own dreams of success stand in the way.

Equity staged reading -  The Playwrights' Lab, MV, CA - June 2025

Finalist - Kaplan Playwright Competition - July 2025

Stage Reading - Eventide Theater, Dennis, MA - August 2025

screenplays

Screenplays

Roamer

 A young man decides to attend the wedding of his high school sweetheart, but things don’t go as planned.

Co-written with  her writing partner LeAnne Rumbel under their production company R3p Productions.

For Industry inquiries and requests only for the full script

Roamers Screenplay photo co-written by tara Smollen - man on a motercycle looking off into the distance of a dusty road

Photo: Jacob Lund Photography

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