“ If you are familiar with the concept of a “found poem,” you will appreciate Lee Kitchen’s theatrical application of this idea in his clever short, FORTUNE KOOKY. After ten years of visits to Chinese restaurants, 95% of his dialogue is culled from the signature dessert. The story’s premise is simple, but there are immediate escalations and reversals that would make this play fun and challenging for its actors. Looking for a good short play for your festival? “Stop searching forever. Happiness is just next to you.” Greg Burdick, Playwright.

Bronco’s zany journey to Hollywood to an audition for his wacky dolls where they discover fame has a sad price they are eager to pay.

Voice overs recorded Monday, now for editing the original twelve minute version into the current twenty-three page version. The screenplay has been submitted to only one festival. Hope to have the film completed by the first week in June.

• "The Clockwork Orange of Business PLays." Actors description after reading at Cinegym, Atlanta Also, see https://newplayexchange.org/users/12288/lee-kitchen Just completed revised version that incorporates American Sign Language and captions for Hard Of Hearing (HOH).

See recent review in DOWNLOAD Section from the Apalachee Review, issue 67.

"Brilliant! Short stories in email format." Dr. Xue (Tianhai). Tianjin Foreign Studies University. 

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Just submitted SOS (Swans of Stratford)  to a contest in Canada. The only place it has been submitted. Beginning to submit the screenplay version of the JOJO MAMA and the VOODOO QUEEN to film festivals now. Also have two, ten-minute plays/shorts in the Sundance Collab, FOURTH-QUARTER PICK-UP and the first ten pages of my comedy, WFLO.. 

You had to ask, right? New screenplays (Peyton and Pat's Story) , The Home (comedy, futuristic) and of course, the Chicken series.

Commutin’ Train is memoirish fiction consisting of side-by-side photographs/illustrations comparing the muses of a twenty-something-year-old on the left side of a spread with corresponding humorous reflections of an older writer many years later. On the left side of the spread are photographs and illustrations in B&W with poems or narratives, some published in the seventies and eighties. The right side consists mainly of 4/C photographs created with more humorous narratives during the past two years. 

Began career at J.Walter Thompson Advertising in New York and Chicago. Joined The Mentholatum Company as Marketing Director and member of the Executive Committee. Obtained MBA from University of Buffalo at nights while working as Marketing Director at the  Mentholatum Company.After receiving my MBA, I left corporate world to write full-time. Worked with the late NYC agent Glen Cowley on humor manuscript, MBA Guidebook.  Negotiating with LIttle Brown for advance when comparable book hit market. Learned a lesson: sent entire manuscript to several publishers a year before signing with agent.

Started business, Freelance Network working with freelancers in North America. Joined a client, Greater Buffalo Press, later Sullivan Graphics and then American Graphics. 

Left corporate world  again to write (a creative-non-fiction historical novel) that will be developed into a play and possible screenplay. Worked with the late Toni Mendez in NYC on humor book, Political Folksay  with artist Steve Sweny. Wrote first play that received recognition, JoJo Mama & The Voodoo Queen. Taught at colleges and universities while writing, leaving academia July 2016 to write  full-time.

• BS and MA Journalism, University of Alabama. 
• After leaving corporate world again, participated in the Alabama Writer's Project (Poetry and Short Story Courses)  studied under Marlin Barton (O'Henry Prize Winner) and poet, Peter Huggins. 
• Moved to Tallahassee and participated in classes with Bob Shacochis and Janet Burroway at Florida State University. 
• Attended workshops at Last Frontier Conference and Dramatist Guild. 
• MBA degree in Buffalo when I sumultaneously developed humor manuscript, MBA Guidebook, while attending classes.
•  Certificate for Photoshop.
• Honorary Professor Tianjin Foreign Studies University

Board member of The Peyton Tuthill Foundation. Provides scholarships to students who have lost a family member to a homicide.   www.peytontuthillfoundation.org  

Also serve as board member for Ability First, Tallahassee, Florida. www.ability1st.info

Instructor for study abroad programs for FSU in Spain, London and China. Later, program director for Tallahassee Community College study abroad programs in Tianjin, China,. Traveled to China for past ten years.

Some ASL, minimal Mandarin and elementary Spanish

Dramatist Guild, Playwrights Guild of Canada;

Honorary Professor Tianjin Foreign Studies University. Board member Ability1st & Peyton Tuthill Foundation. Member SETC.