Creative Writer

Traversing the Multi-Universe of Being an Anti-Racist Organizer 2023                     

·      Piece commissioned by North Star Incubator a project of Angela’s Pulse.

Forgiveness: Allowing Joy to Reside                                                                                  2022

·      The final part of a trilogy. Commissioned by the Take Root Series presented at The Green Space.

Reframing Forgiveness: For Practical Use in Dismantling Systemic Racism                2020

·      Part 2 of a series unpacking “forgiveness” through performance. This evening-length work sheds light on issues relating to racial inequality, racism, and oppression.

Things Went Horribly Wrong                                                                                             2019

·      Produced by the Avenue Blackbox Theatre in Rochester, New York

·      Things Went Horribly Wrong is a one-act play that spans time and place, exploring what happens during revolutions, particularly when they go astray. Issues of youth violence, incarceration, and feminine leadership are addressed.

For Stella                                                                                                                               2013

·      Commissioned by Dixon Place

·      For Stella is a multi-disciplinary experimental performance piece about childhood, freedom and being weird. 

Forgiveness: Part 1                                                                                                               2016

·      Commissioned by Tribecca Arts Center

·      Forgiveness is a multidisciplinary, devised full-length performance piece. It shares personal stories of struggle and forgiveness that will inspire others to lay a path for personal and societal healing.

Three Sisters in Haiti                                                                                                           2009

·      Old Vic New Voices Inspiration Showcase                    

·      Three Sisters in Haiti is a solo performance piece that addresses ideas of longing, time, unfulfilled expectations and the passion to want more.

In The Cypher                                                                                                           2007-2014

·      In The Cypher is a full-length interactive poetic play that explores race, skin color, and cultural identity

·      Presented at various performance spaces, including Yale Cabaret, Nuyorican Poets Café, FAB Festival, WOW Café Theater 

Back Alley Blindness: Ode to Michelle, Obama Drama                                         2007-2008

·      Back Alley Blindness: Ode to Michelle is a solo performance piece celebrating Michelle Obama

Daddy                                                                                                                                     2007

·      Commissioned by Women Of Color Festival                                      

·      Daddy is a solo performance piece exploring patriarchy and colonialism

Content Creator

Upper Manhattan Forest Kids                                                                                2016-Present

·      Created marketing and social media content, including a blog as the founder of Upper Manhattan Forest Kids, LLC.

·      Engaged New York City audience in inspiring information about urban forest schooling and Danish forest school approaches.

Gutting                                                                                                                       2014-2015

·      Created, edited, and proofread content for the marketing and production of the national premier of Gutting by Jeremy Kamps at the National Black Theatre in New York.

Grants/Awards

•           Jerome Foundation Travel Grant 2015

•           LMCC’s MCAF for In The Cypher 2011, 2012, 2014

•           Puffin for In The Cypher 2014

•           Rising Circle Theater Collective INKtank Finalist 2013