Get to know me! Read this editorial for Grid Magazine about my experience as a young, Black playwright.

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UPCOMING COMMISSIONS & PROJECTS

​Full-Length 

• Ever, a play with music

  • Commissioned by: Azuka Theatre & Shakespeare in Clark Park with We are the Seeds

  • ​Collaborators: Zachariah Julian (music & lyrics) & Pax Ressler (arrangements)

• new heaven new earth 

  • ​Commissioned by: Shakespeare in Clark Park

Development

• (Title TBD)

  • Commissioned by: Temple University Institute on Disabilities

  • Collaborators: Tyler Rocio Ecoña (Dramaturg)

  • Research & Development Partners: Kimmika Williams Witherspoon, PhD (Senior Associate Dean and Professor at Temple University’s School of Theater, Film and Media Arts), Marcie Bramucci (Executive Artistic Director at Hedgerow Theatre Company), and Nicki Pombier (Oral Historian)

Non-Traditional  

• Good One!, an immersive performance and exhibition

  • Commissioned by: Ministry of Awe​

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IN-DEVELOPMENT ​

​Full-Length 

• IFYOULIKEITILOVEIT! 

  • Readings: AzukaFest (dir. Ryan Rebel)

• MASC., formerly Twenty-Six

  • Readings: Jouska PlayWorks (dir. Katrina Shobe), Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival (dir. Reva Stover), & Theatre Exile (dir. Reva Stover​)

  • Recognition: Semifinalist for Shattered Globe's Global Playwright Series, Normal Ave.'s NAPSeries, Live & in Color's June Bingham New Playwright Commission, & featured on Token Theatre Friends

Short

• The Venus Problem 

  • Readings: New Manifest Theatre (dir. Indiia Wilmott), Primary Stages (dir. Kate Moore Heaney), Philadelphia Artists Collective (dir. Vanessa Ogbuehi), and Upstream Performance Collaborative (dir. Ryan Rebel)

  • Recognition: Finalist for Christ Church Neighborhood House Play Festival

Non-Traditional  

• ​Rice & Em Fight a Lion - On-going, world-building exercise exploring the intersections of gender and race in the digital age.

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COMPLETED​

• On Buried Ground 

  • Producer(s): Pew Center for the Arts and Heritage & Christ Church Preservation Trust​

  • Collaborators: Shalya Vie-Jenkins (Co-Lead Artist & Choreographer) & Nia Samara Benjamin (Director)

  • Recognition: Philadelphia Fringies Honorable Mention

• Finding Freedom: Deborah's Choice 

  • Producer(s): The Museum of the American Revolution

  • Collaborators: Seth Reichgott (Director) 

• COMET

  • Producer(s): Upstream Performance Collaborative, Painted Bride Art Center, and Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia ​

  • Collaborators: Ryan Rebel (Director & Story Development)

  • Recognition: Winner of "Outstanding Original Performance" and Nominated for "Outstanding Leading Performance in a Play" at Theatre Philadelphia's Barrymore Awards

• Staying Power

  • Producer(s): Theatre in X & Monument Lab

• WHISPER

  • Producer(s): Upstream Performance Collaborative & Directors Gathering DG Jam 

  • Collaborators: Rayne (Director)

• Everywhere 

  • Producer(s): The 24 Hour Plays: Philadelphia

  • Collaborators: Brenna Geffers (Director)

• A Soft Landing

  • Producer(s): Elevate Theatre Company 

  • Collaborators: Marisol Rosa-Shapiro (Director)

• Germantown Plays Pericles 

  • ​Producer(s): Shakespeare in Clark Park

  • Collaborators: Seema Sueko (Director) 

• Every Everyman

  • ​Producer(s): Shakespeare in Clark Park

  • Collaborators: Kittson O'Neil (Co-Director)

• Walk the Line

  • ​Producer(s): Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival

  • Collaborators: Nicole Miller-Marks (Director) 

  • Recognition: Audience Reviews 

• Dandelion

  • ​Producer(s): ​Revolution Shakespeare 

  • Collaborators: Tai Verely (Director) 

• The Medusa Play 

  • ​Producer(s): Shoe Box Theatre Collective

  • Collaborators: Ryan Rebel (Co-Director) & Rayne (Co-Director)

  • Recognition: Barrymore-Recommended

• The White Feather Project

  • ​Producer(s): Upstream Performance Collaborative

  • Collaborators: Rachel Ceciro (Dramaturg)

  • Project Website

• Little Dancer 

  • ​Producer(s): Ursinus College Ricochet ​

  • Collaborators: Rayne (Director)

• Com[promising] Freedom 

  • ​Producer(s): The National Constitution Center

  • Collaborators: David O'Connor (Director)

  • Recognition: CBS News 

• Pedestals

  • ​Producer(s): Philadelphia Young Playwrights

  • Collaborators: Malika Oyetimein (Director)

  • Recognition: Featured on Mouthful Podcast