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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 

Development

Non-Traditional  

  • Good One!, an immersive performance and exhibition

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IN-DEVELOPMENT ​

​Full-Length 

Short

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​

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The Tamer, Tamed 

Written/Adapted by Charlotte Northeast & the West Philadelphia community 

Directed by Rayne

The Medusa Play

Written by Rayne

Directed by Ryan Rebel and Rayne

The White Feather Project

Directed by Rayne

Dramaturged by Raychel Ceciro

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Get to know me! Read my Director's note for The Medusa Play and The Tamer, Tamed

 

DIRECTING

UPCOMING​​

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COMPLETED

  • ​TV Guide: A Play Festival (OMG! Studios)

  • Wolf Play by Hansol Jung (assistant-director to artistic-director Deborah Block, Theatre Exile)

  • abSolution by Brendan Dahl (reading; Theatre Exile Studio X-hibition Series)​​​

  • The Prophecy Plays by Crys Clemente (Philadelphia Asian American Performing Artists; staged-reading)​

  • The Ever Present by R. Eric Thomas (assistant-director to Brett Ashley Robinson; produced by Theatre Exile)​

  • WHISPER! (presented at DG Jam 2021 and produced by Upstream Performance Collaborative)​

  • Every Everyman (Shakespeare in Clark Park; co-directed with Kittson O'Neil)​

  • The Medusa Play (Shoe Box Theatre Collective; co-directed with Ryan Rebel)​

  • Little Dancer (Ricochet at Ursinus College​)​

  • The Playground (Upstream Performance Collaborative at Ursinus College; staged-reading)​

  • Daffodil by Arthur Robinson (Breakaway Student Productions at Ursinus College)​

  • Coruscatum - Imagine a world we may not live to see. This play was devised over six weeks, in an entirely virtual process. Click here to take a look at our archive, including class videos, lesson plans, and deleted scenes. (Friends Select School)​

  • Twelfth Night (Friends Select School)

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PRODUCING

I am the founder and artistic director of Upstream Performance Collaborative and co-artistic director of Shoe Box Theatre Collective.

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COMPLETED

  • COMET (Upstream Performance Collaborative) 

  • WHISPER! (Upstream Performance Collaborative)

  • The White Feather Project (Upstream Performance Collaborative)

  • Paul by Ryan Rebel (Shoe Box Theatre Collective)

  • The Medusa Play by Ang Bey (Shoe Box Theatre Collective; Barrymore-Reccomended)

  • Shoe Box Short Theatre Festival (Shoe Box Theatre Collective) 

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DESIGN 

Click here to view my costume-design portfolio.

COMPLETED

  • Costumes for COMET (Upstream Performance Collaborative) 

  • Costumes for a hit dog will holler. by Inda Craig-Galván (Azuka Theatre, Barrymore-recommended)

  • Costumes (including hair & makeup) and scenic for First Quarter Moon (Gumbo Lab)

  • Costumes & scenic for The White Feather Project (Upstream Performance Collaborative)

  • Costumes (individual) & scenic (individual) for Paul by Ryan Rebel (Shoe Box Theatre Collective)

  • Costumes for The Medusa Play by Ang Bey (Shoe Box Theatre Collective; Barrymore-recommended)

Walk the Line

A Soft Landing

Finding Freedom

Dandelion

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"Medusa as Self"

Medusa as Self

Medium(s): free-handed oil pastel.

"Stuff of Stars"

Stuff of Stars

Commissioned by Genderfunk Philly

Medium(s): water-color paint, acrylic paint, marker, yarn, collaged-paper, glue.

"Little Dancer"

Little Dancer

Medium(s): free-handed marker.

"Self Portrait"

Self-Portrait

Medium(s): marker, color & graphite pencils.

Every Everyman

Written by Rayne & Ensemble

Co-Directed by Kittson O' Neil and Rayne 

WHISPER

Written & Directed by Rayne

Staying Power

Written & Performed by Rayne

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"Waterfalls" by TLC

Arranged by Rayne

"Sugar, This is Gospel: A Mashup" by Fall Out Boy & Panic! At the Disco

 Arranged by Rayne

"Redbone" by Childish Gambino 

Arranged by Rayne

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