Theater

My work as a theater artist spans playwriting, dramaturgy, and direction/production management. I write plays made of poems that fluidly move across the thin lines between life, sleep, and dreams. I re-envision struggle and desire in time-bending Afrosurrealist worlds by representing the freedom dreams Black folk desire as the circumstances for everyday Black life. So, everyday acts in Black life like getting a haircut or roasting become rituals to move between realistic and imagined sites where Black life and Black joy are uninterrupted. I am currently working to stage and further develop the first two installments of my play cycle titled The Griot’s Dreamscape. As a dramaturg, I empower contemporary performing artists in the development of new works with research, audience education (PlayNotes), and an outside eye to cultivate intricate cultural storytelling across various mediums. I merge these theater practices with my stage experiences as a performer-composer to direct dynamic interdisciplinary productions that play with unique storytelling structures across concerts/Open Mics and theater.