What does it mean to be in community? My work, as a multi-disciplinary writer, is focused around that question. In the spirit of Christopher Isherwood’s famous quote “I am a camera,” I use my lived experience to inform how I capture the intricacies of different communities. There is a unique intimacy to gatherings of people who share things in common and unique tensions in the things they don’t share in common. From the gossip and solidarity swapped between trans people at a party, to the quiet intimacies between friends, to the complicated dynamics that exist within a family, my work strives to show how different groups of people function both internally and in conversation with the rest of the world. As a trans woman, much of my work revolves around the different communities trans people find themselves in and is focused on trying to put the conversations that are usually had in private into the public sphere. Through this practice, I believe that we can build solidarity and understanding across communities towards a more unified future. I hope that my writing will move what is currently cloaked in shadows into the light. In the words of Tony Kushner, I do not want us to “die secret deaths anymore.” I want to shine a spotlight on both the darkness and beauty of different communities towards the end of not just representing these communities but actually building understanding of them.

I want to tell the stories that we don’t usually hear or, alternatively, re-tell stories that we are familiar with in new ways that reveal the human complexity underneath. In this spirit, much of my work reappropriates existing forms, texts, and themes to bring elements of the familiar to the unfamiliar and vice versa. I believe that regardless of our identities and backgrounds, humans are largely driven by similar concerns: to not be alone and to be free to develop ourselves to our fullest extent. While much of my work focuses on trans and queer communities specifically, my goal is to build a more nuanced understanding across genders and sexualities. While I come from the NYC avant-garde theatre scene, my goal with my work is to transcend the typically more limited audience of the avant-garde and reach a broader audience who I fervently believe are more open to challenging works of art than they are often given credit for. In this sense, I strive to make my work engaging, entertaining, and funny, despite often dealing with dark and complex topics that may not be immediately accessible to my entire audience.