Because I write both poetry and theater, my plays often exhibit distilled, heightened language, juxtapose flashes of imagery, and layer meaning. Nevertheless, I strive to construct plays that are both intriguing and approachable.

I am preoccupied with several things:

The unspoken – what society, culture or individual relationships conspire to make us overlook, and how silence can be revelatory.

The thwarting of expectations – what leads someone to either meet or resist, and how the world around them reacts to that (in)visibility and power.

Black love – how love of self or others is an act of pride, tenderness, revelry, faith, the paying of attention, magic…even when you don’t win.

Humor and joy in all of the above – the fact that funny does not have to mean insignificant, and how even the Silenced, the Thwarting, and the In Love can mutter punchlines under their breath.