I try to tell the truth in my plays -- not the strict narrative, journalistic truth, but a deeper, emotional, visceral truth. I’ve always believed playwriting was closer to poetry than any other kind of writing and each play I write has its own poetic heart beat that I need to discover before I can tell the story. I write theatrical plays intended to be seen and heard on the stage. I write character driven plays, and try to create juicy, layered, complex roles for actors. The subject matter, genre and even audience they are intended for varies, but always the plays are meant to move audiences towards enlightenment, transformation, hope. I strive to write socially conscious work that desires a conversation with the community in which I live. I believe, as Brecht said, that art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.