I’m interested in muscular stories. My work discusses self-determination, displacement, and the body. There's usually a woman trying to leave a room. There's almost always a fight. I argue with the past.

Stories that center those who share my identities—queer women, Palestinians, Muslims—often feature politicized brutality without necessary context. So, I develop stories that affirm humanity, test the strength of connection, and permit boldness in vulnerability. I like ghosts, pirates, and sweeping romance. I love that pauses and silences are different.

As a fight director with roots in poetry, my favorite challenge is to employ restraint while creating the conditions for a volta, whether on page or stage. And playwriting offers endless opportunities for me to train both sides of this challenge: embodied power struggles and the misplaced words that lead there, systems and their downfall.