Artistic Statement

Artistic Statement

My plays and musicals are witty, intellectual social commentary, sophisticated and political but accessible and entertaining, and they often experiment with form. I write about people who are unable to communicate with each other successfully or healthily, and I often cover triangular relationships, cult behavior, abuse, and delusion. I dissect the structures and systems that dictate our lives, like oppression, class, sexuality, and gender, and I explore how we build and exist within them. I am particularly interested in theatricalizing how characters perceive and present reality. I want to challenge audiences’ habitual gazes, by using comedy and levity as tools to distract from the heart of the matter, only to shock with reality near the end. I want my plays to make an audience laugh and then cut them, to cast them as protagonist but also villain. I challenge the lens through which the audience gazes.