Artistic Statement

Artistic Statement

Theater enthralls me! It's about examining ourselves in a Microcosm or a Macrocosm. I always have a solid plot but I am Character Driven! Are we monstrous? Are we angelical? Or are we always bouncing from one to the other? Taking apart each aspect of self and looking at it. Am I terrified of it? Does it represent me? Am I ashamed of it? THEATER SHOULD CHANGE YOU WHEN IT’S OVER. My plays show you a way out of a “belief system or way of thinking that has been limiting you.” That’s what MY THEATER does! Look into your mirror. Let me help you find the way out of places you no longer need or want. Let me show you a world that was always in front of you, that you never were able to see.
I have survived many things. I try and write about them in a way that would be engaging, cathartic, relatable and always comical! (Ex: cancer, the approach of death, negative people, abuse, male entitlement, and messiah complexes by actual messiahs!)
Father was "Lifer" in the Army and my mother was a southern girl, looking for adventure. My father suffered trauma and passed it on to my family through violence and shame. I am constantly examining this in my work. I am not ashamed of my upbringing but use it as fuel to love life, love humanity, and love theater. My favorite plays that changed me: SLAVE PLAY, FAIRVIEW, ANGELS IN AMERICA, TORCH SONG TRILOGY, THE REAL THING, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD. LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, and SO many more.
My strengths are I write a well-made play. I’m a structuralist, first. I always have comedy in my work and drama. I love magic realism and love plays that are purely theatrical. I write about now, but have found in my historical plays, that I try to find the modern universalisms in the characters and their challenges.
I love to create a mood with my work. Whether it’s fun, controversial, witty, or it could be more "other worldly," (even though the story takes place in my own backyard.) I usually build my play with how I want to finish them and work backwards from there. Sometimes that “working backwards from there” creates a whole other vision and play. But I guarantee it will enthrall you! You will be changed for the better. Come, get enthralled!