As a multidisciplinary artist, my art is an extension of my personal journey, and a reflection of my struggles and triumphs. It inhabits disparate worlds of thought as I seek to find beauty in the trauma and forgiveness for the unforgivable. I write the stories of the unheard and often displaced people from my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. I seek to give voice to those like myself, who’ve lived a life of trauma but still find strength and reasons to rise each morning. As a queer black man, I tell stories of the LGBTQ+ experience throughout history and the struggles of acceptance from our world, church, family, and most importantly, ourselves.

My role as a playwright/screenwriter is trifold: activist, culture worker, and life coach. I take extreme passion in cultivating relationships with artists, activists, faith leaders, community-based arts organizations, universities, and prisons. Through these relationships, I have been able to create community talkbacks, raise awareness and donations for various causes, and foster meaningful engagement and discourse around the issues my work addresses.

My current venture is a six-play cycle called The Black Faith plays that investigates, dismantles, and critiques the role religion, particularly Christianity, has played in the lives of African Americans. This cycle is deeply personal as I explore the role of the black church in my own life and the lives of my community. It is my belief that by shedding light on both the positive and negative aspects of the black church, we can better understand and address its impact on our community. Two of the plays in the cycle have been completed and have had multiple readings. Chasing Gods, the first play in the cycle, received a workshop production at the University of Kansas and Davidson College. It was scheduled to premiere off-Broadway in 2020.