Born in Jamaica, Camille migrated to the Bronx at seven years old and soon discovered that writing was the best way for her to adjust to American culture. Theatre became her introduction to storytelling under the mentorship of playwright, Wendy Wasserstein through the Theatre Development Fund's Open Doors Program. Camille went on to study theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, then earned an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Her stories explore the complexities of human existence through the lens of black characters, and has been presented at Opera Front Compagnietheater, Amsterdam (The Magic Flute Revisited), the cell theatre, New York Stage & Film (Queen Nanny), 48 Hours in Harlem Festival (FREE), Classical Theatre of Harlem (The White Peacock), and Fire This...
Born in Jamaica, Camille migrated to the Bronx at seven years old and soon discovered that writing was the best way for her to adjust to American culture. Theatre became her introduction to storytelling under the mentorship of playwright, Wendy Wasserstein through the Theatre Development Fund's Open Doors Program. Camille went on to study theatre at Sarah Lawrence College, then earned an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Her stories explore the complexities of human existence through the lens of black characters, and has been presented at Opera Front Compagnietheater, Amsterdam (The Magic Flute Revisited), the cell theatre, New York Stage & Film (Queen Nanny), 48 Hours in Harlem Festival (FREE), Classical Theatre of Harlem (The White Peacock), and Fire This Time Festival (Exodus, Lords Resistance). Camille is a 2019 Liberation Theatre Company fellow, a 2016 Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Juilliard School Finalist, 2015 Playwrights Center Jerome Many Voices Fellowship Finalist and a 2014-2015 Dramatists Guild fellow.