As someone who holds many marginalized identities, it’s hard to choose one. So, I just write about them all.

I take a lot of inspiration from transgressive fiction in my playwriting, such as the works of Bret Easton Ellis, Kathy Acker, and Dennis Cooper. I enjoy consuming and creating work that touches on a serious topic in an unaffected and depraved way. I like work that shows you an intimate perspective of a lifestyle you wouldn’t otherwise understand. I love when writing teaches you something without you really feeling like you were taught because you were so entertained the whole time. Oftentimes in my work, my characters often find humor in their own existence and their own identities in the same way I do. Even in my plays that are the most outside of me, there are little pieces of me everywhere.

I write really for me, and the millions of women of color who have never seen themselves in theater like this before. Recently, I was asked to name an actress that I felt I looked like, or a book/television show that I felt told my story. I realized that it was an impossible question for me to answer because I have never seen myself in the media before. Any narrative I’ve ever related to is often centered around straight, white, and thin women. I want other women of color to feel appreciated for things they appreciate about themselves – wit, creativity, and tenacity.