My writing centers experiences of global Blackness, questions of belonging, and the pursuit of love. I draw artistic inspiration from my communities I hold dear, and cultural and personal questions to which I've yet to find the answers.
ÀṢẸ SHAKERZ
Video & Photos by Transit Productions
The members of Àṣẹ Shakerz African dance team are squeezing in one last practice before their history-making, headlining performance at their university's annual multicultural celebration. When one team member suddenly decides she's no longer performing, the group fights to figure out the best way forward for their performance and the future of the team. A comedy full of African music and dance that asks how we preserve culture and what it takes to leave a legacy.
Staged Reading, Definition Theatre Amplify New Play Festival, 2025
Definition Theatre Amplify New Play Commission Winner, 2024
ISLAND OF LOVE
A batch of romantic hopefuls compete for a chance to win love and a large cash prize on the UK’s hottest summer reality dating series. Though everyone has come on the show for the same reasons, one contestant soon learns that not everyone will have the same experience. Positioning the audience as the camera and including all of your favorite elements of reality TV — confessionals, drama, and surprise eliminations — Island of Love is a comedy that dives deep into the various forms of othering that are faced by reality TV’s Black female contestants, on screen and off.
Staged Reading, Freshly Brewed, 2024
O’Neill Theater Center NPC Semifinalist, 2024
A.L.P.
Photos by Joel Maisonet
Reece needs to run a quality test on Syd, his new virtual assistant prototype, but he's surprised to learn that Syd has needs and desires of her own. This one-act scientific thriller tests the value of love and protection, and interrogates who needs it most.
Commissioned/Produced by Jackalope Theatre Company, 2023
MERCY
When Eric was leaving for college, he thought he and his best friend had the world at their fingertips – until he was convicted for a crime he did not commit. Now, after 18 years of wrongful imprisonment, Eric is finally home and his mother is throwing a party, whether he’s ready to celebrate or not. In this stirring drama about forgiveness, second chances, and the failures of our justice system, one man struggles to reclaim the life he lost, while his family attempts to heal an age-old fracture
Kilroys Web, 2023
Susan Smith Blackburn Prize nomination, 2020
Virtual Reading, Northlight Theatre, 2020
Staged Reading, Vertigo Productions, 2020
EXPECTING
When Aria falls sick during her pregnancy, she turns to the one person she expects to keep her alive: her doctor. But will her doctor meet those expectations? This ten-minute thriller explores maternal mortality as faced by Black women in America.
Staged Reading, Vertigo Productions, 2019