I created and produce a decade-long, award-winning social justice performance series through my work with Young Playwrights’ Theater in Washington, DC called Silence is Violence.
One of my favorite productions I’ve done is Silence is Violence: Mothering While Black. I wrote and directed a choreopoem based on the lives of young, displaced mothers I facilitated writing workshops with through the Sasha Bruce program, Olaiya's Cradle.
In this video, I share my story of triumph over health challenges. This video has inspired over 50,000 women living with uterine fibroids.
In this interview with artist Psalmayene 24 for Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, I spread awareness about the work of Young Playwrights' Theater and my work as Artistic Director.
I facilitated a conversation with playwright Tom Minter and director Angelisa Gillyard about the play’s central central themes, style, and wonder in 'how we scaffold care', for audiences in 'theater of trauma'.
“Homebound” is a 10-episode web series about life under stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation’s capitol.
I wrote Episode 3 of the series, enttled “We Wear The Mask.”
I was commissioned to write a monologue for Arena Stage’s film, The 51st State. The film was inspired by the protests after the murder of George Floyd and the quest for the creation of the 51st state and sovereignty in Washington, D.C.
I wrote the first monologue in the film.
“I speak in rhyme.
I’ve been a poet for a long time.
This series is a journey through my mind.”
Poems freestyled and written in real time.
I shared my journey with uterine fibroids and multiple myomectomy surgeries on YouTube and have inspire over 45,000 women with my story.
I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma in November 2022. I documented my journey on social media and inspired hundreds of thousand of people wih my story.
I am a professional theatre artist who often writes plays and poems based on personal experiences. In this video, I share three of the biggest lessons I’ve learned in creating this type of work to be shared with public audiences.
This video was originally created for Ocean Ana Rising’s Black and Queer Storytelling FIRE!! Summer Playwriting Practicum, in collaboration with Howard University’s Department of Theatre Arts.
“Homebound” is a 10-episode web series about life under stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation’s capitol.
I wrote Episode 3 of the series, enttled “We Wear The Mask.”
Commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Theater for Young Audiences
Remounted by the University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance
12-year-old Kemi and her parents, immigrants from Nigeria, moved from Washington, D.C. to a smaller town in Maryland halfway through the school year. On her first day at her new school, her teacher mispronounces her name as “Kimmy,” and in an effort to fit in, Kemi lets it slide. Kemi’s passion and talent for rapping help her make a few new friends, but personal problems and the COVID-19 pandemic that get in the way of Kemi’s new life in a new place as she struggles to negotiate her relationship with her parents, her new friends, and herself.
Arena Stage’s third film in four months, The 51st State was inspired by the protests and and the drive for the creation of a movement after the murder of George Floyd and the quest for the creation of the 51st state and sovereignty in Washington, D.C.
I wrote the first monologue in the film.
I conceptualized and produce this decade-long, award-winning social justice performance series through my work with Young Playwrights’ Theater in Washington, DC.
One of my favorite productions I’ve done is SILENCE IS VIOLENCE: MOTHERING WHILE BLACK. I wrote and directed a choreopoem based on the lives of young, displaced mothers I facilitated writing workshops with.
Ms. Sheryl Lee Ralph’s singing of Dianne Reeves’ song, “Endangered Species” at the 2022 Emmy Awards, along with her rousing speech inspired me to write a poem inspired by my experience as a Black woman artistic leader.
I facilitated a conversation with playwright Tom Minter and director Angelisa Gillyard about the play’s central central themes, style, and wonder in 'how we scaffold care', for audiences in 'theater of trauma'.
My poem, “Joy Passed Down” was selected as the final featured poem during the 2023 National Poetry Writing Month!
My poem, “Compilation” was featured on the 2022 National Poetry Writing Month website.
Created in collaboration with Studio Artist-in-Residence and emcee Psalmayene 24, the salons feature rotating panelists from the DC theatre community and beyond who discuss the cultural sector in our region, topical issues in the news cycle, play rapid-fire games, and enjoy food from local Black-owned restaurant partners.
