"Words, words, words.." ~ hamlet
PLAYS by ME
* video archive from a performance at the Elektra theater in Times Square.
Title: Most Likely To
Type: One man show
Pages: 23
Genre: Drama
Characters : 1m
I wrote this solo performance play back in 2014
when I was feeling overwhelmed by all the injustice and police brutality inflicted upon my brothers and sisters.
It is semi-autobiographical and sadly still VERY relevant today.
Title: Buttering Toast
Type: Full length
Pages: 93
Genre: Comedy
Characters : 2m, 1f, 1non-specific
*picture taken at INTAR theater in Hell's Kitchen
My first completed full length play was born from it's title, which I randomly wrote down one day and thought "hm, imagine a play with a talking toaster".
Although it is a comedy it deals with themes like, depression, death, suicide, and heartache.
*picture taken at the Dramatist Guild Foundation Music Hall
Title: Brick Thieves
Type: Full length
Pages: 101
Genre: Drama
Characters : 7m, 2w
Although the town in my play is fictional, this play was born from an article I read once about a small district in St.Louis where people were stealing bricks off of houses.
It centers around a father and son relationship in need of repair.
*an artists' depiction of Joice Heth during a paid viewing in 1835
*picture taken at a reading in NYC
Title: The Joice Heth Project
Type: Full length
Pages: 65
Genre: Drama
Characters : 3m, 1w
I learned about Joice Heth's existence by chance while reading a magazine. It hit me in a not so good way that, like most people, I had no idea who she was. I had no idea that she was bought by PT Barnum and was the sole focus of his very first attempt at showmanship.
Her existence has been buried. So I felt she needed to be dug out.