Let Pour and When the Mob Comes at the ATX One Minute Play Festival

Two small (minute!) pieces of mine will be featured at the Austin One Minute Play Festival, which runs from August 29th & August 30th, 2017. 

Come check it out! More information can be found here. 

This Isn't New at The Museum of Human Achievement

anxious 20yr olds asked me to write a few monologues for their dance show "This Isn't New." 

Come check it out: May 13 & 14th at the Museum of Human Achievement!

More Info Here. 

Golden at The New Works Festival

Along with 105, I co-wrote the libretto for Golden, an immersive mini-opera with Michael Zapruder. 

Golden is a cutting-edge chamber opera that combines acoustic and electronic sounds, powerful voices and evocative immersive elements to tell the true story of a family whose belief in a magical golden object is tragically destroyed by the forces of technology.

It premiered at The Cohen New Works Festival, April 10-14, 2017 at The University of Texas at Austin. It was directed by Margaret Jumonville. 

Photo:  Lawrence Peart, Courtesy of The University of Texas at Austin

The Sonnets Project at UT

Director Graham Schmidt asked me to step on to be Playwright-in-the-Room for the devised piece, "The Sonnets Project."

“The Sonnets Project” is an immersive, site-specific storytelling experience that invites audiences to consider, “If you had a chance to make a statement as you crossed over into the next life, what would you say?” Infused with music, dance, physical theater, and tons of love, “Sonnets” takes as its springboard the life of Wendy Johnson, a character from Jose Rivera’s play, "Sonnets for an Old Century." This is a performance about what we hold on to, and what we are able to leave behind, in an imagined waiting room between this life and the next. 

The Sonnets Project ran from November 16-18th, 2016 at The University of Texas at Austin. 

Director: Graham Schmidt
Playwright-in-the-Room: Daria Miyeko Marinelli
Scenic Designer: Iman Corbani
Lighting Designer: Alex Hanna
Costume Designer: Lirit Pendell

Ensemble: Miles, Agee, Jacob Basquez, Darlesia Carter, Jose Alejandro Figureoa, Oluwaseun Samuel Olayiwola, Elise Peterson, Tori Robertson, Hunter Sturgis, Oktavea Williams

Coax Me at Rising Circle's "Love in Living Color"

A short piece I wrote called Coax Me is being performed as part of Rising Circle's Spectrum Series, "Love in Living Color."  The event will be happening on February 9th, at Jimmy's No. 43. 

It'll be featuring the talents of Oladimeji Akinwande, Siho Ellsmore, Kevin R. Free, and Matthew Barbot, with Kana Hatakeyama directing. 

Would be delighted to see you all there!