Artistic Statement.

I do not care about what I’m supposed to say or what I’m supposed to do or how I’m supposed to perceive things as a result of *insert hyphenated identity here*. I am a writer. I am an artist. I have an artist’s sensibility. I care that my plays are good, not that they are “relevant.” I want to create a respectable body of work; I want to be the greatest of all time (but I never will be because AW, AK, AM, SS, WS, BJJ, etc… exist/existed).

I am attracted toward image-driven theatre, but I, also, love any play that accepts the premises of its own world and goes from there. More than a genre/style of theatre, I simply like “good” theatre. I like a clear world with daring style. And all that I like…I strive to imitate.

My Bio

I am a Catholic playwright. I was a 2021 National Young Playwright in Residency at Echo Theater Company in Los Angeles. I was, also, the inaugural artist in residency for Prop Thtr’s Nest Residency in 2021. I was a 2022 Semi-Finalist for Black Theatre’s Future of Playwriting Prize. Recent works include Tokens of Promise (2022 BAPF Semi-Finalist), developed as part of Goodman Theatre’s Future Labs and Victory Garden Theater’s IGNITE Chicago. Good Years (2021 BAPF Semi-Finalist), Peking Apples (National Young Playwrights Residency). My one-act play was commissioned and produced by Valiant Theatre in Chicago; it was later produced at the Overtime Theater in San Antonio.

I graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Anthropology.