UPCOMING + NEWS
RECIPIENT OF THE 2023 PRINCESS GRACE PLAYWRITING AWARD
I'm thrilled to announce that I'm the recipient of the 2023 Princess Grace Playwriting Award! As part of this award and fellowship, I'll embark on a year-long residency with New Dramatists developing new work.
KEEP SOUL ALIVE + 29-HOUR WORKSHOP
@ NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE
I was named a Finalist for The National Black Theatre's 2023 I AM SOUL Playwriting Residency and am a member of the Keep Soul Alive 2023-2024 Cohort! With this honor, I collaborated with Lamar Perry, who directed a micro-development session of my play You Can Tell From the Twisted Juniper. I'm also please to share that, in addition to being part of the Keep Soul Alive Cohort, I'll be having a 29-hour workshop of my play, Letiche and The [Wondrous] Pursuit of Elvis in late April.
ROLLBACK @ CLUBBED THUMB'S SUMMERWORKS READING SERIES
Rollback (a new play of mine developed during my time in Clubbed Thumb's 2023-2024 Early Career Writers Group) will have a staged reading directed by Dominique Rider as part of Clubbed Thumb's annual Summerworks Reading Series.
Stay tuned for May and June dates and rsvp info for me and the entire cohort's plays.
WALK-BIKE-SKATE @ NEW DRAMATISTS/PRINCESS GRACE
St. Nicholas' Walk-Bike-Skate-a-Thon will receive a staged reading as part of my residency with New Dramatists with the Princess Grace Foundation. Stay tuned for more info.
CO-RESIDENT DRAMATURG AT CONCH SHELL PRODUCTIONS
This March 2024, I've joined Conch Shell Productions as their Co-Resident Dramaturg for their 2024-2025 season! Conch continues to be a special organization to me, centering and uplifting Caribbean writers' voices. | In late March, I directed a virtual reading of Diane De La Haye's screenplay Steppin on Holly Mistle's Toe as part of the #BLUELIGHT Reading Series.
MEMBER OF CLUBBED THUMB'S 2023-2024
EARLY CAREER WRITERS GROUP
In Fall 2023, I was selected to join Clubbed Thumb's 2023-2024 Early Career Writers Group! Along with 8 other phenomenal writers, we meet weekly to share new plays we've been working on. In June, our work will commence with readings during Clubbed Thumb's SummerWorks.
MEMBER OF ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE'S YOUNGBLOOD
As of Fall 2023, I am a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre's Youngblood's newest class of writers!
My first year will end with readings of new work from the new class.
RECENT
THE ARCHIVE: NEW WORKS BY BLACK WOMEN
February 16 + 17, 2024 @ 7:30pm | The Flea | tickets here
Led by Creator and Artistic Producer Jordan Powell, The Archive: New Works by Black Women is a stage reading showcasing Black female women and femme playwrights and directors. The plays will tell the stories of these women and serve as the act of archiving them as we store them in our collective memory. The playwrights will meet with each other over the course of January and a quick rehearsal process with a director and actors.
BEING UP IN HERE AND ALL THE OTHER BUSINESSES
THAT DON'T CONCERN YOU OR WHEN YOU SEE
A BUNCHA BLACK PEOPLE RUNNING, WHAT DO YOU DO?
@ THE BRICK X EXPONENTIAL FESTIVAL 2024
January 5-7 and 10-13, 2024 | The Brick Theater | tickets here
"We runnin cross country.”
Best friends Aaliyah and Eli get magical running sneakers and trek On Their Way, as far as space as near as Brownsville's GnM bodega, to reach The Final Destination where they're to meet Mama She. But, what happens when they make the unfamiliar familiar and run off course?
WHISPER ECONOMY OF BLACK MARKET THOUGHT
@ MOVEMENT RESEARCH AT THE JUDSON
written, directed, and choreographed by Barnett Cohen
January 22, 2024 @ 7pm | The Judson Memorial Church | free + more info here
I'm breaking my onstage hiatus and am a performing in Barnett Cohen's newest piece, whisper economy of black market thought, at The Judson.
LITERARY MANAGER AT THE WORKSHOP THEATER
As of December 2022, I've joined The Workshop Theater as their Literary Manager. I'm so grateful to have been a part of The Workshop community for the past 3 years as a writer and intensive facilitator, and I'm so excited to collaborate with The Workshop in this new capacity.
FALL 2023 LEAD ARTIST AT THE MERCURY STORE
In October 2023, I was a Lead Artist at The Mercury Store working on an untitled project about Black femmes and our self-elevation, self preservation, self-directed generosity through the container of water and all of its manifestations."The purpose of a Mercury Store project is to create time and space for the theatre artist to ask a question – about a text, a form, a style, a specific production – and examine and interrogate that question in three dimensions in the studio."
IT WAS NICE MEETING YOU @ BREAKING & ENTERING'S READING SERIES
Written by declan zhang | Directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps
evening of Friday, July 28th | email ebubeck@bethtrco.org to rsvp + for the address
SIDE QUEST: A GAME/PLAY - QUICK + DIRTY @ THE BRICK AUX
Written by Katelynn Kenney | Directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps
Tuesday, June 27th at 7pm | The Brick Aux 628 Metropolitan Ave.