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I was interviewed by Black Girls Learn Languages. You can read this interview here.
June 2023.
June 2023.
In conjunction with ScriptWorks, I facilitated a writing workshop called Start Your Story!
June 2023.
June 2023.
I attended Winepress (a Christian writing retreat) in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 2023.
May 2023.
My article "For the Teaching Writer — Heavy on the Writer" about my journey as a Writer and teacher was published on See Jane Write's blog!
May 2023.
May 2023.
End of Play hosted a reading of my play "She's Only Happy On the Weekends".
May 2023.
May 2023.
I have been working as a Dramaturg for Diana Mucci's Growing Up with Big Hair, a play that highlights complex Afrolatinx identity. The play is featured in the Teatro Vivo Austin New Latinx Play Festival.
April 2023
April 2023
My short play "Morning Affirmations" was read at An Evening of Ten Minute Plays.
December 2022
December 2022
I was featured as the See Jane Write Member of the Month.
November 2022
November 2022
A collaborative play The Mother Project written in collaboration with Elizabeth A. M. Keel premiered at the Mildred Umbrella theatre.
May 2022
May 2022
A monologue from We Both Suck Our Teeth was performed at the Echoes of Us: Now and Always Event in San Francisco, California.
July 2022.
July 2022.
I hosted a Writing Workshop called "Plan Your Writing" where I helped over 10 writers get started on their stories.
April 2022.
April 2022.
I was chosen to be apart of the Citadel Playwrights Cohort of 2021-2022.
I was choose to be apart of the Dots in Between Fellowship of 2022.
My play The Stories of Us was directed by Benito Vasquez as apart of the University of Houston-Downtown's Fall Theatre Season.
I also hosted a virtual workshop for students to write their stories.
October 2021.
I also hosted a virtual workshop for students to write their stories.
October 2021.
My monologue "Your Dad and I" was performed at the Sandrell Rivers Day event in Sandrell Rivers Theater, hosted by Fantasy Theatre Factory.
August 2021.
August 2021.
I was commissioned by Austin Community College to write a 5 minute radio play called "Special Delivery".
I was a semifinalist for the Bucharest Inside the Beltway Virtual Residency.
March 2021.
March 2021.
I was featured on the 10,000 Women 10,000 Stages podcast with Terissa Street. You can check it out here.
February 2021.
February 2021.
My monologue "Your Dad and I" was performed at the Fantasy Theatre Factory's Life Every Voice: Black Women Speak Monologue Festival by actress Yesenia Ozuna. You can read about the event here.
February 2021.
February 2021.
I wrote a performance piece called "Black History Month" for my 2nd Grade students. It was performed in the school wide Black History Month Program and the district-wide arts showcase in June.
February 2021 and June 2021.
February 2021 and June 2021.
I spoke to Talent Search about my journey writing bilingual plays as a Black American writer.
February 2021.
February 2021.
I spoke at the Sisters Only Language Summit on how I use language in my writing.
January 2021.
January 2021.
I was interviewed by Rob Urbinati for the Queen's Theatre Series Playwright 2 Playwright.
January 2021.
January 2021.
As a part of the Sound Scripts program at the Rec Room in Houston, Texas and the Rec Room Writers Program, We Both Suck Our Teeth directed by Rachel Dickson ran from January 7 until 11th (it was extended until the 20th).
I won the Red Bull Micro Grant.
November 2020.
November 2020.
My work was read at the Spalding Residency Showcase. I also read my monologue from the play We Both Suck Our Teeth at the Student Open Mic.
November 2020.
November 2020.
I spoke to Ms. Simmon's Playwriting class at Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts about playwriting.
October 2020.
October 2020.
I just wrapped up recording an audio version of my full-length in progress We Both Suck Our Teeth. It's slated for a January release date. More information here.
I presented a pre-recorded workshop for Sovereign Noir on Finding Contentment in Your Day Job!
September 2020.
September 2020.
Featured in the Dramatist Guild Ambassador Report: Queens, NY
September 2020.
September 2020.
Featured in an article in American Theatre Magazine about the Rec Room Writers Group. My play We Both Suck Our Teeth is mentioned because it will be apart of a sound project along with 8 amazing writers from the Houston area! You can view that write up here.
August 2020.
August 2020.
I got the chance to speak with Huston-Tillotson's very own Dr.
Jennine Doc Krueger Playwrighting class about Delivery and my journey in playwrighting.
September 2020.
Jennine Doc Krueger Playwrighting class about Delivery and my journey in playwrighting.
September 2020.
Queens Theatre produced a reading of my play Delivery as a part of their New American Voice Summer Virtual Reading Series!
Directed by Ruben C. Gonzalez
Yeniffer Behrens-Mendoza
Ja'Michael De'Shawn
Johnique Mitchell *
Sean Carvajal *
Ali Gutierrez
Preston Perez
Joe Luis Cedillo
Nickclette Izuegbu
Rachel Webb
Technical Production and Video Editing by Jay Rogers
August 24-28th, 2020.
Directed by Ruben C. Gonzalez
Yeniffer Behrens-Mendoza
Ja'Michael De'Shawn
Johnique Mitchell *
Sean Carvajal *
Ali Gutierrez
Preston Perez
Joe Luis Cedillo
Nickclette Izuegbu
Rachel Webb
Technical Production and Video Editing by Jay Rogers
August 24-28th, 2020.
As a part of the Love Gurus (a self-love advocacy group that consists of fellow writers Millispeaks and Jaleesa the Blerd), I co-hosted a Journal to Joy event that focused on artists finding inspiration in trying times. Thank you Fresh Arts for partnering with us.
August 2020.
August 2020.
Quiet Process Instagram drew a portrait of me for their playwright series.
July 2020.
July 2020.
As a part of the Love Gurus (a self-love advocacy group that consists of fellow writers Millispeaks and Jaleesa the Blerd), I co-hosted a Journal to Joy event that focused on finding joy in these trying times.
July 2020.
July 2020.
I gave an writing workshop called "Writing for Social Justice" for the Clinton Global Initiative University.
June 2020.
June 2020.
Blogger Kathleen Lothringer wrote about her experience watching my play in her article "Black Art Matters — Especially Right Now".
June 2020.
June 2020.
I was on a panel organized by Erica Nichole and Ain't I Latina?'s Janel Martinez about Blackness in Latinx Sororities.
June 2020.
June 2020.
I was interviewed by Fresh Arts on Instagram Live about my playwriting career and journey. You can view that interview here.
June 2020.
June 2020.
My play Circle had a developmental reading with the Landing Theatre Landing Local's Program. Directed by Rhett Martinez
CAST:Dillon Dewitt, Jasmine Thomas, Byron Jacquet, Mara McGhee, Callina Anderson, Dave Shepard, and
Krystal Marie Uchem
Olivia Peel - Stage Manager
Brendan Bourque-Sheil - Literary Associate
You can watch it here.
June 2020.
I was chosen as 1 of 10 Maison Baldwin Residency Fellows. I will be taking a residency in France for two weeks and working on my play We Both Suck Our Teeth. In the legacy of writer and activist James Baldwin, 10 writers will be working in the same city and space that this great writer did when he lived in France. You can read about it here.
May 2020.
May 2020.
I presented a writing workshop for KIPP teachers called Writing for Joy.
May 2020.
May 2020.
My short play "Findeth a Wife" based on The CoviDecameron tales was produced virtually for the Vortex Theatre in Austin. Directed by Ruby Ramirez. Cast: Kera Wright and Jeremy Rashad Brown.
You can watch it here.
May 2020
You can watch it here.
May 2020
I presented a writing workshop at Sovereign Noir's Black Women's Virtual Summit.
April 2020.
April 2020.
Actress Lisa Arrindell (Madea's Family Reunion and A Christmas Blessing) performed my monologue "Your Dad and I" on the Billie Holiday Theatre's 50in50: Letters to Our Sons on Facebook Live. You can watch the performance here.
May 2020.
May 2020.
My monologue "Your Dad and I" is apart of Trinity Street Players Series Performing in PJs: Making Art in the Time of Coronavirus. Actress, Michelle Alexander, performed my monologue "Your Dad and I".
This monologue was orignally choosen for the Billie Holiday Theatre's 50in50 performance that was canceled.
This monologue was orignally choosen for the Billie Holiday Theatre's 50in50 performance that was canceled.
I wrote a scene for ScriptWorks's #amplifyaustin 24-Hour play "As American As Apple Pie". You can read the play here.
March 2020.
March 2020.
My play Delivery was chosen as semi-finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
February 2020.
February 2020.
My short play Morning Affirmations at the Love Looks Good on You: Self-love Mixer.
The event was organized by poet Millispeaks, blogger Jalessa The Blerd and myself.
February 2020.
The event was organized by poet Millispeaks, blogger Jalessa The Blerd and myself.
February 2020.
I was accepted into the Rec Room Writers Group at Houston's Rec Room Theatre along with amazing Houston based playwrights (Eric Moore, Elizabeth Ann Michaela Keel, Brendan Bourque-Sheil, Comfort Katchy, ShaWanna Renee Goffney, Fi Conners, Arthur M. Jolly, Nicole Zimmerer and Christian Gill).
The program culminates with a reading of new plays from each of us. I will be presenting my new play We Both Suck Our Teeth.
December 2019.
The program culminates with a reading of new plays from each of us. I will be presenting my new play We Both Suck Our Teeth.
December 2019.
My monologues "Black Enough" and "Celia Cruz" were produced in Fade to Black's the Flow: An Evening of Monologues.
October 2019.
October 2019.
I was one of the featured artists at the Artist Exchange hosted by Esurient Arts!
September 2019.
September 2019.
I got to live my dream! My play Delivery was read and developed at the Black and Latino Playwright's Celebration! Thank you Eugene, Ruben, Joe and everyone who brought this to life!
September 2019.
September 2019.
I had an informal reading of my play-in-progress, 3000 Years, with some of Austin's finest actors. Gina Houston, Jeremy Rashad Brown and Feliz Dia McDonald. Thank you Christi Moore and Scriptworks for organizing this!
July 2019.
July 2019.
Teatrx produced and developed the Stories of Us as apart of their Latinx Theatre Festival. It was a beautiful experience!
June 2019.
June 2019.
I presented a playwriting workshop called "Expressing Your Quirky Self" at Quirkcon in Durham, North Carolina.
May 2019.
May 2019.
I graduated from the Fresh Arts Artist INC program. It was a 9 week artist business course. At the end of the program, I presented on my artistic journey at City Hall.
May 2019.
May 2019.
I worked as a Dramaturg on Christin Eve Cato's "What's Up with Marjorie?"
April 2019
April 2019
I had the opportunity of being a reader for the Austin Latino New Play Festival.
April 2019.
April 2019.
I had the opportunity of being a Fade to Black reader for the 2019 season of Fade to Black. I am excited about the festival in June!
April 2019.
April 2019.
I had the amazing opportunity to perform my Celia Cruz monologue from "The Stories of Us" for the TEATRX fundraiser.
April 2019.
April 2019.
I had a table read of my play-in-progress 3000 Years. I got a ton of great feedback and it was a wonderful opportunity to hear my work out loud.
Thank you to the actors: Ajuah Powell, Cedric Oglesby, Elisabeth Swim, and Jorge Luis Galan.
March 2019.
Thank you to the actors: Ajuah Powell, Cedric Oglesby, Elisabeth Swim, and Jorge Luis Galan.
March 2019.
I performed my poem "I like You" at the Houston House of Blues for the Raw Artists Showcase.
Also, one of my favorite bloggers, Pretty Little Blerd, wrote a review of my performance and the event.
Thank you to everyone who supported.
February 2019.
Also, one of my favorite bloggers, Pretty Little Blerd, wrote a review of my performance and the event.
Thank you to everyone who supported.
February 2019.
I was invited to be a featured artist at FuenteCo's Bad Love Open Mic along with incredible artists Reyes Ramirez and John Pluecker. I recited poetry-monologue titled "To All the Boys I've Lost Before".
February 2019.
February 2019.
Reader- Member of the Selection Committee for the Austin Latino New Play Festival.
January 2019.
January 2019.
My play Delivery was featured on the New Play Exchange List in 2017 and for their anniversary they re-posted the list of plays by African American Women playwrights.
Minutes and Digits premiered at 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival in Austin, Texas.
October 2018.
October 2018.
"Celia Cruz" Monologue from The Stories of Us featured on All Things EGOT online event.
August 2018.
August 2018.
One Minute Play Payment featured in the 5th Annual Austin One Minute Play Festival.
August 2018.
August 2018.
Workshop Staged Reading of Delivery in Houston, Texas.
Directed by: Stephen Miranda
August 2018.
Directed by: Stephen Miranda
August 2018.
Presented writing workshop and panel on Black Stories in the Valley at University of Texas- Rio Grande Valley for Dr. McMahon's class.
April 9th, 2018.
April 9th, 2018.
Reader - Member of the Selection Committee for 2018 LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work
February 2018.
February 2018.
Included in Playwright Jordan Elizabeth Henry's Black History Month Reading list.
February 2018.
February 2018.
Presented Writing Workshop at Texas State's Womyn of Color Conference.
February 10th, 2018.
Residency and Reading of Delivery at HBMG Foundation Playwright's Retreat in Creede, Colorado.
January 2018.
January 2018.
10 minute play Fight Til The Death premiered in 14/48: The World's Quickest Theater Festival in Austin, Texas.
October 2017.
October 2017.
Two One-Minute Play's Dreamer's Cry and Freedom at 4th Annual Austin One Minute Play Festival
AUGUST 2017.
AUGUST 2017.
Staged Reading and Residency of The Stories of Us at Vision Latino in Chicago
AUGUST 10, 2017.
AUGUST 10, 2017.
My play Fae and Paciencia by Jelisa Jay Robinson received a reading at Rec Room as a part of Monthly Reading Series. Directed by Stephen Miranda.
JUNE 29, 2017.
JUNE 29, 2017.
My play Delivery had a workshop Reading at Austin's Mexican American Cultural Center
June 2017.
June 2017.
The Stories of Us was featured in (Afro)Latinx Theatre: Embodiment and Articulation By Olga Sanchez Saltveit for the Label Me Latina/o Special Issue: Afro-Latina/o Literature and Performance.
June 2017.
June 2017.
I was interviewed by Playwright Adam Szymkowicz's I Interview Playwrights Blog.
MAY 2017.
MAY 2017.
Workshop Reading of Delivery with Scriptworks.
MAY 21, 2017.
MAY 21, 2017.
I presented a guest Lecture on The Stories of Us and Afrolatinx theatre at University of Texas at El Paso (via Skype)
APRIL 13, 2017.
APRIL 13, 2017.
I presented a Writing Workshop at Texas State University's Women of Color Retreat.
February 11, 2017.
I lead a writing workshop for Fresh Water Ministries in Austin, Texas.
September 2016.
September 2016.
The Stories of Us received a review in Howlround
August 2016.
August 2016.
My commissioned play Fae and Paciencia was read at the Echame Un Ojo Festival.
Directed by: Oscar Franco
July 2016.
Directed by: Oscar Franco
July 2016.
I was featured in 50 Playwright's Project for my work as a playwright and ally to the Latinx community.
April 2016.
April 2016.