El Río

     Produced by Black Artists Contemporary                   Cultural Experience and Brava! for Women in           the Arts
     San Francisco, CA • October 2019
     Directed by Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe
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    Opening on the banks of the Río Grande, El Río        tells the tale of Francisca Warrior, a Black-                Seminole veteran who served time in Iraq, and        her quest to honor her daughter’s memory                                                                                                                                                          while trying to save the life of Rosario, an                                                                                                                                                              undocumented immigrant from Guatemala,                                                                                                                                                        who she meets at the border. El Río gives                                                                                                                                                              voice to the Río Grande, people living on both                                                                                                                                                      of its banks, and those souls stuck in                                                                                                                                                                      between. 

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   Men of Rab'inal

     Presented at La Peña Cultural Center
     Berkeley, CA • May 2019
     
​     Presented at El Teatro Campesino
​     San Juan Bautista, CA • June 2019
     Directed by Lakin Valdez
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     Men of Rab’inal chronicles the mytho-history of two                Mayan prince-warriors and their journey towards                   the embattled kingdom of Rab’inal. Along the way,                 Princes K’iche Achí and Rab’inal Achí unwittingly                     travel through centuries, from the Conquest                            through the 21st Century, encountering historical                   foes and allies who accompany them on their epic                 adventure. 

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Krispy Kritters in the Scarlett Night

Produced at The Cutting Ball Theater
San Francisco, CA
​May 2013
Directed by Rob Melrose
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A poetic portrayal of the heart of the city in the spirit of Alan Ginsburg’s Howl, William S. Burroughs” novels, and the plays of Suzan-Lori Parks.  At the center of this play about love and longing in the neglected neighborhoods of a fictional city is Scarlett, a woman who takes care of her grandmother by pulling wild animals out of her ears and letting them loose in her backyard menagerie. She makes her living as best she can off of the dreams and desires of married men who are willing to sacrifice everything for her. Drumhead, a lonely morgue worker with a wild imagination, comes across a carnival poster boasting of the wonders of Scarlett and can’t get her out of his head. 

​Watch a feature on Krispy Kritters here.

Mount Misery:
​A Comedy of Enhanced Interrogations

Produced at The Cutting Ball Theater
San Francisco, CA
​May 2015
​Directed by Rob Melrose

On a plantation called “Mount Misery” in a small Maryland town, a teenage Frederick Douglass once fought his overseer and triumphed. This moment would permanently alter the course of Douglass’ life, freeing him from fear and building a new sense of agency.  Over 150 years later, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld bought the mansion and property to use as a vacation home.  Mount Misery juxtaposes Douglass and Rumsfeld’s life works and philosophies. This satire examines the United States’ inconsistent progress on issues of human rights and race by imagining the two men interacting across time.

Watch the trailer here.

Watch a feature on Mount Misery here.

Stegosaurus (or) Three Cheers for Climate Change

Produced at Faultline Theater
San Francisco, CA
​March 2016
​Directed by Rem Myers

The apocalypse is nigh, but Sach and Claudey have more important things to worry about than face-melting climate change, like having a kick ass yard sale! Stegosaurus (Or) Three Cheers for Climate Change is an absurd exploration of the end of the world, the action of inaction, and the quest to sell road kill taxidermy to buy a jacuzzi. It’s Waiting for Godot meets Beavis and Butthead.

See a recording of the production here.