I believe in change through creation, through storytelling, and using my work as a vessel for progress. Activism and community care are at the core of why I create. Let’s begin to envision the world we want to live in on the stage, so we can take bring it to life outside of the theater.

Theater is a type of service work: we offer up our minds, bodies, and artistic souls in order to serve a story greater than ourselves, and connect with audiences. I am passionate about engaged theater programs that prioritize historically underserved communities in their storytelling, audiences, and casting.

Humanity is dynamic, fluid, intersectional – the representation of it must follow suit. Hate and discrimination have no place in creative spaces, as all people are entitled to a space in the room. I am committed to building anti-racist, accessible spaces for art making.

As a director, I’m invested in how we can work with technology to support, and radically heighten the storytelling. Projections, VoiceOver, and sound overlaying are some of my current inspirations, and I lead my production teams and casts collaborate with these technical elements.

In the age of comfort and excess at the expense of our planet, I aim to hold a mirror up to audiences, and ask them to look deeply into the uncomfortable. “At the point of deterioration which our society has reached, it is certain we need a theatre that wakes us up; nerves and heart” -Antonin Artaud

Adapted from the original text written by Riley Ellis and Charlotte Seaver.