Stage & Screen
Stories of family, faith, identity, and the things we carry. Explore my work for the stage and screen.
Selected Work
Only Some of God’s Children or Mississippi Magnolias
Full-length Play
Two days after the 1963 March on Washington, a Mississippi family confronts violence, the promise of land, and the difficult choice between staying and leaving.
Welcome to the Blue Swan
A championship dart game brings a St. Louis lounge to life, while its regulars wrestle with old wounds, turbulent relationships, and the possibility of change.
Full-length Play
Kings Blood
When a powerful St. Louis pastor dies, hidden secrets and a conditional inheritance ignite a battle for control of his family’s empire.
TV Pilot
More Work
Plays
Chasing Gods
A pastor’s controversial response to a tragedy sends her family searching for their own answers about faith, loss, and the meaning of life.
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After a bar fight forces three troubled brothers together, old wounds and buried secrets surface over the course of one explosive night.
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As a Black matriarch’s memories begin to fade, her family struggles to hold on to their history, their bonds, and the woman who holds them together.
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When a sudden death shakes a small Black community outside St. Louis, its narrator, Genesis, fights to reclaim the stories of the people who call it home.
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76 Trombones
In a near-future where creativity is controlled and traded, a former child prodigy struggles to save her father while navigating a world that profits from silencing artists.
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As a racial justice protest engulfs St. Louis, a family grieving its matriarch must confront conflicting beliefs and fight to stay united amid the chaos.
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