NEWS
May 2019 (Minneapolis, MN)
Fireflies was workshopped at the Playwrights' Center.
May 2019 (Lexington, KY)
My short plays "Fireflies" and "The Worst of All Evils" will be part of the Voices HEaRd Women's Playwright Festival.
May 2019 (Fremont, CA)
"The Ancestors' Breaths," a ten-minute play I've been commissioned to write for 6 student actors will receive a production as part of the Ohlone College Playwrights Festival.
April 2019 (Minneapolis, MN)
I'll be workshopping a new untitled play at the Playwrights' Center as part of my Jerome Fellowship.
March 2019 (Minneapolis, MN)
A ten-minute play I was commissioned to write for Pillsbury House + Theatre will be produced as part of The Great Divide III: She Persists.
Fireflies was workshopped at the Playwrights' Center.
May 2019 (Lexington, KY)
My short plays "Fireflies" and "The Worst of All Evils" will be part of the Voices HEaRd Women's Playwright Festival.
May 2019 (Fremont, CA)
"The Ancestors' Breaths," a ten-minute play I've been commissioned to write for 6 student actors will receive a production as part of the Ohlone College Playwrights Festival.
April 2019 (Minneapolis, MN)
I'll be workshopping a new untitled play at the Playwrights' Center as part of my Jerome Fellowship.
March 2019 (Minneapolis, MN)
A ten-minute play I was commissioned to write for Pillsbury House + Theatre will be produced as part of The Great Divide III: She Persists.
November 2018 (London)
Before Evening Comes was recognized as 1 of 5 finalists for the Theatre503 Award.
November 5, 2018 (Rochester, NY)
Before Evening Comes received a reading directed by Jennifer L. Nelson as part of Geva Theatre Center's Festival of New Plays.
October 28, 2018 (Minneapolis, MN)
A five-minute excerpt from my full-length Strong Face was presented as part of the Playwrights' Center Fellow Showcase.
October 2018
I was recognized as 1 of 14 semi-finalists for the 2019 P73 Playwriting Fellowship.
October 16, 2018 (Raleigh, NC)
My short play "How Are You Called?" was read as part of MOJOAA's Reclamation 2018 at Mordecai Historic Park.
July 2018
I moved to Minneapolis to be a 2018-2019 Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights Center!
I hope that my time in Ohio helped to toughen my Louisiana skin enough to survive a Minnesota winter.
June 11 & 18, 2018 (Dublin, OH)
"The (Some) Body Shop" received a production featuring Tantrum Theater's inaugural apprentice company.
May 4, 2018
Grad school was the roughest race I've run, but I completed my MFA in Playwriting in May!
May 3-4, 2018 (Fremont, CA)
"The (Some) Body Shop," a ten-minute play commissioned for student actors received a production as part of the Ohlone College Playwrights Festival. I was excited to join my classmate Jordan Ramirez Puckett as one of the playwrights!
April 19, 21, 27, 2018 (Athens, OH)
The Defiance of Dandelions, my thesis about the policing of black femininity in public schools, received a workshop production as part of the completion of my MFA in Playwriting.
April 20, 2018 (Athens, OH)
My 2018 MFA in Playwriting cohort, consisting of Cristina Luzarraga, Natasha Renee Smith, and myself, presented Our Madness, Ourselves, an evening of our favorite 5-minute plays written while in grad school.
March 29, 2018 (Denver, CO)
Strong Face received a concert reading as part of the Athena Project Festival's 2018 Plays in Progress.
January 21, 2018 (Columbus, OH)
"Color ED" received a staged reading as part of Little Black Dress Ink ONSTAGE's Volume Control, held in conjunction with International Women's Day.
January 20, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA)
"Brandon. Brumley. Bro" received a reading at Temple University through the campus' Alpha Psi Omega chapter in conjunction with International Women's Day.
January 15, 2018 (Los Angeles, CA)
"The Worst of All Evils" received a reading at one of the 2017 winning plays for Little Black Dress Ink ONSTAGE and will be produced.
December 2017
Before Evening Comes was recognized as 1 of 8 semi-finalists for the 2017 Relentless Award. It never would have made it that far without all of the people at Renaissance Theaterworks, the Playwrights Foundation, and La MaMa who nurtured and supported the play's development. Congratulations to Gracie Gardner on winning!
December 2017
Strong Face was recognized as 1 of 10 finalists for the Playwrights' Realm's inaugural Scratchpad Series.
August 16-20 2017 (Chicago, IL)
"Mama Moon" received a production as part of 20% Theatre Chicago's Snapshots.
July 2017
Before Evening Comes was 1 of 12 plays to make it to the final round of the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship.
July 6-7, 2017 (Prescott, AZ)
"The Worst of All Evils" was produced as one of the 2017 winning plays for Little Black Dress Ink ONSTAGE.
June 14-18, 2017 (New York, NY)
"Color ED" was produced by Stay Awake! Theatre as part of their Prism Festival.
June 6, 2017 (Dublin, OH)
Fireflies was part of Tantrum Theater's new reading series Rising Voices.
June 2017
I received an Amiri Baraka Scholarship from the Naropa Summer Writing Program to study sound poetry with Julie Ezelle Patton and Janice A. Lowe. (I'm excited to go back after 8 years and to see the prairie dogs!)
May 2017 (Gambier, OH)
I was accepted to the Kenyon Playwrights Conference.
May 2017 (Atlanta, GA)
I served as an MFA mentor to high school and undergraduate playwrights at Horizon Theatre's New South Young Playwrights Festival.
May 23, 2017 (Sedona, AZ)
"The Worst of All Evils" is a semi-finalist for Little Black Dress Ink's ONSTAGE. Reading at Red Earth Theatre.
May 2017
Fireflies was selected as a runner up for WomenWorks at the University of Tulsa.
April 23, 2017
"Burst" is available on protestplays.org as part of their Stand Up For Science catalog.
April 20, 2017 (Athens, OH)
Fireflies received a staged reading as part of the 23rd Annual Seabury Quinn Jr. Playwrights' Festival.
March 30 - April 2, 2017
My monologue "Brannon. Brumley. Bro" received a staged reading as part of My Mother#*!^%#! College Life at Translyvania University. It will be forthcoming in print in a collection from Dramatic Publishing.
March 6-8, 2017 (Berkeley, CA)
Fireflies was workshopped as part of the TDPS New Play Reading Series.
February 28, 2017 (New York, NY)
Before Evening Comes received a staged reading as part of the La MaMa Experiments Series.
January 13- 14, 2017 (Houston, TX)
My ten-minute play "Carry Yourself With the Confidence..." received a staged reading as part of the Fade to Black Fest.
January 2017
Strong Face was selected by Region II of the Kennedy Center American College Festival as a finalist for the National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award.
August 2016 (Milwaukee, WI)
Before Evening Comes was part of Br!nk at Renaissance Theatreworks.
July 2016 (San Francisco, CA)
Before Evening Comes was part of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
June 2016 (Brooklyn, NY)
"A Race Play" was produced as part of Gi60: The One-Minute Play Festival.
April 22, 2016 (Athens, OH)
Strong Face received a concert reading as part of the Seabury Quin Jr. Playwrights' Festival.
August 2015 (Athens, OH)
I started my MFA in Playwriting.
Before Evening Comes was recognized as 1 of 5 finalists for the Theatre503 Award.
November 5, 2018 (Rochester, NY)
Before Evening Comes received a reading directed by Jennifer L. Nelson as part of Geva Theatre Center's Festival of New Plays.
October 28, 2018 (Minneapolis, MN)
A five-minute excerpt from my full-length Strong Face was presented as part of the Playwrights' Center Fellow Showcase.
October 2018
I was recognized as 1 of 14 semi-finalists for the 2019 P73 Playwriting Fellowship.
October 16, 2018 (Raleigh, NC)
My short play "How Are You Called?" was read as part of MOJOAA's Reclamation 2018 at Mordecai Historic Park.
July 2018
I moved to Minneapolis to be a 2018-2019 Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights Center!
I hope that my time in Ohio helped to toughen my Louisiana skin enough to survive a Minnesota winter.
June 11 & 18, 2018 (Dublin, OH)
"The (Some) Body Shop" received a production featuring Tantrum Theater's inaugural apprentice company.
May 4, 2018
Grad school was the roughest race I've run, but I completed my MFA in Playwriting in May!
May 3-4, 2018 (Fremont, CA)
"The (Some) Body Shop," a ten-minute play commissioned for student actors received a production as part of the Ohlone College Playwrights Festival. I was excited to join my classmate Jordan Ramirez Puckett as one of the playwrights!
April 19, 21, 27, 2018 (Athens, OH)
The Defiance of Dandelions, my thesis about the policing of black femininity in public schools, received a workshop production as part of the completion of my MFA in Playwriting.
April 20, 2018 (Athens, OH)
My 2018 MFA in Playwriting cohort, consisting of Cristina Luzarraga, Natasha Renee Smith, and myself, presented Our Madness, Ourselves, an evening of our favorite 5-minute plays written while in grad school.
March 29, 2018 (Denver, CO)
Strong Face received a concert reading as part of the Athena Project Festival's 2018 Plays in Progress.
January 21, 2018 (Columbus, OH)
"Color ED" received a staged reading as part of Little Black Dress Ink ONSTAGE's Volume Control, held in conjunction with International Women's Day.
January 20, 2018 (Philadelphia, PA)
"Brandon. Brumley. Bro" received a reading at Temple University through the campus' Alpha Psi Omega chapter in conjunction with International Women's Day.
January 15, 2018 (Los Angeles, CA)
"The Worst of All Evils" received a reading at one of the 2017 winning plays for Little Black Dress Ink ONSTAGE and will be produced.
December 2017
Before Evening Comes was recognized as 1 of 8 semi-finalists for the 2017 Relentless Award. It never would have made it that far without all of the people at Renaissance Theaterworks, the Playwrights Foundation, and La MaMa who nurtured and supported the play's development. Congratulations to Gracie Gardner on winning!
December 2017
Strong Face was recognized as 1 of 10 finalists for the Playwrights' Realm's inaugural Scratchpad Series.
August 16-20 2017 (Chicago, IL)
"Mama Moon" received a production as part of 20% Theatre Chicago's Snapshots.
July 2017
Before Evening Comes was 1 of 12 plays to make it to the final round of the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship.
July 6-7, 2017 (Prescott, AZ)
"The Worst of All Evils" was produced as one of the 2017 winning plays for Little Black Dress Ink ONSTAGE.
June 14-18, 2017 (New York, NY)
"Color ED" was produced by Stay Awake! Theatre as part of their Prism Festival.
June 6, 2017 (Dublin, OH)
Fireflies was part of Tantrum Theater's new reading series Rising Voices.
June 2017
I received an Amiri Baraka Scholarship from the Naropa Summer Writing Program to study sound poetry with Julie Ezelle Patton and Janice A. Lowe. (I'm excited to go back after 8 years and to see the prairie dogs!)
May 2017 (Gambier, OH)
I was accepted to the Kenyon Playwrights Conference.
May 2017 (Atlanta, GA)
I served as an MFA mentor to high school and undergraduate playwrights at Horizon Theatre's New South Young Playwrights Festival.
May 23, 2017 (Sedona, AZ)
"The Worst of All Evils" is a semi-finalist for Little Black Dress Ink's ONSTAGE. Reading at Red Earth Theatre.
May 2017
Fireflies was selected as a runner up for WomenWorks at the University of Tulsa.
April 23, 2017
"Burst" is available on protestplays.org as part of their Stand Up For Science catalog.
April 20, 2017 (Athens, OH)
Fireflies received a staged reading as part of the 23rd Annual Seabury Quinn Jr. Playwrights' Festival.
March 30 - April 2, 2017
My monologue "Brannon. Brumley. Bro" received a staged reading as part of My Mother#*!^%#! College Life at Translyvania University. It will be forthcoming in print in a collection from Dramatic Publishing.
March 6-8, 2017 (Berkeley, CA)
Fireflies was workshopped as part of the TDPS New Play Reading Series.
February 28, 2017 (New York, NY)
Before Evening Comes received a staged reading as part of the La MaMa Experiments Series.
January 13- 14, 2017 (Houston, TX)
My ten-minute play "Carry Yourself With the Confidence..." received a staged reading as part of the Fade to Black Fest.
January 2017
Strong Face was selected by Region II of the Kennedy Center American College Festival as a finalist for the National Partners of the American Theatre Playwriting Award.
August 2016 (Milwaukee, WI)
Before Evening Comes was part of Br!nk at Renaissance Theatreworks.
July 2016 (San Francisco, CA)
Before Evening Comes was part of the Bay Area Playwrights Festival.
June 2016 (Brooklyn, NY)
"A Race Play" was produced as part of Gi60: The One-Minute Play Festival.
April 22, 2016 (Athens, OH)
Strong Face received a concert reading as part of the Seabury Quin Jr. Playwrights' Festival.
August 2015 (Athens, OH)
I started my MFA in Playwriting.