Poetry

publications

Contributor

Anthology of Chicago

Cave Canem 2008 Anthology

Consequence Magazine (finalist, 2014 Prize in Poetry)

Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta! (anthology)

Reverie

Rhino Magazine (2015; 2018 Founder’s Prize)

RomComPom

The Drunken Boat

Torch Magazine

Trigger Warning (anthology)

Uproot Magazine

Collections

More Than a Notion: Tracing the birth and growth of a Black marriage, real and imagined

Sense Memory: Dedicated to those strong enough to speak up; to those brave enough to keep trying

 

Plays

Synopses of these and other plays are available on New Play Exchange

Rabbits in Their Pockets

Bump

Dopp Kitt in the Uncanny Valley

Equal and Terrifying

When Given the Choice, Bleed

Last Will

Real ID

Borne Dust

in absentia  

Landing

(Nine)

Tour Guides and Like Bread (contributor)

 

Fellowships, Residencies & Awards

Residency, Lifeline Theatre’s Adaptation Showcase

Finalist, Definition Theatre’s Amplify Series

Residency, Shattered Globe Theatre’s Global Playwright Series

Residency, Stage Left Theatre

Featured, Congo Square Theatre Company’s August Wilson New Play Initiative

Semi-finalist, National Black Theatre I Am Soul Playwrights Residency

Nominee, 3Arts Award

Featured, Goodman Theatre's Future Lab

Finalist, American Blues Theater’s Blue Ink Award

Fellowship, Illinois Arts Council

Residency, Activate: Midwest New Play Festival

Finalist, Activate: Midwest New Play Festival

Fellow, Cave Canem (poetry)

Tutterow Fellowship, Chicago Dramatists (playwriting)

Semi-finalist, Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference 

Residency, Ragdale (playwriting)

Finalist, Goodman Theatre Playwrights Unit

Finalist, Theodore Ward Prize for African American Playwrights