EARLY DAYS
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Official selection at Pan African Film Fest, ReelSisters of the Diaspora Film Fest, Martha's Vineyard Black Film Fest, HBRC
award winning plays
The Hunting Season
O'Neill NPC 2021 Semi-Finalist
Festival Production:
Planet Connections Theatre Festivities (Winner of Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction of a New Play & Outstanding Playwriting of a New Play Awards)
Synopsis: Synopsis: A Haitian family living in the United States endeavors to alter a premonition that their son will be killed by police. Can spiritual intervention alter a Black man's fate in America?
(Genre: Drama/Magical Realism)
Silent Truth
O'Neill NPC 2018 Semi-Finalist
Public Readings: North Carolina Black Repertory Company (2019); Hear Her Call Caribbean American Women's Theatre Festival - 2020 Reading Series
Synopsis: Silent Truth explores a Haitian American woman's battle to hide her mental health issues from her success-oriented family members. When a platter of cannabis-infused brownies trigger the exposure of her secret, she is surprised to discover that generations of her family members have suffered with mental health issues silently and shamefully. As the women of her family come together to support her, is she brave enough get the help she needs to heal?
(Genre: Drama/Magical Realism)
Video footage from 2020 Hear Her Call Caribbean American Women's Theatre Fest Reading
Destination Oooh Aaah Yummy
Princess Grace Award - Semi-Finalist
Public Readings: Liberation Theater; Conch Shell New Works Reading Series
A comatose woman travels along the road of her subconscious mind as she struggles find order and purpose in life. Guided by female spirit beings, can she figure out how to live in a world with no absolutes, or will she give in to the certainty of not living.
(Genre: Dark Comedy/Magical Realism)
new works in development
ACCESS GRANTED - A multi-media play
Artist statement:
This play is a community healing play. There is no "heroine" who takes a solo journey and slays dragons. It takes a community to empower and support the birth of a "Blessed One." While migration may take our bodies away from our ancestral lands, our ability to thrive in our adopted homelands requires an acknowledgement and understanding of "our story"... our heritage. Then and only then will the blood of our ancestors running in our veins empower us to thrive in the present...and in the future.
Synopsis:
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Haitian American Marie calls upon her Haitian ancestors to help her daughter Grace free her mind from the grip of negativity, the cancel culture, and the digital world to find her way to her predestined spiritual path. Both figuratively and literally trapped by the effects of spiritual toxicity and social alienation, Grace is taken on a multidimensional journey to find her spirit's song. Can a community of ancestors help Marie guide and save her daughter?
This project was made possible by 2023 Queens Arts Fund (QAF) New Work Grant
Artist statement:
This play explores long distance nationalism from a Haitian perspective as well as the impact of the political instability in Haiti on the lives of women living there in 2023.
(Loosely based on FROM THE HEART OF HAITI - re-enactments of testimonial from women living in Haiti in 2023)
Synopsis:
On their 50th birthday, cousins Maryse Apollon and Gabrielle Petion find themselves at a crossroads in their lives and make a choice to make a change. Gabrielle takes an impulsive birthday trip from Port Au Prince, Haiti to Miami to clear her mind and gain some perspective. Maryse catches a last minute flight to Cap Haitien, Haiti to reconnect with inner self. They eventually meet in Miami and sparks fly for both women as they share their new views on “Haitian nationalism” and familial responsibility.
Presented in partnership with HB Studio.
Funded in part by A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund (made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation)
You are amazing and your work is like a calling. The fragmentation caused by a compulsory escape is devastating and only the truth and a spiritual awakening can provide the catalyst to heal. You and others like you are warriors in a revolution to save the next generation! Much love!
MARIE
This play was super cinematic and visceral. I can’t wait to see the finished product. The portals and fading into black..super visceral...I love the complications...I love that message that ‘home is more than one place.’ I love everything about this pLAY
JNK
No matter where you are from you are going to having questions about your heritage...I had a strong connection with Grace because I am an immigrant, and when I have kids they are going to have questions about where they come from. ...this play explores live affirming power of knowing..
H.R.