Selected Full Length Plays
Tigress of San Domingue (4W, 4M)
Part II of a trilogy about the Haitian Revolution trilogy, TIGRESS OF SAN DOMINGUE continues the journey of Cécile, an enslaved African healer turned rebel soldier, and Valentine, a French expat caught between two worlds. As Cécile rises up the military ranks, she is forced to choose between her obligation to family, and her loyalty to the revolution. Meanwhile, tensions rise among the rebel soldiers under the contrasting leadership of Toussaint L’Ouverture and Jean- Jacques Dessalines. The characters must all navigate betrayal, loss, and forgiveness as the give birth to the first independent Black nation.
*Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist 2020
Development Workshops at The Playwrights Center and Atlantic Theatre Company
Deux Femmes on the Edge de la Revolution (2W, 3M)
In the midst of the world’s first successful slave revolt, two women form an unlikely alliance. Cécile, an enslaved healer of African nobility, and Valentine, a French woman sold into marriage to a plantation master, find themselves on the battle fields of San Domingue. In this violent, sensual, and spiritual world, they fight to preserve their pasts, protect their futures, and ultimately gain freedom.
*Kilroys List 2017
Boat People (5W, 3M)
In 1980's Miami, FL the controversy over illegal immigrants is heating up, a young girl hiding the truth of who she is is forced to confront her identity, and a Haitian-American family risks losing the American Dream to protect a refugee/revolutionary who has the power to save the country he left behind.
*Kilroys List 2015
The Devil's Salt (5M, 2W)
As practiced by Haitian firebrand Jean Dominique, Agronomy, the science of soil management and crop production, becomes a dangerously revolutionary act. Alfred P. Sloan New Play Commission.
Fati's Last Dance (3W, 1M)
Can an aging Ballet diva, a princely break dancer, a reality show reject, and Brazilian Guru move a sleeping beauty off the couch and into the spotlight? Fati's Last Dance is an off-beat comedy that tells the story of a young woman's journey from self-loathing to self-acceptance, and her family's gracefully awkward steps towards overcoming grief.
Silence of the Mambo (3W, 2M)
Set in Haiti, 1986, one night before the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship. Silence of the Mambo follows the dangerous journey of a woman's fight to protect her family from Duvalier's merciless regime. Through the visitation of Vodun spirits, Silence of the Mambo spins a tragic tale of sacrifice, betrayal, and the bonds of family.
Detained (ensemble of 6+ W & M)
A gripping docudrama based on interviews with longtime U.S. residents held in immigration detention, Detained celebrates the strength and determination of ordinary people who fight against an unjust system while keeping their hope and faith in humanity intact.
Selected One Act Plays
Showtime Blues (1w, 2M)
A potentially dangerous encounter, and major train delays, force Demetrius and Ameira to confront their internalized prejudiced attitudes, and the realities of life as a moving target.
Risen From the Dough (2W)
Two Haitian-American women in a bakery kitchen prepare for the impending arrival of the health inspector while they grapple with grief, identity, and the complicated realities of immigrant life.
The Talk (2W)
A recently widowed, middle aged woman awakens her estranged daughter in the middle of the night to ask a wildly inappropriate question. But what begins as a contentious confrontation between mother and daughter - transcends into an honest and open dialogue about intimacy and identity between two women.
Bright Lights, Tent City (2M, 3W)
It is one year after the earthquake that devastated Port Au Prince, Haiti; what begins as another day at the Daihatsu Refugee Camp turns into a who's who media frenzy as the 2011 Presidential election gets underway.
Fall (3W)
When an estranged daughter/primary caretaker clashes with a home health aid, she is forced to confront long held resentments towards her mother, her cultural identity, and herself.
Film & TV
Ramblewood (Comedy Pilot)
An immigrant coming of age series about a latch key adolescent boy from Haiti who is sent to Miami to live with his American Aunt, her four daughters, and tyrannical husband in the 1990s.
Healing Roots (Feature length screenplay)
In 1970's Haiti, a single mother battling cancer straddles a dangerous line between advanced Western medicine, and ancient voudou healing practices.
*Winner of Alfred P. Sloan Grant